Singles News
| Date Posted | News Title | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 02/07/10 | Week 10 |
Division One
Paul Maher has turned out to be a 4-3 specialist, 7 of his 9 matches this season have been 4-3 one way or the other. This week after leading 1-0, 2-1 & 3-2 lost to Martin Smith when Martin took the last two frames to win 4-3. Pat Phelan went down 6-1 to Lee "Grinder" Greenwood, who this season has played wide open (except in his with Vikas) and knocked in a couple of good clearances on his way to the win. Division Two Rob Walsh guaranteed himself 2nd spot in division two with two clinical displays against Claire Dormer & Shaun Tuffnell losing just one frame in the two matches, beating Claire 7-0 and Shaun 6-1. Rob marches into Division One for next season and I’m sure will give a good account of himself. John Young secured the 3rd place spot with a 5-2 victory over the only person who could of accumulated enough points to pass him, Jack Coombes. Shaun Tuffnell moved into 4th place with a 5-2 victories over Jack & Tyler Coombes, but Jack is favourite to take the 4th spot as he's only 8 points behind with 2 matches left to play. Division Three Bobby Simpson moved another position up the table with a 4-3 win over Seamus. Rav Tak moved into the 2nd promotion place in division 3 with a 5-2 win over Andrew Simcock. Rav is 4 points behind James and 4 points in front of Dean, all having played the same number of games. Rav still has to play Kailash, James & Jason. Dean has to play Tracey Bobby & Matt. Looks like a tight finish folks… |
| 19/06/10 | Week 9 |
Division One
Craig Wilson still holds on to the top spot in division one following a 6-1 win over Lee. He’s a point ahead of Videsh, but Videsh has a game in hand, so is still favourite to win it. Vid has to play Keith and Leigh… both tricky games. Criag has Leigh too in his final match. Keith Walls has two hard games left against Vid and Pat and needs 3 points more in those matches than Martin get’s against Paul in his last match to take 3rd. Dev got two wins against Keith & Pat and still has an outside chance of third place too… if results go his way and he gets a good result against Vikas. Division Two The man, the myth, the legend that is Gary Hoad went through the whole season undefeated, Due to forthcoming holidays he played his final three matches last night and won the lot. 6-1 against Claire, 5-2 against Scott and came back from 3-1 down against Odhran to win that match 4-3. A truly awesome performance, congratulations you talented b’stard !!! Up with the big boys next time. Rob Walsh secured 2nd spot following a 6-1 victory over Nick and looks certain to follow Gary up to the top division. John Young a 5-2 winner over Tony can still be caught by Jack Coombes for 3rd if Jack gets some big wins under his belt and then beats John as well. It looks like it’s not beyond the realms of possibility as Jack won 7-0 against Scott last night. Tyler got back to winning ways in his match with John Cornell taking the match 4-3. Division Three Kailash Kohli began to show some form winning two matches the first 4-3 against Matt, the second 5-2 against Andy. Matt then went on to play against Seamus and he bounced back from his earlier defeat with a 4-3 win. Others to play two matches were Dean and Rav who first played each other, Dean came out on top 4-3. Rav then played Tracey and took a tricky match 6-1. In Dean’s 2nd match, which started late, he slumped to a 5-2 defeat at the hands of Steve. James & Rav look favourites. |
| 12/06/10 | Week 8 |
Division One
James Warner couldn’t possibly catch up now so I’m planning to remove him and any points attributed to his 2 matches played. Leigh Munday was unlucky going in off the black in two of the first 5 frames against Martin Smith, he’d won the other three so would’ve been 5-0 up. As it went though Martin managed to win the final 3 frames to take the match 4-3. Vikas Sabharwal came back from 3-2 down against Craig Wilson to take the final two frames and the match 4-3. Pat Phelan was in a commanding position at 3-0 up against Paul Maher but a nasty role on the table and a resurgence from Paul taking the final 4 frames meant the win went to Mr Maher. Videsh Sabharwal had plans to follow his 7-0 victory from last week with another against Dev Chadha but he hit a ball a little too hard into the middle and the white slid down the cushion to knock in one of Dev’s balls in the corner, Dev’s deadly with two shots from there. 