Waddingham sends Clee B clear at top

CLEE Cons B went 11 points clear at the top of the Premier Section in the Roy Ling Mutual Grimsby Snooker Doubles League after Craig Waddingham led them to a 7-1 victory against their A team.

The very first frame of the night saw Waddingham stroke in a superb break of 79 as he and partner Dave Darwent won it to nil before adding a much closer second.

Mick Goodwin and Rob Willerton pulled one back for the A team, but that was all they could muster as Chris Scott and Lee Pawson replied with a single before Jon Steel, Danny Rock, Brian Bridge and Jamie Barrett sealed the win.

Steve Bloomfield and Ian Sadler won the first two frames for Clee Home Guard at home against Cue World Hotshots, only to see Ashley Wright and Glen Barratt reply for the visitors.

The match finished 4-4 when Craig Taylor, Peter Dyke-French, Keith Southwell and Fred Parker shared the last four frames with John Leyland, Ivan Harvey, Ryan Milson and Jack Stinson.

Hainton A won 6-2 at Blossom Way A when George Bartlett, Tony Lamberton, Shane Newbold and Dave Bartlett all won 2-0 and Dave Cox, Tim Seddon, Mark Steer and Rob Broughton shared with Kent Phillips, Leon Milner, Bill Altoft and Norman Cochrane.

Doubles from Stuart Powell, Rick Oaks, Lynn Powell and Phil Watts plus a single from Phil Spillman and James Barrett gave AMS (UK) a 5-3 victory against West End A.

Blossom Way B might have caused an upset in Section A had they been able to field a full team at leaders Westlands.

John and Albert Potterton, and Myles Kennan and John Hill put them 4-0 up before Craig Sidney and Dave Stewart pulled two back for the home team.

Unfortunately for Blossom, they had to concede the last two frames in a 4-4 draw.

Cromwell were 4-2 up at Healing Legion A but they, too, had to concede the last two frames as they were also a pair short.

Sid Bird and Simon Bensley won two and Ian Taylor, Graham Boddy, Les Pigg and Mick Jones won singles against Mike Crooks, Pete Krofchak, Brian Duncalf and Nigel Barr.

In a game of two halves, Craig Brocklebank, Colin Draper, Graham Young and John Horne put Healing Legion B 4-0 up at Birds Eye but Scott Templeman, Tony Jagger, Stu McLellan and Mick Whyte won the last four frames for the home team in another draw.

The derby game at the Stamford Club saw the B team beat the A team 5-3 when Chris Madsen, Glen Leggett, Nev Hutson and Dennis Commons all won 2-0, and Lee Leggett and Ben Goodman shared with Daz Braithwaite and Bill Richardson.

Chris and Andrew Brown won the other two frames for A.

West End B find themselves at the top of Section B after beating Clee Bowls B 5-3 at Manor Avenue.

Doubles from Byron Simpson, Dave Page, Alan Porritt and Mike Needham, plus a single from Barry Jebson and Jim Webster against Janett Newell and Ralph Dale, put them 5-1 up before a last board 2-0 from Mick Parker and Dave Walton cut the deficit for the Bowlers.

Hainton B were held to a 4-4 home draw by Healing Men's after Terry Lloyd, Bob Young, Matty Hepton and Jamie Robinson had all won 2-0 for the visitors. Dave Boyington, Dave Tanner, Ken Ward and Stuart Ward won the frames for the Hainton.

Cue World hit Carr Lane C for six when Neil Wherrett, Cameron Dunlop, George Marshall and Dave Dobbs all won 2-0 and Tony Robinson, Mark Genney, Clive Jenkins and Graham Frosdick shared with Pete and Dave Cullum, Jim McLachlan and Geoff Ford.

The derby game at the Standard Club saw the C team gain a narrow 5-3 victory against the A team.

Daz Roche, Dave Elford, Art McDougall, Ray Revell, Mally Scales and Daz Burrows shared the first six frames with Gordon Hargraves, Barry Loveday, Jack Bradshaw, Geoff Brown, Frank Barber and Paul Abbott before a last board 2-0 from Dave Telfer and Terry Burman gave C the win.

RESULTS

Premier Section: Clee Home Guard 4 Cue World Hotshots 4; AMS (UK) 5 West End A 3; Clee Cons A 1 Clee Cons B 7; Blossom Way A 2 Hainton A 6.

Section A: Westlands 4 Blossom Way B 4; Healing Legion A 4 Cromwell 4; Stamford Homes B 5 Stamford Homes A 3; Birds Eye 4 Healing Legion B 4.

Section B: West End B 5 Clee Bowls B 3; Hainton B 4 Healing Men's 4; Standard C 5 Standard A 3; Cue World 6 Carr Lane C 2.

BREAKS

Craig Waddingham 79; Myles Kennan 43, 32; Ashley Wright 39, 33; Mark Stevens 35; Jon Steel 32; Tony Lamberton 32; Mick Whyte 30; Cliff Goldsack 29, 25; Jamie Barrett 25; Chris Madsen 24; Danny Rock 24; Ian Taylor 24; Byron Simpson 22; Craig Sidney 22; George Marshall 22; Dave Dobbs 21; John Horne 21; Tim Seddon 21; Tony Robinson 21; Chris Scott 20; Ralph Dale 20; Sid Bird 20.