Snooker

Tulips B were crowned Spalding and District League Division One champions despite slipping to defeat in their final match of the season. They were beaten 4-2 at Gosberton B, but that was still enough to fend off the challenge of Donington C who had done all they could by thrashing Boundary B 6-0. Victories for Ady Sibley (O7) and Darren ...

A battling 5-1 victory at Gosberton C saw Crowland A wrap up the Spalding and District Snooker League Division Three title on Thursday night.   Needing just a couple of points to be sure of the title, the long-term leaders were made to work very hard by their hosts – but ultimately wrapped up the title with win number 21 ...

The first champions of the Spalding and District Snooker League season were crowned last week as Long Sutton A wrapped up Division Two glory. Their 4-2 victory at Consti H – a 21st success of the season from 29 games – gave them an unassailable lead at the top of the second tier and secured Division One snooker next season. ...

The title race in Spalding and District Snooker League Division One is wide open with three rounds of fixtures to go after Tulips A upset leaders – and indeed stable-mates – Tulips B last week. Despite breaks of 37 and 22 respectively from Darren (O35) and Mark (O49) Woodberry, a final-frame success by Steve Smith (O14) handed the ‘A’ side ...

The Division One title looks to be Tulips B’s to lose after they enjoyed another fine week in Spalding and District Snooker League. Tulips are four points clear at the top of the table – with two games in hand – after beating Consti F 5-1 on Thursday night. A 31 break from Joe Garland (scr) and Mark Woodberry’s (O49) ...

Snooker professional Mark King made a special appearance at the Crowland British Legion Club last Saturday night. Romford’s King, who once ranked as high as number 11 in the world, took on nine local players in exhibition matches. Amazingly, Spalding and District Snooker League ace Jason Green, of the Pyramid Club in Bourne, managed to take a frame off the ...

Nobody has accrued more points in Spalding and District Snooker League than Long Sutton A – but they were hammered 5-1 at Holbeach B last week.   The shock result of the week shouldn’t hamper Sutton’s Division Two title hopes, but it does give the second tier’s chasing pack a glimmer of hope. Hosts Holbeach had frame wins from Zac ...

A sensational showing saw Stuart Atkin finally get his hands on the Spalding and District Snooker and Billiards League’s top prize at the annual finals weekend. Playing in his fourth Snooker Scratch final at Springfields Events Centre, Long Sutton potter Atkin beat best friend and team-mate Sean Swinburn 4-3 in a sensational Saturday night showdown. The 49-year-old also made the ...

This weekend sees the Spalding and District Snooker and Billiards League hold its finals weekend at Springfields Events Centre. A total of 12 matches will be played between Friday night and Sunday evening, with members of the league and fans of the sport welcome to attend free of charge. The bar will be open on Saturday and Sunday, with food ...

Tulips B have taken over at the top of Spalding and District Snooker League Division One for the first time in recent months after a 5-1 victory at fellow high-fliers Whittlesey A. A 28 break from Mark Woodberry (O49) in a frame win, plus further successes from Joe Garland (scr), Ady Sibley (O7) and Darren Woodberry (O35) clinched it for ...

Spalding and District Billiards League big-hitters Mick Johnson and Mick Cooper both reached the latter stages of the EABA English Grand Masters Billiards event at Nuneaton. Having earned a place at the Attack Snooker Centre event via the south/east qualifiers in Cambridge, both managed to negotiate the group stage. The duo were drawn to play each other in the quarter-finals, ...

Long Sutton are now 8.5 points clear at the top of Spalding and District Billiards League – with a game in hand – after a 5-2 win at Holbeach A on Monday night. Mick Cooper (O160) got them on the way to glory with a titanic 200-195 win over Hugh Pinner (O110) in the clash of the night. Pinner made ...

The Division One title race in Spalding and District Snooker League looks like being one of the closest in years with just five points now spanning the leading four teams. With top trio Donington C, Tulips B and Holbeach A all losing 4-2, fourth-placed Pyramid B – who beat Holbeach – are now bang in the hunt. Starting with the ...

Two teams recorded maximum 7-0 wins in Spalding and District Billiards League on Monday night. Both Holbeach C and Crowland A picked up seven points apiece, seeing off Pyramid A and Consti B respectively. Holbeach’s whitewash win keeps them on the edge of the title race in third, some 10.5 points off the pace. Ben Harding (R80) and Colin Dodd ...

Mid-table Tulips A produced their performance of the Spalding and District Snooker League season so far to hammer Division One table-toppers Donington C 6-0 – and blow the title race wide open. Just seven points now spans the leading four in the top tier, with Donington’s lead now just a solitary point after the whitewashing. As ever, Tulips talisman Bren ...

With Spalding and District Billiards League leaders Long Sutton not in action on Monday night, title rivals Donington cranked up the pressure on them. Second-placed Donington romped to a maximum 7-0 success at Gosberton A, with Jim Thompson (R40), Ben Wrigglesworth (R60) and Matt Turner (R50) all on winning form. Turner chipped in with a 20 break for the winners, ...

An impressive 70 clearance from cue ace Mark Gray lit up the Spalding and District Snooker League last Thursday night. Gray (O105), an ex-snooker professional who was part of the victorious European Mosconi Cup team a few months ago, was on stellar form for his Bourne SC A side in Division One. The clearance came against Mark Woodberry (O49) and ...

Cue ace Rob Childs made the biggest break of the Spalding and District Billiards League season so far on Monday night. Childs, who plays off a whopping O230 handicap, made a fine 91 for Crowland B against Holbeach C. He also chipped in with breaks of 58, 50 and 42 as he defeated James Glover (R100). However, Colin Dodd (R70) ...

The top two both slipped up in Spalding and District Snooker League Division Two last week as the race for promotion grew a little more interesting. Leaders Long Sutton A were beaten 4-2 by title rivals Consti G, who are now just eight points off the top and two points off second spot. Despite a stellar Sean Swinburn (O35) break ...

Table-toppers Long Sutton suffered a rare defeat in Spalding and District Billiards League on Monday night. The long-term leaders slipped up 5-2 at fourth-placed Holbeach C, who are now 11.5 points off top spot with a game in hand. A typical spree of breaks from Mick Cooper (O150) – who pocketed 45, 44 and 40 – wasn’t enough for Sutton, ...