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bigdogdave writes
The long awaited season climax between Rileys Ringers and the Artisans kicked off in a fitting way with Jason "Nosher" Norris taking on Lee Hudson in the opening frame of the final. What better way to start the night than with a Break and Dish by the loveable Ginger one. Was this the sign of things to come? Were the Artisans going to run away with it, was Nosher going to shine and steal the show? Read on to find out more...

With Nosher breaking and dishing the first frame the Artisans were bouyant and chirping, next up was Sean "Club147" Harvey v Dave "Churchill" Hall. An attempt at a dish from Sean ended up with him giving away two shots for a foul. There was a little bit of work left for Dave to make the clearance but with some fine shots, he duly rolled them home putting the Artisans 2-0 up

Frame three was between Max "Max" Brooker and Matt "DelAmitri" Cooke. Matt broke and lost the white into the middle pocket, the balls had split nicely leaving Max half a chance to capitalise which he duly did taking out a fine finish particularly the black which was a long pot and under pressure. 2-1 Artisans.

Next saw the first doubles encounter of the night with Lee Hudson and Darren Dods against Steve "Vidal" Johnson and Roy Harman. Lee broke and dished with a fine array of shots pulling the scores back to 2-2

Fifth frame Marc "Burn" Burnett broke against Darren Dods, the break was dry, the balls were spread and the opportunity was there. Darren took his chance well and dished the balls up giving the Ringers a suprising 3-2 lead and muting the Artisans slightly.

Frame six saw Lee Hudson beat Churchill 4-2 Ringers

Frame seven saw Club147 beat DelAmitri 5-2 Ringers

Frame eight was the second doubles match of the night, Club147 and Max for the Ringers against Nosher and Burn for the Artisans. The frame had gone tactical and had probably been the first to go into 10 minutes. Nosher was at the table and had been looking to play a tactical foul, he had decided to send the black over the pocket and block two of his opponents balls, the black would not drop as a ball was in the way, so there was no danger. Nosher plays the shot, only to see the black somehow swerve around the opponents ball and straight into the pocket. There was stunned silence from both teams, Churchill held his head in his hands, Noshers face was one of disbelief and no one else could quite take in what had just happened.

It was now 6-2 to the Ringers

Frame nine was the longest frame of the match with some fine tactical play from both Max and Nosher. With the black tied up by one of Noshers balls neither player were willing to risk things. After around 15 minutes Nosher played a deliberate foul but left the cue ball touching Max's remaining ball, this gave Max the opportunity to play the black out and win the frame. 7-2 Ringers

Frame ten things were looking bleak for the Artisans, the wind had definitely been taken out of their sails, there seemed no answer to the Ringers run of frames, until that is Burn stepped up to face Lee Hudson. Lee broke, several balls went in and the rest had split beautifully, surely it was just a case of rolling home the last few balls to take the title? Lee left his second last ball hanging over the pocket though, gifting Burn a chance to pull a frame back. He took them out with composure and ease, pulling a frame back for the Artisans, 7-3 Ringers.

Frame eleven was the third and final doubles match of the evening which saw Lee Hudson and Darren Dods against Nosher and DelAmitri. Given the last few frames that Nosher had been involved in I suppose it was inevitable that it would be him that played a shot that somehow saw the white ball disappear down a pocket leaving Lee Hudson to roll home the balls with confidence and with that the KO Cup trophy going to the Ringers. The final score being 8-3

The Ringers had managed to turn a 2-0 deficit around, winning 7 on the bounce before finally taking the title and stopping the Artisans from doing the double.

A well contested final with some good quality pool, some equally good fun and a bit of banter to go with it.

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