A Look Back In Time 07.03.2007
Five points and a game in hand is the position Jason Evans holds at the top of the Brook Meadow Individual League after a further 3-0 win over Colin Farrington followed by a 2-1 success against Martin Cooper. Second to Evans is Ross Macken, who had two 3-0 victories in his games with Sean Lysaght and Brian Cooper. Despite his defeat at the hands of Evans Colin Farrington holds on to third place with 62 points, but hot on his heels comes reigning champion Ian McFarlane who with 61 points has played three games fewer than Macken and Farrington and two less than Evans. Maximum wins in his games in hand would see McFarlane move up the table to second place.
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With just one game remaining in division one of the Four Oaks and District League, Sportsmans Rest have clinched the title with a close 5-4 home win over an unlucky Anvil Nomads. On 24 points, Sportsmans are four ahead of their nearest rivals Midland Red, who this week beat Old Oscott Arrows 6-3 to guarantee them the runners up spot.
It’s still all to play for in division two with Red Lion Flights and Deer’s Leap locked together on 16 points. However, Deer’s Leap have a game in hand on Red Lion. The latest round of fixtures saw Red Lion Flights win 6-3 at Bromford Lions. The game between the Plough and Deer’s Leap was cancelled.
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At the midway point in the Harborne and District Winter League’s season Smethwick Labour Club lead the field on 32 points, a 100% win record throughout the first half of the campaign. Completing their fixture card for the first half Smethwick romped to a 7-2 win at home to Quinton Members Club. Two points behind Smethwick comes Midland Red who also won 7-2 in their home tie with the Raven. T.McGlone recorded a 160 break for the Red’s.
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League fixtures were pushed to one side for the Sheldon and District Winter League as they played off round one of their Denis Houlders Trophy. Biggest wins of the round went to Mackadown Social, Kingshurst Labour Club, Brook Meadow Select, Mackadon Social ’A’, Ivy Leaf ’B’, Farringdon Social ’B’ and Sheldon Dukes ’B’ all won 5-0 against respective opponents Millhouse, Yardley Colts ’C’, Fordbridge Social ’B’ Yardley Colts ’A’, Iron Horse Flights, Sheldon Dukes ’A’, Saltley ’B’ and Ivy Leaf ’A’.
Hitting maximums were, B.Mason (Yardley Colts ‘B’) and J.Spink (Stechford Social).
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Three teams, Bromford, Tribe and Lions got the new season in the G.U.L.P. Charity League off to a good start as they chalked up 5-2 wins in the curtain raiser to the campaign.
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The division one Challenge Cup was on the agenda for the Pip Club League. In the quarter finals there was just one surprising result when White Lion defeated Queens Head, but the other three games all went to plan as Dolphin, Globe and Res Lion ‘A’, the three top teams in the division, all won against respective opponents Hopwas Club, Tamworth Snooker Centre and Three Horse Shoes.
The semi-finals brought together the top two teams, Globe and Red Lion ’A’, the later just edging out the leaders. In the other last four play-off Dolphin beat White Lion.
Just one league fixture was played, a division two game between Two Gates Club and Winning Post, which the former won 8-0 to put them in second place behind Glascote Club and four points adrift. This was Winning Post’s first defeat in seven.
