Dawley A travelled to Maddocks F looking to overturn a 200 point handicap. Ade Henry was first up taking his frame 77-22 against Geoff Tudor to reduce the arrears to 145. Keith Price edged past Kirk Stevenson 72-56, the deficit now 129. The next two frames saw impressive wins for both Pete Nolan 84-14 and Adam Moore 78-15 against Anthony Stevenson and John Archer respectively. At the start of frame 5 Dawley were ahead by 4 points so everything was still to play for but the experienced Mick Reynolds held his nerve to defeat Neil Pearson 69-31 to seal the win by 42 points.

First division Broseley A hosted undefeated second division outfit Bayley D and needed a good start if they were to overhaul Bayley's 100 point advantage. Eddie Mullard did just that in beating Ryan Dudley 75-18, the deficit now just 43. However Ian Postins couldn't quite follow suit as Chris Morgan-Adams hit back 70-31 to increase Bayley's lead to 82. This was proving a topsy-turvy affair as Broseley's Mark Worsdell again reduced the deficit to 45 in defeating Brian Aberdeen 56-19. The pattern continued as the in form young gun Ben Godding extended Bayley's advantage once more, beating Terry Askew 72-24, the lead now 93 going into the final frame. This proved too much although Andy Carson edged past Jim Lewis 50-34, it wasn't enough and Bayley went through by 77.

Another 2nd v 1st division clash was Shifnal D against Maddocks C with the hosts starting with a 130 advantage. It was the visitors Richie Heighway who took the first frame 78-47 against Jimmy Langley, reducing the deficit to 99. James Hayward edged out Shifnal's Geoff French 48-41 further reducing it to 92. Ian Cleary was next up for Maddocks and he defeated Mokesh Mehmi 60-39. With their lead now 81 Mark Hebden dug in and squeezed past Ash Kent again on the black 42-35 to extend the advantage to 88. In the final frame Shifnal's Dean Harris held firm to win 74-28 against J Fellows to seal the match by 134 points.

Shifnal E faced a 170 point handicap as they travelled to Bayley Cue. Chris Lawson won the first frame against Danny Weaver 62-59 but only took 3 points off. Visiting captain Chris Griffiths began potting everything and looked to be running away with his frame, however the experienced Rob Cook kept his nerve and cleared the last few colours. Chris winning 62-31 and the home sides lead now 136. The next frame was a cracker with Sean Cross laying snooker after snooker but in form Spencer Clarke held firm to win 59-53 and extend the lead to 142. Lee Newton looked out of sorts in the early part of frame 4 in his first frame for 6 months with Sam Drake taking the advantage. Lee shook off the rust and eventually found his potting form to complete a fine 55-42 victory. With Bayley now in a seemingly unassailable 155 point lead noel Hitch and Shaun Lane played out the final frame. Shaun potted the final pink and black to win 61-42 leaving Bayley the victors by 136.

Current league champions Maddocks A visited Bayley Z looking to avenge last seasons defeat at the same stage. Despite facing a deficit of 210 there was to be no repeat as Phil Davies beat Rich Benting 87-9, Leigh France won 81-8 against Paul Rhodes and Shaun Harris defeated Tony Morgan 79-16 to put Maddocks 4 points to the good. Allen Francis fought well against Dave France but Dave edged it 57-36 to give the visitors a 25 point advantage for the last frame. Ian Duffy potted well to clinch victory 76-8 over Iain Atkinson and seal a 93 point match win.

The first all 1st division tie saw Hadley A entertain Bayley E with the visitors starting out with a 40 point cushion. Paul Lloyd looked to make inroads but could only reduce the lead to 29 in beating Andy O'Brien 66-55. Steve Hoof hit back for Bayley defeating John Rawlins 54-38 extending the advantage to 45. In the third frame a fine 24 break helped Ali Jones defeat Steve Clayton 106-25 to increase the lead to 126 points. Hadley took the last two frames but the damage was done as neither Steve Minshall's 69-44 win over Dave Beyer, nor Darren Weston's 45-31 win against Dave France were enough. Bayley running out winners by 87.

Back to the battle of the divisions as Dawley B hosted current league one leaders Shinal B, starting with a 160 point head start. Matt Davies got the ball rolling for Shifnal as he cut the deficit to 62 beating John Davies 111-13. John Fallows beat Rob Gajewski 75-32 leaving Dawley ahead by just 19. Aaron Sparkes proved too strong for Liam Goodman, winning 92-32 to put Shifnal ahead by 41. The returning Angus Way continued the visitors fine form edging past Barry Roden 51-22 to extend the lead to 70 going into the final frame. It was always a big ask and Andy Garbett just lost out to Linsay Knox 64-35 leaving Shifnal the victors by 99.

