League leaders Minnesota Fats B, had their lead in the first division cut again this week as they met one of the former first division winners, Broseley, at Min Fats. John Banks took the first frame for Broseley with a win over Darren Pountney, 56-29. The next frame saw Keith Price level when he beat R. Dubiki, 60-35. Simon Yeates added another point for Min B with a win over Neil Caswell, that score, 70-42 to Simon. The next frame went to Broseley courtesy of Simon McLeod getting the better of Craig Reynolds. That set up the decider between Ian Duffy and Mick Brezwyn, two of the most methodical players in the league, and this outcome was a win for Ian, giving the Min B side a 3-2 victory.

With Shifnal B gaining a 4-1 win over Bayley E this week, there is only one point between first and second spot. Matt Davies started well for the home side and put Shifnal 1-0 up with an easy victory over Andy O’Brien. Aaron Sparkes was given a tougher match by D. Beyers, but still succeeded in making it 2-0. John Fallows followed up with another easy victory, this time the scores were 88 to John Fallows, and 6 to John Squires. Angus Way made it 4-1 to Shifnal beating Dave France 59-13. Shifnal may have a tougher run in than Min B, but the two top teams meet in the last match of the season!

Anstice A, currently third in the first division, had to visit the struggling Bayley A side this week, and this match ended up in a 3-2 win for Anstice. Spencer Rowley, who has not played too well this season, was matched up with Laki Badhan, who has actually played well this season! The result of this frame was a 61-1 win for Spencer, who after a drought in his winning stats, has now won two in a row. Maxwell Hodson was no match for Keith Blackham, and Keith Won that frame 58-9. Next up was Arthur Burrows who had a nice friendly game with Neil Price, I say that as a bystander; lots of quips but in the end Arthur couldn’t compete with Neil’s power potting, and Neil went on to win that frame 59-24. Steve Camp won the next for Anstice with a comfortable win over Bob Mason. In the last frame, Steve Fletcher, five minutes late, but fresh from his evening meal, took the last frame for the Bayley lads with a win over Mike Musgrave.

Maddocks A had a 5-0 win when they played Little Dawley A at the Maddocks club. Ian Eldridge took the first playing Lee Elcock, followed by Ian Skelton beating Phil Cottey. Leigh France than saw off Jesse Lowe, with Phil Davies making it four against Stu Russell. In the last frame it was Dave France who completed the whitewash with a win over Ade Henry. The comment on the card was; Games little bit scrappy, but a lot closer than the scores suggested!

Dawley A were at home to Coddon A this week, and the Coddon team suffered a 4-1 loss. Sean Nolan took the first point for Dawley beating Tony Garmson 72-54, but in the next frame, a rare return to the table for Dave Lloyd, who won his frame with Liam Goodman to level the match score. That was a close frame, as was the next when Pete Nolan beat Andy Jones on the black, 51-45. Mark Jones for Dawley then had a convincing win against Steve Downes, 82-21 before Rick Bailey made it 4-1 with a win over Nick Pearce. This result means that Coddon A may be battling against relegation.

Coddon C won their first match of the season this week when they were at home to Maddocks C. Matt Bothwell started the ball rolling for Coddon with a 51-2 victory over Mick Wincott. Steve Hassack made it 1-1 beating Garry Owen, and then Joe Oliver put Maddocks into the lead with an easy win playing Mark Tusel, that score 77-12 to Joe. Frasier McKinnon squared the match, also with a comfortable win over Darren Wilkie. In the deciding frame Daniel Ballard beat Graham Hoof 54-29.

Second Division

With Audco C having a bye this week, Little Dawley G had the opportunity to go back to the top of this division. However, this wasn’t the case as they lost at home to Shifnal F, also vying for honours this season. Graham Copson gave Little Dawley the start they needed with a win over John Briscoe. Rob Wright for Shifnal replied by beating Roy Levenue, and the next frame was very close with Roy Martin edging out Rob Withington, 55-44. Graham Wiley also had a close frame but lost that one to Dave Peplow, 52-43. G. Clements took the second point for Little Dawley with a narrow victory playing Chris Petford, that score, 59-47 to G. Clements.

