Three teams on eight points each this week, Anstice A being one of those teams, and they had a good 4-1 win at home the Little Dawley A side. Although Lee Elcock struck the first blow for the little Dawley side that was the only point taken from Anstice, although two of the other games were very close.

Sean Nolan was in fine form against Darren Weston and quickly put Dawley 1-0 up away to Minnesota Fats, Keith Price was quick to square the home team up with an impressive win against Joe Pugh, Ian Duffy then made it 2-1 by beating L Goodall, Simon Yeates ensured the win went to Minnesota Fats B with a solid performance against L Goodall and finally Daz Pountney dusted his cue off to make it 4-1 to Minnesota Fats B beating Mark Jones.

Report courtesy of Darren Pountney.

After their excellent start to the season with a convincing win over last years champions, Shifnal B visited Maddocks C and found themselves involved in a very close match. Kevin Uzzell was fortunate to take the first frame for the visitors when Maddocks newcomer Darren Wilkie was very unlucky to go in off after potting the "winning" black. This was after fighting his way back into the game after Kevin slotted in a nice 29 break. Frame Score 56-44. The second frame matched home player Darren Wincott with Matt Davies and after a very close fought contest Darren left Matt a chance and he duly took the frame 49-28. In the next game Steve Hassack showed some of his old sparkle and took an early lead against John Fallows. John then fought back and looked like taking the frame until a mistake on the pink left Steve the chance to pot both balls and win the frame 65-53. Big hitters Joe Oliver and Lindsay Knox were next up with Joe starting very well with a 20 , only to lose his way and let Lindsay back in the game, but then recovering to take blue, an excellent pink, and fluking the black to make up for Darren's earlier misfortune, and take the match into a deciding frame. Shifnal's Angus Way played another newcomer, Ian Cleary who unfortunately never really got a shot, as Angus played excellent with breaks of 34 and 32 to take the frame 74-2 and the match for Shifnal B 3-2.

Report courtesy of Joe Oliver.

Coddon C were at home to the Bayley club and are having a tough start to the season. In the opening frame Daniel Ballard found Chris Morgan-Adams in fine form, having breaks of 33 and 23 to take the first frame for Bayley A. The next game between Garry Owen and Steve Nichols was a close call with Garry pinching it 57-50. That turned out to be the only frame win for Coddon. In the last frame Steve Fletcher also had a 32 and a 28 to beat young Mark Tusel 93-12.

Last years champions, Broseley, are having one of their worst starts to a season, with another loss this week to Maddocks A. Broseley were entertaining Maddocks at their own club, and lost this encounter 4-1. The only player showing any form was Mick Brezwyn who knocked in a 59 against the returning Simon Biddulph to the Maddocks fold

Second Division

Little Dawley G have made a good start, and this week they were at home to the Bayley D side who were playing their first match of the season. The Bayley side had to wait until the final frame to collect their point, with Darren Rhodes beating Tommy Bell 58-42.

Dawley B went two up in their match with Minnesota Fats A, with Grant Heighway having a 29 in his win over Mick Pearson. Neil Pearson pulled one back in the third frame when he beat Don Pugh 49-20. Barry Roden then secured the match beating Mick Egan before Phil Bufton made it 3-2 with a win over Alex Jones.

Bayley B, at home to the Second club A side were in good form as they took this match 4-1. Craig Baugh had a good win over Ian Ferriday to get the ball rolling, with Dave Stokes taking the second. Paul Crooks gained a victory against Dickie Oliver to make it 2-1, but then Dan Oliver and Kevin West added the last two points for the 4-1 win.

Shifnal F were at home to Maddocks B and the home side won this match 3-2. Not without a fight it seems, as Wally Harper took the first frame beating John Briscoe 62-24, and then Les Hicks, still playing some good stuff added the second point against Rob Wright in a tight finish to the frame 54-44. The opening assault from the Maddocks boys stopped there however, as Shifnal hit back taking the three remaining frames to gain the overall victory.

Third Division

Little Dawley C played the Anstice B side this week, at Little Dawley, and in the first frame Pete Randal for the home side was on the end of some good snooker from Noel Stones who had a 30 break against him, and ran out the winner 76-7. Although the next frame was a closer affair with Scott Bevan getting the better of Stew Wimbush 54-44 the Anstice team never made anymore headway, and the Little Dawley side went on to win 4-1.

Maddocks D, after a clean sweep last week were at home to Little Dawley D and started very well and with perhaps another 5-0 on the cards. Ian Courtney had a 27 break in his frame with Danny Bedworth followed by Roy Lowe and Ken Davies making it 3-0. Little Dawley though had other ideas and Scott Shaw and Luke Edwards pulled two points back for the Maddocks side.

Newport A visited the Second club B side and will be well pleased with their 4-1 victory away from home. The Newport side raced into a 4-0 start until R. Smith took the last frame from Paul Stokes to get their solitary point.

Shifnal D played Hadley, at Shifnal, and according to the score card the result was 4-1 to Hadley, although in the score frames it was 3-2 to Hadley! I’m sure someone will explain the new scoring system to me?

Bayley Q had their first match of the season, and got off to a good start with a 3-2 win over little Dawley B. Dan Soltys won the first for Little Dawley, with Chris Fletcher levelling the score. The Dawley side took the lead again with Colin Gittus beating Steve Weatherall, only to see Richard Tranter take the next frame to set up a decider. Chris Durham continued last seasons brilliant from to beat newcomer Ginette Gittus 74-44 to take the final frame and match 3-2.

My thanks to the folks who take the time to send their reports to me.

Alan Turner    

Alan.Turner@telfordsnooker.com

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