First frame Carl Walker v Ian Duffy. Ian started well in this frame and with breaks of 25 & 31 was well in command. Carl had little chance from then on and Ian went on to put the first point on the board for Anstice with a frame score of 67 points to 15. Frame two saw "Chop" Garbett up against Keith Price. Keith started well in this frame and soon had a 20+ point advantage. Chop came back well, fortuitously at times, and managed to get himself into a frame winning position. This came to no avail though as Keith, needing the last four balls, cleared up to win the frame on the black, frame score 51 points to 39.

In the third frame Pete Nolan played Simon Yeats. Simon got himself into an early lead in this frame. Pete came back well and with the last four colours remaining the frame could have gone either way. Pete potted an excellent brown to get good position on the blue but unfortunately rattled the blue in the jaws of the yellow pocket. With both blue and pink over pockets Simon had the simplest of pots to win the frame. which he duly did, frame score 60 points to 40. Frame four, Mark Jones v Neil Price. Mark got of to a flier in this frame with breaks of 27 and 30. Neil never really had chance to get going after that and with reds remaining and a snooker required Neil sportingly conceded the frame to the Dawley captain. Frame score 59 points to 7.

The final frame saw Rick Bailey up against Adam Moore. A decent frame of snooker saw the Anstice man take an early lead. Rick dug in to get himself back into the frame only for Adam to get back amongst the balls to score the points required to win the frame, frame score 68 points to 34.

This report courtesy of Mark Jones.

Coddon A are finding it difficult to get off the bottom of the table at present, and this weeks match saw them at home to Maddocks A. Maddocks A are playing with some resolve this season, and this week was no different. Although Dave Lloyd took the first frame for Coddon with a win over Phil Davies, also making a 29 break, this was the only point of the evening for Coddon. Mark Wall found Ian Eldridge still playing very consistent and good snooker, with Ian winning this one. Andy Jones lost to Leigh France, and in the next Ian Skelton for Maddocks, showed no mercy to Tony Garmson to make it 3-1. Although the last frame was close it was Dave France who took it for Maddocks when he played Steve Downes.

Shifnal B were at home in the local derby match with their F side. New signing for shifnal Darren Weston potted well in his first frame, giving himself and early lead, but his opponent, Rob Wright, responded with some good potting of his own, and was unlucky not getting decent position on the colours. Darren saw the frame out well, potting the remaining colours to take the frame. In frame two, Matt Davies playing Spencer Rowley, potted a couple of good reds with out landing on a colour, but then when Spencer left him another chance, Matt knocked in a superb 108. He got to 95 with some great shots, and then left the white just above the black ball, with the pink on its spot. Matt played a length of the table pink, which just dropped in, and then cut the black in for the break of 108.

Aaron Sparkes started well against Roy Martin, but Roy potted some great long shots to keep himself in the game. Aaron played some great safety to give himself the opportunity to open up another good lead, and take frame three. Lindsay Knox started well in the fourth frame, with Chris Painter not finding his range, but then Lindsay just jawed a red and with-in two visits Chris had put himself into a commanding lead to take the frame.teadily to beat Rob Wright, but it was the next frame which witnessed the best snooker of the evening. This frame saw Matt Davies play Spencer Rowley, and Spencer could only watch and admire a standard that most of us will never achieve, Matt knocked in a 108 break in this frame!. Aaron Sparkes made it 3-0 beating Roy martin, but in the next Chris painter gave the “F” side hope, as he defeated Lindsay Knox. It was Angus Way for the B side who made it 4-1 with his wi over Chris Petford.

This report courtesy of Nigel Stallard.

Maddocks C saw their good run fade a little this week, when the Broseley team came down to the Maddocks club. Darren Wilkie for Maddocks, lost a close frame against Graeme Long, with Mick Wincott also losing out to Neil Caswell. Darren Wincott did win the next for the home side beating S. Shakespeare, but Mick Brezwyn added the third for Broseley when he played S. Hassack. Ian Cleary fared no better against Simon McLeod, so the final result, 4-1 to Broseley.

Audco C, newly promoted this season, are acquitting themselves very well in this division, and this week they visited the Bayley A side, and went home with three of the five points on offer. A very close match this one, with Steve Nichols just losing out to Mick Pink 64-56, and equally as close Chris Morgan-Adams retrieving a frame when he beat John Williams 53-44. Paul Proctor for Audco beat Arthur Burrows, and Pauls team mate, Anthony Heathcote then got the better of Mike Healey. Steve Fletcher won the last frame for Bayley when he played Roger Lewis.

LDS A and Bayley E were involved in a very close match this week at the Dawley club. After this result, it was the Dawley side who came out top, and slightly ahead in this week’s table. Lee Elcock had the narrowest win in the opening frame when he was pitted against Andy Obrien. Lee won this one 56-51! Graham Wiley made it 2-0 in another close frame when he beat D. Beyer. Thing were buzzing for the Dawley lads after Jesse Lowe added the third point, and the match win to Dawley with a victory over John Squire. It was Ali Jones who started the revival for the Bayley side when he returned a score line of 60-28 playing Stu Russell

Second Division

Bayley F met long time leaders, Min Fats A, in this weeks fixture, at the Bayley club. A very good match this! with Phil Whitby taking a good lead against Neil Pearson, only to see it whittled away with some good potting from Neil, who went on to win the frame. Andy Kendrick potted too well for Mick Egan, but the next frame was a cracker, with Dale Blagborough taking the lead with a 24 break, and then Mick Hughes making a 38 break tot register this division’s highest break so far. Dale replied with another break of 21, and finally overcame Mick to win this frame. Graham Darrell had a tricky frame with Phil Bufton, but managed to win this one to set up a decider between Alan Turner and Aaron O’Donnell. Aaron started very well until Alan clicked into gear, and went on to win this to put the team joint top with Min Fats A.

