Guernsey beat Jersey in Inter Insular Snooker

In their recent match in Guernsey at the Gremlin Club, Jersey took on Guernsey in the annual Inter Insular.

Guernsey dominated the early proceedings and in the afternoon session took a 10-4 lead. Adam Shorto scored a brilliant 101 clearance in his game against Danny Brannan, whilst other breaks included a 61 by Darren Hughes v Karl Le Fevre, a 49 by Glenn Le Prevost v Jeremy Gogan whilst Jersey’s Aaron Canavan scored a 56 break in his win against Darren Hughes.

Afternoon scores were as follows:

Session 1 – Saturday 1:30 p.m.
Matches 1 + 2 G1 Adam Shorto v Jeremy Gogan J4 G4 Darren Hughes v Aaron Canavan J1
Frames scores 72 34 47 70 56
Matches 3 + 4 G3 John Skillett v Danny Brannan J5 G5 Paul Le Sauvage v Matt Cox J3
Frames scores 69 20 44, 38 93 4
Matches 5 + 6 G2 Glenn Le Prevost v Jeremy Gogan J4 G4 Darren Hughes v Karl Le Fevre J2
Frames scores 49 65 26 61 78 22
Matches 7 + 8 G1 Adam Shorto v Danny Brannan J5 G5 Paul Le Sauvage v Aaron Canavan J1
Frames scores 101 101 31 31 31 69
Matches 9 + 10 G2 Glenn Le Prevost v Matt Cox J3 G3 John Skillett v Karl Le Fevre J2
Frames scores 59 62 51 20
Matches 11 + 12 G4 Darren Hughes v Danny Brannan J5 G5 Paul Le Sauvage v Jeremy Gogan J4
Frames scores 88 8 58 7
Matches 13 + 14 G1 Adam Shorto v Matt Cox J3 G3 John Skillett v Aaron Canavan J1
Frames scores 72 39 6 80 40

In the evening, with Jersey needing a strong start, Danny Brannan beat Glenn, Matt Cox beat Darren Hughes and Karl Le Fevre inflicted Adam Shorto’s first defeat in any match this seasonĀ  to close the gap. But with everything to do, Guernsey chipped away and after the first evening session, were on the brink of victory, leading 12-8 in the first to 13. Scores for this session were as follows:

Matches 15 + 16 G2 Glenn Le Prevost v Danny Brannan J5 G5 Paul Le Sauvage v Karl Le Fevre J2
Frames scores 37 62 40 79 7
Matches 17 + 18 G3 John Skillett v Jeremy Gogan J4 G4 Darren Hughes v Matt Cox J3
Frames scores 65 66 32 36 74
Matches 19 + 20 G1 Adam Shorto v Karl Le Fevre J2 G2 Glenn Le Prevost v Aaron Canavan J1
Frames scores 36 73 34 60 32

With Guernsey requiring 1 frame in the last session, Paul Le Sauvage beat Danny Brannan to confirm Guernsey’s win. Guernsey eventually ran out 16-9 winners with the results for the final session as follows:

Match 21 G5 Paul Le Sauvage v Danny Brannan J5
Frames scores 32 91 23
Match 22 G4 Darren Hughes v Jeremy Gogan J4
Frames scores 61 34
Match 23 G3 John Skillett v Matt Cox J3
Frames scores 66 37
Match 24 G2 Glenn Le Prevost v Karl Le Fevre J2
Frames scores 80 60
Match 25 G1 Adam Shorto v Aaron Canavan J1
Frames scores 25 66