Minnesota Fats B still top the table this week, but although at home to the Bayley A side, Min B came up against a spirited fight from the Bayley club lads. Keith Price gave the home side the first point of the evening when he played Spencer Rowley, whose form has dipped recently. Bob Mason pulled off a great win over Darren Pountney in a close frame next, beating Darren 54-43. Craig Reynolds didn’t have it all his own way, but overcame Maxwell Hodson 66-43. The next frame looked to be an exciting frame with Chris Morgan-Adams nicking it from Darren Weston, 61-59. So, a decider, and that was between two top class players, Steve Fletcher and Shaun Harris. Shaun took the deciding frame by 59-38.

Shifnal B, chasing the leaders, did their cause no harm with a 5-0 victory over Anstice A, at the Anstice club. Aaron Sparkes took the first frame from Neil Price 66-35, with John Fallows adding the second in a high scoring frame with Steve Camp; that score, 79-58 to John. Almost an inevitable win it seems these days, from the very talented Matt Davies, this time 84-12 playing Laki Badhan. Angus Way stepped up next to defeat Nigel Wallcroft 63-33, and in the final frame Lindsay Knox completed the rout with a 59-34 win over Keith Blackham.

The first division now looks like a two horse race with no one else really challenging, and the next team in the table is Little Dawley A, who were away to Cordon A. This result went to the Coddon side 3-2. Lee Elcock for LDSA beat Andy Jones in the first frame, but Tony Garmson levelled with a win over Phil Cottey, 54-23. Steve Downes who is having a great run so far this season, then beat Stu Russel 57-23 to make it 2-1 for Coddon. Mark Wall made the match win safe by beating Jesse Lowe in a close encounter, that score, Mark 49, Jesse 39. The last frame saw Ade Henry make it 3-2, beating Nick Pearce.

No result in from Maddocks A, and the next team in the table, Broseley, were at home to Dawley A. Broseley A, who have not been able to field a regular team this season are mid table, and won this match 3-2. Sean Nolan from Dawley put his side into the lead against another useful player, Simon McLeod. R. Dubicki, making only his second appearance for Broseley, beat Pete Nolan 75-7 to make it one each. Mark Jones then put Dawley back into the lead again, this time defeating Neil Caswell 59-19. Steady Mick Brezwyn set up a deciding frame after he beat Rick Bailey, recently returned to the Dawley fold. In the last frame John Banks had a comfortable win over Liam Goodman, 71-21.

Bayley E seem to have consolidated their position in the first division after a few shaky results earlier in the season. This week the Bayley E side were at home to Coddon C, who now look certain to make a quick return to the second division. Bayley E took the first four frames with Andy O’Brien winning the first against Garry Owen, 61-22. Next up, D. Beyer beat Mick Stokes 67-34 to make it 2-0. Ali Jones carried on the winning streak by beating Matt Bothwell 70-15, before John Squire added the fourth point with a win over Mark Tusel. Fraser Mackinnon recued a point for the Coddon when he beat Dave France.

Second Division

Little Dawley G were at home to Bayley F this week, where their lead was reduced to just one point at the top. The match opened with super sub, Phil Whitby stepping in for Andy Kendrick, and Phil put in a good performance to beat Tommy Bell. Tough match this one but Tommy made a poor shot on the green ball which gave Phil his opening to take the frame 58-33. The next frame saw Graham Wiley play Alan Turner. Another difficult frame with some great safety play from both players. Alan took an early lead, but Grahams tenacity saw him come back to get in front. The game could have gone either way, but after Graham missing the brown, Alan took the four colours to win on the black. G. Clements was always in a comfortable lead playing Richard Jags, but Richard came right back into the frame to end up losing on the black. So, a good close match so far, and in the next frame we saw Roy Levenue up against Mick Hughes. Mick played one of his best games to date with all of his old assurance back, and even threw in a few good safety shots for good measure. With the match win secured, Graham Copson was the last player up, and he was matched with Graham Darrell. The Little Dawley player potted like a demon with good safety play too, and with so few chances falling Graham Darrel’s way, the end score was 67-33 to the Little Dawley man.

Dawley B were at home to the Shifnal A side this week and suffered a 4-1 defeat. This result means they have lost touch with the leaders now, and they may find it a hard task to get back with Audco C above them with a game in hand. Kev Jones for Dawley lost the first frame to Gareth Lloyd, but Alex Nolan made the scores level with a win over Mark Wordsell, 53-33. The next frame was close with Steve Jones for Shifnal beating Tom White 61-48. The run continued with Chris Bristow getting the better of Barry Roden 71-27. Chris Crook made it 4-1 to the Shifnal side with a comfortable win over Alex Jones, 50-10.

Shifnal F turned up the heat on the leaders this week with a 5-0 win at Shifnal playing Bayley D. Bayley D are a struggling side this season, and this defeat sees them stranded at the bottom of this division, a full match behind the rest, so lots of work for them to do! Rob Wright started the ball rolling with a victory over Dave Dudley 61-32. The next frame was a lot closer, but that one also went to Shifnal courtesy of Chris Painters win over Craig Whitehead, 69-58. Roy Martin gave Bayley no respite by adding a third point with his win over Dave Williams, 57-33. Dave Peplow added the fourth, Dave 64, Jim Lewis 14, and in the last the whitewash was completed by Chris Petford who beat Brian Aberdeen 63-20.

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 Shifnal D team. Terry Askew had a 23 break and beat Mick Cahill in a very close frame, 62-55. Sanjay Chauhan then lost his frame with Steve Smallwood which levelled the scores. Peter Wharton regained the lead for Shifnal in yet another close frame, this time the score was 49 to Peter and 43 to John Darrock. The score lines of this match just illustrate how close to winning a match can become, with the next frame going to Arthur Aston 44-40 in his match with George Hammond. In the last frame, Noel Stones made no mistake in his frame, and beat Geoff French 72-47.

Newport B, at home to the Second Club B side, lost this match 3-2. Alan Kynaston beat Richard Goldie in the first game of the evening to give the Trench side the lead. That was added to by Keith Mears victory over Keith Gardner. Matt Revit pulled one back for Newport with a win over Nick Holmes, 46-11. Steve Speake nearly set up a decider for his team mate, but just lost out 59-52 as he lost to Chris Coterill. The last frame went to Newport, and Les Stirling with a 57-30 point win over Roger Smith.

Two teams at the wrong end of the division met this week when Bayley Q were paired up with Little Dawley D. The first two frames went to the Little Dawley side with wins from Danny Bedworth 57, Steve Weatherall 28, followed by Andy Shaw beating Rob Cook, 44-33. Richard Tranter started a revival when he got the better of Sean Cross 49-34, and then Richards’s team mate, Chris Bates setting up the decider by beating Luke Edwards, 57-11. The last frame could have gone either way, but it was Chris Gifford who took the spoils with his win over Chris Durham, 45-35.

Alan Turner    

Alan.Turner@telfordsnooker.com

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