TELFORD SNOOKER LEAGUE

Match Report - 8th December 2010

 Division One.

Dawley A, currently holding fourth place visited struggling Bayley F this week, and in the opening frame, Mick Hughes was drawn against Carl Walker. “The Mole” potted like a demon to take the first frame with a top class display of snooker.

The same can be said for Sean Nolan, who also produced a fine frame when he played Graham Darrell. Although Graham played well, Sean was unstoppable and went on to make the score 1-1. After a scrappy start to the third frame when Andy Kendrick drew Alex Nolan, Andy came to life making a 30 break and winning the frame comfortably. Alan Turner playing Mark Jones next, and Mark had no luck at all after four shots he had fouled the black twice and then the pink also went in after another good red was potted. Alan made the most of his unforeseen start and played well till the later stages of the frame, but then almost snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. The end result was 3-2 to the Wellington side, and unfortunately there was no last player to represent Bayley F due to illness.

 Bro A 4 (John Banks, Simon McLeod, Mick Brezwyn, Dave Shaw) Bay E 1 (John Squire  Mad C 0 () Ans A 5 (Ian Duffy, Neil Price, Shaun Harris, Tom Maxfield, Simon Yeats); LDS G 1 (Roy Leneveu) Cod A 4 (Dave Lloyd, Andy Jones, Tony Garmson, Nick Pearce); Shi B 3 (Matthew Davies, Lynsay Knox, John Fallows) Mad A 2 (Ian Eldridge, Phil Davies);

 Division Two

 In the match between Coddon C and Bayley B Ollie Wall potted well against Kiev West and a good long pot on the final black won the 1st frame. It was the battle of two of the top players in the 2nd division that saw Matt Bothwell  take an early lead but, a missed blue in the middle pocket and his confidence went as Tom Mulhollands' s potting game came through, with two 20 plus breaks to seal a good win. Mick Stokes never got going in the 3rd frame, and some good potting won the frame for Dan Oliver. Mark Tusel had plenty of chances playing Kelvin McLeod, but lost a close game for Bayley to win the fourth frame. A good 5th frame saw a good solid performance from Garry Owen versus Craig Baugh, which included good safety play and a clearance; Garry seems to be improving after a slow start to the season.

   Had B 4 (Laki Badhan, Jon Wright, Ken Booty, Darren Pountney) LDS C 1 (Pete Randall); LDS B 3 (Ginette Gittus, Richie Heighway, Sam Drake) 2nd A 2 (Ian Ferriday, Paul Crooks); Shi A 2 (Richie Davies, Eddie Mullard) Daw B 3 (Tom White, Doug Morrey, Barry Roden);

 Division Three

 Bayley D played leaders Newport B this week at the Wellington club. Bayley D have improved after a slow start, and this match tested their credentials for a swift return back to the second division. In the first frame Jim Lewis for Bayley took on Colin Farge from Newport, and it was the Newport man who took the first frame. Dave Dudley then levelled the math by beating Allan Davies, with Wayne Weeks restoring the lead for Newport with a victory over Mark Bedall. In a closely fought frame Dave Williams just headed of the challenge of Steve Speake to set up a decider between Adrian Smith and Les Stirling. Nice to see Adrian back in the snooker fold, but alas on this occasion, it was Adrian who narrowly lost out to Les for Newport to win the match 3-2. Bayley D will be happy with their performance.

   2nd B 3 (Ian Talbot, Chris Cotterill, Keith Mears) All 2 (Jason Allen, David Finney); Daw C 5 (Chris Gifford, Sean Cross, Andy Shaw, Luke Edwards, Jamie Mills) Had A 0 (); Ans B 3 (Noel Stones, Nigel Wallcroft, George Hammond) Mad B 2 (Graham Arnold, Roy Lowe);