NEARLY 100 players and guests attended the 30th annual Cardigan & District Pool League presentation evening at the rugby clubhouse which was voted a first-rate social function.
As well as trophies presented to players, a total of £9,000 was donated to local good causes, the presentations made by league president and building contractor Phil Evans and others.
There was a poignant moment when presentation of the Super Veterans trophy was made – the competition was won for the seventh time by
74-year-old league stalwart for many years Jeff 'Fly' Jones who sadly passed away during the summer.
The cueist and former landlord of the Hope & Anchor public house in the town centre also won the veterans championship four times, was Division One player of the year in 2010-11 and won the open pairs championship.
His children Paul, Simon, Chris, David and Tracey accepted the trophy on behalf of their late father and also presented a cheque for £750 to the RNLI station at Poppit Sands, which was their chosen worthy cause and was supported by the late Jeff who was former skipper of a Seine fishing boat in the Teifi Estuary.
Pool roll of honour:
League championship: 1 Lamb A, 2 Red Lion A; Wooden spoon: Beagles.
7s KO: 1 Wine Bar A, 2 Bell.
Veterans: 1 Richard Eldridge (Eagle), 2 Mark Belotti (Clwb Rygbi).
Super veterans: 1 Jeff Jones (Clwb Rygbi), 2 Victor Burns (Clwb Rygbi).
Player-of-the-year: 1 Geraint Evans (Teifi Boating Club), 2 Darren Howells (Wine Bar A) and Gary Murtagh (Lamb A).
Most doubles won: Geraint Evans and Darren Barker (Teifi Boating Club).
Open Pairs: 1 Mark Belotti and Kevin Phillips (Clwb Rygbi), 2 Chris Truslove
and Peter Almond (Lamb A).
League pairs: 1 Mark Murtagh and Gary Murtagh (Lamb A), 2 Jordan Lewis and Richard Eldridge (Eagle).
Threes: 1 Dominic Williams/Rob Furney/Gary Lawrence (Red Lion A), 2 Gerry Knight/Darren Howells/Dyf Allen (Wine Bar A).
Singles: 1 Peter Almond (Lamb A), 2 Richard Owen (Lamb B).
Most 8-ball clearance: Gary Murtagh (Lamb A).
The following donations were made to local good causes: Cardigan Swimming Pool £2,000; Cardigan MS Oxygen Therapy Centre £1,500; Cardigan Cancer Care £1,000; Paul Sartori Foundation £750; RNLI station at Poppit Sands £750; Cardigan First Responders £500; Welsh Air Ambulance £500; Canolfan Y Don at Ysgol Gynradd Aberporth £300; Kinora Mental Health Drop in Centre £250; Cardigan Women's Aid £250; Cardigan Junior Boxing Club £150; Cardigan Junior Rugby Team £150; Boncath Junior Football Team £150; Aberporth Junior Football Team £150; Penparc Junior Football Team £150; St Dogmaels Junior Football Team £150; Cilgerran Junior Football Team £150; Cardigan Junior Football Team £150.
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