Division one.

Hadley A entertained Shifnal B, and could only field four players due to two of the team dropping out recently. However, the match was played with the away team already informed of our position. Alan Turner had a reasonable frame against Aaron Sparkes, but Aaron was too strong in the end. Mick Hughes put up a good show against the formidible Matt Davies, but Matt prevailed to take Shifnal, two nil ahead. Steve Clayton than drew Angus Way, and this was a really good frame to watch, with both players putting in a great performance. Steve won this one to give us our only point of the evening. Andy Kendrick then stepped up to play John Fallows, and after a bit of nip and tuck from both players, John knocked in a sixty-six break. End of match, but played in the best of spirits. Hadley A will not have a team next season, due to old age and such things, but we have all enjoyed the many years we have played in the league.

Division two.

The final game of the first half of the season produced an exciting local derby between two Bayley sides who were 2 divisions apart last season. The unbeaten Andy O'Brien continued his impressive run to take the first frame for the 'visitors' including a fine break of 24 along the way. Dave Beyer opened his own account to extend the E sides lead by taking a tight and closely fought second frame. However the Cue teams Chris Durham stopped the rot in the next to halve the deficit. The fourth frame looked at one stage to be heading for a re-rack before Lee Newton held his nerve to draw the sides level and force a final frame decider between the two captains. Both players exchanged some decent safety in another tight affair but in the end it was Noel Hitch that managed to take it to complete a remarkable comeback and complete only the second win this term to date. Finally with only the cup games next week we would like to everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Bayley Cue lads.