TEAM KO SEMI FINALS The first semi final saw Eden G take on Bayley D at Shifnal. Frame 1 - Steve Powell (Eden) v Ade Smith (Bayley) Steve started the match in confident fashion quickly opening up a 20 plus lead and threatening to overwhelm his opponent by stretching the lead to 30 points. Ade however then came back into the match but not enough to close the gap completely. Steve looked to be well in control when he unfortunately went in off the pink giving Ade the chance to clear pink and black to finally lose the frame by 61 points to 52 points. Frame 2 – Craig Reynolds (Eden) v Dave Dudley (Bayley) Dave went off to a flier potting everything in sight to open up a 28 points to nil lead with Craig struggling to get to grips with the table. Dave then missed a relatively simple blue giving Craig the chance to reduce the deficit. Dave missed yet another chance on the blue and Craig punished him by making some small breaks to forge into the lead by 60 points to 30 points. Craig eventually winning the frame by 70 points to 48 points. Frame 3 – Graham Copson (Eden) v Ryan Dudley (Bayley) Yet another frame where the game swung way then another with Graham settling in very quickly and going 30 points in front. Ryan wasn’t firing at all and Graham took full advantage with some good potting and good safety play. Ryan then found his potting boots and put together a nice 28 break ( should have been at least 33 having missed an easy blue!) to trail by only 2 points. However Graham got his act together in time by taking the last 3 colours to take the frame by the score of 62 points to 42 points Frame 4 – Roy Lenevue (Eden) v Ben Godding (Bayley) Another finely contested frame with both players potting well but also spurning some very good chances at the same time. Both players would pot a good red before hanging the attempted colour over the pocket. Roy took control of the frame in the final colours winning the frame by 54 points to 36 points Frame 5 – Rich Jones (Eden) v Chris Morgan Adams (Bayley) At this stage of the contest Eden were 39 points ahead allowing for the Bayley handicap difference of 30 points. Chris started with a rasping first red but was unable to take the early initiative in the frame as Rich was picking off the odd red and colour to keep his nose in front. The real turning point was when Chris potted a red and broke the bunch of reds to perfectly land on the pink with a sizeable break at his mercy, he failed to pot the pink. Rich then took advantage and stretched his lead and playing some decent safety went on to win the frame by the score of 60 points to 43 points. This ultimately gave the final result as Eden 307 points Bayley 251 points Congratulations to the Eden G team on reaching the Final of the Team Knockout with a well deserved win over the defending champions Bayley D Thanks to Shifnal War Memorial Club for the use of the table and to the people who turned up to support both teams. (Report by Willie Brown) In the second semi final it was two division 1 sides Shifnal B and Hadley B who locked horns at the Bayley club with the Hadley side receiving a 70 point start from the handicapper. In the first frame Aaron McCann and Aaron Sparkes shares the spoils in a close encounter ending with the Shifnal Aaron winning by 14 points. Frame 2 was always going to be a pivotal point in the match as Mat 'maximum' Davies took on Laki Badhan. In the end it was the form man Mat who ran out a convincing winner taking the frame 118-15 and putting his team ahead in the match. Next up Phil Dix and John Fallows locked horns and both players potted well with only 14 in it with the green on the table. As we all know the colours can make a big difference in these games and when John cleared up what could have been an 11 point loss was a 39 point victory and putting his side into an even stronger position. Hadley needed some inspiration to get back into this game and Damien Currier was the man on next to try and get his team going again. Lynsay Knox had other ideas and held his own to see the frame out with just 4 points the difference. Shifnal went into the final frame 82 ahead and it was recent centurion Tommy Mullholland tasked with getting them over line against Hadley captain Ken Booty. Tom won the frame by 4 and it's the division1 table toppers who go into the final. SCORES Aaron McCan 42 Aaron Sparkes 56 Laki Badhan 15 Mat Davies 118 Phil Dix 38 John Fallows 77 Damien Currier 56 Lynsay Knox 52 Ken Booty 36 Tom Mulholland 40 (Report by Andy Kendrick)