TURNHOUT - Two debutants in the Belgian league are at the bottom of the table, the other, De Goeie Queue, has climbed up to top five of the ranking. The conclusion must be that De Witte Molen and TBA Biljartpalace will not shine in a prominent role. De Goeie Queue is one of the top four teams for the time being.
BC Deurne and BC De Ploeg took the full profits again this week. The leading team, with Dick Jaspers and Eddy Merckx as protagonists, won with the maximum score against TBA Biljartpalace last night.
BC De Ploeg defeated Mr 100 on Monday and BC Biljart Express beat a competitor for top five, BC Herentals: 6-2.
De Goeie Queue needed his three main players for a win against De Witte Molen, after Roger Roefs' loss against Alain Clabots. Frédéric Caudron pulled up the level of the team: he won in 26 innings, Eddy Leppens in 34, Peter Ceulemans in 26 innings.
Dick Jaspers outsprinted his country fellow man, Raimond Burgman, with a majestic win, after having made the gap with a run of fourteen: 50-37 in 24 innings. Eddy Merckx looked at a 32-16 backlog in 17 innings against John Tijssens, but had a strong showing at the end: 50-45 in 28.
Davy van Havere (42-41 against Ronny Daniels) and Steven van Acker (42-26 against Hans van der Wurf) had given their team a 4-0 lead at the break.
KBC Biljartvrienden picked itself up again and showed no mercy with BC Quality (8-0) in Oud Turnhout, where Anno de Kleine won the prestige duel with Dave Christiani in 44 innings (50-45). The level over four matches was rather low: Billiartvrienden finished 0.973, BC Quality 0.777.
BC De Ploeg performed with the highest team average in this round: 1.628.
Roland Forthomme was individual was the ace with a 50 points match in 16 innings. Dick Jaspers made the highest run: 14.