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Newtown Pool League; "Playing Premier Pool in Powys"

Thanks to all the Volunteers that assisted in making this year's Finals Day an excellent success.



League Cup Winners	League Cup Runners up
Newtown Pool League recently held its end of season Finals Day, where once again, a large crowd witnessed Llanbadarn crowned as top team of the season. The current League and Cup champions retained their double titles, pipping The Elite to the Premier League Championship and also beating them in the League Cup Final to claim the double again.

Gordon Price Cup Winners	Gordon Price Cup Runners up
The Gordon Price Handicap Cup always tests the Premier sides, and this year The Lion had their work cut out as they faced a 4-0 handicap against the Third Division Champions, Red Dragon. The underdogs had already disposed of the Waggon, Deserters and Elite in their earlier rounds, all of them top Premier sides! Unfortunately for them, The Lion were fully informed of their earlier exploits and they played it very tight to claw back the handicap and win the match by taking the first 7 frames.

Consolation Cup Winners	Consolation Cup Runners up
In the Consolation Cup Final, the Herbert A, in their first season in the Premiership took on Evo Stix, a fellow Premiership outfit, and beat them 5-2 to retain the trophy they won last season by beating the Red Breasts.

Division 2&3 Cup Winners	Division 2&3 Cup Runners up
The most entertaining final of the day featured the Squashed Grapes and Dolau Inn in the final of the Division 2 & 3 Cup. There were obviously keen competitive edges to both sides as every shot was greeting by cheers from their supporters. The match went all the way to the 10^th frame where the vastly experienced Dave Lewis potted the black to win the match, only for the cue ball to fall it down into the pocket. That set up an 11^th frame decider which was won by the prolific Mark Borland to allow his Dolau team to lift the Cup.

Mixed Doubles Winners	Mixed Doubles Runners up
The Mixed Doubles has been won by Drew and Anna Hughes for the past two years, but this year they lost out to Steve and Jackie Davies in the semi-final, allowing the Upper House pair to meet Alan Jones and Laura Williams in the final. The Davies’ faced tough opposition in their Jones/Williams opponents, both of whom play Premiership pool and their experience told as latter ran out 3-0 winners.

Threesomes Winners	Threesomes Runners up
Llanbadarn took another Cup in the Threesomes competition, removing if from the grasp of The Lion after they beat their Grapes opponents, Phil Jones, Daf Rowlands and Kevin Humphreys in the Final, 5-1. Kris Robinson, Lee Lello and Richard Patterson were the winning trio.

Doubles Winners	Doubles Runners up
Glyn had the consolation of having teamed up with his brother-in-law, Wayne Smith to win the Mens Doubles title for the fourth time. They disposed of the Llanbadarn duo, Kris Robinson and Lee Jarvis, 4-1.

Ladies Singles Winner	Ladies Singles Runner up
Some shock results in the earlier rounds of the Ladies Singles saw some big names knocked out, leaving new-comer, Becky Jones of the Herbert Honeys team to take on the established Laura Williams from Football Robins. Becky ran out the winner, 3-1 and also celebrated with her Honeys team in picking up the Sportsmanship Trophy.

Under 17s Youth Finalists	Under 14s Youth Finalists
Young Drew Hughes has been the biggest name in Youth Pool in Newtown (even Wales at times) for some years now, and he celebrated with another title this season, beating Monty Pythons youngster, Anthony Rogers in the final after enduring a big scare in the semi-final where he went down 2-0 to his opponent, Nick Gant, before coming back to win 3-2. Anthony had previously beaten Mark Hughes to reach the final of the Under 17s competition. For the first year, a younger age group competition was run, allowing the Under 14s to make their mark in the game. 13yrs old Amy Harris took on 10yrs old Connor Davies, with Connor running out the victor, 3-1.

Mens Singles Champion	Mens Singles Runner up
Excellent Quarter Final and Semi Final victories saw two Elite team-mates do battle in the Final of the prestigious Singles competition, and for the victor, it lay to rest a bogey he had faced three times previously. Mike Williams was crowned Mens Singles Champion after beating team-mate, Glyn Davies 4-3. It was Mike’s fourth Singles Final appearance, each of them against fellow team mates, and he finally overcame it, although he had a big stumble in the final, throwing away a 3-1 lead to allow Glyn back into the match at 3-3.