Anstice A were the home team in this weeks match with the LDS A side. Keith Price opened the match, and made a 29 break during his win over Lee Elcock. Keith’s’ brother Neil found his opponent, Graham Wiley difficult to beat, but in the end Neil came out the winner of this contest, 64-58. Not to be outdone by his team mates, Simon Yeates made it 3-0 beating Jesse Lowe. Adam Moore has hit wining form in his last couple of frames, and he continued with that form when he played Stu Russell. That was also a close affair with Adam winning 59-47. Ian Duffy made no mistake in the last frame to inflict the white wash on LDS A when he had a comprehensive victory over Ade Henry.

Bayley E took on second placed Maddocks A at the Bayley club, and in the opener Andy Obrien came up against Ian Eldridge, who is yet to lose a frame so far in this campaign. Ian continued his winning ways compiling a 52 break, has he beat Andy. Dave Beyer took to the table next and drew Ian Skelton. Another break in this frame, again from the Maddocks player, Ian, and this time it was a 54 which gave little chance to Dave of winning the frame. Ali Jones gave Phil Davies a good run for his money, but in the end it was Phil who triumphed with a 65-54 score line. John Squire was the next player on, and he became the only winner of the evening when he defeated Dave France. It was then back to winning ways for Maddocks as Leigh France made it 4-1 to the Maddocks side with a win over his namesake, Dave France from the Bayley side.

Broseley played at home to the struggling Bayley A side, and in this match it was John Banks who went to the table first to play Chris Morgan-Adams. John took this frame 81-25 against Chris. The next frame must have come as a shock for Steve Nichols from the Bailey, as he stepped up to play an on fire Simon McLeod. Simon had a good break of 55 during the frame, and ran out with a score of 110 plays 0! The next frame also had some great snooker played, this time it was Graeme Long who beat Arthur Burrows, and Graeme knocked in a 61 whilst winning this one. All going well for Broseley, and in the next it was the ever steady Mick Brezwyn to play Steve Fletcher. Mick had two breaks in his frame, one of 40 and another of 32. This hardly gave Steve the chance to compete, and so Mick made it 4-1. In the last frame Neil Caswell didn’t want to be the odd one out, but Maxwell Hodson had different ideas, and it was Maxwell who gained a much needed point for the Bayley lads.

Following a couple of bad results the Maddock's C side returned to winning ways with a clean sweep against a Coddon A side who are finding it tough at the moment . First up was Steve Hassack who played extremely well in defeating a very capable Dave Lloyd by 65-11 . Next was Darren Wincott against Andy Jones and this game could have gone either way but Darren eventually potted a good long black to pinch the frame 51-47 . A scrappy game then followed with Darren Wilkie taking the frame 62-28 against a quite resilient Tony Garmson . Having just returned from Egypt that morning a tired Joe Oliver then took on Steve Downes and with Joe winning the early battle of safety play , he took the 4th frame quite comfortably 64-19 . In the final frame of the evening Ian Cleary played Mark Wall , but with Ian having started the frame well , as much as he tried very hard Mark could not get the snookers required and Ian went out a deserved winner by 62-28 . A 5-0 win was an excellent way to return to winning ways and captain Joe Oliver was delighted with this result , especially against a team who last year had finished one point above them in the relegation dogfight .

Second Division

Bayley F are doing well so far this season, and they have hit the front of this division with a game in hand. This week the Bayley side were away to LDS G, and although securing a 4-1 victory, this was a tough match. LDS G were flying in the early stages of last season, and it was Rob Withington who opened the match for the Dawley side playing Phil Whitby. Rob potted well to keep the pressure on Phil, and ran out a comfortable winner in the end. Graham Copson was next up for Dawley, and he played Alan Turner. This was a scrappy frame, but although chasing the game, Alan was dogged enough to come through, and won the frame on the pink after Grahams’ safety shot didn’t quite come off. The next frame saw recent signing Stu Ross up against Graham Darrell. A good frame this one, and it looked like this was going to the Dawley side, with Stu playing very well. However, in the end it was Graham who pulled through with a score line of 54-43. Roy Levenue was never at the races with Mick Hughes, and Mick made it 3-1 to the Bayley, but the frame scores could have been so different by then, still that’s snooker for you. In the last frame Tommy Bell potted out of this world, and Andy Kendrick knew he was in a real tough match in this one. Andy stuck with his game, and kept coming up with the answers to Tommys’ game with some good potting of his own, and when it came down to a black ball finish, after a few good safety shots from both players, Andy potted a superb black to take this frame, and make it 4-1 to Bayley F.

Minn Fats A, at home this week to Shifnal A, found the Shifnal team on their game, so to speak. Aaron O’Donnell started well for the home side with a 59-44 win over T. Lloyd, but in the next frame there it was a really close between Mick Pearson and Chris Crook, but it was Chris who came out the winner in the narrowest of margins, 47 to Chris and 43 to Mick. The next frame saw the very useful player, Dale Blagborough, step up to play Gaz Lloyd. Dale had only lost one frame so far this season, and kept his record intact with a comfortable win over Chris. Mick Egan didn’t fare so well when he played “Beamer” Steve Jones. With Steve winning this one to set up the decider between Phil Bufton and Ian Postins. This could have been a black ball finish, but it’s always difficult to assume this from the card unless it is mentioned! However this point went to the Shifnal A side, and looked like a final ball finish, who knows? That score line, 61-49 to Ian.

