Pyramid F took full advantage of their closest rivals playing each to move clear at the top of Division One of the Spalding & District League.
A 5-1 win over Services D saw them move four points ahead. Ian Gibson (scr) won the opening frame but a high-scoring second frame saw Richard Neal (r28) beat Mark Gray (o98) 141-104 to make it 1-1, despite the home player making a clearance of 38.
Pete Hodgson-Kerry (o28), Oliver Player (o28) and Carl Gibson (o28) confirmed a fifth straight victory.
Boundary A made light work of dismissing Pyramid A to leapfrog their visitors into second place.
Pete King (scr), Elliott Cox (o7) and Steve Smith (r14) won the first three frames to wrap up victory, with John Twell (o7) and Dean Cole (o14) hitting back for a closer final score.
An entertaining opening match at Consti H saw Pyramid C’s Richard Skellet (o21) make a 22 clearance in his black-ball win against Doug Garfoot (o35), who had a 22 break.
Sim Law (scr) pulled things level by beating Spencer Dawkins (o63), despite the visitor hitting a 38 break, and Mark German hit a 23 on his way to making it 2-1 to the hosts. However, that was as good as it got for them, with Dave Pearson (o14) levelling and George Neary-Philips (o28) winning the decider to make it 4-2 to Pyramid.
Geoff Wand’s (scr) last frame win was scant consolation for Gosberton A as they fell to a fifth straight defeat, going down 5-1 at Donington C.
Neil Reynolds (o49) hit breaks of 39 and 24, with Mick Pearl (o21), Ben Wrigglesworth (o85) and Mat Turner (o28) also victorious.
Holbeach B chalked up their second win of the season in a mid-table derby at Holbeach D, coming out 4-2 victors.
Brandon Lee (scr) and Denis Hix (scr) won the first and last frames for the hosts but the winning sandwich filling was provided by the B team’s Barry Haynes (o21, including a 26 break), Shaun Lee (o28) and Neil Harvey (o21).
Services A hit back from 2-0 down to win 4-2 at home to Holbeach E.
James Crompton (o28) scored a 23 break and Ethan Lawrence (r7) also won to put the visitors clear.
However, Chris Dunmore (o42) and Jake Haslam (o14) made it 2-2 before Martin Spencer (o35) beat Chris O’Leary (o21), despite a 31 break from the away man.
No result card was received from the Pyramid D versus Consti G match.
Pyramid E fell to a 4-2 defeat at home to Consti F to lose the Division Two leadership, despite leading twice.
Nick McLean (r14) and Adrian Sharpe (o21) won their games, either side of a victory for Martin Stanley (r7).
However, Mark Dennis (r7) made it 2-2 and Justyn Stanley (scr) completed the comeback.
Holbeach G moved top with a game in hand by beating Gosberton D 4-2.
Their fourth win in a row was hard work though, having to hit back from two frames down after wins from Lyn Simmonds (r21) and Neil Simmonds (o28). Stu Sullivan lost the first frame, despite a 26 break.
Jordan Ravenhill (o14) pulled one back and Ben Harding (o49) hit a break of 27 to level. Ian Woodberry (scr) won the decider.
Whittlesey A doubled their wins tally for the season with a 5-1 success at Gosberton B. Graeme Sawyer (o14) and Andy Blythe (o14) put them ahead, before Mark Howlett (o7) pulled one back with a 22 break.
Steve Jennings (o28) had a break of 23 and Jason Clarke (scr) completed the result.
Holbeach A picked up their second win of the season with a 4-2 success against a Boundary B team who have lost all five so far.
Andy Taylor (scr) won the opener for the hosts but Paul Spittlehouse (o63) hit a break of 52 to level the match.
Stuart Atkin (o56) restored the home advantage with a 22 clearance and Mark Bunting (o14) made the points safe before Mick Mitchell (r7) pulled one back.
Pyramid B collected their second win of the season and denied Services B the chance to move joint top of the table with a 4-2 success.
Jason Rose (o35) and Jeff Collins (r7) put the visitors ahead either side of Gary Cooke’s (r7) win for Pyramid.
Richard Clark (o14) won a black-ball game 61-59 against Andy Neal (scr) and Carl Kelham (scr) wrapped up things for the hosts.
A close encounter between Services C and Holbeach C finished 4-2 in favour of the away side after three black-ball games.
The first was in the opening frame, with Dan Ashton (scr) prevailing for Holbeach. Terry West (r14) made it 2-0 but Kevin Fitter (o7) won his black-ball encounter before Nigel Cherry (o7) made it 2-2.
The decider was the final black-ball match and saw Mark Gregory (o35) hold his nerve for Holbeach.
An inter-Consti Club clash between promotion rivals saw the J team win 4-2 at their C team to stay top of Division Three.
Dave Banister (scr) won the opening frame in a black-ball game and Mark Craig (r21) won a re-spotted black to double the lead for the ‘home’ team.
Jack Chilvers (o28) pulled one back, Trev Braybrook (r28) levelled and Martin Ulyatt (o14) won the decider.
Completing a Consti 1-2-3 are the B team, with a 5-1 win at Whittlesey B pushing them up to second place.
Michael Foster (o14) put Whittlesey ahead but it all fell apart for them after that with John Christian (r14), Mick Johnson (o21), John Pike (r7) and Martin Fear (scr) completing a 5-1 away win.
Donington A picked up their first win of the campaign seeing off home club colleagues Donington B 4-2.
Pete Burrell (o7) put the hosts ahead but Jean Thompson (r28) hit back, with Tony Scully (o42) and Kevin Hawes (o7) confirming the away win before Darren Templeman (scr) pulled one back.
Bourne Snooker Centre let slip a 2-0 lead before fighting back to win 4-2 at Consti I.
Dave Antcliffe (scr) and Maurice Power (scr) put them in control but David Twelves (scr) and Phil Tweddell (scr) made it all square. Rich Lomas-Brown (scr) then hit a 24 break on his way to winning the fifth frame.
Gosberton C cruised to a 5-1 win against Donington D, with two wins either side of Dan Sandy’s (o7) third-frame win for the visitors. Home wins came from Karl Gray (r7), Andy Adair (r14), Mark Payne (o14) and Stuart Tamplin (scr).
Whittlesey C were 4-2 victors at home to Consti A thanks to wins from Graham Prentice (o21), Simon Parker (o7) and Gary Thewliss (scr). Steve Sinfield (r7) and Nigel Steadman (scr) were victorious for Consti.
Results: Division One – .
Boundary A 4 Pyramid A 2, Consti H 2 Pyramid C 4, Donington C 4 Gosberton A 1, Holbeach D 2 Holbeach B 4, Pyramid D v Consti G – no result, Pyramid F 5 Services D 1, Services A 4 Holbeach A 2.
Division Two – Gosberton B 1 Whittlesey A 5, Holbeach A 4 Boundary B 2, Holbeach G 4 Gosberton D 2, Pyramid B 4 Services B 2, Pyramid E 2 Consti F 4, Services C 2 Holbeach C 4.
Division Three – Consti C 2 Consti J 4, Consti I 2 Bourne SC 4, Donington B 2 Donington A 4, Gosberton C 5 Donington D 1, Whittlesey B 1 Consti B 5, Whittlesey C 4 Consti I 2.
