Div 1

Shifnal B v Shifnal A

Good match amongst two shifnal rivals. Mark Jones did very well against Matt Davies, including a lovely 24 break, but ultimately Matt ran away to take the first frame. Aaron Sparkes cued very well, including a nice break of 39 to run out a comfortable winner against Mark Worsdell. frame 3 turned out to be the best of the night, with Kev Hawkins forging an early 40 point lead, only for Simon Biddulph to come back and take a 15 point lead with only pink & black remaining. However Kev duly got the snooker and a lovely pink to black allowed him to take the frame. Frame four saw Angus take on Steady Eddie Mullard, and Eddie looked the more likely winner early on with good safety helping him take an early 20 lead, but Angus dug deep and a telling 27 break late in the frame lead to a hard fought win. Frame five saw Shifnal B\'s anchor man John Fallows play Andy Carson, and with regular scoring John was able to pull away for a comfortable victory. Shifnal A can certainly take heart from there 1st match in division 1

Div 2

Bayley Cue v Shifnal F

After the first match of the season the Bayley lads were asking if the league table was upside down after spending most of last season at the other end, but welcomed fellow \'early season pacesetters\' Shifnal F to Wellington with both sides looking to build on their excellent starts. The first frame set the scene for what proved to be a fiercely contested and close match throughout. The lead swung several times before Chris looked to have taken the upper hand, but Spencer rolled back the years clearing the last four colours including an incredible black, to clinch the opening frame. In stark contrast to the first frame Steve potted absolutely everything including a nice 29 along the way to leave Chris wondering what he\'d done wrong and drew the Bayley lads level. The third frame was a tight frame with lots of safety throughout. Noel opened up a 44 point lead with just one red remaining, leaving Willie requiring 3 snookers, but the Shifnal man dug in and turned the frame around with some superb play. However he left a chance and Noel managed to clear to edge the home side in front. The fourth frame was possibly the tightest of all with Gareth edging ahead then Spencer before the Shifnal man clinched victory on the black. In the final frame it was Lee that did the early running opening up a useful lead, but Rob dug in with some good potting including a fine 29 break to go in front. In the end Lee couldn\'t get the snooker required and Rob clinched the win for Shifnal. Congratulations to Shifnal for taking the plaudits on the night, it was a good match played in a great spirit as always and really could have been any score on another night

Div 3

Bayley Z v Allscott

It looks like Bayley Z\'s title hopes are over for yet another season after this drubbing at the hands of Allscott ! Tugboat tried a unique style of snooker by consistently \'hiding\' the white ball from his opponent , however it only resulted in a 56-30 defeat at the hands of Chris Bates . Paul Rhodes , however , tried a different approach which somehow reaped its rewards with a fine 49-31 win over Dave Finney . Captain Iain Atkinson , playing in an unfamiliar position (sober) , then took on\' someone\' from the opposition and got beat 53-36 . Al Francis then took on \'somebody \' else and he also lost, in a closely contested match ,45-40. Tony Morgan , also playing in an unfamiliar position (p.a.a.f) took on Carl Starling , however the master plan didn\'t work as he got beat 50-22 . Here\'s hoping for a good cup run !