Snooker

Tim Nash and Ted Howling won games on the black ball as Services B boosted their hopes of avoiding the Division Two trapdoor in Spalding and District Snooker League. The side remain bottom but the 5-1 win over the club C team makes the table better reading. Jeff Collins and Alan Hansard were the B team’s other winners, with Mark ...

Gosberton B are starting to look over their shoulder at the Division Two drop zone after a thrashing from their A side. It was an ‘away match’ which held no fears for the one-from-bottom A side, who romped to a 6-0 win. Only two of the games were tight, but Carl Ward and Peter Waterfall prevailed against David Nichols and ...

The semi-finalists in Spalding and District Billiards League Shield are now known. Crowand B, Consti D, Gosberton and Long Sutton are the final four after Monday’s quarter-finals. Consti B had the largest winning margin – and arguably the most impressive win. Steve Spencer, John Keeton and Mick Johnson all won to send league leaders Donington packing. Norman Gookey’s side had little ...

That man Mark Gray was at it again in the Spalding and District Snooker League last Thursday night. Gray – whose 141 in December 2012 is the best break in the history of the league – pocketed the second-highest ever score with a sensational 139 total clearance during Bourne SC A’s 5-1 Division Two win over Consti I. The ex-professional, ...

Having ended 2014 as the Spalding and District Billiards League’s basement boys, Holbeach B kicked off the new year with a maximum win over Pyramid B. Denis Hix (R70), Dan Coleman (R100) and Ashley Bunn (R40) all earned big individual wins in Bourne to give Holbeach’s season the shot in the arm it badly needed. Darrell Read (R40) did make ...

Consti B produced one of the most impressive Spalding and District Snooker League performances of the season so far as they handed Division Two leaders Bourne SC A a 6-0 beating. Wins from Steve Spencer (R21), John Keeton (O7), John Christian (R7), Martin Fear (O7) and Mick Johnson (O35) left the long-time table-toppers stunned – and beaten for only the ...

Martin O’Connor made a stunning personal best break of 96 in the Spalding and District League’s Billiards Shield last week – but it was ultimately in vain. The Pyramid B potter belied his R10 handicap to make one of the biggest breaks of the billiards season in any competition. But wins from Mick Cooper (O40) and Adam Barwell (O10), who ...

Top tier leaders Tulips B saw their Spalding and District Snooker League title charge come a little unstuck at Consti F last Thursday night. Tulips, who have played two games more than nearest rivals Services A, were handed a 4-2 reverse in the all-Spalding affair in a clash that went down to the very last black of the final frame. ...

Ace potter Mark Gray is still buzzing after helping Europe win pool’s PartyPoker Mosconi Cup at Blackpool last week. Spalding and District Snooker League star Gray clinched his second Mosconi crown as Europe saw off the USA 11-5 to make it five wins on the trot in the famous competition. 41-year-old Gray, who lives in Bourne, lost his only singles ...

Lowly Holbeach C made a nonsense of the Division One table in Spalding and District Snooker League by almost wiping the floor with Whittlesey A. Only a terrific 22 clearance by Terry Everitt prevented Holbeach C from taking all six points last Thursday. Everitt edged out Mark Gregory on the black ball, but wins for Nigel Ward, Nick Edwards, and ...

Table-toppers Donington passed a real test of their Spalding and District Billiards League title credentials by edging out Consti A 4-3 on Monday night. Norman Gookey (R80) and Jim Thompson (R30) made breaks of 23 and 24 respectively to help secure the success for Donington – although Robert Adams’ (R40) hit back with a big win for Consti. Fellow high-fliers ...

Gosberton D’s Jack Craft kept them right on track for the Division Three title in Spalding and District Snooker League. Consti A skipper Pete Law got his side off to a winning start, beating Shane Davies 66-37, but Paul Whyte and Simon Slinger put the league leaders back on course. Paul Kent’s win for Consti A levelled things up at ...

Spalding and District Billiards League title hopefuls Donington made the most of a match in hand by taking all seven points against Crowland B. Norman Gookey’s side swept aside the visitors, winning 600-435. Jim Thompson had breaks of 22 and 20 in his 200-170 defeat of Allan Sharman. That result meant Long Sutton started Monday’s match at Consti as deposed ...

Title hopefuls Services A cleared a significant hurdle in their bid for Spalding and District Snooker League Division One glory by beating a strong Long Sutton B side 4-2. The Spalding outfit, who have been top for some time now, are six points clear after defeating high-flying Sutton thanks to frame victories from Charlie Mullane (R21), Pete Mullane (O21), and ...

A Rob Childs masterclass was the highlight of Monday night’s Spalding and District Billiards League fixtures. The Crowland B potter, who plays off an O200 handicap, reeled of breaks of 70, 50, 47, 33 and 30 (unfinished) to see off Consti D’s Stewart Davies (R20). He was the only Crowland winner, though, as Consti’s John Bellerby (R80) and Alan Hansard ...

Bourne SC A are back on top of Spalding and District Snooker League Division Two after a Mark Gray-inspired success over Services C on Thursday night. The league’s most heavily-handicapped player Gray (O98) sunk a 68 break in a black-ball win over Mark Spiller (scr) to clinch a 4-2 victory for the new leaders. Gray’s heroics followed earlier wins from ...

A fine individual showing from Sid Shaw steered Donington to a 5-2 victory at Pyramid B in the Spalding and District Billiards League on Monday night. Shaw (O10) reeled off a fine 51 break, as well as pocketing further scores of 31 and 23 in his frame win. Norman Gookey (R80) delivered their other frame return, with Darrell Read (R40) ...

They’ve had a tough start to the Spalding and District Snooker League Division Three season – but Long Sutton C smashed the last remaining unblemished record last week. Having won their opening nine games of the campaign, Gosberton D were hot favourites to make it a perfect ten against strugglers Sutton. However, wins for Dan Mayfield (O28), Susan Lefley (R14) ...

The all-Long Sutton clash between the club’s A and B teams in Spalding and District Snooker League served up two of the best breaks of the season so far. A sensational 81 from Sutton B’s Carl Parnell (O42) and a tidy 60 break from Sutton A’s Mat Smith (O42) lit up the Division One contest, which was won 4-2 by ...

Mick Johnson is once again setting the standard in the Spalding and District Billiards League. The Consti B cue ace, who plays off a whopping O170 handicap, made a stunning 108 break in Monday’s 5-2 victory at second-placed Consti A. Johnson’s century surpasses the 80 break he made earlier this term and is the new benchmark for others to target. ...