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European Championships news |
27th of January 2012 |
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Lions on Tour to Malta British Lions Tour Report – Malta Test Match Match against Malta National Team The test match started with Malta taking a 1 – 0 lead, as Darren Matthew  lost to Maverick Zammit who cleared from a mistake by Darren. The Lions then cleared from the break in the next three frames as Clayton Attard, Jason Murgatroyd and Wayne Smith beat Antoine Aquilina, Johan Attard and Clint Azzopardi for a 3 – 1 score line to the Lions. The Lions then won the next three frames with Gavin Lomax, Paul Hawkins and Liam Stanley playing some solid pool beating Marjus Catt, Mario Brincat and Christ Mills. Ivan Rizo of Malta pulled a frame back by beating Scott Waring to give the Lions a 6 – 2 first session lead.
The second session started with the Lions winning the first seven frames as Clayton Attard, Jason Murgatroyd, Wayne Smith, Darren Matthew, Gavin Lomax, Paul Hawkins and Liam Stanley all won to give the Lions a 13 – 2 lead and the victory after playing some quality pool and clearing at their first opportunity every time. Scott Waring was unlucky to lose the last frame as Marjus Catt recorded his second frame leaving the Lions to lead the match at 13 – 3. The Lions played superb in this match and deserved their victory over a very strong Malta team. The score line of 17- 7 will certainly give Malta something to think about as the Lions go from strength to strength. Player of the week for the Lions was Jason Murgatroyd who won 7 from 9 frames. Team Averages Wayne Smith                     3 / 2
Team Averages Wayne Smith                     9/ 5 Malta 7 v 17 British Lions
Match against Malta Top Guns The second match started with the Top guns taking a 1 – 0 lead, as Darren Matthew  lost to Clint Azzopordi who cleared from the break. The Lions then kicked in with three quick frames as Clayton Attard, Gavin Lomax and Wayne Smith (Break and Dish) beat Maverick Zammit, Leydon Debono and Ivan Rizo. Top guns hit back with wins for Antoine Cluscheri and Marcel Micallef over Paul Hawkins and Scott Waring. The session ended with Jason Murgatroyd beating Miguel Falzon who was unlucky to go in off on the black. The match was now drawn at 4 – 4 after the first session. The second session started with the Lions winning the first three frames as Clayton Attard, Gavin Lomax and Wayne Smith beat Clint Azzopordi, Maverick Zammit and Ivan Rizo for a 7 – 4 scoreline. The Lions then lost the next 2 frames after missing good chances as the Top Guns of Layden Dobono and Antoine Cluscheri beat Darren Matthew and Jason Murgatroyd. The Lions hit back well by winning the last three frames as Liam Stanley, Scott Waring and Paul Hawkins beat Marcel Micallef, Twanny Misfud and Miguel Falzon to give the Lions a commanding 10 – 6 lead. The Lions played much better in this match and deserved their victory over a very strong Top Gun team. The score line of 15- 9 will give them plenty of confidence for the match against Malta on Thursday night. Team Averages Wayne Smith                     3 / 3
Top Guns 9 v 15 British Lions
British Lions Tour Report – Match 1 Match against St Georges The first match started with the Lions taking a 2 – 0 lead, as Darren Matthew and Jason Murgatroyd beat Wayne Bonnia and Mario Cutajar. St Georges kicked into gear as they took the first session 6 – 2 with wins from Christ Mills, Ray Demanrude, Jason Misfud, Stephen Mangion, Kevin Mercieea and Johan Attard The Lions missed many chances to win this session. The second session started with both teams sharing the first two frames as Jason Murgatroyd beat Christ Mills and Darren Matthew losing to Ray Demanrude for a 7 – 3 scoreline. The Lions then lost the next 3 frames after missing good chances, St Georges had a commanding lead of 10 – 3. Liam Stanley won a solid frame against Kevin Merciea but more mistakes from Scott Waring and Paul Hawkins left the scoreline at 12 – 4 in favour of St Georges. The third session started well for the Lions as Darren Matthew and Jason Murgatroyd beat Johan Attard and Ray Demanrude. The match was finally won by St Georges as Mario Cutajar beat Gavin Lomax with a Break and clear, quickly followed by wins from Kevin Mercieea over Wayne Smith and Christ Mills over Liam Stanley. The last two frames were shared as Paul Hawkins beat Jason Misfud while Scott Waring lost to Stephen Mangion for a well deserved victory to St Georges at 16 frames to 8. The Lions made far too many errors in this match and could easily have won it if they took those chances, but St Georges did what they needed to do and having quite a few Internationals in their side made the difference in the end.
Team Averages Wayne Smith                     3 / 0
St Georges 16 v 8 British Lions
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EPA are looking forward to another challenging year again this year, with a lot of changes on the horizon.
During the end of last year a lot of works been done on the EPA web site,a new Inter-County page showing this event in more detail. March sees the finals at VHP, followed by the Inter-League |
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| The Irish Pool Association season will soon be coming to an end with just three events remaining. It has so far being a great season on the international stage with our ladies team taking home the gold in the recent European Championships in Malta. |
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| The Pool Federation name virtually the same team in the Mens A section to try and defend their European title. The only change is Tom Price replaces Tom Cousins. In the B section Kyle Edwards will make his debut joined by Paul Marubbi, Paul Penhale, Andy Rigby and Zach Taylor. |
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| It's with great pleasure that the SEPF can officially announce the formation of a new region.
Region 5 of the SEPF will be H
headed up by the Oban & District Pool League (160 players), the new region covers the West Coast and Islands.
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| Don’t miss the 4th Belgian International Open to be held at Mons, Belgium on 14th & 15th April 2012, Saturday 14th will be Singles with €1000 prize fund, Sunday 15th will be 4-Man team event. For more info, contact Dave Verey on 07739 447417 (UK). |
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| Le Francais |
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| In memory of our dear friend Stan Lester, there will be a new competition coming to the Channel Islands starting in February 2011. This competition will be run in Guernsey and Jersey and will begin as a round-robin competition in each island. |
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| The next meeting for the League Captains for the launch of the 2011/2012 league kick off is 28th Sept. |
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