Team knockout final / Consolation cup final (Telford and District Amateur Snooker league - sponsored by Hardy Tyres). Both held at the Coddon sports and social club. Bayley B v Shifnal A no report card, Bayley B ran out the winners in a very competitive match, congratulations to all the players concerned.

Anstice A (40) v Hadley B (100), Hadley fresh from their overwhelming title win in Division 3 faced an Anstice side who narrowly missed out on the Division 1 top spot, the Madeley side began well, with N Price facing K Booty, with both players in superb form this was going to be a cracker and so it proved, both matching each other shot for shot, Neil took the advantage early on and never relented, taking it 72-46, frame 2 C Reynolds v J Wright, yet again it was the Anstice player who started well, knocking in some great shots to take an early lead, John responded well with some good pots and safety of his own, but Craig finished with a colours clearance to win 90-42, frame 3 K Price V D Pountney, these two were on the same side the season before, so this was going to be a very tight frame, with both players showing each other the respect their deserve and so it proved in the score 58-57, frame 4 I Duffy V K Whitehead, this was probably the turning point in the match as things were quite evenly matched at this stage, Ian though produced some brilliant snooker, not only with his long potting, but great safety too, he never gave his opponent a chance and took the frame 116-1, leaving the Hadley team with an uphill struggle in the last, which was between S Harris & M Bailey, two very good players on their night, but with Ian winning so convincingly in the previous frame, Shaun only had to keep Matt at bay to secure another Team Knockout cup, eventually taking the frame 66-25, well done to the Anstice team on yet another great season.

Other competition results:

Trebles: A Sparkes/N Stallard/M Davies v K Price/N Price/I Duffy, both winners of this competition in the last few years this was going to be a tight match, in the first A Sparkes faced one of the seasons in form players K Price, in the early stages Aaron took the advantage with some neat potting giving him an early 20 point advantage, Keith responded well with some good pots of his own, then with the last red up and Keith 22 behind, he laid a great snooker which gave him 20 points, leaving him only 2 behind, but a determined Aaron potted the last red and cleared the colours to give his side a 37 lead going into the next, where Matt Davies faced N Price, Matt started in fine form knocking in some great pots, including a forty plus break, leaving Neil few opportunities eventually taking the frame 96-6, leaving N Stallard 127 up going into the last against I Duffy, although Ian started the frame with an impressive 44 break, Nigel responded by potting a couple of small breaks to safely see the Shifnal lads regain the title they won a couple of years ago.

Chris Ward: Matt Davies v Tom Maxfield, these two faced each other in the Shropshire Star county knockout where Matt won 4-0, this turned out to be a cracker of re-match, both players in great form, frame 1 Matt knocked in fantastic 76 to go one up, in frame 2 Matt knocked in another superb 59 before breaking down, Tom responded with two breaks of his own of 22 and 41 to make it one all, Tom then went 2-1 with breaks of 22 and 25 to win 71-63, and in a match swinging one way then the other, it was Matt who too the next two frames 63-26 and 56-8 to go 3-2 up, with Tom clinging on in frame six after Matt knocked in breaks of 23 and 27 to take an early lead, Tom got himself back into the frame and ultimately the match by winning on a re-spotted black to make it level, with all to play for in the decider, things looked very good for Tom as he knocked in a 52 break to put him 30 up with only 27 left, then misfortune as Tom playing a safety on the yellow, double kissed and went in off, leaving Matt 26 behind, Matt then did what we have seen him so often, he cleared with a very good 27 under pressure to snatch the frame and the Chris Ward Individual 4-3.

Tom Maxfield and Matt Davies

Doug Tipping Over Forties: no match card for this game, but Ian Duffy capped a superb end of season with an emphatic 3-0 win against John Banks from Broseley, with Ian dedicating his victory to his friend the late Steve Owen who sadly passed away recently.

Under 21 Singles: Tom Maxfield beat C Baugh,

John Bethel: N Davies beat A Shaw,

Doug Tipping Over forties: I Duffy beat J Banks;

Oakengates Carpets Doubles: J Oliver/D Wincott beat K Price/N Price;

Neville Whitehead Memorial Handicap: T Maxfield beat B McMillan.

Division One winners - Shifnal B

Just a quick note of thanks to all who have helped with the competitions this season; they are the referees; Frank Williams, John Jones, Steve Fletcher and Rob Withington, also to the club contacts who have worked tirelessly in making sure the tables were in great shape, Mike Starkey from the Broseley Social Club and Mark Wall from the Coddon Club, both have given us fantastic Tables for all our major matches, finally to the sponsors, Oakengates Carpets for the doubles and Hardy Tyres who we are very grateful to, for sponsoring the league, well done to all the players this year, also a note for your diary, Friday 21st May is the presentation night at the Coddon.

Nigel Stallard

Nigel.Stallard@telfordsnooker.com