Broseley A pulled off the result of the season so far when they defeated runaway leaders of the Telford Snooker League, Hills Lane A by four frames to one last week.

There seemed little danger of the reigning champions surrendering their unbeaten start to the season when Shaun Harris took the opening frame against Richie Hulme, but surrender it they did as the home team reeled off the next four frames for a remarkable victory.

Carl Walker levelled matters as he won frame two 53-33 against Matt Bailey and the home side went ahead thanks to Mick Brezwyn's cool 45-25 defeat of Tim Hicks.

Broseley's captain John Shepherd then made certain of his side's fourth win of the campaign as he accounted for Darren Pountney and with Simon McLeod securing the final frame against Ian Duffy Broseley were left to reflect on a remarkable win.

However the defeat doesn't appear to have been too damaging to Hills Lane's prospects of retaining their title as they still head the table by eight points ahead of Anstice A and Coddon A.

Although with both of these teams missing a result from a previous match, the potential difference is only three points should the missing card reveal a 5-0 win!

Coddon recorded their fifth win from six when they returned from Bayley E with a 3-2 victory under their belts.

Any Jones put the home side in front though as he sunk the final black for a 54-51 win over Ian Ferriday.

Darren Weston squared things up again by taking the next 75-42 from Andy O'Brien but Martin Watkins put the Wellington side back into the lead with an excellent 75-41 defeat of visiting captain Dave Lloyd.

However, Coddon were in no mood to surrender to a second defeat of the season and promptly took the next two frames for a 3-2 win.

Lee Szklarzewicz made it two all against John Squire before Adrian Smith wrapped things up with a final frame victory over home captain David France.

Anstice A had the Price brothers Keith and Neil in fine form as they recorded a 4-1 win over near neighbours Little Dawley A,

Adam Moore led the way with a close 48-28 defeat of Richie Heighway and Neil Price soon doubled the home side's advantage with a 57 break against Jesse Lowe.

Phil Reynold's then made it three before an excellent run of 73 saw Keith Price continue the theme to put Anstice four frames up. Keith looked all set to beat the highest breaks of his former team mates Ian Duffy and Matthew Davies but fell short of the 87 point target after missing a pink with four reds still on the table.

Only Graham Wiley's final frame win over Mick Cahill prevented the whitewash and left Anstice level with Coddon A in joint second spot.

Maddocks A also have 19 points, but their total is from seven games played after they defeated struggling Bayley A by four frames to one.

The visitors took the lead when Steve Fletcher got the better of Under 21 Champion Darren Wincott, but it was all downhill for the Bayley from then on.

Phil Davis met some stern resistance in the shape of Bob Mason before finally edging home to level the scores and the Oakengates side went in front when Adrian Barraclough accounted for Steve Nicholls.

Dave France extended the lead still further before Ian Skelton benefited from a miscalculation from his opponent as Chris Morgan-Adams potted the pink only to discover he already needed a snooker after Ian had potted brown and blue.

Shifnal A are also vying for the coveted second spot following a 3-2 win at Minnesota fats.

John Fallows opening frame victory over Kevin Blackham set the home side on the road to a fifth win in seven.

Steve Collins levelled things up with a good 59-49 win over Linsay Knox only for Shifnal to regain the lead through Andy Easthope's win over Paul Smith.

Roy Martin then made it 3-1 by beating John Wright 65-39 before Kev West's black ball finish against Simon Biddulph left Shifnal to return home with three points in the bag to leave them in fifth place on 18 points.

Both Broseley A and Wellington Billiard Hall A have 18 points as well - the latter following on from a 4-1 win over Dawley A.

Nigel Fletcher gave last season's runners-up the lead but Mark Jones levelled matters by taking the next from Morton Hughes.

Alan Turner then saw off the challenge of Barry Roden before young Ian Eldridge won a high scoring encounter with Rick Bailey, 73-46 to put the home side 3-1 up.

And with Andy Kendrick taking the last frame too against Gaz Bradshaw, the Billiard Hall made sure they kept in touch with the other five teams in the race for second place.

DIVISION 2

Shifnal E continue to sparkle - and no one more brightly than their star man last week Rob Wright who knocked in a brilliant 46 break only to run out of position on the last two reds. Nonetheless his effort put the current second division leaders 4-0 up away to Coddon C.

Aaron Sparkes had set them on their way to a seventh win in eight outings by taking the opening frame against Sef Tusel. And things continued to go the visitor's way when, buoyed by Coventry City's recent revival, Jeff Sparkes took the next frame too against Don Bayliss.

Richard James then made it three before Rob Wright's potting came to the fore in the next.

Only a last gasp black ball win for Ray Whitehead over Chris Petford saved the day for the Coddon as he salvaged a point by taking the frame 53-46 on a re-spot.

In form Shifnal F cling on to second place following on from their sixth win of the season however Pot Black D were well pleased with the 2 points they took when they entertained the Memorial Men at the 'Duke'

In a match where safety play was the order for most of the evening, Mick Pearson took the first frame from breakholder Spence Rowley beating him on the pink 48-30.

