O'Brien withstands late barrage from Palmer

MARIA O’Brien’s beautifully crafted 150 checkout was the best of any competitor in the Legends Lounge Premier League, which aided her to a 7-3 triumph over Paul Palmer.

- JAMES COOK

LEGENDS LOUNGE PREMIER LEAGUE 

O’Brien had to withstand a barrage of heavy scoring in the Premier League 1 clash as Palmer put two maximums onto the scoreboard.

Neil White’s two maximums in a 7-3 triumph puts White in an elite bracket of two players from 16 that are sat on three wins from three starts.

The other member of that club in this division is Kieran Burns who downed Billy Evans 7-4 to tie with White and James Ewing in joint second.

Ewing has 21 points from four played after his 7-0 win over Matt Kingdom was followed by a clash with new leader Dan Brazier; the prize for the winner being a place on top of the standings.

Brazier showed his title credentials by sweeping aside Ewing 7-1 after securing a 7-0 in his first game of the night that contribute to his lofty standing on 26 points.

Danny Bull threw a maximum in a 7-0 win over Robbie Aitken whilst a first success of the season came Scott Wapshott’s way in a 7-2 win.

Lee Hunter recovered from that defeat by claiming a maximum during his 7-4 triumph over Aitken whilst Tom James leapfrogged Chris Edgcumbe after a 7-5 win that saw the former hit the only 180 of the tie.

Dan Perryman checked 131 in a single visit, and partnered this effort with the only maximum of a 7-1 win that puts him in a six-way tie for fifth in the early Premier League 2 standings.

Jason Pinkerton holds the outright lead on 23 points, but is clinging onto that by virtue of having played a game more than three players on three wins from three.

Pinkerton’s 7-3 defeat, in which he ticked his 180 tally over to six from four starts with a solitary effort, came to Lee Hellings who joins Andrew Cook and Dave Hollow as the undefeated trio.