LIER - Mister 100's home victory (7-1) over Kortrijkse was enough to take over the lead in Belgium. Peter Ceulemans and Jerry Hermans led the team on the 15th match day with high averages. Ceulemans secured victory against Ronny Brants 40-10 in 18 (2.222), Jerry Hermans won his match vs Martin Ravestyn 40-24 in 17 (2.353). And with Bart Ceulemans‘ win over Frédéric Beghin in 27 innings and Kurt Ceulemans’ equal score vs Philippe Vandendriessche in 41, Mister 100 could celebrate the win and the lead.
The sub-top match in this playing week between Op de Meir and Biljart Express remained undecided. Therefore both teams are equal in points with 22, two points behind Mister 100. BC Herstalien still plays this Friday against De Witte Molen and can move into second place in case of a win.
For Op de Meir, Barry van Beers and Wesley de Jaeger cashed in against Biljart Express. Eddy Merckx won his match against Jef Philipoom in a close finish 40-38 in 31 innings. Barry van Beers realized the best game by an excellent win over Frans van Kuyk, who was almost invisible at 40-14 in 20 innings. Eddy Merckx beat Philipoom 40-38 in 31, Dave Christiani needed only 22 innings against Roland Uijtdewillegen in a one-way match: 40-18. Wesley de Jaeger and Martin Spoormans played a close match, which ended in 40-38 for De Jaeger in 48 innings.
The most appealing match was played by Huub Wilkowski for T's Place in the away match against Kortrijk 2. The Dutchman started with a run of 16 against Frédéric Roelants, the Belgian who didn’t come further than 16 himself. The score was 40-16 for Wilkowski in 17, average 2.353. T's Place won the match 6-2. Peter De Backer beat Cédric Melnytschenko 40-20 in 21, Patrick Kesteloot won vs Gwen Leman 40-25 in 37. For T's Place, only Joey de Kok came up short against Willy Leman: 40-32 in 29.
TBA Biljartpalace and Brugse shared the win with Frank Martens playing the best by far, beating Henk Blauwblomme 40-17 in 18 innings (2.222 average). On centercourt, Steven van Acker won against Dirk Weeremans 40-36 in 34.