INTER TOWN RESULT : TELFORD A travelled to Meole Brace to take on SHREWSBURY A in what promised to be a very tight affair. In the opening encounter Jaon Bright took on visiting Darren Weston. An early break of 21 helped Darren open up a lead and some assured potting helped him secure the first point for Telford, winning 51-6. The second frame was a much tighter game with the early stages seeing the lead change hands as both players struggled to settle. Shrewsbury's Tom Hancher edged in front of Telford's John Fallows after a miss but in the end it was an outrageous fluke on the final blue that finally clinched the frame for Tom 73-47 to level the match. Next up for the home side was Callum Wraight taking on the experienced Matt Davies. Another close game looked on the cards with no more than a couple of points in it when a cluster of reds surrounded the black over the left hand pocket. A scrappy few minutes ensued before Matt took the initiative to open up a 21 point advantage with 2 reds left. That proved to be the turning point as he clinched the frame 63-22 to put Telford back in front. Some excellent potting and solid safety helped visiting skipper Paul Lloyd to a 30 point advantage in the fourth frame against Shrewsbury's Matt Ryder. Needing a snooker young Matt potted the green to get the snooker on the brown but it was never going to be enough, Paul eventually putting his side a single frame from victory, running out a 66-32 winner. Shrewsbury needed a boost to get back into the match so up next was Staffordshire County Captain Simon Seabridge taking on the returning Zenon Lembicz for Telford. Simon got in first and never looked back with some great potting to reduce the match deficit to 2-3, winning his frame 89-27 ...game on. In the penultimate frame the home side's John Barton was up against Telford's Shaun Harris and it was John that began the better. Once in front he kept things very tight leaving Shaun absolutely nothing to go at, eventually clinching the frame 59-5 to set up, as anticipated, a final frame decider between Ade Rowe for Shrewsbury and Ian Duffy for Telford. Ian, drawing on his experience of playing for England's pool team, calmly opened up a good 20 point lead, before a cruel in off allowed Ade to get his hand on the table. He edged his way to 18 before missing a yellow when sending the cue ball around the table to attempt to split the pack. The lead continued to switch to and fro as the nerves and adrenalin began to kick in. Ade jawed a red, Ian steps up red, black, red, yellow takes him 22 clear. Ian jaws the last red and so it continues. Ade takes the last red, blue, yellow, green but lands straight on the brown so just rolls it in leaving the cue ball just 6 inches from the yellow pocket and blue on its spot. He tries to roll it in, misses but it goes safe, tight on the side cush a fraction from being left over the pocket. No obvious easy safety for Ian from there. A fantastic cross double puts Ian 12 ahead with pink and black to go and he leaves a snooker on the pink ...advantage Telford. Ade misses and Ian holds his nerve to pot the pink to seal the match 64-40. What a match! Well played lads and all 3 Telford teams are safely through to the 2nd round.