The Top Cue Tournament took place at Wincanton on Sunday 13th April 1997 and was won by Brian Harvey (Bridgwater) who recorded breaks of 77 and 67 amongst performances which were better described as "solid" rather than "scintillating". He was presented with the "Top Cue" Rose Bowl Trophy which had been jointly donated by Norman Dagley and the event organiser, Colin White. The triangular tournament of three 50 minute heats, also included Bill Andress (Exeter), and David Burgess (Southampton) and attracted an audience of over sixty people. The losing contestants where rewarded by being matched against two members of the audience, (selected by a draw) while tea was served.
| Bill Andress
46 | 263 | David Burgess
| 229 | ||
| Brian Harvey
77, 69 | 359 | Bill Andress
44 | 116 | ||
| Brian Harvey
60, 49 | 340 | David Burgess
49 | 323 |
The event was completed by an exhibition game of 1½ hours between Peter Gilchrist and Brian Harvey. The highlight was a smooth and controlled break of 205 by Gilchrist, completed in just under 15 minutes. He finished with half an hour of trick-shots, party pieces and questions from the spectators.
| Peter Gilchrist
205, 68, 65, 56 | 645 | Brian Harvey
61, 56 | 383 |
The Mill Street Club in Wincanton was the venue for a friendly match between Wessex (Scrumpys) and the Dove Valley League (Black Puddings) on Saturday 12th April 1997. The games of 50 minutes duration resulted in a convincing win by five games to one for Wessex.
This avenged the narrow victory which had been secured by the "Black Puddings" when these teams last met.
| Wessex (Scrumpys) | Dove Valley (Black Puddings) | ||||
| Mike Woolmington
| 140 | Rex Plant
| 163 | ||
| Colin White
| 194 | John Heathcote
| 131 | ||
| Chris Mason
| 226 | John Heathcote
| 150 | ||
| Jack Masters
64, 56 | 274 | Dick Ratcliffe
| 69 | ||
| eve Warren
| 195 | Rex Plant
| 147 | ||
| Carroll Walters
53 | 336 | Gary Lee
48 | 150 | ||