Snooker

A 5-1 win over Consti E has put Boundary A at the top of Division One in the Spalding and District Snooker League – but only just. The team are equal on points with Bourne SC A but have a game in hand, giving them a slight advantage.Bourne beat Holbeach A 4-2 with wins from Mark Gray (O105), Carl Gibson ...

Donington are the first winners of the Spalding and District Snooker and Billiards League championship finals.The team, consisting Nigel Brasier (R70), Jim Thompson (R60) and Tony Scully (R40) took on Bourne SC’s Ian Clare (R50), Oliver Player (R40) and Max Ayliff (R30) in the match held at Spalding Consti Club on Friday night.Donington emerged victorious with an aggregate score of ...

Billiards whizz Mick Johnson knocked in an 86 break on Monday night, giving him the highest break in the league so far this season.Johnson (O150) also got breaks of 52, 50, 20 and 32unf during his victory over Martin O’Connor.His team, Consti B, beat opponents Pyramid B 7-0.Other wins came from Jason Rose (R20), who got breaks of 26 and ...

Bourne SC A are just one point clear at the top of Division One of the Spalding and District League following a 4-2 loss. They went down to clubmates Bourne SC B who jumped up to third thanks to the win.Liam Ennis (O35), Elliot Gaunt (O28) and Gary Surridge (O7) were the winners for the B team, while Mark Gray ...

Gosberton B, who are top of the Spalding and District Billiards League, went down 7-0 to Pyramid B on Monday night.The Pyramid team of Maurice Phillipson (R70), Martin O’Connor (R40) and Darrell Read (R30) whitewashed leaders Gosberton, moving them up a place in the standings.The loss allowed second placed Holbeach B to close the gap to six points, despite them ...

An 88 break from cue ace Mark Gray (O105) wasn’t enough to secure a win for his team in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League. Bourne SC A went down 4-2 away to Bourne Pyramid D in a rearranged game.Gray got the team off to a good start with a 114-86 victory over Marcus Hamilton (O28), followed ...

Gosberton B are still at the top of the Spalding and District Billiards League following a 5-2 away win over Consti B.Shane White (O50) and Des Forbes (R50) were the winners for Gosberton, with Jason Rose (R20) getting the better of Marcus Pell (O40) to get the points for Consti.White knocked in breaks of 38, 32, 25 and 20 and ...

A sensational 67 break from Jason Bates helped Bourne SC B to a brilliant 6-0 win in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League on Thursday night. Bates (O77) beat Consti E’s Martin Anderson (07) in the final frame to finish off the rout.Nick Cunnington (O14), Elliot Gaunt (O28), Joel Scampion (R7) and Kieran Richards-Witham (O21) were the ...

It was a week of whitewashes in the Spalding and District Billiards League as all three matches ended up 7-0.Second-placed Holbeach B closed the gap on leaders Gosberton B, who didn’t have a match, thanks to their win over Consti B.Chris Chamberlain (R50), Neil Harvey (R50) and Denis Hix (R70) saw off Jason Rose (R20), Mick Johnson (O150) and Steve ...

Carl Parnell (O28) got his team off to a great start in the Spalding and District Snooker League thanks to a win and a 57 break. Unfortunately Sutton Bridge went on to lose 4-2 to Donington C in Division One but Parnell’s break offered some consolation.Parnell’s win was followed by a victory for Glenn Ryan (O28) before Donington hit back ...

Consti B had a brilliant win in the Spalding and District Billiards League on Monday night, whitewashing Donington 7-0.Mick Johnson (O150), Jason Rose (R20) and Kieran Witham-Richards (R50) got the wins.The victory moves Consti up one place to sixth.League leaders Gosberton B kept their position thanks to a 5-2 win over second-placed Holbeach B.Shane White (O50) beat Neil Harvey (R50), ...

It’s all to play for in Division Three of the Spalding and District Snooker League with a single point separating the top two. Gosberton D are in first with 68 points, closely followed by Whittlesey C. Both teams have only lost one match so far this season.Gosberton D beat Donington B 4-2, while Whittlesey took on clubmates Whittlesey A, winning ...

Gosberton B have bounced back from their shock Billiards Shield exit with a 4-3 win over Donington in the Spalding and District Billiards League.Des Forbes (R50) and Marcus Pell (O40) got the wins for Gosberton, while Ben Wrigglesworth (R20) beat Shane White (O50) to score for Donington, who drop a place to fourth.There were breaks of 29 and 22 from ...

Shane Balding has seen his team through to the semi-final of the Spalding and District Snooker League’s Norey Cup competition with a fantastic 77 break. Sutton Bridge got the better of Bourne SC A with Balding winning the deciding frame against Oliver Player.Bourne’s Max Ayliff took two frames from Glenn Ryan, while Thomas Horspool and Pete Hodgson-Kerry shared the spoils ...

There was a shock result in the quarter finals of the Billiards Shield competition in the Spalding and District Billiards League as the league leaders were knocked out.Bottom-of-the-league Pyramid A beat Gosberton in a close contest, meaning they advance to the semi-final.Pyramid’s Reegan Cooke-Holmes (R70) showed great promise as a rising billiards star, beating Des Forbes (R50), who was not ...

Bourne SC A have regained the top spot in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League after a 6-0 victory over Holbeach C. The highlight of the match was Mark Gray’s (O105) win over Paul Ashton (R14).Giving 129 start, Gray won 143-130, knocking in breaks of 51 and 37 along the way.Other winners on the night were Ian ...

It was a top versus bottom clash in the Spalding and District Billiards League as Gosberton B took on Bourne Pyramid A.And in an unsurprising result, leaders Gosberton came out on top, winning 7-0.Marcus Pell (O40), Des Forbes (R50) and Shane White (O50) emerged victors, seeing off John Clapton (R100), John Twell (R70) and Reegan Cooke Holmes (R70).Breaks of 37, ...

A stunning 50 break from Craig Fitter (O63) lit up the Spalding and District Snooker League on its return following the Christmas break. Fitter knocked in the half-century on his way to victory over Steve Dent (scr) but still only snatched the win by a single point.His success got Services A off to a great start in their 5-1 win ...

Bourne SC A have held onto the top spot in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League going into the Christmas break. Despite not having a match this week, the team remains at the top with 50 points. Following a 5-1 win at home over Holbeach D, Bourne SC C move into second place, just three points behind ...

With just one week to play before the Christmas break, Whittlesey C have kept up their unbeaten run in the Spalding and District Snooker League. The team are currently leading Division Three with 12 wins from 12 matches. They beat Donington B 4-2 at home on Thursday to keep their run going. Winners were Paul Cook (O7), Neil Burton (O14) ...