First thing to mention before it's too late...there is an Inter-town match between Shifnal and Telford taking place at the Anstice War Memorial club on Friday the 23rd of January, starting at 7:30 pm.

In division two there is no result yet from Little Dawley G, so top spot goes to Audco C who were away to Shifnal A this week. Audco recorded a 4-1 win over Shifnal A. The first frame was won by John Williams of Audco, who recorded a mighty win of 100-26 against Mark Jones. The next frame went to Mick Pink who beat Gareth Lloyd 66-23. Roger Lewis had an easy victory over Steve Jones, but the next frame was a closer affair with Anthony Heathcote, just losing out to Chris Crook 53-47. The last frame saw Paul Proctor make the match score 4-1 to the Audco lads, with his win, 65-23 over Chris Bristow.

Shifnal F, in the van, so to speak, were away to the very experienced Maddocks B, and maybe this reflected the result, a 4-1 win to the Maddocks B side. Wally Harper won his frame playing Chris Painter, followed by Les Hicks beating Rob Wright. Really nice to see Les playing so well. This win was followed by another ardent campaigner; Doug Morrey, who beat Roy Martin, Roy is also from the old school of snooker that I grew up with, long may the old school remain. John Archer will be pleased with his victory over Dave Peplow, that score 48-37 to John. The last frame went to Shifnal F with another close frame, this time Roy Adams lost out to Chris Petford, so a consolation point to the Shifnal team!

Minnesota Fats A made a little ground on Dawley B when they had the Dawley team visit them at O,Gates. Mick Pearson took Min A into the lead when he beat Kev Jones, and Kirk Stevenson increased their lead with a win over Alex Jones. Barry Roden stopped the progress with a win over Mick Egan. The next frame saw Neil Pearson get the better of Grant Heighway, whose form has dipped recently, so that result gave the win to Min A. Alex Nolan won the last game for Dawley B to make the final score, 3-2 to Min A, but Dawley B are not out of the reckoning yet!

First Division

Minnesota Fats B went into this tricky fixture with plenty of caution and really turned the screws on their opponents. In frame 1 Darren Weston grit out a massive frame against Sean Nolan eventually winning on the black but having to come back from the green to win on the final ball. Keith Price made it 2-0 with a comfortable victory in his frame making it 2-0, Shaun Harris then put the match beyond reach with an impressive display against Pete Nolan, getting his own back on Pete from recent years gone by and beating one of his bogey players. Craig Reynolds then played a good safety game against Rick Bailey, coming out a comfortable winner and making it 4-0. Darren Pountney then went on last against Mark Jones and after a short bout of safety, managed to knock in a great 64 break, in which he took 12 reds to ensure the Min. Fats lads went away with full points. With news of the other results from the night, this making a little headway on the chasing pack.

Report courtesy of Darren Pountney.

Meanwhile, Darren’s former team, Little Dawley A, entertained Anstice A at home. Lee Elcock took the first frame for the Little Dawley side beating Steve Camp. Mick Musgrave levelled for Anstice, with Keith Blackham, still for Anstice, putting them 2-1 up when he beat Jesse Lowe. Stu Russell then got the better of the useful Nigel Wallcroft to set up a deciding frame. This was played between Ade Henry and Laki Badhan. It was the Little Dawley man, Ade Henry who won the frame, and the match. Even at this stage of the season, with such a strong pool of players, looks like a Minnesota title yet again.

Two results adrift for Shifnal B now, but even had they won both missing matches, it would leave them trailing Min B by a few points!

Coddon A were at home to the Bayley E side, and lost this match 3-2. Dave Lloyd returned to the Coddon fold, and got the Coddon lads off to a winning start beating Andy O’Brien. This was followed by Steve Downes, who has shown great from this season, adding the second point for Coddon. Unfortunately for Coddon the next three frames, and the match went to the Bayley side with wins from John Squire against Mark Wall, then, Ali Jones beat namesake Andy Jones, with what looked liked an exciting frame, and the score line! 76-75 to Ali. The final frame saw Dave France beat Tony Garmson 41-30. After conceding a five point giveaway last week, this result has put Coddon A at the bottom end of the table.

Bayley A are keeping their heads above water, and this weeks result was a 4-1 win against struggling Coddon C, at the Bayley club. Daniel Ballard took the first frame for Coddon when he defeated Steve Nichols, but that was as good as it got for Coddon, with Bayley taking the next four frames. Bob Mason beat Mick Stokes, and in the next frame the match was considerably closer with Maxwell Hodson overcoming Garry Owen 71-64. Chris Morgan-Adams victory over Frasier McKinnon was also a hard fought affair, that score, 52-44 to Chris. In the last frame Steve Fletcher had a comfortable win over Mark Tusel.

Third Division

No result from Maddocks D this week, but they still remain in top spot, with their main rivals Anstice B losing this week to Little Dawley C. The Anstice team had home advantage, and got off to a winning start when Steve Smallwood beat Pete Randall 67-11. The lead increased with Mick Cahill’s win over Sam Hamilton, 62-16. John Calvert changed the course of the match after recording a comfortable win over Billy Watson. A tighter frame next , but Joe Rixom levelled the score with a narrow win over Noel Stones, a good player at any level. The decider was played between George Hammond and Carl Kesterton, and this went to Carl who won the match for Little Dawley C.

Hadley A, who have improved this season, gave the Shifnal D a hard time with the final result being 3-2 to the Shifnal side. Hadley, the home side saw Ken Booty in a thriller against Terry Askew, in a high scoring frame, 68-58 to Terry. Kevin Whitehead restored the balance, just, with his win over Sanjay Chauhan, 55-40. Richard Benting saw his frame slip away to Peter Wharton who knocked in a 21 break during the game. Allen Francis for Hadley then came up against Arthur Aston, and in a close encounter, Allen lost that one 46-34. A very low scoring game next saw Iain Atkinson beat Geoff French 32-16.

Newport A were at home to the Second Club B side, and won this match 3-2. Chris Coterhill took the first game for the Second Club, with a close win over Chris Hughes, 64-51. The next frame saw Colin Farge, who has only played a handful of games this season; beat Alan Kynaston 72-13 to level the match. Pete Smith regained the lead for Newport beating Nick Holmes. So, a match in the making, and lo and behold, Keith Mears stepped up for the Second Club, and took that frame from Geoff Grocott to set up a decider. Andy Yates for the Newport side made the match safe for Newport by beating Roger Smith to gain the win.

In the bottom of the table clash, Little Dawley B had the Bayley club Q visit them. Steven Weatherall got the Bayley lads into the lead in a tight frame, coming out the victor, 51-43. Ginette Gittus then beat Chris Fletcher 47-28. That was followed by Andrew Clarke gaining what looked to be an easy win over Robert Cook. Chris Bates then stepped up to set up yet another deciding frame when he got the better of Colin Gittus. The last frame was probably very tense as reflected in the scores, with Richard Tranter taking the match for the Bayley lads, 36-25.

Alan Turner    

Alan.Turner@telfordsnooker.com

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