CORNWALL

Individual Billiards Championship

Dave White (Bude SC) beat Alan Snell (Dobwalls) 800-511 to win the County billiards Championship at the SWEB Social Club, Bodmin, on Thursday 21st March. White made breaks of 44, 73, 53, 73, 70, 59 and 67 unfinished in this match, while Snell had four breaks of over 30. In addition to his Championship trophy, White was also presented with the cup for the highest break of the season (118).

Team Billiards Championship

The team Championship went to Menheniot who defeated St. Dominic 2-1 at Looe SC on 19th March. In the first game Menheniot's Derek White beat D. Hunn 250-127. Ian Hunn then levelled the match by defeating Dave Clue 250-198 despite a break of 60 by the Menheniot player, but T. Wallace clinched the title by defeating M. Searle 250- 150.

In the semi-finals St. Dominic defeated Playing Place 2-0, Ian Hunn making breaks of 69 and 44. Menheniot booked their place in the final with victory over Camelford WMI 'A' also by a 2-0 margin. Dave Clue made a break of 74 in his 250-147 win over Mike Burnard and Derek White had a 54 in beating Geoff Lingard 250-218.

Chapman Exhibition

A capacity crowd of approximately 75 people packed into Redruth Royal British Legion on 18th April to see what turned out to be an excellent evening of exhibition billiards. World No.7 Roxton Chapman from Peterborough entertained the crowd with a fine display of quality billiards. Three local billiard players had the honour of playing against Roxton in the exhibition. They were Charlie Gay, Noel Meagor and Dave White, who all played very well and contributed to a great night: which included a pasty supper during the interval. The referee for the evening, Mr. Ray Vassie, was presented with an award for his services during the past three exhibitions. Roxton rounded off the evening with an excellent display of trick shots, the masse in particular went down well with the crowd. The billiards exhibition was arranged by Paul Broad (Sports Sec) and David Grigg who was also MC for the night.