Snooker

Tulips B announced themselves as a real force in the Spalding and District Snooker League Division One title race after a whitewash win last week. They eased past Gosberton B 6-0 to climb up to second place in the top tier – just four points behind long-term leaders Donington C with a game in hand. A 27 clearance from Darren ...

Three of the Spalding and District Billiards League’s big hitters made fine breaks on Monday night. Rob Childs (O230) led the way with scores of 67, 61 and 58, while Mick Cooper (O150) weighed in with efforts of 58 and 40 and Mick Johnson (O180) sank a cool 49 and 37. Childs, the league’s most handicapped peformer, made his scores ...

It’s pretty much as you were in the Spalding and District Snooker League Division One title race after the top three teams all suffered defeats on Thursday night. Leaders Donington C were shocked 5-1 at Holbeach D, but actually extended their lead by a point as second-placed Pyramid B crashed 6-0 at basement boys Bourne SC A. Both sides got ...

The title race in Spalding and District Snooker League Division One is very much alive after Pyramid B gained five points on long-term leaders Donington C last Thursday night. Table-topping Donington suffered what was perhaps the worst night of their season so far, going down 6-0 at home to Whittlesey A. Two frame wins from Laurie Smith (R14), plus victories ...

Both leaders Long Sutton and high-flying Consti B enjoyed maximum wins in the Spalding and District Biliards League’s first round of 2017 fixtures. Sutton are now 12.5 points clear of Pyramid B at the summit, having beaten hosts Holbeach B 7-0. Mick Cooper (O150) was in sensational form in the opening frame, making breaks of 52, 41 and 32 as ...

Title favourites Donington C were made to work hard in their first Spalding and District Snooker League Division One game of the season – by friendly foes Donington A. Thursday night’s all-club affair was the closest game across all three divisions, with table-topping Donington C eventually emerging as 4-2 winners. But the result was up in the air until the ...

Donington C remain the team to beat in Spalding and District Snooker League Division One after completing the first half of the season with a win that sees them go into 2017 with a five-point advantage. The long-term top flight leaders edged out hosts Boundary B 4-2 in their final game of the year to make it 13 wins from ...

Despite suffering a shock defeat, table-topping Donington C remain on track for honours in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League. The current leaders went down to a surprise 4-2 away loss at struggling Pyramid A, but their closest challengers were unable to make the most of the rare slip. Stable-mates Donington A did the pacesetters a massive ...

Spalding Snooker League star Mark Gray produced his best-ever Mosconi Cup performance as Team Europe piled the misery on a floundering American side to take a five point lead into the third day of the 2016 competition at the Alexandra Palace in London. They won three of the four Wednesday night matches to leave the USA with a mountainous task ...

Two of the chasing pack took the chance to close the gap on leaders Donington C in Spalding and District Snooker League Division One on Saturday. With the table-toppers not in action, Holbeach A and Tulips B both won to move closer to the title favourites – but second-placed Pyramid B slipped to a costly defeat. The Bourne side were ...

Spalding and District Snooker League star Mark Gray is contesting the third Mosconi Cup of his glittering career this week. The resident pro at Bourne Snooker Centre, who he plays for the in the Spalding league, is a part of the European team that are playing America in pool’s biggest tournament at Alexandra Palace this week. Gray is joined in ...

Three matches in the Spalding and District Billiards League produced whitewash wins for the victors on Monday.   Mid-table Holbeach B stormed to an emphatic 7-0 success over Gosberton B who had started the evening in fifth place.   Denis Hix (R70) rattled in a 30 break to get Holbeach B off to a winning start with victory over Shane ...

An amazing run of nine wins from ten games has fired Long Sutton C to the top of Spalding and District Snooker League’s Division Three. A mainstay in the basement division over the past few years, Sutton C are showing the kind of form that could finally see them achieve promotion – highlighted by last Thursday night’s 5-1 home victory ...

Pyramid B stormed to the top of Spalding and District Billiards League by thrashing nearest rivals Holbeach C 7-0 on Monday night. Darrell Read (R50) made breaks of 34 and 22 for the Bourne side, who are now level on points with their opponents. Donington are one point behind the top two after seeing off Holbeach A 5-2. Ben Wrigglesworth ...

The last remaining unbeaten record was finally smashed in Spalding and District Snooker League last Thursday night. Division One pace-setters Donington C saw their ten-game winning streak ended by Holbeach A, who came back from 2-0 down to claim a narrow 4-2 triumph and blow the title race wide open. Relentless Donington did look like making it 11 games unbeaten ...

Spalding and District Billiards League cue ace Mick Johnson played his part to help Lincolnshire win the National County Billiards Championships. Johnson, who plays for Consti B, was joined by Lincoln duo Rob Hall and Dean Manders at the Nuneaton event. The trio qualified for the event by winning the Eastern Counties title earlier in the year and defeated teams ...

The two leading teams –Donington C and Pyramid B – continued their dominance in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League with emphatic victories last week. Unbeaten Donington C recorded their tenth successive win after a 5-1 home success over Gosberton B. That victory was matched by Pyramid B, who won by the same margin against Services C ...

It was a good week for title-chasing Long Sutton in Spalding and District Billiards League as they took advantage of a slip up from the leaders to move within striking distance. Magic Mick Cooper (O150) shone for Sutton in their 7-0 beating of Holbeach A, making a super break of 74 and smaller offerings of 45, 26, 25 and 21 ...

Rampant Donington C stormed five points clear at the top of Spalding and District Snooker League Division One with a 6-0 success at Boundary A – making it eight wins from as many matches this season. Ben Wrigglesworth (O14), Neil Favell (O14), Graham Slater (R14), Lee Hempsall (scr) and Matt Turner (O7) all won frames for the table-toppers, who are ...

A 58 break from Steve Godfrey (O35) lit up the tightest game in Spalding and District Snooker League’s KO Cup on Thursday night. Godfrey made the big break for Division Two high-flyers Long Sutton B, who pushed top tier side Tulips A all the way before succumbing 3-2 in the final frame. The Spalding side had wins from Simon Law ...