Shifnal A were at home to the Bayley B side, and Shifnal A won this match 3-2. Apart from Bayley D who seem to be all but down, there are three teams now at the bottom who will be competing to stay up! Ian Postins, only playing his second game of the season lost the first frame to Kev West 58-18. Richard Davies for Shifnal then beat Kelvin McLeod on the black, in a low scoring frame, 32-30, and in the next frame Danny Oliver added another win to his impressive campaign by beating Steve Jones 54-37. Chris Crook levelled the match up, including making a 31 break during his win over Dick Oliver. The decider also looked like a black ball game, and this one went to Chris Bristow, who beat Dickie Bedall 50-44.

Bayley F were without key players this week, but still managed a 3-2 win playing Dawley B at the Bayley club. In the first frame between Richard Jaggs and Alex Nolan, Alex came out the winner in a scrappy frame. Next up was Mick Hughes who struggled early in the frame, but came back from twenty behind to win, 63-42. New player for Bayley, L. Addison, playing his first competitive frame of snooker, was beaten by Grant Heighway to take Dawley into a 2-1 lead. Alan Turner then beat Barry Roden to set up the decider between Graham Darrell and Nigel Brazenall. Graham was cueing very well, and Nigel didn’t get many chances to win the frame, and in the end it was a 64-28 victory to Graham.

Bayley D look to be heading towards the third division after another 4-1 defeat, this week at the hands of the Second Club A side. Ian Ferriday and Paul Crooks put the Second club into a 2-0 lead when Ian beat Dave Dudley 61-35, with Paul getting the better of Mark Bedall, 58-15. Dave Williams pulled one back for Bayley with a narrow victory over Toby Welsh. A very good game followed with Craig Whitehead against Dave Welsh, but it was Dave who finally won the frame 53-28. Meanwhile, the last game was also coming to an end on the other table, and that one saw Brian Aberdeen for the Bayley, lose to Mike Thompson 49-28. This result leaves the Bayley lads six points adrift at the bottom of the table with still some difficult fixtures on the horizon.

Maddocks B find themselves third from bottom of this division, and this week the Maddocks side were at home to Min Fats A. Wally Harper got Maddocks off the mark in a tight finish beating Mick Pearson 55-47. Kirk Stevenson replied for Min Fats to level, when he beat Les Hicks. Doug Morrey restored the lead for Maddocks with a win over Mick Egan. John Archer then lost to Neil Pearson, which left Roy Adams and Phil Bufton to fight it out for the match win. In a high scoring frame it was Phil, for Min Fats that claimed the win, so 3-2 to Min Fats A

Third Division

Newport A took on the Bayley Q team, at Newport, and it was back to reality this week for the Bayley Q lads after their stunning victory lat week. New signing, J. Copper won the opening frame for Newport, beating Steve Weatherall 66-43. Chris Hughes then had an easy win over Rob Cook, with Colin Farge, only playing his fifth frame of the season, beating Richard Tranter, 64-39. Trevor Smith made it 4-0 in a close frame with Chris Fletcher, but in the last frame of the evening, Chris Bates stopped the whitewash with a comfortable victory over Pete Smith.

Hadley A have fared well so far this season, but this week they suffered a 3-2 loss at home to Little Dawley B. Kev Whitehead put Hadley 1-0 up with Mark Randall levelling the scores playing Roy Francis. Allen Francis then lost to Ginette Gittus followed by Colin Gittus narrowly getting the better of Richard “Tugboat” Benting, 53-44. Iain Atkinson brought some respectability to the result by grabbing the last point on offer, beating Dan Soltys 51-28.

Little Dawley D had a good win this week when they entertained Newport B at Little Dawley. Luke Edwards lost the first frame for the home side when Alan Davies won the opener with Keith Gardener adding the second playing Jamie Mills, that score, 37-32 to Keith. Equally as close in the next frame when Sean Cross beat Stevie Speake 54-45, and this win set Little Dawley on the road to a match win as Andy Shaw made no mistake in his frame to win 70-44. The next win was more emphatic with Chris Gifford winning with an 83-19 score line, this time, against Ian Stevenson.

Alan Turner    

Alan.Turner@telfordsnooker.com

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