6-1 win for Videsh and a 13 frame winning streak halted by Dev. Division Two Dues to holidays, work commitments etc. we had no Rob Walsh, John Cornell, Tyler or Jack Coombes last night, so only played three fixtures, but these matches had significance and they included four of the top five players in the table at the time. Gary Hoad played two matches last night and lost ONE frame…. His first victim… was Nick Weinel. Gary had taken the first four frames when Nick pulled one back, Gary then took the next two against Nick and in his second match all seven against Shaun Tuffnell. Gary had played Martin Smith in practice earlier in the evening and had got the better of Martin too. The man’s on fire !!! In the only other match John Young against Claire Dormer, which was 3rd against 4th in the table, in a match which could’ve gone either way John Young took the scrappy frames and Claire took out the polished dishes. There was more scrap than polish though and JY took the match 5-2 which put 9 points of daylight between 3rd and 4th in Div Two. Division Three In another set of fixtures ravaged by work commitments, break downs etc, we had no Dean Hardesty, Rav Tak or Mat Spedding so again only played three fixtures. Tracey Harman has been tearing through Division three with 5 wins in a row, but it looked like Kailash Kohli had put the brakes on Tracey’s charge when he took a 3-0 lead, but Tracey managed to dig in and scrape the final 4 frames together to take the match 4-3 and her 6th win in a row. John Barnett and Bobby Simpson were involved in a tight match sharing the first four frames but it was John that found the form in the later stages to take the final three frames and a 5-2 victory. In the final match of the night two of the several still in contention for the division three title faced off against each other. James Townsend with only one defeat all season took on the unbeaten Tracey Harman. James came out on top taking 3 frames either side of Tracey’s frame to win the match 6-1 and move clear top of the division. Theres still any from six players still in with a chance of winning division three. |
| 09/06/10 | Week 7 |
Division One
Last weeks leader Craig Wilson got a massive result against one of the top contenders Martin Smith with a very handy 5-2 win, but former leader Videsh Sabharwal regains the top spot this week with a huge win over Paul Maher 7-0. Leigh Munday continues to track the leaders with another solid performance a 5-2 victory over Lee Greenwood. Pat Phelan moved up one place following his 4-3 win over Neil Cameron, another to claim a 4-3 win over Neil was Vikas Sabharwal but in his second match of the night Vikas was narrowly defeated by Martin 4-3. Division Two Only half the matches got played in Division two this week, and mixed fortunes for a couple of the leaders. Claire Dormer remains 4th after a 5-2 defeat to Nick Weinel. Nick still has a couple of games in hand and could still feature the battle for money places. Rob Walsh takes the 2nd place position and levels his points tally with Gary Hoad, but Gary has a game in hand and is still favorite to win the division. Division Three The top of the table clash was between James and Dean, with James the victor and now ties with Dean in 2nd place. The new leader in Division Three is Jason Hawkins following his 5-2 win over Bobby Simpson. Tracey Harman takes her unbeaten run to five matches following victories over Steve Tucker and Andrew Simcock and now takes her points tally to 33 from five matches and only 5 points off the lead but still has 2 matches in hand of the leader and one match in hand of Dean and James but trails them by only 3 points. In the only other match of the night Kailash Kohli was on the right side of a 4-3 win against John Barnett. |
| 28/05/10 | Week 6 |
Division One
It's starting to get really interesting now… Craig caught up with his game in hand and took 7 points in a 5-2 win in his match with Pat, he then took another 6 points in a 4-3 win later against Neil. Craig Wilson now takes over at the top of division one with 37 points. Videsh also managed a 4-3 victory over Neil which means he's two points behind Craig. Keith Walls keeps the pressure on the front two with a 4-3 win over Paul, which is Pauls 4th 4-3 defeat of the season, an odd frame here and there could of made a massive difference to his season ! In an early match Leigh Munday lost 4-3 to Vik but Leigh's still in touch with the leaders but now 6 behind Craig. Martin is in 5th following his 5-2 win over Neil. Division Two In a catch up match earlier in the week Scott Vann held off a Claire Dormer fight back. When 3-1 down she levelled at 3-3 before losing the decider to go down 4-3. Gary Hoad continued his tremendous form with a 5-2 victory over John Cornell. Rob Walsh was solid in his 7-0 defeat of Odhran Bryne. Odhran said after the match he only had a chance in two of the frames. John Young put in his best performance of the season this week against Tyler Coombes also winning 7-0. Shaun Tuffnell played a much more attacking game in his match with John Cornell which paid off for him as he won 5-2. Odhran played his 2nd match of the night against Jack Coombes and ran out a 5-2 winner. Division Three We have a new leader in Division 3 ! Dazzling Dean Hardesty takes the lead by a single point following his 6-1 victory over Andrew Simcock and Rav Tak's 4-3 defeat at the hands on John Barnett. Other notable victories this week were Tracey Harman's 5-2 victory over Bobby Simpson which maintains her 100% record so far. Jason Hawkins chalked up the best win of the night and of his season so far with a 7-0 victory over Matt Spedding. James Townsend added 12 points to his tally following 4-3 wins over Kaiash Kohli and Seamus Connor. Kailash also secured his first win of the season with a 4-3 win over Steve Tucker. With Dean, Rav and James still only played 5 matches and only 3 point separating them they look the three in the driving seat to the prize money, although don't write off Tracey Harman just yet as she's 14 points behind with 2 games in hand. |
