Team Knockout

Bayley F v Shifnal A. In frame one, R Jaggs faced C Bristow, and it was the away player who started well, knocking in some brilliant pots to restrict Richard limited opportunities, Chris eventually winning 85-32. In the next the league treasurer Andy Kendrick played G Lloyd. It was good to see Andy has not lost his potting touch and he put his team back in the match winning 83-27. The third saw Mick Hughes play C Crook, a game of two potters, and they matched each other throughout the frame, Chris eventually taking it 65-56. In the next frame the league secretary Alan turner played the Shifnal Captain Mark Jones. Alan started brightly in the frame and was 28 in front going into last three colours, but Mark responded with three great pots to close the deficit to 64-54. That left Shifnal 16 points up going into the last, but Graham Darrel played a fantastic match to beat S Jones and put the Bayley side through.

On the other table Bayley D faced Shifnal B, who are just coming into some good form in division one. With the Bayley side having 140 points start on the handicap, A Sparkes set about reducing the deficit in his match against Jim Lewis. He knocked in an early break of 33 and things looked good, but Jim responded well, eventually losing 44-70. In frame two, Craig Whitehead took on John Fallows and it was the away player again who took the early initiative, leaving Craig very few chances John eventually winning 95-13. The third frame saw Dave Dudley with the unenviable task of trying to halt Matt Davies, and in the early stages of the frame Dave held Matty at bay, but a quick fire 40 from Matt put the Shifnal man 50 in front, eventually winning 93-17. In the fourth, Daz Rhodes played Linsay Knox, and Daz produced some fantastic potting to put him into an early lead, and even though Linsay came back well, Daz took the final few colours running out the winner 56-43. This left the Bayley side 37 points behind going into the last and unfortunately for Dave Williams, his opponent Angus Way is in good form and wrapped things up for the away side 62-24.

There was a derby match at the Anstice, with the A side facing the B team (the B side receiving 150 points on the handicap). Noel Stones set the B side up with a fantastic win against Neil Price 55-50, and in the second Steve Camp played John Darrock, both players potting well. Steve ran out the winner 68-55. In frame three a brilliant performance from Laki Badhan put the Anstice A side back in the match. In his frame against Mick Cahill, he knocked in a break of 60 which knocked Mick out of his stride, Laki took the frame 101-18. The fourth saw a tight frame between Keith Blackham and George Hammond, plenty of safety in the early stages, George took an early lead, but a good fight back from Keith saw him take the frame 64-54. This left the A side 36 points behind going into the last, and up stepped Nigel Wallcroft to put in a fine performance against an unlucky Billy Watson. Nigel potted well throughout taking the frame 83-31 and putting Anstice A through to the semis.

The other match in the team knockout saw Maddocks A defeat Broseley A, (no card received) unfortunately I understand the Broseley Side only had 4 players, so had to concede 147 points on the handicap, which proved too much to pull back.

Consolation Cup

In the Bayley Q (215) against 2nd Club Trench (190) game, the first frame saw Steve Weatherall play Chris Cotterill. It proved to be the tightest frame of the evening as after showing some positive signs, Steve gained a good lead on the colours and then some bad luck and a couple of poor shots meant he ended up losing 61-60. In the second frame, Chris Bates produced a great performance, potting brilliantly throughout and beating Alan Kynaston 71-19. In the next frame Rob Cook played Nick Holmes. Both players struggled to find their rhythm early on and Nick took the final colours to run out the winner 43-29. In frame four, Keith Mears reduced the deficit for the away side by some 38 points, with another good potting display, defeating Chris Durham 82-44. This left the Bayley side 25 points up going into the last, in what proved to be a tense finale. Richard Tranter for the home side didn’t get things off to a good start and saw the Bayley handicap removed before he’d barely potted a ball. Things then improved and the game looked like it was going to be a very close finish with just two balls left, but to no avail as Roger found himself potting a fairly straightforward pink to win the match and take the 2nd Club into the semi-finals.

Other results were Coddon A defeated LDS D 407-378 and Shifnal F beat Dawley B 314-213.

There is no result in yet from the Dawley A v Newport B match.

Nigel Stallard

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