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£5 Entry English 8 Ball

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£5 Entry American 9 Ball

4th Saturday Every Month
£5 Entry English 8 Ball

All matches in the main competition are best of 7 racks, all plate competition matches are best of 3 racks.

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The new West Yorkshire County Pool Association Interleague season commenced again at the end of February.

This followed the now traditional pre season curtain raiser; the Paddy Fitzgerald Memorial Trophy, dedicated to one of the most popular players on the circuit in Leeds who is now sadly no longer with us. The event features the four Leeds based Interleague teams (Leeds, East Leeds, Bramley and Leeds Legends).

The Leeds team, who are now firmly bedded in at Northern Snooker Centre and are proud to be associated with the finest cue sports centre in the country, started the event brightly and overcame fierce rivals Bramley in a thumping semi final victory by 10 frames to 4. We didn’t have it so easy in the final against East Leeds as the match moved all square at 8 all with two frames to play. Leeds showed great resolve to nick them both and take the impressive trophy home. More details and pictures are at www.leedsinterleague.webs.com.

The team started their 2011 campaign proper away from home at Morley and the good form continues as we came away with a handsome 11-7 win to leave us atop the early league table.

The next fixture takes place on 27th March when we welcome reigning champions Bramley Globetrotters to Northern for what promises to be a mouth watering clash.

A full list of this season’s fixtures is attached below.

Looking back to the end of last season, the team had a fantastic finish, displaying our very best fighting qualities.

We had to finish in the top two to qualify for the national championships in Great Yarmouth in April. Going in to the final round of fixtures, we trailed both Milnsbridge and Morley (who were 2nd and 3rd respectively and who were playing each other) by 4 points, meaning that a five frame “swing” was necessary for us to qualify (points are awarded per frames won).

We certainly did our bit by recording a 15-3 win with one of our finest displays at the Kirkstall Road venue. Agonisingly, Milnsbridge recorded a 11-7 victory against Morley. 10-8 or 9-9 would have seen us home and hosed. The 11-7 scoreline meant we faced a playoff to qualify for the national event.

The playoff took place in late January and Leeds yet again pulled out a vintage display just when required. Despite going 3-1 down, the team fought back well to lead 5-4 at the break.

We never looked back in the second half of the match and raced home to a 10-5 win which left us officially in second spot and looking forward to another crack at the national event in April.

A couple of pictures of the team, in their fantastic new sponsored shirts from Northern, are attached.

The fixtures for the season are below -

Leeds Interleague Fixtures 2010

In the local league www.leedspool.com Northern have two teams. They are Imports@Northern and Northern Phoenix.

The Imports are the reigning league champions and have started the season off with four straight wins, including a narrow opening day victory against Ian William inspired Excelsior. They look good value at the moment to retain their title.

The Phoenix team is much changed but has always been there or thereabouts when the honours have been handed out. They have had a mixed start to the season, winning one well and losing one badly in the league whilst handing out a thumping away at East Leeds in the cup. Once they find some consistency they will be a match for anyone.

More updates to follow during the season.

Cheers!

Paul Buck