Snooker

Two of the chasing pack put in impressive performances in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League last week. Both Bourne SC A and Tulips A enjoyed 5-1 wins on Thursday night to move within a solitary point of leading duo Services a and Pyramid D in the race for the league’s top prize. After a mid-season drop ...

Rob Childs lit up the Spalding and District Billiards League once again on Monday night. The Crowland cue master, who plays off an O270 handicap, made 11 breaks of 20 or more as his side defeated Consti A 5-2. The pick of Childs’ efforts was an awesome 87 break, while he also made notable totals of 46, 37 and 36. ...

Just nine points separate the top six teams in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League after a number of surprise results on Thursday night. Table-topping Pyramid D were the big victims as they slipped up 5-1 at home to relegation-threatened Boundary A . A 37 break from James Sharpe (O49) couldn’t stop the Deeping side as wins ...

Danny Hussey has swooped to bring fans’ favourite Andrew Tidswell back to Holbeach United ahead of what he hopes will be a successful climax to the season. Tidswell, who won the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division and Lincs FA Senior Trophy with the Tigers in 2013, also lifted the top tier title with Spalding United the following season and the UCL ...

Long Sutton were on sparkling form in the Spalding and District Billiards League on Monday night. They whitewashed visitors Consti B 7-0 in a game when all three of their players posted fine breaks. Mick Cooper (O190) shone with scores of 65, 44, 39 and an unfinished 23, while Wayne Dent (R30) made a 31 and John Dawson (R30) added ...

Long Sutton B turned the Spalding and District League Division Two upside down on Thursday night as the basement boys defeated leaders Boundary C 5-1. Adrift at the foot of the second tier for some time now, Sutton rediscovered their form and battled to victory over their title-chasing visitors as Dan Mayfield (O35) and Brandon Lee (R7) both bagged black ...

Spalding and District Billiards League leaders Holbeach A put in another impressive performance on Monday night. The table-toppers further improved their position at the summit by thrashing Donington 7-0 on their home baize. Chris Chamberlain (R80), James Glover (R80) and Ben Harding (R30) all enjoyed frame wins on the night, with Glover sinking breaks of 22 and 20 in the ...

Holbeach A secured their most eye-catching win of the Spalding and District Snooker League Division One season so far on Thursday night as they upset the leaders. Frame wins from Mick Pearl (O28), Mick Ayres Jnr (R7) and Colin Dodd (O21) fired Holbeach to a 4-2 win at Pyramid D – with Pearl sinking a 22 break. The victory gives ...

Donington were the in-form side in Monday night’s Spalding and District Billiards League fixtures. They thrashed title hopefuls Pyramid A 7-0, with both Ben Wrigglesworth (R50) and Tony Scully (R50) making breaks of 22 en-route to frame wins. Leaders Holbeach A cashed in on that result by beating hosts Long Sutton 5-2 in a game that saw Mick Cooper (O190) ...

It was a potentially big week in the Spalding and District Snooker League Division One title race as leaders Pyramid D opened up a small lead at the top – thanks in part to one of the surprise results of the season so far. While the Bourne side were winning 4-2 at Holbeach C, their two nearest rivals – Spalding ...

The title race in Division Two of the Spalding and District Snooker League is looking a little more open after the top two teams suffered defeats on Thursday night. Perhaps the stand-out result of the week in any division saw fourth-placed Tulips C upset leaders Consti F 4-2. The damage was done in the first three frames as Pete Ransome ...

Another huge Rob Childs break lit up Monday night’s Spalding and District Billiards League action. The O270 handicapper made a 98, 59 and 54 as Crowland beat Donington 5-2. Pyramid A were the big winners of the week as they beat Long Sutton 7-0 despite breaks of 42 and 29 from Mick Cooper (O190). Holbeach A also picked up a ...

Cue master Rob Childs was at his scintillating best in the Spalding and District Billiards League on Monday night. The Crowland star, who plays off a monstrous O270 handicap, made breaks of 92, 55, 41, 32, 29, 28 and an unfinished 21 as he overturned a deficit of 340 to beat Long Sutton’s Joe Garland (R70) 200-185. The opening frame ...

Two of Division One’s top three clashed in the Spalding and District Snooker League on Thursday – and it was leaders Pyramid D who had a night to remember. Bouncing back from defeat the previous week, Pyramid raced to a 5-1 victory over third-placed rivals Bourne SC A to move three points clear at the top of the table. Marcus ...

Spalding and District Billiards League title-chasers Pyramid A improved their position at the top with a maximum 7-0 win over Gosberton B on Monday night. They whitewashed Gosberton B on their home table in Bourne, with John Clapton (R90), Eric Wyer (R90) and John Twell (R50) all victorious. There was at least some relief for beaten Gosberton, with Shane White ...

The title race in Spalding and District Snooker League Division One looks wide open after Thursday night’s results. Pyramid D remain top of the pile, but their 4-2 home defeat against Services A leaves a host of teams within striking distance. Mike Knight (O21) earned the high-flying Spalding side the lion’s share of the points with a black ball success ...

The top two in the Spalding and District Billiards League clashed on Monday night – and it was second-placed Holbeach A who got the better of leaders Pyramid A. John Clapton (R90) got the Bourne side off to a flying start by winning the first frame, but Holbeach turned it around and took the final two frames through Ben Harding ...

There are new leaders in Spalding and District Snooker League Division One after previous table-toppers Tulips B suffered a second successive defeat. Tulips B, after a number of weeks at the top, slipped to second after a 5-1 beating by club mates Tulips A – who are now only six points off the summit themselves. Brett Maddison (O7), Mike Sampson ...

Two teams enjoyed maximum 7-0 wins in the Spalding and District Billiards League on Monday night. Long Sutton were the first to register a whitewash as they saw off hosts Holbeach B. John Dawson (R30), Joe Garland (R70) and Mick Cooper (O190) all recorded frame wins, with the latter bagging breaks of 58 and 47. Gosberton A were the other ...

Bourne SC A threw their hat into the ring in the Spalding and District Snooker League Division One title race after beating table-topping Tulips B in the first round of 2020 fixtures. The Bourne side prevailed 4-2 against hosts Tulips on Thursday night, with big wins coming from Mark Gray (O105), Oliver Player (O28) and Pete Hodgson Kerry (O21). Gray ...