Snooker roundup

A 5-1 victory for Springbank A and a 5-1 reverse for Chadderton Reform in the Oldham Amateur Snooker League sees the two sides swap second and third places.

Despite having no game, Deaf B remain top of the pile with a slender three-point lead going into the last six games of the season.

A 35 break from S Foy of Oldham Cricket was their only highlight as they suffered a 5-1 defeat at the hands of Blue Club A.

Nimble Nook suffered a double against Little Cot A, going down 6-0 at snooker and 4-0 at cards. Cot’s confidence would have been high after D Balcerzak’s 66 break the previous week and he followed that with another sterling performance while wins for A Smith, D Newton, M Healy and M Kennedy completed the whitewash.

Oldham Cricket have caught Nook and now sit joint top of the card league on 77 points.

Blue Club A (376) 5, Oldham Cricket (28) 1: Bennici S 60, Dawson G 55; Gartside A 83, Schofield T 29; Healy Martin 93, Bramwell S 58; Holmes S 92, Green R 73; White R 48, Foy S 74. Cards 1–3.

CBC (348) 4, Little Cot B (313) 2: Ashworth P 86, Gorey Chris 57; Ashton P 71, Booth Dennis 74; West P 59, Stewart James 84; Inman W 67, Walker J 52; Percival S 65, Heywood J 46. Cards 1-3.

Chadd Reform (300) 1, Stanley Road (354) 5: Harland Matthew 64, Lloyd P 78; Slater Leslie John 67, Merrington J 74; Harland Lee 62, Merrington M 84; Gascoyne Paul 81, Hubbert S Jnr 62; Greenwood R 26, Rayner S J 56. Cards 1-3.

Deaf A (275) 1, Moss Inn (328) 5: Bates Luke 54, Maher J 76; Smith Michael 60, Bedford R 42; Thompson Ian 47, Grogan P 69; Harvey Paul 64, Weldon J 80; Thompson P 50, Cuniffe Pete 61. Cards 0-4.

Little Cot A (432) 6, Nimble Nook (287) 0: Smith A 83, Courtney John 77; Newton D 72, Schofield Stewart 68; Balcerzak D 102, Johns A 3; Healy M 94, Soubieski A 63; Kennedy Martin 81, Merry Nigal 76. Cards 4-0.

Royton Band (376) 6, Oldham Town (289) 0: Curley S 82, Heycock S 44; Curley D 74, Kaminski P 66; Hopkinson Alex 74, Salt Geoff 62; Hopkinson Colin 72, Carr D 62; Hopkinson Alan 74, Lighfoot M 55. Cards 2-2.

Springbank A (341) 5, North Chadd (309) 1: Ward R 82, Palmer S 52; Wolfenden P 64, Quigg J 58; Woolley J 48, McGloclin J 83; Joncyk K 65, Jones Steve (Jnr) 53; Hands M 82, Brennan G 63. Cards 3-1.

St Pauls (319) 3, Blue Club B (297) 3: Broadbent P 58, Bamford K 61; Broadbent N 90, Hilton W 41; Goodinson D 63, Murray D 44; Harvey C 56, Stafford A J 66; Fifield R 52, Gartside P 85. Cards 3-1.

Transport (258) 1, Springbank B (373) 5: Walker S 42, McDemott Wilf 96; Hussain Addy 58, Rushworth C 72; Shepard T 67, Bailey Jack 51; Watkinson P 38, Murray J 94; Mellor A 53, Gallagher A 60. Cards 2-2.

Barry Broadbent is running snooker coaching sessions at the Premier Snooker Centre in Chadderton every Monday and Thursday. The cost is £2.50 for under-18s and £3 for adults. Contact Nisar on 07736 047955.