Chris Painter then retaliated by overcoming Rob Palin 62-25. Wally Harper put Shifnal ahead for the first time when after taking a 44 lead on the colours he eventually took the frame from Kirk Stevenson 76-24.

Dave Peplow followed suit with a 47 advantage on the yellow turning into a good win over Mick Egan but Neil Pearson then gained pot black's second point when his opponent Nev Whitehead found himself requiring three snookers on the blue and went down 58-21.

Coddon B close the gap on the Shifnal side slightly after a 4-1 win over Wellington Billiard Hall X sees them in third spot along with Wellington Billiard Hall C who also claimed four points from their game with Pot black A.

Nick Pearce and Mark Wall gave the Donnington side the perfect start only for M Shadab to pull a frame back for the Billiard Hall with a 25 break against Andy Jones.

A close 55-41 win for Steve Downs restored Coddon's two frame lead - and they finished the match in some style with the evergreen Phil Szklarzewicz defeating M Surfraz to leave the final score 4-1 to the Coddon boys.

Wellington Billiard Hall C's fifth win of he season was set up by some excellent play early on from Dave Blagborough and John Rawlins.

Dave took the first frame for the Wellington side courtesy of a 34 break against Toby Welsh before captain John Rawlins' 22 break secured the next frame too against Mike Thompson.

Paul Crooks did manage to pull one frame back for Pot Black as he defeated Alex Turnbull by 46 points to 31 but further wins for Laki Badhan and Paul Lucas put the seal on an excellent night's work by the C side.

Wellington Billiard Hall E went one better than their C team as they returned with all five points from their visit to Anstice B.

Nigel Stallard got the better of his namesake Nigel Wallcroft and further wins from John Powell and Chris Morris put the Wellington side well and truly in the driving seat.

Ray Evan's win over Danny Weaver made it four before Paul Wilkes put the icing on the cake with a final frame victory over Stuart Wimbush.

Shifnal D stay bottom of the table despite recording their third win of the season at home to Maddocks C.

Mick Guest's 49-17 win over Geoff Hoof and Simon Ackland's victory over Joe Oliver gave the Shifnal side the perfect start. Geoff French took the third frame for them too only for Maddocks to reply through Jimmy Hill and Billy Rushton to leave the final score 3-2 to the Shifnal boys.

DIVISION 3

Newport British Legion B may be bottom of the third division table but they surely won't have to wait much longer for their first win if they continue to perform as they did against second placed Anstice C.

John Yapp gave the Newport side the lead by taking the first frame by 49 points to 30 from Kevin Smith. The Anstice replied through Andy Elliott's 45-17 success over Darren Edwards and Jason Hill's victory over Keith Gardner .

However, Alan Davies squared things up once more by taking a close fourth frame from Steve Ward 43-34 only for Steve Camp to give the Madeley side their fifth win in seven with a 60-26 win in the deciding frame against Alan Munn.

With the result from Division 3 leaders Little Dawley C not yet in the Little Dawley side still head the table by two points over Anstice C who have a point more than Maddocks B in third.

The Oakengates side also won 3-2 but will be disappointed not to have built on a 3-0 lead. Les Hicks was as reliable as ever as he gave the home side the lead with a 65-25 win over Welsh Wizard Paul Jones.

Doug Morrey then took the next on the black from Paul Easthope before Steve Pritchard's 22 break made it 3-0 against Kevin Ryan.

Visiting captain Bob Tracy's 62-54 win over Graham Tudor pulled a frame back for the Bayley before an amusing incident in the next contributed to Dicky Beddall's win over Tony O'Neil.

Tony, had earlier thought he had potted a red which had remained on the table over the pocket - he promptly got down and potted the blue only to be called for a foul stroke!

There were no such goings on as Hills Lane B entertained Wellington Billiard Hall B though. The visitors fell two frames down early on after Steve Weaver and Lee Harris took the opening frames. However Kevin Whitehead sparked a revival for the visitors with a 56-30 win over Kev Davis. And with Ian Atkinson and Roy Francis winning the last two frames against Steve Powell and Richie Jones respectively the Wellington side turned a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 win.

Bayley D cling onto fourth place despite falling to a 3-2 defeat at home to Maddocks D.

Darren Rhoades did give them the lead though only for Brendan Wincott to draw the visitors level with a black ball win over Dave Williams.

Martin Wincott then put Maddocks ahead with a 58-27 success over Bill France and their lead grew still further when Colin Smith secured the next frame too from home captain Steve Lane.

However, with Dave Dudley claiming the final frame of the evening against Christine Eldridge for the home side end result saw Maddocks triumphant by the odd frame.

Graham Copson gave Little Dawley G the lead as they entertained Wellington Billiard Hall F and they went 2-0 up thanks to Graham Clement's 63-35 win over Rob Cook.

Steve Weatherall replied for the Billiard Hall and sparked a mini revival as both Chris Fletcher and Richard Tranter took the final two frames to secure the Wellington side's third win this term.

STEVE FLETCHER    

Steve.Fletcher@telfordsnooker.com

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