Billiards

Bourne SC took over at the top of the Spalding and District Billiards League with a 7-0 romp against third-placed Donington. Oli Player (R40) made a solid start with breaks of 23 and 20 in his 200-176 opening frame win and Elliott Gaunt (R50) and Lester Gaunt (scr) kept up the winning pace.Consti A lost top spot, despite a 5-2 ...

Bourne SC lost ground on the top two in the Spalding & District Billiards League with a 4-3 defeat at Gosberton B. Marcus Pell (O40) was the star for the hosts with breaks of 23, 38 and 20 in a 200-169 win.Des Forbes chipped in with two 22 breaks in his 200-158 win after Kieran Richards (R50) had levelled 200-111. ...

Breaks of 38, 27 and 24 helped Marcus Pell (O40) to a win in the Spalding and District Billiards League but it wasn’t enough to give his team a win. Gosberton B are still at the foot of the table after they lost 4-3 to league leaders Donington.Pell, who beat Tony Scully (R40), was the only winner for Gosberton, with ...

Donington are holding on to the top spot in the Spalding and District Billiards League after a convincing 7-0 win over Pyramid A.Tony Scully (R40), Nigel Brasier (R70) and Ben Wrigglesworth (R20) made up the winning trio.Consti A remain in second, just one point behind, having won 5-2 over clubmates Consti B.John Bellerby (R70) and Stuart Davies (R50) got the ...

Donington are top of the Spalding and District Billiards League having won four of the five matches played so far.They beat third placed Bourne Pyramid B 5-2 on Monday night.Wins from Mick Pearl (R70) and Ben Wrigglesworth (R20) gave them the victory.Darrell Read (R40) got the points for Pyramid, a 37 break helping him to a win over Tony Scully ...

Shane White (O50) hit breaks of 29, 25, 40 and 22 for Gosberton B but it proved in vain as his team fell 7-0 at Consti A in the Spalding and District League. He was beaten 200-127 by John Bellerby (R70) and there were also wins for Neil Burton (R60), 200-192, and Stewart Davies (R50), 200-166, as their team moved four points ...

A thriller at Holbeach A in Monday’s Spalding and District League fixtures saw visitors Donington pull off a 4-3 victory, despite trailling 580-577 on the aggregate points score. Ben Wrigglesworth (R20) and Jim Thompson (R60) were the away winners, with Mick Cooper (O200) potting breaks of 22, 25, 45, 22, 27, 26 and 46 on his way to a win for ...

Jason Bates (O160) hit six breaks of 20 or more on his way to a 200-190 win for Bourne SC against Holbeach B’s Neil Harvey (R50) but it was not enough to save his team from a 5-2 defeat on their travels in the Spalding Billiards League.Dennis Hix (R70) and Chris Chamberlain (R40) chalked up 200-186 and 200-189 wins to keep ...

The curtain came down on another Spalding and District Snooker and Billiards League season with the annual trophy presentation evening on Friday. All of the 2022/23 season’s trophy winners got their hands on silverware at the Spalding Services Club bash – which included snooker Division One winners Boundary A and billiards champions Gosberton B.The traditional dinner and dance also saw ...

Gosberton B are champions of the Spalding Billiards League, despite losing 5-2 to Consti A in their final match of the season.It went to the wire with just five points separating them and second-placed Holbeach B going into the final week.Holbeach B won 5-2 away at bottom-of-the-league Pyramid A but it wasn’t quite enough and Gosberton took the title by ...

It’s as you were in the Spalding and District Billiards League with no change in the standings this week.Gosberton B remain as leaders, despite not having a game on Monday night, with Holbeach B just one point behind them.They beat Consti A 5-2 to close the gap at the top.Denis Hix (R70) and Chris Chamberlain (R50) got the points for ...

Donington are the first winners of the Spalding and District Snooker and Billiards League championship finals.The team, consisting Nigel Brasier (R70), Jim Thompson (R60) and Tony Scully (R40) took on Bourne SC’s Ian Clare (R50), Oliver Player (R40) and Max Ayliff (R30) in the match held at Spalding Consti Club on Friday night.Donington emerged victorious with an aggregate score of ...

Billiards whizz Mick Johnson knocked in an 86 break on Monday night, giving him the highest break in the league so far this season.Johnson (O150) also got breaks of 52, 50, 20 and 32unf during his victory over Martin O’Connor.His team, Consti B, beat opponents Pyramid B 7-0.Other wins came from Jason Rose (R20), who got breaks of 26 and ...

Gosberton B, who are top of the Spalding and District Billiards League, went down 7-0 to Pyramid B on Monday night.The Pyramid team of Maurice Phillipson (R70), Martin O’Connor (R40) and Darrell Read (R30) whitewashed leaders Gosberton, moving them up a place in the standings.The loss allowed second placed Holbeach B to close the gap to six points, despite them ...

Gosberton B are still at the top of the Spalding and District Billiards League following a 5-2 away win over Consti B.Shane White (O50) and Des Forbes (R50) were the winners for Gosberton, with Jason Rose (R20) getting the better of Marcus Pell (O40) to get the points for Consti.White knocked in breaks of 38, 32, 25 and 20 and ...

It was a week of whitewashes in the Spalding and District Billiards League as all three matches ended up 7-0.Second-placed Holbeach B closed the gap on leaders Gosberton B, who didn’t have a match, thanks to their win over Consti B.Chris Chamberlain (R50), Neil Harvey (R50) and Denis Hix (R70) saw off Jason Rose (R20), Mick Johnson (O150) and Steve ...

Consti B had a brilliant win in the Spalding and District Billiards League on Monday night, whitewashing Donington 7-0.Mick Johnson (O150), Jason Rose (R20) and Kieran Witham-Richards (R50) got the wins.The victory moves Consti up one place to sixth.League leaders Gosberton B kept their position thanks to a 5-2 win over second-placed Holbeach B.Shane White (O50) beat Neil Harvey (R50), ...

Gosberton B have bounced back from their shock Billiards Shield exit with a 4-3 win over Donington in the Spalding and District Billiards League.Des Forbes (R50) and Marcus Pell (O40) got the wins for Gosberton, while Ben Wrigglesworth (R20) beat Shane White (O50) to score for Donington, who drop a place to fourth.There were breaks of 29 and 22 from ...

There was a shock result in the quarter finals of the Billiards Shield competition in the Spalding and District Billiards League as the league leaders were knocked out.Bottom-of-the-league Pyramid A beat Gosberton in a close contest, meaning they advance to the semi-final.Pyramid’s Reegan Cooke-Holmes (R70) showed great promise as a rising billiards star, beating Des Forbes (R50), who was not ...

It was a top versus bottom clash in the Spalding and District Billiards League as Gosberton B took on Bourne Pyramid A.And in an unsurprising result, leaders Gosberton came out on top, winning 7-0.Marcus Pell (O40), Des Forbes (R50) and Shane White (O50) emerged victors, seeing off John Clapton (R100), John Twell (R70) and Reegan Cooke Holmes (R70).Breaks of 37, ...