Great night at Ashby Ivanhoe for the Potters Orme Shield and Orme Plate finals.

Thanks first to Karen Deakin of Ivanhoe for getting the club and tables turned out brilliantly and putting some lovely food on after.

Thanks also to Rich Cawley , Greg Britton , Mark Stirling and Nick Harcombe for giving their time up to referee on the night and the did a cracking job.

Potters Orme Shield Final: Burton Cons A 5 Alrewas B 3
Congratulations to Burton Cons A for winning the Potters Orme Shield final 5-3 against Alrewas B with Graham Stevens and John Shilton taking both of their frames to edge a very close game.

Potters Orme Plate Final: Alrewas C 5 Potters A 3
Also congratulations to Alrewas C for winning the Potters Orme Plate 5-3 with Wayne Pereira taking both against Philip Dayton and Carl Poulton and Ian Hiley chipping in with the rest.

Rich Cawley, Dean Marriott, Johnny Stevens, Neil Orton, Phil Dayton, Carl Poulton, Dave Trueman, Wayne Pereira, Ian Hiley

Nick Harcombe, John Shilton, Matt Milnes, Greg Britton, Mick Simpkins, Graham Stevens, Stuart Johnson, Loz Kennerson, Tim Frowd, Lewis Parnham, Peter Oughton

Graham Stevens, Stuart Johnson, Matt Milnes, Carl Poulton, John Shilton

Bill Stewart (on holiday), Ian Hiley, Karen Deakin, Carl Poulton, Wayne Pereira, Dave Trueman

Great night and thanks to all the players, the night was played in an excellent sporting manner by all.

Congratulations to Stuart Johnson and Matthew Milnes coming back from 2-0 down to beat Simon Tarrant and Tony Wills 3-2 in the Ashby Ivanhoe Social Club Arthur Edwards Doubles Final.

Thanks to Belmont and Mark Vaughan for refereeing.

Stuart Johnson, Matt Milnes

Simon Tarrant, Tony Wills, Matt Milnes, Stuart Johnson

Congratulations to Graham Stevens for winning the Jack Dyche.

Graham Stevens and Stuart Johnson

Match report by Simon Shilton and thanks to him for refereeing the match too.

A hard fought Jack Dyche final last night saw another close match between Graham Stevens and Stuart Johnson.

In the first frame Stuart raced to a 45 point lead before Graham struck back with a 30 odd break to narrowly take it.

The second frame was the polar opposite with Graham storming off to a lead, but Stuart making a nice 53 break to stamp his authority and take the frame.

The third frame was a tactical battle with a bit of luck, going Graham’s way in the middle bags.
The fourth and fright final frame of the evening saw a very edgy affair with solid safety by both parts. Graham taking a 3-1 victory on the black. The match was well attended & played in a great spirit.

Congratulations to Stuart Johnson for winning the Crown Windows Evershed Vase final last night. Thanks also to Bill Stewart of Crown Windows for sponsoring the competition. Report here from Mike Buckland:

The Evershed final was a tremendous safety struggle lasting over 3 hours….Such was the quality of the safety on both sides, scoring opportunities were limited but it was Stuart who came out on top coming from 2-1 behind to beat Graham 3-2. Stuart started well with a nice 30 in frame 1, but Graham eventually prevailed. Stuart responded by taking a close 2nd frame. The 3rd was a battle that was eventually decided on a respotted black. Stuart then won another tight 4th frame to take it to a decider. In the final frame,Stuart had an early 30 but missed a routine black off the spot leaving Graham a chance…he missed a slightly awkward plant and his best chance was gone,with Stuart eventually getting over the line. It was a great match enjoyed by the assembled audience…well done to Stuart and commiserations to Graham.

Evershed frame scores(Johnson first) 45-71(Johnson 30)…59-29….50-57(respotted black)….71-35….61-21(Johnson 30)

Stuart Johnson and Graham Stevens

2023-24 Billiards Final

Congratulations to Graham Stevens

Graham won 210-129 with a 31 break along the way.

Graham wins for the 5th year on the bounce. Was a good match by all accounts and commiserations to runner-up Steve Ford.

Thanks to Pete Maguire for refereeing.

Steve Ford, Graham Stevens

Steve Ford, Pete Maguire, Graham Stevens

The Presidents Handicap Grand Final took place at Potters on 19 February.

Alrewas B from the Premier League, Alrewas C from Division 1 and Belmont B from Division 2 took part. Alrewas C had a 14 handicap and Belmont B had a 28 handicap.

Thanks to Nick Harcombe , Mark Vaughan , Kate Stirl-Roon , Lee Louch and Josh Gebbie for refereeing. Thanks to Potters and their staff for providing the tables and the food which made for an excellent night.

Thanks to all players who took part. It was a great night that was friendly with great sportsmanship and some excellent snooker.

Great advert for all 3 divisions and the quality of our league.

L>R: Wayne Pereira, Dave Trueman, Andy Biggadike, Connor Rafferty, Brett Craddock, Carl Poulton, Micky Morris, Tony Wills, Loz Kennerson, Lewis Parnham, Tim Frowd, Ian Hiley.

Tony Wills, Tim Frowd, Loz Kennerson, Lewis Parnham

Thanks to those that attended the Presentation evening. Wasn’t the best turn out we’ve ever had but it was good to see a lot of the winners and runners-up there to pick up their hard won/earned trophies.

Thanks to Mark Vaughan for hosting the evening, thanks to Simon Deakin for helping to sort all the trophies out on the night, thanks to Kate Stirling for sorting the raffle and getting people to dig deep, thanks to Ant Moore encouraging a few more people to enter the waistcoat draw that Pete Maguire arranged so thanks to him too. Finally thanks to Jen for preparing a superb food spread.

We made £260 on the night so thanks for everyone’s generosity.