TELFORD SNOOKER LEAGUE

Match Report - 2011/12

 

Division One newcomers vs the ever strong Shifnal B was going to test Hadley B all the way and see whether they have the cridentials to stay in the division. Laki Badhan went on first and started brightly against Aaron Sparkes but after a few slack safety shots found himself out of the frame as Aaron duly punished him to put Shifnal 1 ahead. Matt Davies then potted some great shots to run out comfortable winner white washing Tom Mullholland with a 44 finish, 2-0 to Shifnal. Then the tables were to turn as Phil Dix, who was called into action 10 minutes before the match as Hadley were short, outgunned Angus Way with a fine performance of tactical snooker to make it Shifnal 2 - Hadley B 1. Ken Booty then found some of his best form of the season to square things up at 2-2 with an impressive win against John Fallows, although it was fair to say that John was below par this evening. Darren Pountney then had the opportunity to put a rare defeat past Shifnal playing Linsay Knox but didn\'t have things his own way in this one but with a strong second half of the frame managed to edge Linsay out 60 points to 43 and produce a fine win for the Hadley boys, 3 frames to 2.

A tale of two halves for these two teams. Broseley won the first three frames fairly comfortably before Stu edged out Neil Caswell with the brown, blue and pink to win the frame. Ade Henry secured the final frame for the visitors playing well in beating Mike Brezwyn. Another 3-2 result for the Broseley boys!

 

 

Division Two

a hard fought match which could of gone either way started with a quick frame won by ian ferriday with some great potting.The second was much closer as colin gittus needed 2 snookers on the brown and rode his luck and won on the black.The third was nip and tuck from the start but sam drake pulled clear with the last few colours.chris lawson won a solid forth over toby welsh leaving shaun lane to battle through in the last frame.

 

 

Division Three

Back to winning ways for Bayley D at home to a strong Anstice side, although they never had it easy as Anstice may have gone away thinking they should have continued on with their 3- 2 winning streak. Frame one went to Andy Elliot who eventually took a scrappy game 63 34 against an out of form Ade Smith, frame two saw the debut of Chris Morgan Adams for Bayley D after many years playing for Bayley A, Chris showed a lot of respect against Chris Woods grinding out a solid 50 20 win to even things up. Dave Dudley and Mark Beddall continued the winning steak with good wins against Paul Devey and Noel Hitch, Danny Evans managed to run out the eventual winner in the last against an unlucky Brian \"Abba\" Aberdeen on the final couple of colours. Bayley D were more than happy with a 3-2 win against a side that will be pushing for league honours.

Bayley Z doubled their seasons total of winning frames against Allscott & still ended up on the losing side 2-3 . Richard \"Tugboat\" Benting should have won the opening frame , missing a relatively easy black to allow Kev Waland to claim the frame 56-44. Paul Rhodes played some good snooker against Sean Parkes , however Sean \"eventually\" took the frame 54-35. Tony Morgan , returning to his more familiar 3rd place , belied his \"Norway\" tag to win his game 67-39 , obviously lees beer helped steady his cue ! Al Francis made a welcome return to the team but could not prevent Jason Allen from powering his way to a 68-48 win. It was left to Iain Atkinson to salvage a little bit of pride with a 50-25 win against David Finney . A very enjoyable evening spent with a very amicable bunch of lads ! Also it was good to welcome Al Francis back to the team , as last week was the 1st week in 20 odd years of league snooker that we didn\'t have a Francis in the team , either Al , Roy ,Danny or Ken , which is an extraordinary achievement considering we never win anything !

Terry Askew got the Shifnal lads off to a great start by winning a nervy first frame against Andy Shaw. Some good safety play enabled Sanjay Shavhan to get the better of Jamie Mills in a closely fought frame to put Shifnal 2-0 ahead. Sean Cross gave a potting masterclass , including a break of 28 ,against Will Brown who was never given a chance in the frame due to Sean\'s very good safety play. Dawley C brought the match all square when Luke Edwards dispatched an out of sorts Geoof French to set up a final frame decider between Richie Goldie and Chris Gifford. A scrappy start to the frame then climaxed in a tight finish when the match was won on the final pink by Richie. A tight match which could have gone either way.

 

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