JOHN HIGGINS is the latest snooker superstar to sign up to play an Exhibition Evening in Huddersfield.

Thanks to the enterprise of Kevin Ellis, who was responsible for the successful appearance of Judd Trump and the world’s No1 referee Michaela Tabb at Broad Oak Bowling Club last year, former four-time world champion Higgins is heading for the Huddersfield Sports Centre, on Friday, May 31.

And for those who enjoy a bit of glamour around the green beize, the good news is Ms Tabb will be keeping check on players in the 10-frame Exhibition Evening, which will feature nine of the area’s top players, plus one lucky winner of a competition being organised at the Canalside club on Easter Sunday.

The tournament is off genuine handicaps, with the winner guaranteed a frame against Higgins.

Registrations must be in before 10.30am on March 31, and the entry fee is £10.

Tickets for the Higgins/Tabb night are available from Huddersfield Sports Centre, or direct from www.esp exhibitions.com

Standard adult entry is £20, while juniors are £10. There may also be a handful of Silver VIP tickets available at a cost of £40 each.

A break of 82 from Robert Read consolidated his position as the League’s leading breakmaker this season.

The Lindley WMC man already holds the top effort of 88, while he also registered a previous mark of 82 earlier in the season. So now he holds the top three marks himself.

Two men have come close to upstaging the Huddersfield Open champion, with veteran Denis Rourke having the next best mark with 81, while Rob Armitage recently knocked in a break of 80.

Other results from the Open Snooker and Veterans’ Snooker Leagues are:

Golcar RBL D 2 Canalside B 2 – J Reaney (8) 52 D Bottomley (owes 4) 27, L Landa (owes 37) 78 A Blagbrough (26) 94, J SHaw (owes 14) 53 T Booker (5) 73, N Sutton (8) 86 C Mann (24) 75.

Canalside 1 Broad oak BC D 3 – M Saeed (9) 66 S Tidswell (18) 59, S Stennett (owes 7) 42 M Bentley (23) 51, C Norcliffe (owes 26) 68 B Gilbert (22) 78, O Saeed (21) 65 M blakeley (23) 89.

Cowcliffe Lib 3 Deighton WMC B 1 – R Hawkyard (15) 75 I Elson (29) 51, P Proctor (23) 65 J Wenzel (3) 55, R Maude (6) 71 J Senior (22) 33, T Proctor (4) 61 D Wenzel (22) 71.

Crosland Moor Con 3 Marsden Con 1 – C Moon (33) 64 S Peacock (owes 23) 83, M Atkinson (3) 58 I Shepherd (17) 46, K O’Prey (15) 70 R Taylor (0) 19, G Doughty (owes 14) 58 L Bradbury (owes 2) 28.

Top Spot 0 Lindley WMC 4 – S Reilly (owes 4) 41 J McMahon (owes 27) 47, D Smith (21) 71 A Boothroyd (owes 20) 101, S Jia (21) 73 R Read (owes 45) 118, B Pickup (owes 2) 32 H Corbett (owes 33) 96.

Breaks: R Read 82; H Corbett 38, 41.

Bradley and Colne WMC B 3 Springwood BC 1 – R Townley (6) 53 A Batty (owes 14) 63, C Sykes (26) 68 B Whitehouse (6) 43, A Fenton (owes 5) 103 B Stead (7) 33, J Waters (18) 99 T Roper (owes 26) 64.

Breaks: A Fenton 30, 34.

Meltham Lib D 1 Lindley Lib B 3 – C Keogh (7) 38 C Hill (23) 70, L Fitzgerald (22) 51 A Holding (owes 6) 79, J Portelli (18) 34 J Bowker (20) 70, A Stott (17) 69 J Hill (22) 60.

Upper Hopton WMC B 1 Crosland Moor Con C 3 – J Wilson (16) 42 B Haigh (9) 62, D Burhouse (11) 41 G Moorhouse (15) 71, R Head (0) 56 N Cox (19) 68, S Holmes (7) 72 G Ineson (owes 6) 46.

Slaithwaite CBC 2 Lockwood Con 2 – D Holroyd (9) 37 R Bodsworth (1) 68, B Morley (26) 29 P Bodsworth (11) 81, R Mozley (1) 75 C Ball 921) 65, L Quarmby (owes 27) 62 D Singh (1) 52.

Holme Spts 1 Lower Hopton WMC 3 – A Marsden (9) 11 N Ewart (4) 73, P Robinson (owes 5) 68 I Newby (6) 61, D Burke (19) 44 P Kennedy (10) 64, M Maude (owes 28) 27 D Poutney (owes 24) 61.

Break: N Ewart 30, 27.

Primrose Hill Lib 3 Top Spot B 1 – R Silvester (19) 82 C Reynolds (17) 30, C Wilkinson (13) 65 M Wood (owes 16) 57, A Gilroy (11) 63 M Houlton (16) 32, P Daw (28) 69 J O’Kane (21) 80.

Marsden Soc 1 Lepton Lib B 3 – D Sewel (2) 20 M Taylor (5) 87, D Crosbie (owes 17) 79 M Wimpenny (16) 58, I Blagborough (8) 34 W Lockwood (21) 63, M Auty (21) 30 A Roddy (6) 74.

Break: M Taylor 48.

Crosland Moor WMC 2 Moldgreen Con – J Hulley (25) 66 L Carr (5) 28, D Fuller (14) 36 D Crines (5) 62, L Fallas (9) 71 K Hobson (4) 28, D Hallas (10) 59 J Bastow (owes 36) 89.

Hillhouse and Birkby BC D 1 Upper Hopton WMC 3 – C Terry (26) 49 G Bennett (2) 63, R Dolan (11) 67 M Haigh (11) 36, J Coard (13) 52 S Larner (owes 2) 80, B Wood (8) 35 S Weatherby (12) 60.

