TELFORD SNOOKER LEAGUE

Match Report - 2013/14

 

Division One.A good night of snooker with breaks coming in from all over the place. Sean Nolan got Dawley off to a flying start with a brilliant 98 break in frame 1. It would have been more but for a cruel kick when potting the black to get position on the final red. It meant Sean had a very difficult last red which he valiantly tried to cut from a very tight angle. He did well to get close to the pocket, never mind pot it. Great break ending two points short of a century. Dawley 1, Maddocks 0. Frame 2 was a close affair between Carl Walker & Shaun Harris. Shaun cleared the colours well from yellow to pink to take the frame for Madddocks with a frame score 49-34. Frame 3 Pete Nolan v Leigh France. Leigh knocked in a nice 35 break early doors to get himself into a good lead. However Dawley\'s flying Scotsman got his snooker head on & with some god potting got himself back into the frame. With Pete requiring one snooker with the last three colours remaining Leigh managed to pot blue & then see the cue ball drop in the middle bag. This gave Pete his chance but he unfortunately couldn\'t take it. Leigh took the balls he needed to put Maddocks 2-1 up with a frame score 60-48. Frame 4 saw Mark Jones play Ian Skelton. A scrappy frame early on with no real openings for both players. With the frame score close Mark knocked in a decent 38 break which left Ian in the snookers required position. With Ian being the gent that he is, he shook hands & off to the bar they went !! Final & deciding frame saw Billy Fletcher come straight from work to play Mick Reynolds. Nothing in this frame until Mick got his potting boots on and knocked in a great 50 break which guaranteed him the frame & Maddocks the match with a frame score 60 points to 9. Match score : Dawley \'A\' 2, Maddocks \'A\' 3Division TwoA sombre start to the night when all 6 teams present in Shifnal War Memorial Club observed a minute\'s silence to respect Arthur Aston who sadly passed away last week. Thanks for the memories Arthur The match started brightly for John Briscoe with some nice potting before Colin Farge came to life and cleared from the green to take the first frame. Second frame was a long drawn out affair with neither player taking control. Craig Davies potted a good brown and blue before missing the pink to give Chris Petford a chance and he duly potted the pink by double kissing the white to take the frame. Chris Painter edged out Wayne Weeks in a game of few chances. Frame 4 and Rob Wright managed to see off Steve Speeke by potting the final pink to seal the victory. Final frame, Willie Brown started well before Les Stirling hit back but then some good safety play and snookers allowed Willie to pull away and take the frame. Some close frames and on another night the final score could have been the other way for Newport