Eden G were defending a 100 point advantage against Bayley B who started strongly taking the first 3 frames. Kev West defeated Roy Leneveu 55-39, Craig Baugh beat Rich Jones 66-43 and Garry Owen edged out Graham Copson 55-51 reducing the deficit to just 57. However Eden's Steve Powell stopped the rot winning 52-41 against Chris Smith leaving Craig Reynolds to defend a 68 point lead in the last frame. In the end Craig ran out a 55-21 winner over Dan Oliver sending Eden through to round two by 102 points.

Maddocks E travelled to Newport B in the battle of two promoted sides with the home team holding a slender 30 point start. The first frame was a tight affair with Newport's Colin Farge squeezing past Mark Wall 57-54. Andy Jones hit straight back for the visitors beating Mick Beech 71-44 leaving Newport still ahead but only by 6 after 2 frames. Wayne Weeks defeated Steve Downes 64-44 to extend Newport's lead to 26 so still anyone's game to win. Maddocks again hit back through Simon Yeates winning 55-37 over Steve Speeke, the lead cut this time to just 8 points. It was the experienced Les Stirling who came out on top in the decider 69-35 over Nick Pearce putting Newport through by 42.

In the closest tie of the round Maddocks D faced Hadley B beginning with a slight 20 point advantage. James O'Hara began strongly for the home side beating Ken Booty 50-21 to extend that advantage to 49. The experienced Roy Lowe was just edged out by Laki Badhan 64-61 but Maddocks still held a 46 lead. Damien Currier cut into that in defeating Graham Arnold 56-49 but the home side were still 39 in front. Aaron McCann reduced that lead to just 13 points as he beat Maj Ilyas 68-42. In the final frame Hadley's Phil Dix held his nerve to defeat Ken Davies 62-40 to give the visitors the win by a slender 9 points.

New to the league Bayley Lads hosted a strong Shifnal F side and only having a 70 point advantage meant it was always going to be an uphill struggle. Despite this they all rolled up their sleeves and played with a smile, a lesson to all of how snooker is meant to be played. Gareth Lloyd beat Josh Devey 96-17, Spencer Rowley out pointed Ron Broad 55-30, Willie Brown defeated Mike Cooper 68-28, Rob Wright beat Will O'Hara 65-16 and Chris Petford edged past Ross Bowater 64-37. Shifnal going through by a 150 point margin.

Newly promoted Eden A hosted Anstice B (Dawley) looking to continue their impressive early season form, despite conceding a 50 point start. Michael Mancini showed why he has only dropped one frame in all competitions to date, taking the first frame 75-29 over Frank Williams cutting the deficit to just 4. Noel Stones then rolled back the years to beat Chris Morris 119-16 and restored the visitors lead to an impressive 107 points. Lewis Round looked to be on his way to at least halving this deficit until a lovely 45 clearance from Nigel Wallcroft snatched the frame 55-45, the lead further extended to 117. Gurd Singh dug in and took the next frame 72-26 against Steve Smallwood reducing the arrears to 71. Eden's Dan Morris won the last frame 74-30 over Billy Watson but it wasn't quite enough as Anstice march on winning by 27 overall.

In the final match of the first round 2nd Club A travelled to Allscott who were defending a 20 point lead. Dave Finney extended his unbeaten start to the season winning 73-11 over Keith Mears to put his side 82 in front. Nick Holmes edged out the home sides A Goulding 70-52 to reduce Allscott's lead to 64. Mike Thompson continued 2nd Club's fight back taking the third frame 64-25 against Nick Gwynne reducing the deficit to 25. When Lloyd Giles beat Dan Brentnall 55-34 it meant there was just a 4 point gap in Allscott's favour and all to play for. In the final frame Kev Waland held his nerve to squeeze past Ian Ferriday 59-45 to seal Allscott's passage to round two by just 18 points.

After their bye in the first round Eden Elite make up the sides through to round two. The draws for both main and consolation cups will be made at Shifnal on Weds 21st October and published shortly afterwards on the website.

This report was kindly sent from Noel Hitch. This must have taken Noel some time to compile, so hope that all of you might make an effort to do one small report for your team in the league. It all adds to the interest?