Bayley B are third place after they visited the LDS C team. Although Joe Rixom lost the first frame to Bayley player, Tom Mulholland, John Calvert came back strongly against Kev West to even the scores. Dan Oliver put Bayley back into the lead beating Pete Randall, but the next two frames went to LDS C, Gary Walls beat Craig Baugh, and in the last frame, a close one, Richard Bedall lost out to Carl Kesterton.

Maddocks D were home to LDS G, who are on level points with Coddon C, and their counterparts mentioned in the previous report. Maddocks started well with Graham Arnold getting the better of D. Levenue, but Rob Withington took the next for the Dawley side with a close win over Roy Lowe. Ian Courtney for Maddocks came up against new signing, Stu Ross. Stu had an easy victory over Ian to put Dawley 2-1 in front. Cheryl Caswell then stepped up to play Roy Levenue, and this match went one way, with an emphatic win for Roy. Fred Spragg managed to get a second point for the Maddocks side with his win over Tommy Bell.

Third Division

Hadley B stormed to a 5-0 win when they played Bayley D at the Bayley club. The Bayley side won’t suffer two many results like that in this division, although this match might get them used too first division snooker should they ever get there! There were no close games in this match, and the Hadley side are now five points clear at the top of this division.

LDS B are next in the table even though suffering a 4-2 defeat at the hands of local rivals Dawley C. Chris Gifford gave the Dawley C team an early lead with a win over Chris Lawson. Luke Edwards increased that when he played Andrew Clarke. Richie Heighway temporarily stopped the flow after defeating Neil Davis. Sean Cross started the winning sequence up again in his frame with Colin Gittus, and thereby making it 3-1 to LDS C. The last frame saw Andy Shaw get the fourth point of the evening against Mark Randall.

Anstice B are still knocking on the door with their bid for promotion, and they gained a hard fought win when they met visitors, Newport B. Mick Cahill got the home side off to a good start defeating Allan Davies, but Matt Revitt pulled the next one back for Newport when he played John Darrock. It was the ever steady Noel Stones who put the home side back in front with a good win over Richard Goldie. George Hammond went the same way as his team mate John, and lost to Steve Speake. This set up a deciding frame between Billy Watson and John Yapp. It was Billy who gained the spoils and gave the Anstice side a 3-2 victory.

Coddon B reduced the gap between them selves and their adversaries this week, as they gained a 4-1 win when they were drawn at home to Shifnal D. Roger Lewis stated the ball rolling for the Coddon side, but he came unstuck against Terrie Askew who ran out an easy winner. In the next frame, Dave Lloyd Jnr. just pipped Sanjay Chahuan, 57-50 to level the scores. Mark Ebdon had an easy win over Pete Wharton, but the next frame was not so cut and dried. Mokesh Mehmi played campaigner, Arthur Aston, and this result, in a high scoring game went to Mokesh 65-52. Brian McMillan took the fourth point for Coddon with a comfortable victory over George French.

Allscott, the new team in this division this season, are doing well, and I do hope they are enjoying the experience of league snooker. This week, Allscott were pitched against Bayley Q, and in the opening frame Dave Finney put the first point on the board for Allscott when he beat Rob Cook. Steve Powell and a wonderful 47 break in his frame with Lee Newton to put his side 2-0 up. Nick Gwynne made it 3-0 for the team beating Steve Weatherall. Things were looking good for the beet factory lads, but that stopped when Chris Bates, for Bayley came to the table, and disposed of Kev Welland. Having played Kev myself, this was a great win for Chris, Kev being such a good potter! Although a close frame in the last, it was Chris Durham who made the score line respectable with a last frame win over Carl Starling.

Hadley A have produced some great form this season, are they drinking more? Only joking, but this week, once again they produced the goods with a 3-2 win over the Second Club Trench B side, who are rooted at the bottom presently. “Tugboat”, Richard Benting lost the first frame for the home side with a defeat from Nick Holmes. Roy Francis came back for Hadley with a nice win over Alan Kynaston, with Tony Morgan making it 2-1 when he played Chris Coterill. Al Francis didn’t fare so well with Keith Mears, with Keith winning and setting up a decider between Iain Atkinson and Roger Smith. Iain rose to the occasion and gave his team mates the home win that puts them at halfway in the table, keep it going lads.

I have been asked to cut down the report for the paper, after all the efforts of folk to get a report back in there! That means writing two reports instead of one. No problem, but what a great help from those are making an effort to send me a report each week. It is so much better than my guess work from a card. The web report will have to be a little later than usual, but on the other hand, it will also mean that more cards are in before Saturday dinnertime, when my last post arrives.

Alan Turner    

Alan.Turner@telfordsnooker.com