| 21/05/10 | Week 5 |
Division One
Craig Wilson managed to chalk up another 14 points last night with two mightily impressive results. He beat the league leader Videsh 4-3 and the 2nd place man Keith 6-1 !! Leigh Munday continued his winning ways with a 5-2 victory over Dev. Leigh had been 5-0 up so Dev's managed to claw back some vital points. Paul Maher beat Lee 4-3 and after a tough start to the season Paul appears to be finding his feet in the top flight. Paul had looked to be cruising at one point 3-0 but Lee never gives up and battled back to take 3 of the last 4 frames. Lee played twice last night and in a match where the lead changed hands 4 times it was Lee who came out on top with a 4-3 victory over Vikas. In the final match of the night Pat, who had lost his previous three matches must of thought he'd be maintaining his 100% record but then managed to turn around a 3-1 deficit to win the match against Martin Smith 4-3. Division Two Despite calling a foul snooker and then failing to nominate his opponents ball which resulted in Shaun Tuffnell taking out tidy clearance with the two shots to go 2-1 in front, John Young managed to get over the huge mistake and take the next 4 frames to win 5-2. Rob Walsh was solid in his match with John Cornell taking the first 5 frames in a row, JC hit back though taking the last two (using my cue !). Jack Coombes and Nick Weinel shared the first 4 frames before Jack strung the last 3 frames together to take the match 5-2. Jack must be the most improved player in Div 2 this season ?? Who will stop or even slow down the relentless Gary Hoad march to division one !! Five matches unbeaten and two 7-0 victories included in those matches. Gary is showing a level of consistency beyond anything I can remember him producing ever !! The unlucky opponent this week was Tyler, but they say "form is temporary, class is forever". Tyler's class is undeniable so I'm sure he'll bounce back… and let's hope Gary's form is temporary ‘cos we're running out of matches to catch him !! Division Three Tracey Harman made her long awaited debut in division three and made an immediate impact with back to back 4-3 victories over Matt Spedding and John Barnett. Rav Tak took his unbeaten run to 4 matches with a 6-1 victory over Bobby Simpson. Dean Hardesty looks the best of the rest right now with 25 points following his 4-3 win over John Barnett. Seamus and John are on the same number of points but have played a game more, Seamus got there with a 4-3 win over Andrew Simcock. Steve Tucker got his first win of the season with a 4-3 win over Jason Hawkins. |
| 14/05/10 | Week 4 |
Division One
Vid and Vik played the longest match in Singles League history last night taking approx 2 hours 45 minutes ! Vik was quoted as saying in the post match interview that it was "open match" !!! The result went to Videsh who came back from 2-0 down to claim a 5-2 victory. Another early starting match was Leigh Munday v James Warner, it was a tight affair with the first 6 frames all going with break but James ended that run by taking the decider against the break for a 4-3 win. Keith Walls continued his unbeaten run defeating Lee Greenwood 5-2 in a match that was refreshingly short at 35 minutes. Martin Smith interrupted the Videsh charge to title by coming back from 3-2 down to take the match 4-3, this means a new leader at the top of the table as Keith takes over. Pat Phelan came back from 2-0 down against Vikas to force a decider. With Pat having one ball over the bag and another in the centre of the table, Vik was facing a black tight on the bottom cushion and only a really difficult full length of the table double to win the match. Vik doubles the black misses the bag by about a foot but the black bounces off the baulk cushion hits the knuckle of the middle pocket and flies into the comer pocket on the opposite side of the table. Vik wins 4-3. In the final match of the evening Paul Maher got his first victory of the campaign over Dev Chadha winning 5-2. Division Two Scott Vann came back from 2-0 down to John Young to take 4 frames in a row and finally the match 4-3. Jack Coombes was solid in his 6-1 victory over John Cornell, whilst Tyler Coombes lost 6-1 to Rob Walsh after taking the first frame. The potting machine Claire Dormer was slow to get going in her match with Odhran Bryne and trailed 3-1 before stringing the last three frames together to take the match 4-3. Shaun Tuffnell's form continued to improve after an impressive 6-1 victory over Scott Vann which move Shaun into the top half of the table. Division Three Due to holidays and work commitments we had fewer matches last night. This division is looking so tight just about anyone could win it. James Townsend lost the first and last frames against Jason Hawkins but rattled off the 5 frames in between to win 5-2.Bobby Simpson moved into 2nd place follow a good 5-2 win over Mat Spedding. Seamus Connor lost the toss for the break but nothing else in the match beating Steve Tucker 7-0. In the only other match of the evening John Barnett beat Seamus Connor 4-3. |
