Played at the Jersey Mechanics, this years Billiards Inter Insular was a very close affair with Guernsey coming out 9-7 winners.
In the first two sessions, Guernsey won 3 out of the 4 matches which put them 6 – 2 ahead in the first to 9 games match. In the 3rd session, Jersey won 2 of the 4 matches to make it 8-4 in Guernseys favour.
Needing to win all four matches in the last session, Jersey managed to win 3 out of the 4, however with Martyn Desperques beating Peter Allen in comprehensive style _237-100) Guernsey ran out winners.
Results were as follows:
Jersey | Guernsey | Breaks | |||||
Session 1 | |||||||
Peter Allen | 116 | v | 146 | Ross De Cateret | |||
Martyn Le Gallais | 135 | v | 101 | Gavin Denning | |||
Richard De La Haye | 75 | v | 97 | Ian Le Maitre | |||
Peter Robinson | 84 | v | 224 | Martyn Desperques | 36 , 42 | ||
Session 2 | |||||||
Peter Allen | 92 | 148 | Gavin Denning | ||||
Martyn Le Gallais | 155 | 72 | Ross De Cateret | ||||
Richard De La Haye | 85 | 237 | Martyn Desperques | 44 | |||
Peter Robinson | 108 | 115 | Ian Le Maitre | ||||
Session 3 | |||||||
Peter Allen | 134 | 114 | Ian Le Maitre | ||||
Martyn Le Gallais | 116 | 231 | Martyn Desperques | 44, 44, 39 | |||
Richard De La Haye | 114 | 99 | Ross De Cateret | ||||
Peter Robinson | 112 | 136 | Gavin Denning | ||||
Session 4 | |||||||
Peter Allen | 100 | 237 | Martyn Desperques | ||||
Martyn Le Gallais | 181 | 67 | Ian Le Maitre | ||||
Richard De La Haye | 110 | 91 | Gavin Denning | ||||
Peter Robinson | 145 | 113 | Ross De Cateret | ||||
7 | 9 |