Normal service resumed this week to the snooker league, and I will start my report with the second division.

Bayley F who were well in contention earlier in the season for the promotion stakes, met their main rivals Bayley A in a local derby match, and unfortunately came out losing 4-1 to their A side. This was a convincing win by the Bayley A side and only Eddie Whitehead saved the blushes for the Bayley F team by beating Arthur Burrows 80-31. Most convincing winner of the evening was yet again, Steve Fletcher who won by 100 –16 against Andy Summers.

Meanwhile, promotion-chasing Maddocks C recorded a 3-2 victory over visitors Codden C. This was by no means a comfortable win as the Codden team made the perfect start taking the first two frames with fine wins by Alan Hedgecock over Dave Thomas 62-23, and then victory on the brown ball for Don Bayliss over Colin Smith 59-33.

Maddocks C then sent in their stalwart player, Joe Oliver to stop the rot. Joe did just that with a convincing win over Dave Holmes 62-17 with Dave conceding on the brown ball.

Nev Whitehead then squared the match beating Andy Weaver, but, despite having a 39-0 lead, Andy kept hacking away only to lose on the pink 50-34.

It was the pink ball again which came to the iron men’s rescue, as Jim Hill duelled with Codden skipper, Ray Whitehead. After a good tactical battle Jim secured the point taking the frame 55-37.

Dawley B who are keeping the pressure on those above them, still remain two points behind Maddocks C after winning their home match 3-2 against LDSG.

Anstice C, who were away to Shifnal F, gained a very good 4-1 win, with the only winner for Shifnal being new signing, Dave Pye who put in a fine performance by winning his frame 71-35. This win puts Anstice on level points with Codden C in the table.

A change in directions for the next two teams, as the roles seem to be reversing somewhat. The Second Club Trench entertained Minnesota Fats G, and albeit a close match the Second Club came through winning by three frames to two. The Second Club are gradually moving up and Minnesota G who have lost some of their early form, are slipping down!

Maddocks D, although edging the match against opponents Maddocks B in this local derby, 3-2, crept up to third from the bottom of the table. Very interesting scenario at the bottom of this division as there are only three points between the bottom six places at the moment, but still, there’s a long way to go yet!

In the third division Bayley D were at home to LDSJ and won the match 3-2. Craig Whitehead started the ball rolling with a 72-13 win over J. Evans, which included a 31 break. M. Langhuarn then replied for the Little Dawley side by taking the next frame with a 27 clearance to win 63-13. The next two frames were also shared between the sides, but Brian Aberdeen took the final frame against Darren Bailey 64-20.

Shifnal D came away from Anstice B with just two points from their match, but still remain in second spot in that division. In view of the standard of the Anstice B side the Shifnal lads may be well pleased with their two points taken, when Terry Askew defeated Mick Reynolds 64-50 and Sanjay Chauhan beat John Darrock 61-32.

Newport B continued their ascent in the table when Hadley A visited them. The Newport side had a convincing win 5-0 although Hadley lost two of their frames on the black.

Another local derby match saw Bayley Q playing Bayley B with the outcome of that match showing a score line of 3-2 to the Bayley Q side. Bayley Q maintain the same position in the table, but have increased their lead over the Wellington Billiard Hall B side who had to give their opponents the complete match after unforeseen illness overtook their side. With only two players able to compete, the Wellington side awarded the match to their opponents, LDSX 5-0.

Minnesota Fats C, at home to LDSB lost their match 4-1. Paul crooks for Minnesota Fats, although recording a 22 break in the first frame, lost by 51-42 against Gary Clements. Phil Cottey also had a 24 break for LDSB as he won his game 66-25 playing Toby Welsh. What a difference the black ball makes! The last frame which was also decided on the black ball with Simon Evans beating Dave Welsh made such a significant difference, 4-1 instead of 3-2!

So we move to the first division, and I begin this report with Anstice D playing Bayley E. Anstice were at home and started with a close first game with Darren Wilkie losing to Steve Hoof on the black ball. The next frame saw Paul Devey drop another point to the Bayley side when he lost 36-53 to John Squire.

The next frame must have been a pleasure to watch as Keith Blackham, playing Dave France knocked in a superb 79 break and finished with a score line of 96-7. This game inspired the rest of Anstice D to carry on and win the match 3-2. Although Nigel Wallcroft beat Ali Jones on the black; the last frame went to Phil Reynolds who recorded a comfortable win over Andy Jones 61-22.

Reigning champions Anstice A had to visit Broseley, where for only the second time this season, Anstice lost the match by three frames to two.

The first frame was won by Neil Price for Anstice when Neil beat Carl Walker 56-42. Graham Long was next up and defeated Neil’s brother Keith, 50-30. Mick Brezwyn then put the Broseley boys back in front with a 62-42 win over Shawn Harris. Ian Duffy for Anstice then levelled the match by a narrow win over Ritchie Hulme 53-41. The final frame saw Simon Mcloud return a comfortable victory over Nick Oakley 72-23.

Little Dawley A moved up a spot with a fine 5-0 win at home to their local rivals Dawley Social. Lee Elcock made a 39 break whilst beating Sean Nolan 69-31, and that was followed by Darren Pountney also recording a break of 29 on his way to victory against Mark Jones. Tim Hicks beat Chris Woods 58-31 before Matt Bailey took the fourth frame 64-36 in his game with Pete Nolan. The closest that Dawley social came to winning a game was in the last frame where Rick Bailey lost on the black to Ade Henry 54-47.

Codden B at home to Maddocks A took two points from the Maddocks team in a closely fought match. Mark Wall will be very pleased with his narrow win over Ian Skelton, the score being 48-46 in favour of Mark.

Another local derby match, and yet again a 3-2 result went in favour of the Shifnal A side who beat their own B side. The Shifnal A side lost both of their losing frames on the black. John Fallows losing to Matt Davies and Simon Biddulph to Chris Petford.

Alan Turner    

Alan.Turner@telfordsnooker.com

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