Amblecote and Norton are neck and neck

Norton lost the opening frame at Moor Pool & Snooker A when Steve Mason went down to Paul Dunkey, but raced through the remaining four frames, with Rob Pitt's 52 the highest of a series of breaks made in the match.

Andy Round (39 and 33), Dave Oakes and Rob Clark (36) did just did enough for Amblecote to defeat Pockets SC A.

Hotshots SC A an West Midlands Police both overpowered their opponents 5-0.

Hotshots avenged last season's defeat at Pockets SC B in some style, with aspiring professional Callum Downing beating former pro Lee Page, who rolled in a 42 break.

The Police secured maximum points at home to Baggeridge Social. EliottBastable's 43 break was the highest in the match.

Kingswinford Cons A lead the First Division by two points after beating Moor Pool & Snooker C 3-2.

Thomas Male (30), Tim Carter and John Cowan all won but Gary Male and John Byng just lost out to Rob Sidaway and Ben Wakeman respectively.

The Cons' B team went into their match at Stourbridge Inst A as joint leaders and began well when Martin Wilson and Greg Reece won black-ball games.

But the Institute's Paul Garbett, Alan Cope, who ended the remarkable 17-frame winning sequence of Tony Davies, and Richard Rudge fought back to win 3-2.

Wombourne and Amblecote Inst B both bounced back from 5-0 reverses last week to post impressive wins.

Wombourne beat Kinver's A team 4-1, while Amblecote did well to triumph 3-2 on the tables of Moor Pool & Snooker B.

Neil Gennard and Paul Taylor won for the hosts, but Cary Homer, Sam Harrison and Mark Colbourne, on the black against Ian Priest, secured the visitors' win.

Norton Social B lost 3-2 at home to Kinver Const C. Joe Davies and Barry Tromans won for Norton, but Adam Sprague, Steve Nicholls and Simon Roper saw Kinver home.

In the Second Division, Amblecote RBL B lost for the first time when they went down 4-1 to Kinver.

Premier Division: Pockets SC B 0 Hotshots SC A 5 (L.Higginbotham 33, D.Green 26, R.Stokes 27,27 C.Downing 32, N.Beckley); Amblecote Inst A 3 (A.Round 39,33 D. Oakes, R.Clark 36) Pockets SC A 2 (G.Ward 36, J.Betton); Moor Pool & Snooker A 1 (P.Dunkey) Norton Soc A 4 (A.Smith 41, A.Ness 35, R.Pitt 52, A.Aston 39); WM Police 5 (C.Southwick, G.Sloan, K.Franklin, M.Catalano, E.Bastable 43) Baggeridge Soc 0. First Division: Moor Pool & Snooker B 2 (N.Gennard, P.Taylor) Amblecote Inst B 3 (C.Homer, S.Harrison, M.Colbourne); Stourbridge Inst A 3 (A.Cope, P.Garbett, R.Rudge) K'ford Cons B 2 (M.Wilson, G.Reece); Norton Social B 2 (J.Davies, B.Tromans) Kinver Const C 3 (A.Sprague, S.Nicholls, S.Roper); Wombourne 4 (S.Taylor, R.Mason, D.Flavell, P.Tristram) Kinver Const A (N.Jennings); Kingswinford Cons A 3(T.Male 30, T.Carter,J.Cowan) Moor Pool & Snooker C 2 (R.Sidaway, B.Wakeman). Second Division: Stourbridge Inst C 2 (S.Metcalfe-Taylor, L.Taylor) S/b Old Eds 3 (C.Cowley 52, E.Davies, D.Woodall); K'ford Cons D 4 (J.Cartwright, S.Spittle, D.Hickinbottom, A.Jeffries) Amblecote Inst D 1 (M.Robson); Amblecote RBL A 3 (B.Young, R.Skelding, P.Goldrick 22) K'ford Cons C 2 (L.Wragg, L.Bennett); King SC 2 (S.Ballinger, P.Curry) Stourbridge Inst D 3 (M.Pritchard, R.Peplow, Roy Tromans); KinverConst D 4 (T.Spruce, E.Bishop, Mitchell Hines, W.Spruce) Amblecote RBL B 1 (Sam Ball).