Pat and Gary rack up more Festival silverware

PAT McAnally and Gary Clarke added another title to their roll of honour as the Towers League section of the Ballymena Festival of Pool came to a conclusion last week.
By The Newsroom
Published 16th Feb 2010, 12:40 BST

The Minnesota Eight-Ballers pair followed up their success in the three-a-side event - team-mate Ryan Foster was the other member of that line-up - by winning the doubles event, to bring the curtain down on another hugely successful Festival.

They beat the Moat Aces pairing of Alan Rainey and Michael Thompson 4-3 in a thrilling final.

RESULTS

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Round one: Jamie Davidson/Derek Dunlop (Social Sports) 3, Stephen Holmes/Raymond Lynn (Social Cobwebs) 2; Richard Campbell/Mark Foster (Social Sports) 1, George McCullough/Justin Kilpatrick (Fairhill Hustlers) 3; Brian Boyd/May Barr (Social Sports) 1, David Armstrong/Alan Armstrong (Michelin Masters) 3; Barney Hanna/Henry Eagleson (Michelin Masters) 3, Jimmy Knowles/Campbell Garrett (Social Cobwebs) 0; Gregory Shaw/Jack Burnside (Slemish Hotshots) 1, Chris Adams/Gary Rodgers (Slemish Hotshots) 3; Darren Gibson/Alan Henry (Michelin Masters) 0, Bryan Logan/Ritchie Irwin (Fairhill Hustlers) 3.

Round two: Davidson/Dunlop 2, Pat McAnally/Gary Clarke (Minnesota Eight-Ballers) 3; Shane Stirling/Jason Peacock (Rolling Stoners) 3, McCullough/Kilpatrick 2; Dick Turtle/Lee Wright (Social Sports) 1, D Armstrong/A Armstrong 3; Stewart Frew/Gary Neeson (Inn-Offs) 3, Jimmy Duffy/George Crothers (Moat Aces) 1; Hanna/Eagleson 3, Robert Hargan/Colin Penny (Social Inbetweeners) 0; Donald Alexander/Ricky McMaster (Michelin Masters) 3, Adams/Rodgers 1; SImon Turner/Sean McAnally (Moat Aces) 1, Alan Rainey/Michael Thompson (Moat Aces) 3; Andy Burnside/David Gillespie (Knockeden Jokers) 3, Bryan Logan/Ritchie Irwin (Fairhill Hustlers) 1.

Quarter-finals: McAnally/Clarke 3, Stirling/Peacock 0; Armstrong/Armstrong 3, Frew/Neeson 2; Hanna/Eagleson 3, Alexander/McMaster 2; Rainey/Thompson 3, Burnside/Gillespie 0.

Semi-finals: McAnally/Clarke 3, Armstrong/Armstrong 0; Hanna/Eagleson 2, Rainey/Thompson 3.

Final: McAnally/Clarke 4, Rainey/Thompson 3.

LEAGUE RESUMES

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Tonight (Tuesday) sees the resumption of the league campaign, with the first matches in the Premier and first divisions, following the league 'split'. Matches are:

Premier Division: Fairhill Hustlers v The Coach; Social Cobwebs v The Inn-Offs; Minnesota Eight-Ballers v Michelin Masters.

Division One: Rolling Stoners v Hardly Potters; Moat Aces v Horse and Jockey; Knockeden Jokers v Social InBetweeners; Slemish Hotshots v Social Sports.