Five-star CBC take laurels in top-two clash

Snooker

CBC landed the spoils in the clash of the top two in the Oldham Amateur Snooker League, beating Springbank ‘A’ 5-1 to take a two-point lead.

After P Ashton and S Percival had taken the first two frames, P Wolfenden pulled one back for Springbank. However, West and W Inman wrapped up victory for CBC.

Deaf ‘B’ and Moss Inn moved above Springbank into joint second spot.

A 41 break from Steve Bramwell in the opening frame gave Oldham Cricket a fine start and they went on to beat Oldham Town 5-1.

Nimble Nook saw their lead in the cards league cut to two points as they suffered a second successive 3-1 loss.

Results are —

Blue Club ‘A’ (280) 2, Transport (412) 4: J Whitworth 91, P Watkinson 65; A Gartside 37, C Tanahill 119; M Healy 43, A Hussain 116; S Bennici 43, H Hill 68; L Fletcher 66, A Mellor 44. Cards 1-3.

Chadd Reform (333) 3, St Paul’s (337) 3: R Gilder 85, R Fifield 44; D Smyth 43, D Goodinson 87; L Harland 77, P Broadbent 63; M Harland 58, C Harvey 86; P Gascoyne 70, M Meaden 57. Cards 1-3.

Deaf ‘A’ (347) 4, Stanley Road (293) 2: L Bates 62, J Merrington 90; M Smith 77, S J Rayner 56; P Thompson 95, S Hubbert Snr 15; P Harvey 87, P Lloyd 59; G Winterbottom 26, J Allen 73. Cards 1-3.

Little Cot ‘A’ (269) 0, Little Cot ‘B’ (332) 5: D Newton 69, S Gurden 77; M Kennedy 77, D Booth 90; M Healy 72, J Walker 84; D Balcerzak 51, J Stewart 81. Cards 3-1.

Moss Inn (384) 5, Springbank B (269) 1: J Maher 69, P Mellor 64; R Bedford 115, C Rushworth 33; P Grogan 71, W McDermott 57; P Cuniffe 52 J Murray 76; J Weldon 77, T Kenworthy 39. Cards 1-3.

Nimble Nook (345) 3, Blue Club B (363) 3: N Oswick 92, K Bamford 64; N Merry 78, T Nichol 67; J Courtney 64, P Gartside 68; A Johns 36, D Murray 103; T Prince 75, A Garritty 61. Cards 1-3.

North Chadd (330) 2, Deaf ‘B’ (354) 4: D Ingham 53, D Atkin 48; S Palmer 62, G Robinson 76; J Quigg 74, D Smith 79; J McGloclin 82, D Reece 52; S Jones (Jnr) 59, M J Smith 99. Cards 3-1.

Oldham Cricket (379) 5, Oldham Town (339) 1: S Bramwell 103, S Heycock 64; G Dawson 37, P Kaminski 74; T Schofield 73, D Carr 61; S Foy 96, M Lightfoot 74; D Dawson 70, G Salt 66. Cards 4-0.

Springbank ‘A’ (277) 1, CBC (317) 5: R Ward 54, P Ashton 69; M Hands 46, S Percival 63; P Wolfenden 78, P Ashton 25; J Joncyk 35, P West 85; K Joncyk 64, W Inman 75. Cards 4-0.


Ryan sets sights on area crown

WATERHEAD potting machine Ryan Duffy continued his rise up the snooker ladder with success in the latest North-West under-16s ranking competition.

Ryan, who will be 16 in May, has his sights set on the NW title which will be decided over four events.

His victory in the first of them in Bolton was emphatic as he won all three of his round-robin matches before recording 2-0 successes in both the semi-final and final. The teenager’s highest break in the competition was 42.

Ryan, who has been playing snooker since the age of 10, is the nephew of the Oldham area’s leading player, Michael Wild, with whom he sometimes practices.

His next assignment is in Leeds this weekend when he competes in the England under-16 and under-18 tournaments.