Stanley line up a double

SNOOKER: Blue Club ‘B’ and Moss Inn ‘A’ were both held to a 3–3 draw, meaning Stanley Road’s 6-0 whitewash of St Paul’s has put them top of the Oldham Amateur Snooker League.

With three games to go, and 18 points to play for, it’s looking like the title race is going right down to the wire.

Stanley Road also sit top of the cards league and are in prime position to complete the snooker-cards double.

Blue Club B (314) 3, Springbank A (305) 3: A Stafford 42, K Joncyk 79; A Gartside 47, R Greenwood 59; K Bamford 46, P Wolfenden 48; W Hilton 89, M Hands 53; D Murray 90, L Wolfenden 67.

Cards 4-0.

Little Cot B (354) 1, Moss Inn B (370) 5: I Miller 87, G Dawson 89; K Barratt 66, T Schofield 50; A Street 63, D Bramwell 64; J Stewart 71, D Dawson 73; J Heywood 67, B Fletcher 94.

Cards 0-4.

Moss Inn A (315) 3, Blue Club A (269) 3: J Maher 86, S Bennici 47; Patrick Grogan 88, S Holmes 60; R Bedford 51; R White 57, P Cunniffe 59, M Healey 69; P Grogan 31, l Fletcher 36.

Cards 0-4.

North Chadd (324) 5, Three C’s (269) 1: A Smith 66, M Clynes 62; G Headland 60; P Watkinson 44; S Palmer 86, A Hussain 45; J McGloclin 52, C Tanahill 70; P Divine 60, A Mellor 48.

Cards 4-0.

Springbank B (428) 5, Oldham Boro A (314) 1: M Lightfoot 108, J Costello 46; J Murray 83, J Hilton 50; J Woolley 81, P Kaminski 58; C Rushworth 73, F Street 90; M Gabbott 83, G Salt 70.

Cards 2-2.

Stanley Road (311) 6, St Pauls (254) 0: R Hickman 57, D Goodinson 55; K Halliwell 69, C Hall 39; S Hubbert Jnr 61, P Durr 55; M Merrington 74, M Meaden 73; G Hickman 50, N Broadbent 32.

Cards 3-1.


OLDHAM Snooker Academy ‘A’ team lost 4-3 to Moor Club ‘A’ in the Manchester Snooker League.

There were wins for Craig Atherton, Martin McGuiness and Sajid Zamurd, who hit a 20 break followed by a superb 73 but lost the aggregate on a fluked pink.

Oldham’s lead in division one has been reduced to seven points after second-placed Hazel Grove beat Crucible ‘A’, but they are still in prime position with two games remaining.

The B team had an open date but still lead division two by eight points with two matches to go.


LEISURE SO CLOSE

WITH just one match to play, Tara Leisure are odds-on favourites to take the Saw Tech Shaw Snooker League title after beating Cartshaft 5-1.

Second-placed Royton Cons won four out of the five frames against Crompton Cons, but lost the aggregate point thanks to a fine win by D Walton. Next up for Royton are third-placed Moss Inn, who lost 4-2 against Comrades ‘A’.

The darts title is up for grabs with Cartshaft A and Comrades A in contention and they play each other in the last match.

Cricket (398) 6, Comrades B (284) 0: D Allen 89, C Sladen 76; P Aspinall 78, E Flint 77; I Hewitt 105, A Barrass 38; G Rigby 68, M Taylor 51; J Mills 58, L Patterson 42.

Cards 3-2, Darts 2-3.

Cartshaft (290) 1, Tara Leisure (409) 5: C Jones 66, M Keating 97; W O’Grady 49, G Blombley 97; T Birch 82, C Keating 59; N Clarke 51, G Moreton 60; D Trainer 42, W Clarke 96.

Cards 4-1, Darts 4-1.

Comrades A (348) 4, Moss Inn (330) 2: A Mottershead 59, Paddy Grogan 71; D Howe 69, T Connolly 57; D Colton 92, P Cunniffe 60; M Hobbs 57, R Bedford 80; F Sutherland 71, P Grogan 62.

Cards 3-2, Darts 3-2.

Royton Con (393) 4, Crompton Cons (394) 2: A Carter 87, S Shearing 68; L Burgess 86, J Parker 85; D Woods 83, D Horton 69; I Ridgeway 54, D Walton 108; P Lever 83, S Jackson 64.

Cards 0-5, Darts 1-4.