ICING Cabin are the new leaders of the Express Appliances Intermediate Snooker League after they beat defending champions Hainton B at Heneage Road.
While Jamie Barrett and Lewis Singleton were winning their opening frame on one table, it was the same story for Tony Aisthorpe and veteran captain Steve Singleton on the other to give Cabin a dream start. Butch Reynolds and Chris Fuller pulled one back for the champions, but Aisthorpe and Singleton took their second frame to preserve a two-frame cushion for the visitors.
Scott Gibbons (50) and Jon Steel then took the fourth frame to seal a great win before they added the last for a great result. The 5-1 win sees newly-promoted Icing Cabin go two points clear at the top.
Sitting just behind are Locate Supplies, who found themselves 4-0 up against Carr Lane Social A. Ian Crosby, Steve Fisher, Nige Emmerson and Daryll Pidd won their frames whilst Derek Crosby and Joe Goodfellow responded for the Railwaymen.
In a see-saw battle, Jamie Green and Andy Aisthorpe put Ray Edmonds A ahead before Ashley Wright and Mark Baldwin drew The Gas Man level. Kev North and Scott Long's win was then matched by Paul Smith and Jamie Richardson to make it all-square again. Paul Clark and Lee Blanchard restored Edmonds' one-frame lead, but Paul Jackson and Dan Mumby hit back to level at 3-3.
In the Clee Bowls derby, Peter Hogarth & Sons took the glory against Webbonet, with Mike Dowling and Pete Kuzcemzak winning 2-0 to preserve Hogarth's mid-table position with a 4-2 win.
It was a good night for Ray Edmonds B at the expense of West End B. After Paul King and Mal Naulls shared with Alan Edmonds and Tony Miller, it was one-way traffic as Chris Sutton, Nige Otter, Mick Ponsonby (53) and Daz Evans completed a 5-1 win.
It was a similar story as Clee Cons A played host to Ray Edmonds S.
After Steve Johnson and Tom Keeley drew with Gaz Dannatt and Stu White, Al Goodhand, Mark George, Jimmy Yates and maestro Richard Gough went on to win their frames and take a 5-1 win.
The match between Clee Home Guard and Clee Cons C was finely poised at 2-2 when Tony Forster and Simon Burley stepped up and took the last two frames for a 4-2 Cons win.
It was also a last-board 2-0 for Birds Eye that clinched a 4-2 win away at Westlands D, with Gary Avison and Gordon Couling getting the visitors over the line.
In Section B, Express Appliances stepped up their promotion campaign with a solid 4-2 win at West End D.
After Dave McMullen and Steve Donner shared with Andy Barry and Neil Morley, two close frames followed and Rob Baker and Shane Newbold took them both on the black.
Paul Brett Junior and Craig Smith narrowly took the next before Barry Jebson and Walt Simpson comfortably won the last to restrict the damage.
It was to be a bad night for West End as their C team completed a hat-trick of defeats going down 5-1 to Ray Edmonds D.
Daz Kaveney, Shane Malkinson, Phil Marshall and Richard Grant won 2-0 in an emphatic victory.
Cambridge F enjoyed a 5-1 win over Grimsby Police B with Keith and John Phillipson winning the only 2-0 over the four-man visitors.
James Wooton, Dan Frosdick, Dave Bartlett and Ray Hammond won 2-0 as Hainton A remained promotion candidates with a 5-1 win over Carr Lane Social B.
No Idea put a great fight against leaders Westlands Heating, but ultimately they went down 4-2 with Chris Yull and Stuart Wilkinson winning the final two frames.
Results
A League: Locate Supplies 4 Carr Lane Social A 2; Ray Edmonds B 5 West End B 1; Clee Home Guard 2 Clee Cons C 4; Peter Hogarth & Son 2 Webbonet 4; Westlands D 2 Birds Eye 4; The Gas Man 3 Ray Edmonds A 3; Clee Conns A 5 Ray Edmonds S 1; Hainton B 1 Icing Cabin 5.
B League: No Idea 2 Westlands Heating 4; Cambridge F 5 Grimsby Police B 1; Carr Lane Social B 1 Hainton A 5; West End D 2 Express Appliances 4; West End C 1 Ray Edmonds D 5.
Top breaks
Mick Ponsonby 53; Scott Gibbons 50 25; Steve Donner 45; Mike Dowling 39; Paul Simpson 38; Alan Edmonds 34 Nige Emmerson 33 26; Chris Taylor 33; Andy Barry 33; Jamie Barrett 31; Chris Sutton 29 29; Paul Jackson 29; Paul Clark 27; Lee Blanchard 27; Ashley Wright 26; Scott Long 25; Barry Jebson 25; Nige Otter 24; Gaz Dannatt 22; Ian Crosby 22; Steve Fisher 22; Jamie Green 21 21; Gordon Dawson 20; Pete Kuzcemzak 20; Shane Malkinson 20.