The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
Services E have cut the gap but Holbeach A still lead the Spalding and District Snooker League heading into the penultimate fixtures of the season.
The A-team were 4-2 winners at Pyramid B in Division One on Thursday night.
James Sharpe (O42) had brought fourth placed Pyramid level at 1-1 after beating Jem Merrison (O42) 58-29, but frame wins for Mick Pearl (014), Mick Ayres Junior (R14) and Colin Dodd (014) sealed Holbeach’s win.
Pyramid’s Jason Green enjoyed a 44 break and 22 close in the final frame.
Second placed Services E kept the pressure on with two wins last week reducing the gap to six points.
Firstly they saw off Pyramid B 4-2 which included a 34 break from Pete Fisher.
Then they enjoyed a 6-0 whitewash of Bourne SC including Fisher (O28) taking advantage of his handicap advantage to land a big 103-28 win over Mark Gray (O105).
Third placed Holbeach D won 5-1 against Consti F with Neil Grant leading the way with breaks of 22 and 27 before a 27 close.
Bottom of the table Services F were beaten by Holbeach C 5-1.
Second from bottom Services C also lost, 4-2 to Pyramid A.
Mike Sampson’s (O7) 44 close was the highlight as Tulips A beat Donington C 5-1 while Tulips B won 4-2 at Donington A, Mark Woodbury with a break of 33 for the visitors.
Boundary A took a big step towards the Division Two title as they beat third placed Long Sutton B 5-1.
Pete King winning on the black set them on their way and despite a 56 break and frame win from Sutton’s Thomas Horsepool (O25), Boundary claimed the win.
Consti H beat Gosberton A 5-1 while a break of 47 by Mick Walker (O28) set Boundary C on their way to a 5-1 win over Services B.
Services A also came out on top 5-1 against Holbeach B.
There was a shock as Division Three leaders Holbeach E were beaten 4-2 by previously third from bottom Whittlesey B.
Lee Pickett (O14) won on the black against Michael Foster (O7) for the leaders but Whittlesey hit back through Andy (R14) and Pawel Skutela (R7).
A break of 25 from Ben Harding brought Holbeach level but Garry Thewliss (O7) beat Zac Rowlett (O14) 42-6 in the decider to give Whittlesey the win.
Second placed Donington B kept their nerve and are now just two points behind as they won all three frames that went to respotted blacks in beating Consti D 5-1.
Frame wins from Steve Jennings (O28), Mick Blythe (R14) and Andy Blythe (R14) earned Whittlesey A a 4-2 victory at Pyramid E.
Consti D won 4-2 against Donington D. At 1-1 Tom Digby (Scr) and John Cooper (R21) won black ball games to earn Consti the win before Alan Stanley (R7) won the final frame, also on the black.
The all Consti affair went by the form book with the A team beating the C team 5-1.
A win on the black from Trev Braybrook (Scr) against Stuart Ruskin (R7) sealed Consti J’s 4-2 win over Gosberton B while Services D beat Gosberton C 5-1.
