The Telford Snooker League got into action for the first time this season on Wed 15th September. Although the Codden A side dropped out at the last minute, my thanks to Kirk Stevenson and his lads for stepping into the vacant slot as Minn Fats A. This means there will be no byes in the first division now!

Minn A accounted themselves very well in their first league game ever, in the first division taking two points from the Wellington A side.

Jamie Fallows made a welcome return for Little Dawley A, who put his team into a one nil lead against Chris woods, until Sean Nolan found his potting boots to beat Ade Henry with a fine forty break. Any ideas of a comeback by Dawley A was soon forgotten as Jesse Lowe rolling back the years against Mark Jones put Little Dawley A two up. Lee Elcock then beat Pete Nolan to make it 3-1. The final match saw Darren Pountney recapturing some of his old form against another quality player, Rick bailey, who in his words complimented Darren for an “excellent clearance from yellow to pink” That gave Little Dawley A, a wonderful start to the season.

Elsewhere the local derby of Shifnal A versus Shifnal B saw the A side record a four nil win over the revamped Shifnal B side. Shifnal B sides win came courtesy of a 78 break from Matt Davies, the first of many I’m sure. Maddocks A had a comfortable win of 4-1 against Codden B whilst champions Anstice A recorded the same score against Broseley who had one player short! Anstice D, another side with changes this season saw ex Minnesota Fats Paul Devey record his first win for new team Anstice D against Steve hoof of Bayley E. Anstice also had a 4-1 win in the end over Bayley E.

In the second division the second club Trench who have re-entered the snooker scene after several years away got off to a good start, winning their match 3-2 against Minnesota Fats G. Bayley A who didn’t quite make it back to the first division last season got off to a shaky 3-2 result in there first match.

Anstice C with a couple of new signings lost their opener 3-2 against Shifnal and Little Dawley G also lost to Dawley B 3-2. Local derby saw Maddocks B off to a great start after they beat their D side 4-1. Codden C versus Maddocks C saw some of the players I grew up with still playing good snooker. Billy Rushton for Maddocks scoring well against John Whitehouse and in the game of Nev Whitehead versus Ray Whitehead Nev came out winning comfortably.

In the third division another local derby saw Bayley B beat newly formed side Bayley Q 4-1 whilst their Bayley D side won by the same margin away to LDS C. Little Dawley B side managed a 3-2 win over Minnesota Fats C, and new team LDS X recorded a 3-2 win when they visited the WBH B side. A bumpy start for Anstice B Going down 4-1 to Shifnal D with only George Hammond showing any form. And finally poor Hadley united; the only team unable to get a point on the league table losing 5-0 to Newport B.

Alan Turner    

Alan.Turner@telfordsnooker.com

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