| A slight change in the top of the table this week as joint
leaders Anstice A and Maddocks A both secured good results.
Anstice A were away to Dawley Social club and took all five
points, although the games between Ian Duffy versus Sean Nolan
and Rick Bailey playing Keith Price were both close affairs
being decided on the black ball.
According to the score card it looks as though Maddocks A
had an exciting match playing Shifnal A. Maddocks who had
the home advantage started very well when Ian Eldridge beat
John Fallows 75-1. This included a break of 44 for Ian during
the game. Angus Way produced a 35 break in his game with Phil
Davies and won the frame, but this was to be the only point
gained by Shifnal A during the match. The next game was decided
on the black when Leigh France defeated Phil Whitby, and then
Darren Wincott got the better of Andy Easthope in the fourth
frame. Another break of 32 by Ian Skelton in the last frame
saw him beat Lindsay Knox 72-34. This now puts two points
between Anstice and Maddocks at the top of the table.
A lack lustre Wellington Billiard Hall visited Anstice D,
but did manage to gain two points, virtue of Graham Darrel
who remains undefeated so far this season, and Andy Kendricks.
Darren Wilkie, Keith Blackham and Phil Reynolds all won for
Anstice D.
Minnesota Fats A were well out of their depth this week
when they visited Shifnal B who recorded a 5-0 win. Matt Davies
had a fifty break against Mick Egan, but I do hope Minnesota
Fats see the season out in this division, especially as they
were thrown in at the deep end to take the place of Codden
A, who dropped out at the last minute.
Bayley E, after a fine win at Shifnal A last week, played
Broseley at home, and lost their match 3-2. Andy O’Brien
started well by beating Carl walker 69-32 with the help of
a 32 break in the first game, then Steve Hoof, who has only
won one game so far this season, lost to Paul Humphries on
the black. I’m sure Steve will soon find his form, which
seems to have deserted him at the moment. Andy Jones then
regained the lead when he beat G. Long to make it 2-1 to the
home side. John Squire then lost to Mick Brezwyn 72-9 with
Mick having a break of 33 in that frame. The final frame saw
Broseley take the match when Simon Mcloud beat Dave France
70-31.
Another match decided on the last frame in this weeks first
division took place at Codden, when Codden B played little
Dawley A. The first frame went to Jamie fallows when he defeated
Andy Jones, who played so well last week. That score 65-39
to Jamie. A complete turn around in the next, when Lee Elcock
failed to score a point, losing by 65-0 to Simon Yeats. Codden
than took the lead for the first time when Steve Downes beat
Jesse Lowe 64-48. The match was all square at the end of the
next frame as Matt Bailey won comfortably against Mark Wall.
So to the last frame, where the joint highest break this week
was had by Darren Pountney. He made no bones about winning
the deciding frame, and ran out winning 98-4 against Nick
Pearce. Darren knocked in a 53 break during that game and
consequently won the match for Little Dawley A.
In the second division Bayley A maintain their five-point
advantage over Bayley F after visiting little Dawley G where
they gained a 4-1 result. Steve Fletcher, one of the few unbeaten
players in the league, also notched a 53 break in his game
against Rob Withington winning 85-23, although the break came
in the last frame, Steves team mates had already won the match
after Chris Morgan Adams took the first frame against Graham
Wiley 69-31. Little Dawley were then given some hope when
D. Levenue beat A.Burrows 55-22. in the second frame, but
their hopes were soon dashed as Steve Nichols beat Graham
Copson 72-34, and Spencer Rowley beat R. Levenue 67-51.
Bayley F also had the same score line in their match when
they visited Anstice C. Bayley F moved the Anstice team down
the table one notch with their good 4-1 win away from home,
and are still keeping the pressure up on their stable mates
Bayley A.
Minnesota G at home to Maddocks B won the match in the final
frame. Minnesota G started brightly when Aaron O’Donnell
beat Wally Harper 64-30 in the opening frame. John Archer
then pulled a point back by beating James price 44-25. Next
up, the captain Wayne Weeks played Nigel White to recapture
the lead and won 67-35. Les Hicks then levelled the match
for Maddocks B having a 26 break during his win over Craig
Davies. Finally Tony Marsh overcame Tony O’Neil to take
the match for Minnesota in the final frame. The placings in
the table for these teams are now level, due to an earlier
frame in the season being declared void!
