Long Sutton duo Steve and Thomas are first-ever winners of new snooker trophy

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, before Godfrey (O35) defeated Waterfall (O21).

The Sutton pair then took the doubles to clinch the win.

The league’s match secretary Susan Lefley said: “It was a brilliant evening. A big thank you to the Crowland club for hosting the night.

“I would personally like to thank Jim Howe, Richard Neal, Neil Burton, Jodie Crowson, Sarah Howe and Katie for all of their help and hospitality.

“The competition was held in memory of Tom Lee and we are so grateful to Kevin Fitter for donating a wonderful trophy. I’m sure that Tom was watching tonight and hopefully we made him very proud.”

The full finals weekend gets under way at Springfields Events Centre tomorrow (Friday).

The schedule is as follows…

 

FRIDAY

7pm: Billiards Shield (three frames, 200pts up, aggregate scores) – Pyramid B v Donington.

SATURDAY

10.30am: Billiards Individual Handicap (200 points up) – Mick Johnson (0170, Consti) v Adam Barwell (050, Long Sutton).

12 noon: Snooker Senior Masters (best of three frames) – Jim Thompson (07, Donington) v Bryan Turnell (R7, Consti).

2pm: Snooker Mixed Pairs (two continuous frames) – Dawn & Steve Godfrey (07, Long Sutton) v Susan Lefley & Sean Swinburn (021, Sutton).

3.30pm: Snooker KO Cup (Best of five frames) – Long Sutton A v Consti H.

6.30pm: Snooker Scratch (Best of seven frames) – Alfonso Palumbo (Pyramid) v Stuart Atkin (Long Sutton).

SUNDAY

10.15am: Billiards Scratch (1 hour 30 minutes) – Mick Cooper (Long Sutton) v Adam Barwell (Long Sutton).

12 noon: Ladies’ Snooker (best of three frames) – Kay Skutela (R28, Whittlesey) v Tanya Peel (R7, Services).

2pm: Snooker Pairs (two continuous frames) – Darren & Mark Woodberry (Tulips, 084) v Mark Gray & Mike Byrne (084, Bourne SC).

3.30 pm: Snooker Handicap (Best of three frames) – Victor Rouse (scr, Pyramid) v Adam Twigg (scr, Gosberton).

5.30pm: Snooker Pairs Scratch (Best of three frames) – Sean Swinburn & Matt Smith (Long Sutton) v Carl Parnell & Wayne Dent (Long Sutton).

7pm: Norey Cup (Best of seven frames) – Pyramid F v Boundary.