Snooker

Just four rounds of fixtures remain in Spalding and District Snooker League – and Donington A have opened up a big ten-point lead in Division One after defeating Holbeach A 5-1 on Thursday night. Wins from Gavin Lucas (R7), Steve Burdell (R14), Sam Major (O28) and Tony Scully (O21) ensured that the long-term leaders took full advantage of their game ...

It’s looking increasingly like just two teams can win Spalding and District Snooker League’s Division One title as the league enters its final five weeks. That’s after table-topping Donington A dispatched third-placed Services E 4-2 last week. Early wins from Peter Keal (R7), Nigel Brasier (O7) and Jim Thompson (O7) got the job done for the leaders, despite a 25 ...

The Division Two title race in Spalding and District Snooker League is really heating up after third-placed Gosberton B thrashed table-toppers Pyramid B 5-1 last Thursday night. Breaks of 27 and 24 respectively from decorated duo Jason Green (O63) and Alfonso Palumbo (O49) were in vain for the Bourne side, as David Nichols (R21), Adam Twigg (scr), Sam Craft (scr) ...

Bourne cue ace Alfonso Palumbo bagged a memorable double at another exciting finals weekend in The Spalding and District Snooker and Billiards League. The Pyramid star defeated Long Sutton talent Stuart Atkin 4-2 to win the coveted Snooker Scratch title for the first time at Springfields Events Centre on Saturday night. Not content with winning the top individual prize on ...

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The first trophy of The Spalding and District Snooker League’s finals has gone to Long Sutton’s Steve Godfrey and Tom Horspool. The pair became the first-ever winners of the new Singles and Doubles competition at Crowland RBL on Sunday night, playing superbly to beat Gosberton’s Shane White and James Waterfall 3-0. Horspool (O28) beat White (O21) in the first frame, ...

Consti B produced a potentially season-defining performance as they turned the Spalding and District Snooker League Division One table upside down to beat leaders Donington A 5-1 on Thursday night. In the bottom two at the start of play, the Spalding side held their nerve to win a very tight tussle that saw Steve Spencer (R21), John Christian (scr) and ...

Spalding and District Snooker League star Mark Gray has moved up to number two in the Euro Tour (American 9-ball pool) rankings after an impressive start to the new season. The 42-year-old, who plays for Bourne SC in the Spalding league, has just returned home from the first tour event of the season in Treviso, Italy. There, he finished fifth ...

After five defeats on the bounce, Spalding and District Snooker League Division One leaders Donington A enjoyed a timely boost on Thursday. The long-term pace-setters were 4-2 winners in their home clash with Pyramid A, while their two nearest rivals were suffering defeats. Nigel Brasier (O7), Tony Scully (O21) and Jim Thompson (O7) were the frame winners for Donington – ...

Long Sutton’s bid to become the first-ever side to win three Spalding and District Billiards League titles on the spin suffered another blow on Monday night. The leaders slipped to their second defeat on the bounce – for the first time this season – as Consti A handed them a 5-2 reverse on the Spalding baize. A 48 break from ...

With Spalding and District Snooker League Division Two leaders Pyramid B enjoying a week off, three sides took the chance to close the gap at the top. Now just six points behind the Bourne boys are Consti G, who roared to a 5-1 victory at fellow promotion hopefuls Holbeach C. Andrew Grimwood’s (O7) 23 break in an opening frame win ...

Consti G emerged as genuine Division Two title contenders in Spalding and District Snooker League after beating leaders Pyramid B on Thursday night. The second-placed Spadling side edged a close contest in Bourne by a 4-2 scoreline, with Andy Grimwood (O7), Martin Drury (R7) and Marcus Drury (R7) their frame winners. Alfonso Palumbo (O49), who made a 22 break, and ...

It looked a foregone conclusion at the turn of the year – but Donington A’s charge to the Spalding and District Snooker League Division One title suffered another blow last week. The table-toppers only lost once in the first half of the campaign, but have now suffered back-to-back defeats after Services A handed them a 4-2 home reverse. A 51 ...

Young gun Ben Wrigglesworth made a super 51 break as his Donington C side handed Spalding and District Snooker League Division One leaders Donington A a rare loss on Thursday night. The O14 handicapper’s brilliant break is the best by a junior player so far this season – and gave the C side the perfect start in the opening frame ...

A super 71 break from Tulips A’s Bren Bowman is the new best in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League so far this season – but it couldn’t help his side win last week. With the exploits of former snooker professional Mark Gray not eligible for the league’s best break prize, Bowman’s 71 for Tulips A against ...

Cue ace Jason Green starred as his Pyramid B side laid down a big marker in Spalding and District Snooker League on Thursday night. The Bourne boys, who topped the second tier table at Christmas, beat nearest rivals Services C 5-1 in their first game of 2016 to move nine points clear of them in the race for the title. ...

Confident cueman Mick Cooper continued his dominant form of the billiards scene by becoming the Norfolk Handicap champion. Spalding and District Snooker and Billiards League ace Cooper was in high spirits ahead of the January 3 event at the Maltings Q Club after enjoying a stunning end to 2015. And that red-hot spell on the baize never looked like ending ...

Crowland A took full advantage of Long Sutton’s week off in Spalding and District Billiards League as they closed to within one point of the table-toppers. Second-placed Crowland roared to a maximum 7-0 triumph over Holbeach B on Monday night to apply pressure on the defending champions. Roger Goodliffe (R110), Neil Burton (R80) and Richard Wesley (R70) all earned from ...

Donington A will fancy their chances of winning Spalding and District Snooker League’s top prize after rounding off a near-perfect first half of the season in typical style. The DIvision One leaders end 2015 some 12 points clear at the summit following their 5-1 win at Whittlesey A – meaning they have won 15 of their 16 matches so far. ...

It’s tight at the top of Spalding and District Snooker League Division Two after leaders Crowland C slipped up last week. There’s just a point between the top trio after Consti I edged out Crowland 4-2. That win was sealed by Richard Geddes’ (R14) final frame victory over Joel Shears (R7). Paul Spiller (O7) did register a 22 break for ...