Snooker round up: Standings decided on final day

Landywood C were relegated from Division One of the Staffordshire & West Midlands Billiards & Snooker Association on the final day after failing to pull off a whitewash win.

They travelled to Stafford Institute to play a rearranged fixture, knowing only a 5-0 win would keep their slim hopes of avoiding the drop alive.

Karl Payne won the opening frame on the black for Landywood C, but Stewart Jones responded by winning the next, also on the black, for Stafford which ended Landywood's survival hopes.

The next two frames were also shared as Bailey Wright won for Stafford and Adrian Woods replied for Landywood, before Mark Billingsley won the decider for Stafford to take a 3-2 victory.

With promotion and relegation matters sorted in Division One, the week's fixtures became somewhat of a free hit. Champions Hotshots defeated Shifnal B 3-2 to win the division by 25 points.

The highest break in the division this week came at Charlemont Bowling Club as Individual Championship finalist Daniel Ward made a 63 break to win the opening frame for the hosts as they faced Baggeridge Social Club.

Ricky Sadler made it 2-0 before Chris Compton won the next on the black to give Charlemont an unassailable 3-0 lead. Dan Petch fired in a 54 break to pull one back for Baggeridge before James Hill won the final frame to make it 3-2.

In Division Two there was one relegation place to be resolved and it was decided on the Wednesday match as Poets Corner D defeated Charlemont Bowling Club B 4-1 to remain in the division and send Pennfields Bowling Club B down.

Liam Wright won the opening frame for Charlemont but a 39 break in the next frame from Mark Stewart secured the point they required to avoid the drop. With the pressure off, Poets D swept to victory thanks to Adam Hartshorn, Karl Mallin and Steve Lee.

Wayne Bentley and Callum Wraight were joint top of the most wins leaderboard in the division. Bentley got there in style, making a 76 break as Bilston Bowling Club enjoyed a 4-1 victory at Essington WMC.

Callum Wraight won the opening frame for Beaconsfield as they travelled to play Landywood F which turned out to be a quality match.

Billy Lanham made a 31 break to make it 2-0 before Adrian Rowe made a 38 break to make it 3-0. Nathan Wood made the highest break of the week in all competitions in the next frame, as his effort of 77 pulled one back for Landywood, but Beaconsfield showed what a strong outfit they are when Mike Beasley won the last frame to make the final scoreline 4-1, after knocking in a 62 break.