Cons take over at the top

SNOOKER: ROYTON Cons are the new leaders of the Saw-Tech Shaw Snooker League.

Despite losing the first two frames at Comrades A, they took the last three to win 4-2.

All the other matches were 5-1 — Tara Leisure keeping up the pressure with Crompton Cons and Moss Inn sharing third place at the halfway stage.

Cricket (389) 5, Cartshaft (356) 1: A Bigland 81, D Trainer 72; S Wright 53, N Clarke 88; I Hewitt 84, M Simms 70; D Allen 84, C Jones 65; J Mills 87, S Latiff 61.

Cards 2-3, Darts 2-3

Crompton Cons (368) 5, Moss Inn (301) 1: S Shearing 46, P Grogan 74; P Horton 65, B Fletcher 52; D Walton 89, J Weldon 80; A Young 77, P Cunniffe 76; G Jackson 93, R Bedford 19.

Cards 5-0, Darts 4-1.

Comrades A (306) 2, Royton Cons (361) 4: D Howe 77, D Wood 59; P Webb 69, A Bamford 55; T Higginbottom 43, I Ridgeway 62; N Billington 61, L Burgess 94, B Fletcher 56, W Timperley 91.

Cards 3-2, Darts 1-4.

Tara Leisure (396) 5, Comrades B (273) 1: S Mills 116, M Taylor 55; M Keating 83, L Patterson 53; R Taylor 78, C Sladen 51; C Lord 69, M Evans 51; G Moreton 50, A Barrass 63.

Cards 2-3, Darts 1-4.