Snooker

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 ...

Consti E suffered their second defeat of the Spalding and District League season but hung on to top spot. Chris Back (O56) had a break of 33 as he took the opening frame for Holbeach E with a73-45 win against Sean Jones (O4).Jack Chilvers (O7) hit a break of 22 to level things for the visitors, 87-35, but Ben Harding’s (O35) ...

Consti E are holding on to top spot in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League, thanks to a 5-1 home win. They beat Holbeach C with wins from Sean Jeynes (O14), Jack Chilvers (O7), George Neary-Philips (021) and Simon Law (O7).A 27 clearance from Chilvers and a 22 break from Jeynes helped them on the way to ...

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 ...

Consti E are at the top of Division One in the Spalding and District Snooker League thanks to a 5-1 win at Donington C. Lee Hempsall (O14) got Donington off to a good start with a win over James Kingston (O28) but it went downhill for them after that.Sean Jeynes (O14), James Kingston (O28), Jack Chilvers (O7) and Martin Ulyatt (O7) ...

It was whitewash wins galore in the Spalding and District Snooker League on Thursday night as six teams won their matches 6-0. Four of the results came in Division Two and two in Division Three.Consti B, Donington A, Consti F and Services D got the wins in the second division, while Holbeach F followed last week’s 6-0 win with another ...

It was all about Division Three this week in the Spalding and District Snooker League with two teams winning 6-0. The first hammering came from Consti I, who were away to Gosberton B, while Holbeach F whitewashed Consti D.Two games into the season, the result puts Holbeach F at the top of the table, with Consti I in fifth, having ...

Spalding Snooker League started the new season with several high breaks in Division One. Bourne SC A’s Mark Gray (O105) knocked in a 59 break, despite going on to lose 128-72 to Holbeach C’s Nick Edwards (R7). There was some consolation though as Bourne won 4-2.Pete Ransome (028) got a 43 break for Holbeach E on his way to victory ...

The Pool Players showed that they are equally as handy when it comes to snooker when they won the Cliff Hall Memorial Shield.The team consisting of Chris Back, Tom Horsepool, Shane Balding, Carl Rowe and Neil Davey, emerged victorious in the annual competition, which is organised by Jim and Jean Thompson and held at the Donington Snooker Club.They beat The ...

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 ...

Donington snooker player Nigel Brasier has secured a sponsorship deal with Skopes Menswear.Skopes, which has a branch at Spalding’s Springfields Outlet, also sponsors professional snooker player Kyren Wilson.Nigel, who plays on the World Disability Billiards and Snooker circuit, has recently returned from the Belgian Open where although he failed to make it through the main event, he managed to come ...

Bourne snooker ace Mark Gray (O105) lit up the Spalding and District Snooker League in the final week of the season with an incredible 102 break. Gray, playing for Bourne SC B in Division One, got the break in his victory over Services A’s Vince Fitter (O35).His team went on to lose 5-1 though, with wins for Jake Haslam (O7), ...

Gosberton D have been crowned champions of Division Three in the Spalding and District Snooker League. Despite not having a match this week, Gosberton now cannot be caught by runners-up Whittlesey C, who won 4-2 on Thursday.Seven points separate the two teams, meaning that even if Gosberton lose the final game of the season 6-0 and Whittlesey win 6-0, there ...

It’s wide open at the top of Division One in the Spalding and District Snooker League, after leaders Bourne SC A lost 4-2 in a crunch match against second-placed Boundary A. Just two points now separate the teams, with only two matches left to play before the end of the season.Third-placed Pyramid C held on to their position thanks to ...

It’s still all to play for at the top of all three divisions of the Spalding and District Snooker League with just three weeks to go.It’s closest in Division One, with Bourne SC A just four points ahead of second-placed Boundary A, who have a game in hand.In Division Two, it’s Consti G who are at the top, with Holbeach ...

Bourne SC A are holding on to their place at the top of Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League. They thrashed Consti E 6-0 on Thursday night to stay in first place.Second-placed Boundary A beat Services C 5-1, leaving them four points behind.The other two Bourne SC teams dropped down the standings as they both lost 4-2 to teams ...

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 ...

Craig Fitter lifted his fifth Snooker Scratch title on Saturday night after seeing off Pyramid’s James Sharpe 4-2 in the show-piece match of the Spalding and District Snooker and Billiards League’s finals weekend. Services star Fitter, who first lifted the President’s Cup back in 1999, beat Sharpe 4-2 (29-47, 28-77, 64-50, 67-29, 58-28, 71-47).Sharpe got off to a great start, ...

With five matches left until the season ends, it’s still all to play for across all three divisions of the Spalding and District Snooker League.Three points separate first and second in Division One. Bourne SC A are just in the lead on 83 points, with Boundary on their tail with 80 points.On Thursday night Bourne beat Pyramid A 5-1, but ...

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 ...