Snooker

A game-clinching 27 clearance from Mick Ayres (O7) helped Spalding and District Snooker League Division One leaders Holbeach A beat Holbeach D 4-2 to extend their lead at the top of the table. In a game that also saw Mick Pearl (O14) and Jem Merrison (O35) make breaks of 27 and 22 respectively in frame victories, Ayres (O7) held his ...

Holbeach A start 2018 as leaders in Division One of Spalding and District Snooker League after an impressive 6-0 victory over Long Sutton A. Breaks of 34 and 24 from Jem Merrison (O35) and Mick Ayres (O7) helped Holbeach move one point clear of Bourne SC A at the top – although they have now played a game more. Level ...

Third-placed Donington A edged out Division Two leaders Services C 4-2 in a Spalding and District Snooker League classic on Thursday. With three of the five frames going to the final black, wins from Chriss Allwood (O7), Nigel Brasier (scr) and John George (R14) did the job for Donington – who are now just five points off the summit. That ...

Services E threw their hat into the Spalding and District Snooker League Division One title race by beating leaders Bourne SA A 4-2 on Thursday night. A frame win from Martin Spencer (O14) – who made a 30 break en-route to seeing off Mark Gray (O105) – and a double from Chris Dunmore (O7) got the third-placed Spalding side over ...

The top two in Spalding and District Snooker League Division One continue to go great guns after both recorded their ninth win of the season on Thursday. Table-toppers Bourne SC A picked up a 5-1 victory at Boundary B to extend their lead at the summit to five points. Mark Gray (O105) led the way with breaks of 32 and ...

Gosberton C finally clinched their first win of the Spalding and District Snooker League Division Three season on Thursday to ensure that every team has now registered a victory. Their game with Consti C was finely poised at 2-2 after four frames – Andy Shephard (R21) and Norman Gookey (R7) the Gosberton winners – before Malc Dennis (R7) beat Stuart ...

Holbeach A won the battle of the heavyweights in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League as they pegged back leaders Bourne SC A 4-2 on Thursday night. A black-ball win from Colin Dodds (O7) in the opening frame set the tone for second-placed Holbeach, before Mick Ayres (O7) and Mick Pearl (O14) won the final two frames ...

Crowland C’s incredible start to the new Spalding and District Snooker League Division Three season continued on Thursday with an eighth win from as many matches. Their latest victims were Consti A, who were handed a 5-1 home reverse by the runaway table-toppers. Black-ball victories from Russ Morse (O14) and Jim Howe (O35), the latter making a 21 break, proved ...

Pyramid B finally ended Bourne SC A’s winning start to the new Spalding and District Snooker League Division One season on Thursday night. Breaks of 40, 38 and 36 from Spencer Dawkins (O49 handicap), Alfonso Palumbo (O49) and Dave Pearson (O14) respectively helped secure the win 4-2 – while Keith Duly (O21) beat Ian Clare (O14) in the final frame ...

A stellar 69 break from Bren Bowman (O49 handicap) couldn’t stop Tulips A slumping to another defeat in Spalding and District Snooker League last Thursday night. The Spalding side are the only team in the top flight who are yet to register a win after being handed a 4-2 home reverse by Donington C. Neil Reynolds (O49) was on-song for ...

Knockout Cup holders Holbeach B fell at the first hurdle in their defence of the coveted Spalding and District Snooker League crown as Bourne SC B edged them out in a classic. Frame wins from Baz Haynes (scr) and Neil Harvey (O7) weren’t enough for the Division Two side, who found the top tier pace-setters too hot to handle. Returning ...

Rob Childs put on another masterclass in the Spalding and District Billiards League on Monday night. The Crowland B ace, who plays off a massive O240 handicap, came back to beat Shane White (O20) 200-198 thanks to breaks of 65, 50 (twice), 33, 28, 25 (twice) and an unfinished 32. However, victories from Marcus Pell (O10) and James Waterfall (R60) ...

Crowland C continued their sensational start to the Spalding and District Snooker League season with a fifth win from as many games on Thursday night. They bagged a 4-2 victory at Bourne SC B having been 2-1 down with two frames to go, with Jim Howe (O35) and Paul Spicer (R7) winning their frames to turn the game on its ...

A monstrous 99 break from Mark Gray helped Bourne SC A make it four wins from as many Division One games in the Spalding and District Snooker League on Thursday night. Ex-pro Gray (O105 handicap) made the stellar score en-route to defeating Andy Mowforth (O14) in the 6-0 success over Boundary A, as they moved four points clear at the ...

A stellar 57 clearance from Spencer Dawkins was the highlight of the third round of fixtures in Spalding and District Snooker League – but his Pyramid B side were beaten last Thursday night. Dawkins (O49 handicap) made the impressive feat in a second-frame success over Consti F’s Warren Peel (O7), but watched on as Justyn Stanley (R14) beat team-mate Keth ...

Four sides picked up five points on the opening night of the new Spalding and District Billiards League season on Monday. Rob Childs (O240) made breaks of 43, 41 (twice) and 35 (twice) as Crowland B defeated Consti C 5-2, with Alan Hansard (R70) hitting a 24 break in reply. Gosberton A defeated hosts Holbeach A by the same score, ...

Two Divison One sides already boast double-figure points tallies after only two weeks of the new Spalding and District Snooker League season. Services E top the early table after following up last week’s 6-0 win with a 5-1 triumph over Pyramid B, while Bourne SC B also took five points from their trip to Holbeach D. Starting with the Spalding ...

Services E stormed to a 6-0 win on the opening night of the new Spalding and District Snooker League season to get their Division One campaign off to a flier. Martin Spencer (O14) led the way with a 24 break in a frame triumph, while Vince Fitter (O21), Chris Dunmore (O7), Phil Spencer (O14) and Kev Emerson (R14) also secured ...

Pyradon are celebrating after winning the Cliff Hall Memorial Shield snooker event at Donington over the weekend. They’ve now won the snooker event, also known as the Donington Summer Shield, four times after seeing of Skegness in the final on Friday night. The team consisted of  Spencer Dawkins, Neil Reynolds, Alfonso Palumbo, Jason Green, James Sharpe and Marcus Hamilton.

The Spalding and District Snooker and Billiards League celebrated another hugely successful season at their annual presentation night awards bash. A host of trophies were dished out after a long season of action, including the three snooker league titles won by Tulips B (Division One), Long Sutton A (Division Two), Crowland A (Division Three) and the Billiards League crown to ...