Week 4 League Week1 Review

The new season of the Irvine & District Snooker League got underway on Monday 20th October 2025 and it didn't disappoint. If the night's events are an example of what is to come then we are in for a tremendous season.

We welcomed 4 new teams to the League , The Postmen and The Hurricanes based in Ayr Davis Club with Harry's Potters and Behind The Black playing out of Irvine Snooker Club. Welcome to the League guys and we hope you enjoy your nights of playing League Snooker within our League.

The first match saw Baize of Glory take on one of the finalists of the Consolation Cup , The Postmen ,who won the match 8-4 with Jatinder Singh winning 3-0 to seal the win after Allan Hall Jnr had defeated League debutant Aaron Fullerton 2-1 , Stuart McCulloch winning 2-1 with Warren Fullerton of Baize winning 2-1 to complete the scoreline. There were 3 breaks of30+ in this match.

Match 2 had the 4 Aces up against Chalk is Cheap and the 4 Aces came up trumps in a 9-3 victory. Allan Duffy winning 3-0 with Graeme Innes, Ian Craig and Ian Reid all contributing 2 frames each. Five breaks of 30+ in this match

Match 3 was dominated by Cuddles in a 10-2 victory over Touching Cloth taking them to the top of the League in week 1 , star players were Cameron Armstrong ( who narrowly missed hitting a century break whilst on 91 by missing an "easy" red , and had another 3 breaks of 30+ ) , Nicky Carr ( leading the Individual Stats with 11 frame wins out of 12 ) and Stewart Garrick , all 3 players winning 3-0 with David Mitchell of Touching Cloth winning two of his frames for his team's only frames.

Match 4 had League newcomers Behind The Black take on Lucky Break and acquitted themselves well in an 8-4 defeat. All 4 players contributed one frame each , Wullie Laughlin , Chick Brown , Iain Beaton and Trialist. Lucky Break's players Steven Stamp , Graeme Dick , Christian Gibson and Graham McQuaid all won 2 frames each. There were two 30+ breaks.

Match 5 saw the current League Champions the Nonny Pool Boys entertain Potting Bowlers, the early indications are that they have no intention of relinquishing their title as they stormed into a 6-0 lead, with 3-0 wins for both Declyn Hood and Geo Edgar , Geo hitting the League's second century of the season so far ( remember it is only Week 4 of competition and Week 1 of the League ). Will Greenless and Willie Gelliburn won 1 and two frames respectively for the Bowlers.

Match 6 involved another new team to the League , The Hurricanes who got their season off to the perfect start with a 7-5 victory over The Rack Pack. Steven Muir had the Hurricanes 3-0 in front , Billy Frearson brought the Rack Pack back into the match with a 2-1 win , Thomas McClung put the Hurricanes further ahead with a 2-1 win before Patrick O'Connor won 2-1 for the Rack Pack to complete the scoreline.

Final Match saw YBF gain revenge for their League Cup defeat at the hands of Century with Willie Brown securing a 3-0 win after 2-1 wins for Dylan Sweeney, Joe Ballantyne and Craig Reid for a 9-3 scoreline.

With 16 breaks of 30+ this week , one break of 111 and a break of 91, we can expect fireworks over the coming weeks as the standard of our  League continues to improve week by week , looking forward to next week's matches to see what will unfold with initial League leaders Cuddles away to 4Aces in what promises to be an excellent match.