Stourbridge snooker latest

Wednesday 9th January 2008, 1:49PM GMT.

redball.jpgPremier: Brierley Hill Snooker Centre A took another step towards capturing the Premier Division title by beating fourth-placed Kinver Constitutional A, and they now have an eight-point cushion.

Karl Ashmore, Eliott Bastable, with a 56 break, and Maria Catalano were all in top form and won comfortably, although Mick Faulkner and Andrew Highfield, with a fine 72, took a frame each for Kinver.

Brierley Hill’s closest rivals, Baggeridge Social A, had dropped only seven frames at home all season, but they lost 3-2 against Bearwood Cons.

Dan Ward and Mark Jeffries won, but Joe Anderson, Dave Green, who did well to beat Wes Humphreys, and Mick Cash, who made a break of 61 in the decider against Ryan Evans, secured the match.

First Division – Kinver Constitutional B won 4-1 at Brierley Hill SC C to open up a three-point lead at the top of the First Division. 

John Rees, Colin Stevens-Wood and Arnie Tromans and Mick Hartshorne, who both won crucially on the black, won for Kinver with Luke Garland replying.

Kingswinford Cons A won 3-2 on the final black at Amblecote RBL B when Roy Blewitt sank the last three balls, and they were joined in second place by Stourbridge Institute B, who brought to an end their dip in form by winning 4-1 at Wombourne A. Carl Green was their only casualty, pipped by David Flavell.

Second Division – Three straight defeats had threatened to unhinge Amblecote Institute D’s Second Division challenge but Colin Lewis, John Read and Colin Homer combined to win 3-2 away to Pensnett Libs B, for whom Steve Meakin and Adam Fisher won a frame apiece.

Their lead was reduced to a point as their C team defeated the bottom team, Pensnett Libs A, 4-1, with Sam Harrison winning again to share most wins in the division. 

Premier Division: Baggeridge Social A 2 (D Ward, M Jeffries), Bearwood Cons 3 (J Anderson, D Green, M Cash 61); Kinver Const A 2 (M Faulkner, A Highfield 72), B Hill SC A 3 (K Ashmore 31, E Bastable 56, M Catalano); Norton Social A 2 (G Tomkins, C Randle), Brandhall Lab 3 (A Hooper, R Howen, D Arch);  Pockets SC 4 (A & G Smith, I Barnes, G Kneuss), B Hill SC B 1 (P Jones 34); Stour Inst A 2 (P Bales, C Sadler), Dibdale SC A 3 (R Skidmore, P Gibson, J Chester).

Division 1: Amblecote RBL B 2 (D Waldron, D Gilroy), K’ford Cons A 3 (P Marsh, I Jones, R Blewitt); B Hill SC C 1 (L Garland), Kinver Const B 4 (A Tromans, J Rees, M Hartshorne, C Stevens-Wood); K’ford RBL 4 (S Small, G Reece, M Wilson, A Brown), Norton Social B 1 (D Allen); Netherton Libs 0, Langley BC 5 (G Pearson, D Dowse, M Nemedi, I Hadley, C Whitmore); Wombourne A 1 (D Flavell), Stour Inst B 4 (S Tyler, N Aston, H Jones, T Pardoe).

Second Division: Amb Inst C 4 (W Biggs, R Grainger, M Skidmore, S Harrison), Pensnett Libs A 1 (K Wellbourne); Amb Inst E 3 (A Checketts, M Robson, M Davies), Stour Inst D 2 (D Oliver, T Willetts); K’ford Cons B 4 (A Jeffries, F Dent, M Daniels, D Hickinbottom), K’ford Cons C 1 (S Joshua);  Kinver Const C 3 (S Jones, R Jones, S Nicholls), Amb Inst F 2 (I Manley, B Taylor); Pensnett Libs B 2 ( S Meakin, A Fisher), Amb Inst D 3 ( C Lewis, J Read, C Homer); Stour Inst E 3 ( T Hamilton, D Harbach, R Clewes), Wombourne B 2 (M Dando, R Jones).



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