As I start this weeks report, I would first like to thank all who attended Nev Whiteheads funeral service last Wednesday. It was a great show of respect to a well-liked man, and all of our sympathies go to Nev’s family.

First report, courtesy of Darren Pountney.
Matt Bailey opened up in quick fire fashion with some excellent safety play to beat Graham Hoof convincingly to put Lds A, 1-0 up. Maddocks hit back quickly though with T. Hassock, who made it 1-1 with a convincing win against an out of sorts Tim Hicks. Jim Hill continued Maddocks good work to put them two up, and in reach of the finish line with a tactical battle against Jesse Lowe. Lee Elcock put paid to any thoughts of Maddocks winning the match early, with a fine win over Billy Rushton to square things at 2-2. Performance of the night from Darren Pountney ensured the win for Lds, with an excellent show of potting and safety against S. Hassock to make it 3-2 to Little Dawley.

Maddocks A were at home to the Audco a-side, and must have been a little surprised that the struggling Audco side managed to take two points from them, courtesy of Graham Darrell beating Leigh France 37-10, and in the final match Andy Kendrick having a win over Dave France 45-34.

Shifnal B entertained the Bayley e-side who came away with three of the five points on offer. Although Matt Davies was in fine form getting his team off to a flyer by winning the opening frame, and also compiling an 88 along the way against P. O’Brien the only other point was gained by Rob Wright, who in a close encounter with A. Jones won 50-45.

Champions Anstice A seem to be feeling the pinch a little, and although with home advantage to the Shifnal a-side lost 3-2 to Shifnal. Ian Duffy took the first point from Simon Biddulph winning 75-45, with Shawn Harris well beating Lindsay Knox 57-8. Then came three black ball finishes for the Shifnal side, with wins from J. Fallows over K. Price, 55-52 followed by Andy Easthopes win, 72-61 against Simon Yeats. In the last game Angus Way completed the win for Shifnal, triumphing 46-36 against Richard Wade.

Sir John Bayley A will be feeling a little unlucky only to have gained one point from their match with Dawley A. Dawley were visiting the Bayley club, and two of their three points were gained on black ball finishes. Arthur Burrows had a good win over Pete Nolan 64-27 in the third frame, after the Bayley side had dropped the first two points. Sean Nolan from Dawley won on the black against Chris Morgan-Adams in the first frame, and then Chris Woods beat Spencer Rowley 51-38. Mark Jones took the fourth frame for Dawley to go three up, beating Bob Mason 56-22, before Steve Fletcher lost on the black 57-46 to Rick Bailey.

Broseley A, at home this week to the Anstice D team, recorded a 5-0 win over the Anstice team. The first two points were narrowly taken for Broseley when Carl Walker beat Paul Devey 49-38, and Graham Long beating S. Collins 55-45. Simon McLeod added the third by beating D. Wilkie 57-32. Mick Brezwyn put a 38 break together to beat Nigel Wallcroft. Nigel, who has been playing very well to date, lost the match by 61-32. S. Thomas had the most comfortable win of the match to make it 5-0 for Broseley beating K Blackham 63-7.

In the second division this week, every match returned a 3-2 result.
Codden B won their match at home playing LDS G. Best win of the evening from N. Pearce who defeated T. Bell 63-10.

Minnesota Fats A raced into a 3-0 lead when the Trench Second Club A visited them in O,gates. Mick Pearson started the ball rolling by taking the first game from Ian Ferriday, 69-29. Next up Neil Pearson who had a comfortable win over K. Mears, 72-22. G. Corten secured the match by beating R. Smith 52-35, before K. Owen for the Second Club, stopped the charge by defeating Mick Egan 62-22 in the fourth frame. L. Giles took the last game for the Second Club a-side beating Kirk Stevenson 65-13.

Bayley F, although at home to the Codden C side, lost their match 3-2, and are not showing the consistent form of last season so far.

Shifnal F entertained the Anstice C team, and this match was decided in the last frame when D Pye got the better of M. Musgrave winning on the black 54-41.

Meanwhile, the other Anstice team, Anstice B had the home advantage over Bayley D. It didn’t turn out to be home advantage in the end though, as the Bayley side inflicted a 3-2 defeat on the Anstice B side, who may have found their niche in the league.

The last match in this division saw the Dawley B side at home to Minnesota Fats G. K. Jones lost the first game to the Min Fats side when James Price won that game 63-14. The very experienced Paul Harper then won his game easily, returning a score line of 73-17 over C. Davies. A. Jones regained the impetus for Dawley winning a close frame over Wayne Weeks 53-42. Another change in direction yet again when Martin Watkins beat Barry Roden of Dawley 57-41. This set up the decider, which saw G. Clements take the match for Dawley, 3-2, by beating Aaron O’Donnell 59-22.

In division three, new team Comrades were in impressive form when they visited the Little Dawley D side taking all five points from the match.

Hadley B gained their first match win of the season in spite of the usually solid Kev Whitehead losing the first frame to Phil Cottey 63-31. Phil had a 31 break during that frame. Rich Benting then lost a close game to P. Clarke 55-43 before lain Atkinson comprehensively beat C. Gittus 66-15. This game started Hadley’s revival, as Gareth Hughes took the frame from T. Wotherspoon, 46-33 to set up the deciding frame between Al Francis and S. Darrock from LDS B. Al Francis ran out the winner with a scorline of 50-24 in his favour to give Hadley the spoils.

Bayley Q are holding their form well. In spite of losing their two opening games when they visited Second Club B, they came back to take the last three games to win the match. Tom Firmstone got the first point for the Second Club with a good victory over Pete Smith, 78-37, and that was followed by Paul Crooks who had a 28 break, beating Chris Durham 79-40. Bayley then hit back with Rob Cook beating Mike Thompson in a close game 63-55, followed by an even closer game with Chris Bates pipping Dave Welsh by two points, 47-45. Steve Weatherall then completed the comeback comfortably winning his frame with Neil Robinson 57-24.

Bayley B at home to Maddocks B, started well winning the first frame, but eventually lost the match 3-2. Highlight of this match was a very good break of 55 by K. West over Wally Harper, that scoreline 80-32.

Thanks to Shifnal D this week, who agreed to reverse the fixture between themselves and Newport B. The Newport B side were unable to play at home due to vandalism at their club. This was another match where Newport after losing the two opening frames came back to take the match 3-2. Terry Askew started by defeating Allan Davies 46-32 to give Shifnal the lead, before Sanjay Chauhan got their second point beating Richard Goldie 69-38.

Keith Gardner than started the revival with a close win over Geoff French 65-57. John Yapp continued the revival adding another point for Newport, beating Arthur Aston 69-42. The very capable Les Stirling then won the deciding game by a score of 62-23 playing Barrie Easthope.

Alan Turner    

Alan.Turner@telfordsnooker.com

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