Road are back on track
Date published: 23 December 2009
SNOOKER:
STANLEY Road returned to winning ways in the Oldham Amateur Snooker League with a 5-1 triumph at Little Cot ‘A’.
S J Raynor took a tight first frame by one point before K Halliwell added the second for the away side.
M Kennedy pulled one back for Little Cot with an emphatic 106-1 victory which included a break of 42, but R Hickman and S Percival took the last two frames for Stanley Road to complete a 5-1 victory.
The win lifted Stanley Road into second place, one point behind Springbank ‘B’, who end 2009 at the top.
Meanwhile, a last-frame 31 break by A Hussain helped 3Cs to a 5-1 victory at home to Little Cot ‘B’.
A 4-0 win at cards has lifted Stanley Road into top spot, two points ahead of Nimble Nook.
A league delegates meeting will take place on Sunday, January 10 (12.30pm) at Chadderton Reform.
Deaf ‘B’ (321) 3, Springbank ‘B’ (281) 3: R Scott 52, J Murray 73; D Atkin 55, J Woolley 61; D Smith 68, G Shaw 34; D Reece 56, C Rushworth 73; M J Smith 90, M Garbutt 40. Cards: 3-1.
Little Cot ‘A’ (339) 1, Stanley Road (364) 5: D Newton 65, S J Raynor 66; M Healy 73, K Halliwell 101; M Kennedy 106, G Hickman 1; D Balcerzak 31, R Hickman 126; S Connell 64, S Percival 70. Cards: 0-4.
Springbank ‘A’ (294) 5, Deaf ‘A’ (290) 1: K Joncyk 78, P Harvey 72; L Wolfenden 62, P Randall 39; M Hands 60, I Thompson 52; J Joncyk 36, M Smith 70; P Wolfenden 58, L Bates 57. Cards: 1-3.
St Pauls (324) 1, Oldham Boro ‘A’ (340) 5: P Broadbent 71, P Kaminski 73 ; D Goodinson 64, J Hilton 82 ; N Broadbent 83, J Costello 57; P Durr 51, F Street 59; C Harvey 55, G Salt 69. Cards: 1-3.
3Cs (388) 5, Little Cot ‘B’ (308) 1: C Tanahill 52, J Heywood 82; P Watkinson 74, J Stewart 48; A Mellor 70, D Booth 66; T Shepard 78, I Miller 60; A Hussain 114, K Barratt 52. Cards: 1–3.
Oldham Snooker Academy, from the Manchester Snooker League, had a double cause for celebration in the first round of a three-man team knockout.
The ‘A’ team recorded a 31-point victory over Denton — the matches over two frames are decided on aggregate — while the Academy ‘B’ edge out Reddish Cons ‘A’ in a final blue thriller.
