Bayley A of the second division saw there lead of eight points cut a little this week, by two in fact, when they visited the in form side Dawley B. The Dawley side started with Barry Roden taking the first frame with a score of 72-42 to put Dawley in front. Next to play was Pat McDowell who lost to Chris Morgan-Adams 57-26. Grant Heighway who has soon dropped onto the winning mode on his return to the game, scored a 65-38 win over Steve Nichols. The match was then squared when Spencer Rowley beat Alex Jones 57-35. So to the match winning point which saw Steve Hewitt make it a win for Dawley with a comfortable victory over Bob Mason 70-26.

Maddocks C, got back to winning ways when they entertained their club rivals Maddocks B and came out triumphant by four frames to one. Joe Oliver was sent to the crease first and played one of his best games of the season with a fine victory over the experienced Wall Harper 74-31. Colin Smith then followed suit, albeit narrowly, by taking the scalp of Doug Morrey, before Nev Whitehead clinched the match by overcoming skipper John Archer 64-39.

Everything pointed to a four-frame lead when Graham Hoof led Les Hicks by nineteen points with only the green upwards left. Anyone who knows Les will tell you he doesn’t lie down easily, and he coolly cleared the table for a 25 break, and pinched the frame 46-40. Anchor man, Jim “Northern Rock” Hill, then claimed the fourth point, when after a long tussle he finally broke down Steve Pritchard and sneaked over the line with a 50-38 score line.

This win leaves Maddocks B firmly planted at the bottom of the second division! (Maddocks C report kindly sent by Neville and Pat Whitehead weekly)

The third Maddocks side, Maddocks D made a slight move up the table when they produced a good win over another potential promotion candidate, Bayley F.

Bayley F, at the Maddocks club, started well enough by taking the first two frames via Tom Maxfield winning his frame 60-31, followed by Eddie Whitehead with a 57-26 win over Harry Hulme. Although the next two frames were close affairs, Ken Davies made no mistakes in securing the final frame and match against Chris Shaw 54-32.

There is hardly any change in the rest of the placings this week except for Maddocks D and Shifnal F changing places.

Shifnal F lost at home to Little Dawley G 3-2, and The Second Club Trench, at home to Codden C consolidated their position by beating The Codden team 3-2.

Anstice C were made to fight all the way to win their match 3-2, with the match decided in the last frame. The highlight of this match saw Steve Camp making breaks of 42 and 29 in his resounding victory over young Mark Weeks 88-2.

In the third division Bayley D surged on at the top of the division when they were at home to the forlorn, Hadley side, and took all five frames. Mostly newcomers to the game, Hadley must be favourites for sports men of this season!

Newport Legion popped into third place this week in spite of losing at home to Shifnal D 3-2. Les Stirling recorded a 31 break on his way to beating Barrie Easthope 73-14, and a as anyone who has played on that table will appreciate, that is a good break!

Minnesota Fats C and Bayley B keep in the same pecking order after the Bayley side visited Minnesota and came away with a 3-2 win.

Little Dawley had all of their teams at home this week and in this division the only changes were a turnaround in positions for the X and the B-side. Little Dawley X beat their club mates 3-2.

Meanwhile, the Little Dawley J side were finding the going a little tough as the Wellington Billiard Hall B side visited them and went home with four of the points. Kevin Whitehead had a break of 28 as he beat Martin Laugharne 85-15. This opens a gap of eleven points between those two teams at the bottom of the table.

So let’s carry on with the final report from the first division where LDS A were at home to the reigning champions, Anstice A. Although the Anstice A were not allowed to play two of their main players this week, take nothing from LDSA club as they recorded a fine win 3-2 against the Anstice A team. Whether this will be enough to deter Anstice from retaining their championship, remains to be seen.

However,Richy Jones from the Anstice team, drew first blood for Anstice, by beating Lee Elcock 55-46. Next up was Darren Pountney for the Little Dawley side, who recorded a fine win over Richy Wade 63-25 having a 53 break on the way to victory. Tim Hicks then defeated Nick Oakley 51-37 before Ade Henry lost to Shawn Harris by 60-19. The last frame saw Matt Bailey beating the very consistent Ian Duffy 67-30.

The last mentioned result will give great heart to Broseley, who went to Shifnal and took all of the points beating the Shifnal B side 5-0. Paul Humphries will be well pleased in beating Matt Davies 68-57, and I’m sure, as always, Matt will take the defeat graciously. This win takes Broseley into second place in the table, but watch out you’ve got WBHA next week!

Having said that, in my last weeks report I spoke about the spasmodic form of Shifnal A, and they came to the Wellington Billiard Hall to make me eat my words. I should have known better as they beat the Wellington lads 4-1. Three of the games were on the black, one on the blue and one on the pink, so the Wellington side can gain some consolation from that, maybe!

Maddocks A visited the Bayley E side who are usually a very hard side to beat, but Maddocks took four points from them to move into joint second place with Broseley. Ian Skelton made a 37 break in his frame against John Squires winning 64-23.

Codden B retain their position in the table, but after beating Minnesota fats whist playing at home, 4-1, this match has given them a three point cushion over the two sides beneath them.

The Dawley A side were away to Anstice D, and gained a valuable victory over the Anstice club beating them four frames to one. The last two games for the Dawley side were won on the black ball when Rick Bailey beat Phil Reynolds 49-47, and Chris Woods beat Nigel Wallcroft 48-45.

Alan Turner    

Alan.Turner@telfordsnooker.com

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