Second Club B team continued their good start to the season in division three this week, when they visited Hadley A and inflicted a 4-1 defeat on the Hadley side.

Kev Whitehead was the only player in form for Hadley, and beat Tom Firmstone 57-35 having a 24 break during the frame, although Allen Francis came close, just losing out on the black.

Joint leaders Bayley Q were involved in a local derby match with their Bayley B side, and maintained their position in the table, by matching the Second clubs score line, 4-1.

Although Bayley B started with a win in the first frame when Kevin West beat Chris Durham, that was the only point they managed, as the Bayley Q side took the next four frames.

The “Q” side won two of their games on the black ball with Rob Cook beating K. McLeod 41-35, and Steve Weatherall winning 53-50 playing Dick Oliver.

The Comrades A side were also away to Maddocks B, and three of those games were very close with Maddocks taking the match 3-2.

Shifnal D were going very well taking the first three frames at home to Little Dawley B, until Paul Easthope stopped the rot by beating G. French 52-42.

The last game was a close affair too, with Simon Evans from Dawley defeating B. Easthope 56-45.

The first division witnessed an intriguing match this week when champions Anstice A, were the home side in the local derby match with their D side.

Ian Duffy opened with 56-34 win over S. Collins, followed by a second point secured by Shawn Harris beating Paul Devey 42-22.

The charge was then effectively stopped in its tracks then as D. Wilkie turned the tide by beating Keith Price 65-15.

Nigel Wallcroft, playing well this season so far, then took another frame for the D side 58-34 against Simon Yeats.

Keith Blackham then made the D teams night, producing a 58-26 win over Richy Wade and making the match their own, 3-2.

Apart from Broseley the top teams from last season may be finding some teams a little stronger this year, and that was the case when Maddocks A at home to the Shifnal B side only managed to take three points.

Rob Wright continued in good style with an emphatic win over Dave France 79-18.

Rob made a 27 break in the match, which followed on from his good win last week.

Daz Wincott gained a fine victory over Matt Davies in a high scoring game winning on the black 65-57.

Broseley A were at Home to the struggling Bayley A, and inflicted a comprehensive defeat to the Bayley side, taking all five points.

S. Thomas and Mick Brezwyn both recorded 39 breaks in their frames with the Bayley side, who I’m sure will soon settle down to compete better than this.

Division one newcomers, Maddocks C, seem to be fairing well in the big boys league, as on their visit to an experienced Shifnal A side, they just lost out on the final frame.

A late break from John Fallows enabled him to notch up the first point for the islanders when he defeated Maddocks skipper Graham Hoof 62-19.

A 21 break helped chairman Angus Way to make it 2-0, when he gave few opportunities to youngster Tommy Hanson, who thus went down 78-16.

Nev Whitehead fought back for the visitors and after a sluggish start found a second gear recording a 23 break to take the frame from Roy Martin 64-25.

Jim Hill levelled the match 2-2 after he powered his way to a resounding 70-7 win over Lindsay Knox, clocking a 22 break on the way.

Former Shropshire Star champion, Simon Biddulph, then took the glory from the iron men when some solid safety play and excellent long potting recorded a win of 70-35 over Joe Oliver.

However Simon did not have it all his own way, and Joe fought back bravely, only to see his awarded free ball fall foul of snookering himself on the green, which proved to be his downfall.

Report courtesy of Nev Whitehead.

Little Dawley A had a fine win over the struggling Bayley E side 5-0.

Little Dawley at home raced into a 4-0 lead with Matt bailey making a 39 break against A. Jones, that score line 62-23.

The only Bayley player to get close to snatching a point was Dave France, but he lost a close encounter with Ade Henry 56-53.

Dawley A, sharing the top with a trio of teams, will be well pleased with their 3-2 win over Audco A.

Audco A would welcome winning a match, but that wasn’t to be this week.

Andy Kendrick, started the first frame, and although playing well was no match for the firepower of young Sean Nolan who ran out winning 82-33.

Alan Turner then put the first point on the board for Audco beating Mark Jones 56-6.

Micky Benting, in a very long match, lost to Pete Nolan 71-24 before Graham Darrell played Grant Heighway.

Graham had a good battle with Grant Heighway, and in spite of a late comeback from Grant, Graham maintained control of of the game to win 66-38.

The last Game saw Rick Bailey, (I think his name was Rick, he was called so many names!) take on Andy Phelan.

A totally one sided affair this one, with Rick showing excellent safety and potting to record a 60-9 victory over Andy.

In the second division this week the second derby match at Anstice saw the C side inflict a 3-2 defeat on their B side.

The first match looked like a cracker, with John Jones for Anstice C taking a 35 break during the frame, only to see Mick Reynolds clear the table with a 27 break, to snatch the first frame.

Steve camp then took a frame back for the “C” side beating John Darrock 62-33.

Noel Stones, who wont lose many in this division, scored a 72 points to 1 victory over Mick Musgrave.

Andy Elliot then triumphed over George Hammond 61-24, with Nick Oakley settling the deciding match by beating Stew Wimbush 62-11.

Bayley D edged a few places up the table when they recorded their first win of the season, taking four frames from Minn Fats G.

James Price was unable to get the snooker he required on the pink, and saw Dave Dudley finish off the first frame 53-28.

Darren Rhodes continued his good form from the previous week with a break of 28 on his way to a comfortable win against Tony Marsh.

Wayne Weeks gave his side a glimmer of hope beating Dave Williams 61-16.

Jim Lewis used his table craft to record a useful 70-35 win against Martin Watkins.

Report courtesy of Dave Dudley.

Dawley B at home to Coddon C won their match 3-2 and find themselves with the same points total in the table as their opponents.

The second of the Coddon teams, Coddon B were at home to Shifnal F and won the match 3-2 with new signing R. James for Shifnal making his debut with a win over S. Downs 51-37.

Alan Turner    

Alan.Turner@telfordsnooker.com

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