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Tuesday-Sunday 17-22 September 2013

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Team England B - Daryl Peach & Chris Melling
England B, Holland and Philippines through

THERE were wins for three of the fancied teams at the 888.com World Cup of Pool as England B, Holland and the Philippines all made their way into the second round as play continued at the York Hall in London.

The Philippines pair of Dennis Orcollo and Lee Vann Corteza closed out the evening beating Croatia � Karlo Dalmatin and Ivica Putnik � 7-4. The Croatians were in with a chance as they stayed with their opponents in the early stages, but a succession of errors saw the team spirit drain away.

With a strong Filipino contingent in the crowd, including the Ambassador, the duo from Manila completed the win.

In the second match, England B � Chris Melling and Daryl Peach � were big favourites against a Portuguese team making their 888.com World Cup of Pool debut and they justified the bookmaker�s faith with a scrappy 7-4 win to book a second round game against Germany.

It wasn�t their greatest showing but if getting into the second round was their goal, they achieved it. They took the early 3-0 lead, but then Melling failed to get out of a snooker and with ball in hand, Portugal reduced the deficit. The Portuguese pair of Manual Gama and Guilherme Sousa started to shed their early nerves and after a poor miss on the brown 7 by Melling they got the score back to 3-4.

They shared the next two racks and at 5-4 down, Portugal had every chance of springing an upset. However, they couldn�t capitalise on it and the English pair held their nerve to get over the line

�Most players only play a table as quick as this in Matchroom events. It is a quality table and I don�t think you can find a table as quick as that,� said Melling.

�Most people at home don�t understand the pressure you are under. At the end of the day as long as you win that is main thing. We will both go back and assess our game because we both made some mistakes but we both made some great shots as well and that is the beauty of pool.�

Peach added, �It is a little bit nerve wracking but it�s nice to get the first match and the first win under your belt.�

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