Pembrokeshire Building and Plumbing Supplies KO Cup Snooker Final:

The Mariners Inn in Nolton were given a stern lesson in what life will be like in the Division One next season when they played the Power Station A in the KO Cup final at the Conservative Club on Monday night.

The Seaside Inn team were outplayed in nearly every frame as the Power Station, runners-up in the league, went about the job of securing the title in clinical fashion.

In only the first season in the snooker league, the Mariners had no answer to the skill and precision of the Division One outfit.

The format of the competition was five frames of singles on aggregate scores, with the Mariners getting a 50-point start for being a Division Two team.

The Power Station (PS) came out of the blocks quickly in the first frame, as Paul Grimwood took an early lead with breaks of 18 and 20. Scott McQuarry tried hard to stem the flow of points, but Paul took the majority of the colours to win by 59.

In the second frame county singles champion Gareth Aries was soon in the points and quickly had a 40-point lead. Sam Davies did put together a break of 20 for the Mariners, but Gareth potted the all the colours to win by 63.

The third frame was a much closer affair with Dai King (PS) only a few points in front against Anthony Bevan when it came to the colours. But Anthony took his chance and cleared from green to black to win the frame by 16.

Mike Drearden (PS) dominated the fourth frame with a number of small breaks, and Tom Goring could only sit and watch as Mike also cleared all the colours to win by a massive 98 points.

With the Power Station having a big lead the last frame was of no consequence. With some good potting, Gary Thomas (Mariners) soon found himself in a 40-point lead and an upset looked on the cards. But experienced campaigner Paul 'Chalky' White dug in and clawed back the lead and with a couple of snookers and the last five colours he nicked the frame by five points.

The KO Cup trophies were sponsored by Maggs Opticians and Darryl McCarthy, Malcolm King and Ian Ashworth saw everything was played by the rules. 

And it was not all doom and gloom for the Mariners as they received their trophies for being Division Two champions.