TELFORD SNOOKER LEAGUE

Match Report - 23rd February 2011

Division One.

First frame was nip and tuck between Aaron and Steve, and it took a fantastic pot on the pink to secure the win for Aaron. In the next Darren Wilkie opened up an early 30 point lead, but a well crafted 30 break brought Angus back into contention.  Darren continued his good form this season, taking the colours in a quick fire game to level the scores. Matt Davies was up next against Graham Hoof, with Matt in superb form the last few weeks, it was going to be a tough ask for Graham, and so it proved with Matt knocking in two quick fire 40 plus breaks to seal the win. Frame four saw Lindsay Knox face S Hassack. The home player started well opening up an early advantage, and with just one red remaining held a 31 point lead, but then a superb red and saw awesome pots on the colours, Steve dragged himself back into contention and eventually potted the black to steal the frame. In the last John Fallows played Ian Cleary, and John sealed the win for the home side with his customary aplomb, potting off the lampshades.

 Bro A 4 (John Banks, Graeme Long, Simon McLeod, Mick Brezwyn) Bay F 1 (John Williams); Bay E 1 (Dave Beyer) Ans A 4 (Ian Duffy, Neil Price, Shaun Harris, Simon Yeats); Mad A 3 (Ian Skelton, Leigh France, Phil Davies) LDS A 2 (Lee Elcock, Ade Henry);  LDS G 2 (John Jones, Roy Leneveu) Cod B 3 (Mick Pearson, Kirk Steventon, Neil Pearson);

 Division Two.

 A close match between Coddon C and Bayley A this week. Chris played well early on but Mark potted well to take the colours up to, and including the blue, before eventually losing on the final pink. Ollie played a steady game, and Arthur was always playing catch up in the frame, which wasn't helped by giving away points in fouls. Ollie winning the frame 58-21. A scrappy 3rd frame and it was always going to go to the pink or black - Matt winning it after potting a good blue despite getting a kick when playing the blue to the middle pocket, and potting the final pink to win the frame. Garry Owen playing much better in the 2nd half of the season, was again back to winning ways - Garry played steadily and won despite a battling performance from Maxwell. With the match already won, Steve Fletcher gained a consolation point for Bayley by beating Mick Stokes on the brown, a much-improved performance from Mick though. Final score 3-2 to Coddon C.

  Bay B 5 (Tom Mulholland, Craig Baugh, Dan Oliver, Ben Sewell, Kev West) Shi F 0 (); Daw B 3 (Doug Morrey, Barry Roden, Liam Goodman) LDS C 2 (Jon Calvert, Joe Rixom); 2nd A 2 (Toby Welsh, Neil Robinson) Eden A 3 (Mike Reynolds, Lee Harris, Craig Reynolds); Shi A 4 (Richie Davies, Pete Thompson, Steve Jones, Eddie Mullard) Mad D 1 (Ian Courtney); LDS B 0 () Had B 5 (Kev Whitehead, Jon Wright, Laki Badhan, Ken Booty, Darren Pountney);

Division Three

 Bayley Q vs. Shifnal D was always going to be a bit tasty, with one point separating them in the division going into the night. A blistering display of potting saw Rob Cook brush aside Nigel Simpson, taking the opener for the Bayley 62-10. Captain, Chris Fletcher followed up his good display in last weeks cup match, with an inspired and controlled 60-23 win over Terry Askew. A quick fire potting master class saw excellent shots from both Lee Newton and Dave Chapman, with Lee just edging it 57-41 on the pink (including a 24 on route). With the match secure for Bayley, a cat and mouse tussle took place between Steve Weatherall and Geoff French, going down to the perfect reverse double on the black for Geoff to gain his revenge for earlier in the season with a 53-48 win. Shifnal looked to end strongly, but Will Brown lost out 48-44 with Spencer Clarke holding his nerve on the final black to secure an impressive 4-1 win to the Bayley Q.

 Had A 0 () New B 5 (Colin Farge, Wayne Weeks, Allan Davies, Steve Speeke, Les Stirling); Ans B 2 (Noel Stones, Nigel Wallcroft) Eden B 3 (Daniel Nickolas, Chris Smith, Colin Barton); Daw C 4 (Chris Gifford, Luke Edwards, Jamie Mills, Sean Cross) 2nd B 1 (Keith Mears);