As all the cards are already in for the first division this week, that is where I will start my report again.

Broseley came down to the Little Dawley club as prospective champions and here is the report sent in courtesy of Darren Pountney.

Broseley came to Little Dawley knowing that any type of win would surely wrap the league title up for this season, and with the Little Dawley outfit fighting to regain second spot outright, they also knew that nothing more than a heavy win would suffice to catch Anstice A on the run-in.

Broseley came out of the traps flying with Graham Long in exceptional form against Ade Henry. With Ade Henry playing for the first time in 2006, he could not have done much about an inspired Graham, on his way to victory knocking in a fine 46 break, 1-0 to Broseley, 84 points to 7.

Simon McLeod was on the verge of making it 2-0, until a slack safety shot with one red left allowed Lee Elcock back into the frame. Lee duly obliged to clear to the pink and level things at 1-1, 50 points to 39, this proving to be a massive turning point in the match.

Darren Pountney then stepped up against Carl Walker and it was nip and tuck until again 1 red out, when Darren took a valuable 33 break to put the frame out of reach and make it 2-1 to Little Dawley, 63 points to 31.

Mick Brezwyn looked in control for much of the frame against Jesse Lowe, but with the competitive spirit Jesse has, he never gave up, and produced some excellent form near the closing stages of the frame to defeat Mick, 65 points to 45 and win the match for Little Dawley. Matt Bailey then took on the in form Simon Thomas and duly disposed of him, 63 points to 28 to make it a superb 4-1 to the Little Dawley men.

Although the Little Dawley team played so well unfortunately for them, Anstice A at home to Maddocks C recorded the same result of 4-1 against the newly promoted Maddocks C team.

Anstice A managed a fine 4-1 win against the struggling Maddocks C team and with the shock result of Broseley losing heavily, the league although, highly unlikely could still be up for grabs.

Anstice started well with Keith Price taking the opener by 63-27 against Graham “skip” Hoof despite a good effort from the iron men captain. Simon Yeats then made it two nil by beating an out of sorts Steve Hassack 51-14 with both men having chances.

Any thought of a 2nd whitewash of the season were shelved after Jim Hill managed to get control of the balls and pot his way to a 72-32 win against Sean Harris. Jamie Fallows made sure of the match with a solid display against Billy Rushton to make it 3-1.

In the final frame Ian Duffy had an entertaining game with Joe Oliver. The home man looked to be on his way to a good break when he ran out of position, this let Joe keep within touching distance with some good potting. Joe, needing a snooker on the brown, played a great shot to put Ian in big trouble, only to watch the brown run and drop in. Joe failed to recover and lost out 69-37.

Report Courtesy of Jim Hill

Maddocks A, although winning their match 3-2 over the Anstice D team made no headway towards second spot, and disappointingly, Maddocks last player had no game due to Anstice not fielding a last player.

This situation will need to be looked at a little more seriously next season as we seem to be having quite a few matches with players short this season!

After a poor result last week Shifnal B returned to winning ways with a 4-1 result over the Bayley A side, another match with a player short! Highlight of this match was a super break of 51 from Steve Fletcher and a convincing win over Rob Wright of 109-8. Chris Morgan Adams had a good frame against Matt Davies but just lost out 61-48 in the end.

That win for Shifnal B now takes them above their Shifnal A side as they crashed to a 4-1 defeat when they played at home to Dawley Social A. Simon Biddulph, who incidentally doesn’t play every week, was the only player to capture a point for the Shifnal A side, and this against the very experienced Rick Bailey.

Last but not least, the almost doomed Audco A came up against Bayley E.

Andy Phelan gained his first win of the season against John Squires, albeit a fluke on the final pink in a very entertaining game and Graham Darrell was cueing “like an old pro” to record a fine win of 74-10 against Andy O’Brien. The match went to a decider, where our superstar player, Andy Kendricks beat Dave France 64-16.

Lets hope there aren’t to many transfer bids coming in for him at the end of the season!

Second Division

The leaders of the second division, Anstice C were away to Minnesota Fats A and came away with three points. The match went to a decider and saw Nick Oakley play Kirk Stevenson, Nick produced a 41 break and a comfortable win of 89-14. With Just six games left, Anstice look to be claiming the second division championship whatever happens.

Bayley F, still producing good results came up with a good 4-1 win over Codden B even though playing away. Tom Maxfield started the ball rolling beating A. Jones 55-40 and compiling a 36 break during the proceeds. Only Steve Downes from the Codden side showed any form when he beat young Toms’ dad Paul, 76-34.

Meanwhile, Anstice B, although with some experienced players from the first division, seem to be struggling to find their feet after gaining promotion last season. Although they managed a 3-2 win over fellow relegation battlers, Minnesota Fats G, Anstice are still two points adrift of them, and have it all to do.

Little Dawley G, in third spot last week visited the Bayley D side and the following report is courtesy of Dave Dudley.

R Levenue had a 21 break in the middle of the first frame, but this was not enough to prevent Dave Dudley from taking the frame on the pink.
Dave Dudley 52 R Levenue 43

Neil Morris then levelled the scores in the second frame with a comfortable win against Darren Rhodes.
Daz Rhodes 27 Neil Morris 71

Jim Lewis displayed the game was not just about break building, and with his experience he managed to defeat Graham Wiley.
Jim Lewis 52 Graham Wiley 15

Mark Beddall showed the kind of form he is capable of against Graham Copson and he took both pink and black to win the match for Bayley D
Mark Beddall 43 Graham Copson 34

Craig Whitehead rounded up a great evening for the Wellington team by beating Rob Withington with two great pots on the blue and pink
Craig Whithead 60 Rob Withington 41

Codden C move one point ahead of LDS G into third place as they inflicted a 4-1 defeat to the Second Club Trench A side. L Giles was the only winner for the Trench club beating Ray Whitehead 66-30.

Dawley B gave a good account of themselves when they were at home to Shifnal F, one of the top teams at present. Dawley B returned a score line of 4-1 seriously denting Shifnals challenge to the leaders. In fact their only point of the match came in the last frame when Chris Painter just managed to beat Barry Roden, our sponsor, 44-36.

Third Division

With no result in from Second Club Trench B side it still leaves the Second Club at the top of division three.

Second place Bayley B whitewashed the Comrades at the Bayley club 5-0. Comrades did have three black ball finishes according to the scorecard, but this result keeps the Bayley B side in second spot.

Newport move up a few places in spite of losing their home match 3-2 to the Bayley Q side. Bayley Q are just one point behind their fellow Bayley players and all top three teams are in with a shout for the title.

John Yapp started well for Newport winning the first game against Pete Smith, but then Newport lost the next three frames as Chris Durham, Chris Bates, and Rob Cook took Bayley three-one up. Les Stirling took the last frame against Richard Tranter to record a 3-2 win for the Bayley team.

Maddocks B are staying in contention with the leaders, but could only manage a 3-2 win over LDS B this week. The match was all level after four frames but thanks to Martin Colley who managed to beat Snowy Darrock 57-41, Maddocks secured the match.

Alan Turner    

Alan.Turner@telfordsnooker.com

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