Maddocks C remain in fourth place in the table although
gaining one point on the third placed Dawley B. Maddocks C
visited Shifnal F and came away with a fine 4-1 win. This
was Maddock's C second win of the season. Joe Oliver drew
first blood for the foundry men when he defeated Kev Dickenson
75-46. Jim Hill followed suit with a 45-13 win over John Briscoe.
Shifnal's Chris Painter then kept his one hundred percent
record when an early break of 23 put him in control of the
match. However his opponent Dave Thomas stuck to his task
well and could have won with the last remaining four colours
on the table. Unfortunately a foul on the black put paid to
Dave’s chances. Bill Rushton then clinched the match
against youngster Jake Dickenson 67-27 and Nev Whitehead made
it 4-1 after winning his frame playing Fred Harper. This was
no easy game even though Nev started with a 24 break, as Fred
chased him all the way to the colours. After hitting a snooker
that Nev laid, it left a simple pink for Nev to pot and win
his game 58-41.
Although losing at home to Codden C, Maddocks B move themselves
one spot up the table this week. A. Hedgecock for Codden won
the first frame against M. Wincott 55-7, and then Fred Spragg
playing D. Holmes levelled the match by winning 62-49. Maddocks
then took the lead as Ken Davies had a comfortable win over
D. Weaver 80-33. Matt Bothwell for the vistors, then levelled
the match again with a 95-37 score line over Graham Arnold.
The last frame couldn’t have been tighter as Ray Whitehead
beat Roy Adams on the black to give his Codden side the victory.
Dawley B, away to The Second Club Trench, have gone from
joint second in the division this week to third place, after
gaining a 3-2 victory over the Second Club. The Second Club
gained ground on the three teams directly above them, and
although losing this match 3-2 can take heart from an encouraging
encounter with Dawley B.
The third division this week saw Hadley A lose their third
match this season 5-0, when they were hosts to Shifnal D.
Shifnal raced into a 4-0 lead until any resistance at all
was shown by Hadley, and alyhough Dave Barnett did his best
to secure a point against Barrie Easthope he lost the frame
on the black. This means that Shifnal D have gained a further
point over Bayley D giving them a three point lead in this
division.
Bayley D are keeping the pressure up on Shifnal D as they
recorded a 4-1 win at home to the Minnesota Fats C team. Paul
Crooks took the first frame for Minnesota Fats 54-28 when
he played Dave Williams, but that was to be the only point
of the evening as Bayley D took the next four frames.
Bayley B and Little Dawley X are still locked in the same
positions in the table as they both had 3-2 results in their
favour.
Little Dawley X were at home to Newport B who have been playing
quite steadily this season, but found the Little Dawley side
too strong as the first three frames went to the Dawley side.
Allan Davies stopped the charge by beating Ryan Jackson 64-17
and then Les Stirling, also playing very well this season
beat Phil Padmore on the black to take two points from the
match. In fact the first six places in division three remain
the same as last week!
Bayley Q move up one place in the table this week although
they lost to Little Dawley B. Chris Durham won the first frame
on the black for the home side 47-44 but then Little Dawley
emulated that result with Simon Evans Beating Chris Bates,
also on the black, 69-61. Talk about close games; the next
frame saw Steven Weatherall lose to Colin Gittus 55-46, yet
another frame decided on the black ball. The next frame was
a little more clear cut as Phil Cottey beat Chris Fletcher
73-20 to give his side the match. In the last frame Snowy
Darrock lost to Richard Tranter by 41 points to 59.
Finally this week the Wellington Billiard Hall B team who
have suffered two back-to-back 5-0 defeats brought back a
little credibility to their side when they took two points
from the Bayley B side. The Wellington side will be pleased
to have stopped the slide down the table with these valuable
two points.
Alan Turner
Alan.Turner@telfordsnooker.com
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