A happy new year to one and all, and I hope everyone enjoyed the Christmas break, and perhaps be able to enjoy a few more breaks throughout the season. I would like to point out that although my name was attributed to the last competition report, I did not write that particular report. So, back to the first games of this year.

First Division

The top of the table match between Broseley A and Minnesota B ended in a 3-2 win for the Minnesota team who were away to the Broseley side.

Shifnal B at home to the A side in local derby in which the A side won 4-1 which didn't reflect how close the games were. In game one Matt Davies took on S Biddulph, and yet again Matt was in fine form compiling an 82 clearance to win the frame. In the next, Aaron took on John, both players potting well, with just the pink and black remaining, Aaron fluked the pink, but John potted the black to make the scores all level, with John pinching the frame on the re-spotted ball. In the next, R. Evans took on N. Price, both players not finding their rhythm early on, this also went down to the last colours, with Neil potting a superb black to take the frame. In the fourth L Knox carried on his good season form, potting well and restricting Nigel to few chances. Lindsay compiled a couple of small breaks to put his side 3-1 up, and in the last it was another tight affair as Rob took on Andy Easthope, with Andy needing to take the final colours to win, which he duly did and gave his team a resounding 4-1 victory

Report courtesy of Nigel Stallard.

Maddocks A, in fourth place were away to Dawley A and took the first four frames before Rick Bailey rescued a point for his side by beating Dave France.

LDSA, at home to Anstice C have returned to form with a bang, and recorded a 4-1 win over the Anstice C team to put them one point behind Maddocks A.

At the bottom of the table the two Bayley teams met, Bayley A and Bayley E, but not much headway was made for either team with a 3-2 result in favour of the Bayley E side.

Second Division

Leaders of the Second Division, Maddocks C, played host to Coddon B and were fortunate to win by the odd frame. Darren Wincott started the match off against Mark “£10 bet” Wall. The game started cagey but with the blue and pink downed by Mark, he let a golden chance go begging and left up a black ball finish for Daz. 41-36. The match was soon squared up with another close contest between Danny “Chelsea for the league” Bedworth and “Jonah” Jones. After a good start by the Coddon man, Danny found some form but it was Jonah that potted a great pink to take the frame. 41-60

Steve “the boy” Hassack was the star man for the home team after a fantastic break of 56 (7 reds and blacks) and a 26 clearance to beat Dave Lloyd. Steve produced his best form, after a much needed rest, and never gave Dave a look-in to win 101-17. Jimmy Hill then played Nick Pearce and somehow managed to creep over the line taking the last two colours and win the tie for Maddocks. 43-41. In an entertaining finish to the evening, Joe Oliver took on Dave Holmes. Both men potted some great balls and it was Dave who took the advantage on the colours. Joe fought back well and only just missed a tough black to win but it was Dave who took a good pot and made the score line more respectable. 52-60 Coddon B must have thought they deserved a win here but the £10 bet (of which team finishes higher between Skippers) looks safe for the Maddocks team.

Second placed, Audco A, were happy to see a 3-2 result go their way when they visited the Bayley D side. Dave Dudley got the home side off to a good start beating Andy Phelan, before Mick Hughes for Audco beat Craig Whitehead in an entertaining match, and just winning on a re-spotted black. Andy Kendrick was too good for Dave Williams, and didn’t seem to affected by the aftermath of the festive season as he potted really well! Darren Rhodes should have won his match more easily than he did, and it was only for the colours he missed that kept Alan Turner in striking distance. At times Alan looked more on strike, than striking! The last deciding game saw Graham Darrall clinch the match defeating Brian Aberdeen.

Second Club Trench, were also at the Bayley club, and fared better than the Audco side as they returned a 4-1 to close the gap to just two points between Audco in second, and the Second Club A in third.

Minnesota G shoot up to fourth place after a 5-0 win over their A side. The victory wasn’t as straightforward as looks however, with the first three games being very close. Wayne Weeks made a 23 break in his game with Neil Pearson.

Coddon C, although losing at home 3-2 to the LDS G, side are just one point behind their Coddon B side. Daniel Ballard had a 31 break in his game against Tom Bell, with Matt Bothwell also making a 27 when he beat the away captain G. Copson.

In the bottom half of the table, the Second Club B-side were at home, but lost by the odd point to the Shifnal F side. There are just three points separating the bottom four sides.

Third Division

Dawley B have reached the top of division three after a good away win of 5-0 at the expense of the LDS C side, while the previous leaders, Anstice B, took three points from their match with Newport British Legion, at Newport, 3-2.

Shifnal D entertained the Maddocks B side, although the only winner for the Shifnal side was Peter Wharton who beat Martin Colley 42-20. This win gave the Maddocks side a lift into third place in the table.

LDS B took four points from the Maddocks D side at Maddocks, and this result gave them quite a boost as well, into fourth place.

Hadley A claimed their second win of the season, defeating the team they beat in their only other win of the season, Bayley Q. The game started well for the Bayley team, with Steve Weatherall playing much better after a bad few weeks and convincingly beating Gareth Hughes to give Bayley Q the first frame. But Hadley produced a strong comeback and won the next three frames to secure the match, Kev Whitehead, Richard Benting, and Allen Francis winning their games. Bayley finished with Richard Tranter winning the last frame to make the final score three-two in Hadley’s favour. Could this be the turnaround for Hadley, let’s see if they can start to climb away from the bottom now…

Audco B have all but fulfilled their outstanding fixtures, in fact just two more games to get up to date. Although second from bottom, Audco retuned a match score of 3-2 when they beat the visiting Comrades side. The games in hand may reflect their position in the future games to be played!

Alan Turner    

Alan.Turner@telfordsnooker.com

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