WESTLANDS D kicked on from avoiding defeat for the first time by clinching their maiden win of the season in the Express Appliances Intermediate Snooker League.
The Section A strugglers bagged a superb 5-1 win against Clee Cons A at the Westlands Club.
Nige Mumby and Steve Piggott gave them a winning start but Mick Goodwin and Jimmy Yates soon levelled matters. Alec Cowie and Byron Hatfield restored Westlands' lead before John Ford and Ken Hayes won the last two.
Clee Cons C beat Webbonet 4-2. Damon Gresham and Lee Pawson put the Cons 2-0 up before Tony Forster and Ian England made it 3-0. Brian Hotson and John Parrott, and then Steve Green and Dave Webster, bagged single frames as Webbonet battled. But Rob Willerton and Chris Farrow won the deciding final frame.
Dan Mumby and Scott Long's double moved Gas Man into a 3-1 lead against Hainton B. Chris Fuller and Ivan Harvey pulled one back for the champions, but Scott Templeman and Kev North won the last for a Gas Man victory.
In the rearranged fixture between Peter Hogarth and Sons and Clee Home Guard, it was a story of two black-ball games – Hogarths took both for a 4-2 win.
In the first frame, Pete Kuzemczak potted a trick black to win, and then in the second frame Hogarth thought he had won when doubling the pink – but he had misread the score; however, he then managed a cocked-hat double black with his next shot to secure victory.
In the Ray Edmonds derby, Jamie Richardson (48) and Andy Aisthorpe put Ray Edmonds A 2-0 up before Mick Ponsonby and Nige Otter responded for Ray Edmonds B to make it 2-2. Alan Edmonds and Chris Sutton put the B team in front for the first time. Paul Clark's 48 proved the difference in the last frame as the match ended up all square.
Clee Home Guard and Birds Eye were locked at 2-2 before Birds Captain Mick Boyington, making a rare appearance, and Chris Madsen won 2-0 for a 4-2 win.
Mark Graves, Wayne Webber, Nige Emmerson and Darryl Pidd put Locate Supplies on track with a 4-0 lead over Ray Edmonds S but Steve Arnold and Mark Hicks won the last two frames to limit the damage for the S team.
In Section B, it was no surprise that the match between Grimsby Police B and Clee Bowls Juniors ended up a draw – although Steve and Fred Neul did their best to make it different, as they put the Juniors 2-0 up. Paul Dixon and Roger Hansford made it 2-2 and then Tony Eglin and Lee Neul put the visitors 3-2 up. Jim Wood and George Walters won the last frame for the predicted draw.
Cambridge F continued their great form with another win this time against Hainton A. John and Keith Phillipson won both their frames as they went 3-1 up. Craig Allerston and Nick Mason then rounded off the win taking both their frames for a 5-1 to leave them top of the table.
The Westlands derby went down to the last two frames and it was Craig Sidney and Terry Rudrum who won them both, on the black, for a 4-2 Westlands C win.
Paul Stiff and Mike Needham were the heroes for West End C as their 2-0 was vital in a 4-2 win at Carr Lane Social B. Richard Grant, Phil Marshall, Andy Savage and Steve Ellis won 2-0 as Ray Edmonds D won 5-1 in their derby match with No Idea.
RESULTS
Section A: Locate Supplies 4 Ray Edmonds S 2; Ray Edmonds B 3 Ray Edmonds A 3; Clee Home Guard 2 Birds Eye 4; Clee Cons C 4 Webbonet 2; West End B 3 Carr Lane Social A 3; Peter Hogarth & Son P Icing Cabin P; Westlands D 5 Clee Conns A 1; Hainton B 2 The Gas Man 4.
Section B: No Idea 1 Ray Edmonds D 5; Cambridge F 5 Hainton A 1; Grimsby Police B 3 Clee Bowls Juniors 3; Westlands C 4 Westlands Heating 2; Carr Lane Social B 2 West End C 4; byes – Cambridge, West End D and Express Appliances.
BREAKS
Jamie Richardson 48, 30; Paul Clark 48; Barry Jebson 35; Paul Simpson 31; Ivan Harvey 29, 29; Craig Sidney 29; Scott Templeman 28, 25; Martin Shaw 28, 24; Brian Hotson 27; Chris Madsen 27; Damon Gresham 26; Lee Pawson 26; Ian Hogarth 24.