| 07/05/10 | Week 3 |
Division One
With several people unable to attend due to the Tottenham v Man City fixture we had fewer matches this week. Keith was impressive on the night overturning last season's 4-3 defeat by Martin, into a 5-2 victory . Keith also played Neil Cameron in a catch-up match and came back from 2-0 down to win the decider for a 2nd win of the night this time 4-3. Last season Keith had won this fixture 6-1. Neil also played two matches and played Dev Chadha earlier in the evening. Dev is a different player this season to the one that only won 3 matches all season last time and managed a great 6-1 win for his second win in three matches this season. The only other match played was Leigh v Paul, for the 2nd week in a row Leigh comes back from 3-2 down to win and Paul looses 4-3 for the third time in a row. Division Two Gary Hoad is unstoppable at the moment with 4 wins out of 4. Tonight he put in two solid performances against tough opposition beating both Rob Walsh and John Young 5-2. Earlier John Young had a great win against his old adversary John Cornell beating him 7-0, to be fair to JC he had very little run of the ball and he's still struggling to get to grips with the rules. Later in the evening JC took on the impressive potter, Claire Dormer, she proved too strong winning 5-2. In the derby match of the day Jack took on his son Tyler and reversed the results from last season taking the match 4-3 on a deciding frame. Shaun Tuffnell got off the mark with a narrow victory over Odhran Bryne 4-3 in the deciding frame, Odhran had pulled back from 2-0 and 3-1 down to get pipped in the decider. Division Three Dean Hardesty got off to a dodgy start in his first match of the season losing 4-3 Jason Hawkins but since then has been mightily impressive with two consecutive 6-1 wins, the latest against Seamus Connor which move dean to 2nd in the table. The afore mentioned Jason Hawkins was an equally impressive 6-1 victor over Andrew Simcock and that moves Jason into 3rd. The clash of the titans this week was Rav Tak against Matt Spedding, both were unbeaten going into this match but Rav Tak was the one to maintain his 100% start with a very handy 5-2 win. |
| 01/05/10 | Week 2 |
Division One
The division one pacesetters are Videsh, Martin & Leigh who have each won their first two matches. Videsh took his unbeaten frames score to 12 in a row following last weeks 7-0 victory by taking the first five in a row from singles league new boy James Warner, but James ended the impressive winning streak by taking the final two frames of their match. Martin came from 2-0 down to win a tense decider against Dev in a repeat of last season's 4-3 victory for Martin. Leigh came from 3-2 down to inflict the second defeat of the season on Pat, this reversed the score from last season where Pat had won 4-3. Another notable result was Keith's 5-2 victory over Vikas which was a reverse of the same fixture last season, this match was 2nd v 3rd from last season. Division Two Gary continued his good start with a 5-2 win over Jack Coombes to take the lead at the top of D2. Gary's closest rivals are Rob Walsh who was impressive in his 5-2 win over John Young, and Tyler Coombes who is starting this season in a similar fashion to the last one who was never behind in his win over Tony Price. Gary, Tyler, Rob and singles league debutant John Cornell are the only unbeaten players remaining in D2. Division Three Rav Tak continued his good start to the season with a hard fought 4-3 victory over Seamus Connor. Matt Spedding played two matches last night, having entered the league as a late replacement, and has started brightly with 2 wins in a row last night. The first against James Townsend and the second against Steve Tucker. Rav and Matt share the lead at the top of division three closely followed by John Barnett, who held off a Jason Hawkins comeback from 3-1 down to level 3-3 before John took the decider. |
| 25/04/10 | Week 1 |
We are short of a player in division one and two, however plans are afoot to address this and I hope to have players in place for next week. Tracey Harman and Matt Spedding will be taking the available places in division three, however, Tracey won't be around for a couple of weeks as she is away on holiday for a fortnight.
Division One Videsh made his entrance into the singles league in style beating the last division one winner Pat Phelan 7-0. It was a bad night for all round for last season's winners, with Nick Weinel the division three winner loosing narrowly to Scott Vann 4-3 in his first outing in division two. Lee Greenwood last season's division two winner lost to Martin Smith 5-2 in his division one debut. Division Two Gary Hoad made an impressive start in division two beating Tony Price 7-0. D2 debutants Rob Walsh & Claire Dormer also started well with victories. Division Three The division three dazzling debutants were Rav Tak with a 6-1 victory and John Barnett with a 5-2 win. Very early days though and anything can happen yet. |