It's a funny old game, and after reporting on the success of Comrade’s victory last week, that is where I start my report this week, in the third division.

Comrades who had a wonderful victory last week of 5-0 came back to earth with a bump in the third division this week, and found themselves on the end of a 5-0 beating from the Second Club B team. The closest game in the match came courtesy of M. Wordesell who lost 35-33 to Neil Robinson, but that was the nearest that comrades came to a point.

Albeit, Comrades due to games played are now in third spot in this division, with the Second club having played two matches less, who are in second spot.

Shifnal D were at home to the Hadley A side, but didn’t have things their own way as the Hadley side managed to take two points from this match. Although the match was won by the fourth frame, Ian Atkinson took the last and second point of the evening for Hadley by beating Ivor Peplow 53-22.

Local derby between LDS B and LDS D, ended with victory for the b-side who were classed as the home team, and who came out winning that match 3-2. Chris Niblett narrowly missed taking the match to a decider for his team, LDS D, when he lost by the narrowest of margins 55-54 to C. Gittus.

Maddocks B were at home to Newport B, with Maddocks opening well when Wally Harper gained the first point, beating R. Davies 52-41. John Archer then built on that start to make it 2-0 to Maddocks defeating Richard Goldie 74-47.

The tide then started to turn as Les Hicks lost to N. Simpson 65-37, followed by team mate Doug Morrey, likewise losing out to John Yapp 63-32. That left Nigel White playing the decider against Les Stirling who has only dropped two frames so far this season in the league. That good form for Les continued as he went on to take the frame and match for Newport with a score line of 61-32 over Nigel.

Second division.

Anstice C current leaders of the division, were at home to Bayley F and things didn’t go to well at the outset of this match for Anstice, when John Jones lost the first game to Az Khan from the Bayley, 65-52. Young Tom Maxfield notched up the second frame beating Steve Camp 62-57.

Mike Musgrave then started a comeback with a comfortable 67-13 win over Chris Shaw, before Andy Elliot took the second frame for Anstice C, narrowly defeating Paul Maxfield 43-41. The decider and final frame saw Nick Oakley produce a good performance beating Eddie Whitehead 60-27 and putting together a break of 41 in doing so. 3-2 to Anstice C.

Dawley B visited second placed LDS G and in spite of taking two points from LDS G they are still holding up the division.

Codden C were at home to Anstice B, who surprisingly are nearer the bottom of the table than most would have thought. This match fared well for the Anstice team at the start when Noel Stones beat Danny Weaver 66-32 to gain the first point for Ans-b. Next up saw John Darrock with a win over Frazier McKinnon 62-54.

So, two points up and yet another revival as Matt Bothwell got the better of Stew Wimbush 56-18, with campaigner Sef Tusel then defeating George Hammond 66-39. Codden then won the decider with Dave Holmes winning the last frame 60-32 over Billy Watson.

Minnesota G had the home advantage with Shifnal F, but that seemed to count for nothing as the Shifnal side gained a 4-1 win to move themselves into fourth spot in the division. There appeared to be two black ball games in this match, although sometimes the report may be misleading when not marked on the card.

Bayley D entertained Minnesota Fats A who are much more at ease in this division. This match also had a few close games, and although the Bayley lads lost the match 4-1, highlight of the evening for the Bayley side would have been Darren Rhodes performance as he beat Mick Egan by 70-19 recording a 42 break on the way.

First division.

Broseley A maintained their lead at the top of division 1 with an emphatic win over the Maddocks C team. Carl Walker did enough to get past the young Tommy Hampson 62-27 then Graham Longs superb potting got the better of Jimmy Hill after a tactical battle to make it 2-0. Billy Rushton lost out to some excellent skill from Simon McLeod to seal the match. Mick Brezwyn played a great frame leaving Joe Oliver no chance, Simon Thomas then hit a superb 66 break to complete the rout and take 5 points from the meeting leaving the Maddocks team in danger of the drop.

Above report courtesy of Jim hill.

Lee Elcock played his best game this season to open LDS account away to Dawley A and make it 1-0. With the two teams tied in the league on the same points, a big win for either team would prove a big boost to any title aspirations. Darren Pountney then made it 2-0 to LDS beating Mark Jones comfortably, and with Tim Hicks following this up with a fine performance against Pete Nolan, this ensured the spoils in this local derby went the way of LDS.

Any chance of all 5 points were dashed in the next when Grant Heighway potted well against Jesse Lowe to win on the black and register Dawley's only frame as Ade Henry wrapped things up in the last for LDS and confirm a 4-1 win with a solid performance against Chris Woods.

Above report courtesy of Darren Pountney.

My thanks to Jim and Darren for their reports and if anyone cares to send a small report on any of their matches, they are always welcome through our website, or directly to me as follows:

Alan.Turner@telfordsnooker.com

Anstice A with an indifferent start to the season were playing at the Bayley club where they managed to win 4-1. Unfortunately the Bayley E side, their hosts, could only provide four players, and their first player, Steve Hoof got the one and only point for the Bayley side, beating K. Price 67-48.

S. Harris then replied for Anstice 60-27 against A. Jones before J. Fallows added their second point 69-43 over John Squires. A most convincing win arrived in the form of Ian Duffy’s win over Dave France 112-1 before the last frame was awarded to Anstice A.

Anstice D were at home to the Shifnal B, team but even with home advantage lost the match 3-2 to Shifnal. Anstice D now find themselves slipping a little in this division, as their form seems to have dipped a little.

Not much between Shifnal A and Maddocks A in the table and that proved to be the same in the match. Shifnal A with home advantage lost the first frame when Daz Wincott, who was cueing beautifully when I last saw him play, beat Lindsay Knox 52-19. John Fallows then took a point for Shifnal by beating Ian Eldridge 66-43.

Andy Easthope conceded another point to Maddocks losing to Phil Davis 54-30 before Simon Biddulph set up a decider by beating Dave France 63-56. In the final frame Ian Skelton won a close match against Angus Way 56-43. The result was 3-2 to Maddocks.

In the relegation battle newly promoted Bayley A visited Audco A. Audco, who are drifting away from safety in the first division now look to be on a raft race away from it, as the Bayley club took four points from the encounter.

Highlight of this match was a top class game between Steve Fletcher and Graham Darrell, a pleasure to watch, with Steve coming out the victor 75-61. Only winner yet again was Andy Kendrick’s who beat Bob Mason 60-37.

Alan Turner    

Alan.Turner@telfordsnooker.com

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