Bayley B met up with the Maddocks B side at the Wellington club this week, and in the first frame it was Tom Mulholland to play Wally Harper. Wally got the win in this one to put his side into the lead. Doug Morrey added a second point for the Maddocks side with a close win over Kev West, but in the next, Danny Oliver, always one hundred percent concentration, played John Archer. In this frame it was Danny who came out the winner. Richard Bedall, back to form of late, was next on against Geoff Tudor, and Richard won this one comfortably. So to a decider, and in the last Craig Baugh for Bayley was drawn to play Roy Adams. Craig came out of this one with a win for his side to take a 3-2 victory.

Coddon C, mid table, were the home side in their match with LDS C. A very close opening frame with home player Mark Tusel coming up against Joe Rixom. The final score in this was 50 for Mark, 52-for Joe, Joe giving his a side an early away point. Pete Randall made it 2-0 as he beat Garry Owen. Daniel Ballard was next to the table and in a high scoring frame, Daniel turned the tables for the home side and produced a 63-51 win over John Calvert. Matt Bothwell carried on in the same mode, levelling the score when he played Carl Kesterton. The decider was fought out between Ollie Wall and Gary Walls, but it was Gary for LDS C who took the win for the Dawley side.

Maddocks D will be well pleased with their victory over the Second Club A side, who suffered a 4-1 defeat. The first frame looked a cracker according to the score card, with Graham Arnold playing Ian Ferriday. That score line was Graham 80, and Ian 72. Ian Courtney added the second for Maddocks with a win over Paul Crooks. Cheryl Caswell then defeated Mike Thompson, and Maddocks were 3-0 up, and flying, however, in the next frame, a very low scoring frame, Toby Welsh pulled one back for the Second Club. That was to be the only point of the evening for the Trench side as Fred Spragg returned Maddocks to winning ways with a win when he played Dave Welsh.

Third Division

Hadley B have now pulled six points clear at the top of this division, and this week the result was 4-1 to the Hadley side. Ken Booty scored 63 to Graham Neilds 3, to set Hadley off to the first win. Kevin Whitehead had an equally impressive score line playing Mokesh Lal for the second point, and in the next it was John Wright beating Brian Macmillan to make it 3-0. Darren Pountney added the fourth playing Mark Ebdon, but Dean Hatton for the Coddon did get a solitary point for Coddon, and having a 25 break when he beat D. Smout.

LDS B lost a little more ground on the leaders this week although gaining a match win on home ground. This week LDS B played hosts to Bayley D who entered this division this season. Ritchie Heighway started the match with a win for the home side playing Brian Aberdeen, but in the next Dave Dudley levelled the scores with a win over Pete Clarke. It was Bayley who gained the upper hand in the next frame as Sam Drake came up against Dave Williams. Dave won this one for his side to go 2-1 up. It was Mark Randall’s turn to win a frame next, and this he did to take the match to a decider beating Mark Beddall from Bayley. In the deciding frame Colin Gittus won frame, and match, getting the better of Jim Lewis.

Dawley C and Anstice B were drawn against each other this week at the Dawley venue. These teams are on level points after this weeks result. Luke Edwards played the first frame with Noel Stones, and Noel had an easy win over Luke, with a 32 break during the frame. Sean Cross for Dawley went one better in his frame with John Darrock, with a 45 break on the way to beating john. Andy Shaw lost his frame when he played George Hammond. And that frame put Anstice into a 2-1 lead. Chris Gifford then put the ball back into Dawley’s court when he beat Mick Cahill. In the last frame it was Jamie Mills who played Billy Watson to decide who won this match. This was a great win for Jamie with a 64-1 score line over Billy.

Shifnal D are one point above Hadley A who were their adversaries’ this week, at the Shifnal club. Shifnal D got didn’t get the start they would have liked, as “Tugboat” Richard Benting, defeated Geoff French in the first frame to give his team mates a 1-0 lead. Terry Askew made amends for that defeat with a win over Roy Francis, and in the next, his team mate, Sanjay Chauhan made it 2-1 to Shifnal with a comprehensive victory over Tony Morgan. Pete Wharton added the third point, and match win for Shifnal with a win over Al Francis. Arthur Aston came up against Iain Atkinson in the last, and it was Iain, playing well so far this campaign, who gained the second point for the Hadley A side, who are nicely placed mid table, and enjoying a good season so far to date.

Second Club B, who are rooted to the bottom of the division, were at home this week to the new entrants of our league, Allscott. Alan Kynaston opened the match when he played Kev Welland, and it was Kevin who returned to winning ways this week, and so gave his team a 1-0 lead in the match. Kev’s team mate, Steve Powell, currently holding the highest break in the division, made it 2-0 with a win over Nick Holmes. The next frame was very close, but in this one it was Chris Coterhill from the Second Club who breathed life into his team when He beat Dave Finney 57-48. Roger Smith for the Second Club continued the revival with a victory over Nick Gwynne, and thereby setting up a decider for the match win. Another close frame followed, and this was fought out between Keith Mears from the Second Club, and he played Jason Allen. The score line in this was 48 to Jason, and 37 to Keith, so another win for the Allscott team, 3-2.

The last match reported, is the one between Bayley Q, playing from home, and their opponents were Newport B. These two teams are marginally above the aforementioned Second Club B. The home side started with Chris Fletcher losing out to Colin Farge, but Chris Durham restored the balance in the next frame when he played Allan Davies. Chris Bates for the Bayley club won a close fought frame against Richard Goldie to give his side a 2-1 lead. Steve Yapp made no mistake in giving his side the match win when he beat Andrew Fletcher, and in the last frame, Richard Tranter made the score line respectable with a win over Steve Speake.

Alan Turner    

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