Break: J Coard 32.

Lindley Lib 2 Moldgreen Lib 2 – G Jordan (15) 65 G Manson (21) 55, R Greaves (owes 12) 41 P Garraty (owes 12) 51, A Wortley (12) 65 J Delahunty (26) 57, D Mason (34) 48 M Patmore (9) 74.

Golcar Con C 2 Hillhouse & Birkby BC 2 – A Brough (29) 77 K Roys (22) 46, T Riley (1) 47 K Hirst (owes 17) 74, T Hirst (31) 71 S Berry (5) 51, D Fawthorp (owes 2) 49 C Sykes (owes 8) 67.

Break: K Hirst 33.

Lepton Lib 1 Paddock Con 3 – D Mahoney (23) 63 B Jowett (21) 87, C Dean (25) 87 N Hartley (14) 73, C Ellis (11) 45 D Moore (7) 67, C Clarke (23) 58 D Lewis (26) 87.

St Patricks B 3 Almondbury Con 1 – Y Hussain (19) 62 S Taylor (15) 74, J Halstead (14) 76 S James (owes 19) 37, J Halstead (0) 68 S Lyons (5) 25, S Hussain (33) 71 D Morton (owes 6) 10.

Paddock CBC 3 Netherton Con 1 – P Garforth (6) 70 J Holroyd (26) 68, S Stockton (7) 79 C Rhodes (21) 77, M Barrett (15) 47 P Harrison (20) 79, I Fretwell (12) 72 G Shaw (1) 26.

Springwood BC B 3 Berry Brow Lib C 1 – F Thwaite (33) 85 C Gannon (26) 45, M Brammah (38) 78 D Middleton (21) 44, R Coote (25) 71 P Boothroyd (16) 57, G Sewell (28) 66 A Middleton (0) 86.

Kirkburton Lib B 1 Honley Con 3 – J Kaye (39) 39 D Holroyd (16) 68, D Young (9) 42 I Wimpenny (0) 49, D Standgaven (30) 63 P Schofield (13) 46, T Smith (37) 66 G Broadhead (10) 91.

Moldgreen Con B 4 Newsome WMC B 0 – T Atkinson (owes 3) 68 N Oakes (16) 38, C Wood (1) 68 J Durham (21) 52, M Gildea (34) 99 D Oakes (owes 22) 52, J Kowalski (23) 67 G Beaumont (21) 46.

Deighton WMC 2 Cowcliffe Lib B 2 – D Tieman (owes 4) 28 S Rodgers (22) 61, W Comerford (20) 72 H Stoney (45) 84, M Parker (12) 89 C Weston (21) 69, D Core (18) 85 T Whitley (39) 54.

Netherton Con B 2 Meltham Lib 2 – T Whittaker (13) 67 A Chapman (owes 21) 55, J Pejika (14) 47 T Boothroyd (owes 9) 55, N Brook (26) 62 P Heady (owes 3) 68, I Moseley (owes 32) 66 P Waddington (owes 13) 40.

Break: I Moseley 33.

Shelley SSC A 0 Meltham Con 4 – P Schofield (25) 90 C Worrall (18) 100, P King (27) 70 M White (owes 30) 85, B Hudson (37) 48 B Flanagan (21) 88, P Hoyland (owes 1) 41 G Wilkinson (owes 26) 81.

Marsh Lib 2 Broad Oak BC C 2 – C Thorpe (owes 29) 80 M Howlett (35) 94, G Whitehosue (13) 60 C Beaumont (21) 36, P Madigan (12) 72 B Littlewood (30) 56, A Wright (owes 13) 46 D Walsh (38) 81.

New Mill B Police B 2 Hillhouse and Birkby BC B 2 – J Lee (21) 92 G Brook (25) 46, K Skarz (21) 78 C Sykes (25) 42, C Holmes (27) 65 D Kaye (32) 79, D Hey (4) 56 S Thorpe (16) 77.

Almondbury Con B 2 Almondbury WMC 2 – C Madden (25) 76 D O’Toole (30) 60, C Marsden (15) 36 S Wilson (5) 59, M Sykes (20) 65 S Mulhall (9) 58, D Lucid (21) 43 R O’Connor (1) 56.

Marsh U BC 3 Kirkburton Lib 1 – S Wood (21) 66 P Caine (20) 74, S Crowther (32) 81 T Morgan (14) 67, N Byrne (4) 65 M Garrety (21) 42, G West (1) 85 N Armstrong (owes 35) 49.

Lindley WMC B 1 Slaithwaite CBC B 3 – I Strudwick (19) 80 L Scott (34) 79, R Whitcombe (34) 55 C Dack (32) 82, N Burrows (34) 62 J Turner (30) 96, M Goodier (owes 19) 28 J Langfield (16) 88.

Meltham Lib C 3 Golcar Con D 1 – D Hoyle (44) 74 R Hall (32) 87, I Lee (25) 81 I Brogden (24) 51, C Kelly (6) 67 M Bamforth (34) 53, P Shaw (owes 13) 70 M Crawshaw (18) 63.

Golcar RBL 3 Marsh LIb B 1 – T Glover (17) 95 J Ashton (29) 85, M Hirst (34) 83 A Clegg (owes 28) 94, R Sutton (0) 61 T O’Hara (1) 53, T Sutton (18) 100 R Armitage (owes 45) 65.

Milnsbridge 4 Crosland Moor WMC B 0 – M Graham (31) 75 A Roberts (42) 73, D Dowie (owes 1) 86 D Peacock (45) 82, L Boothroyd (8) 68 S Grant (17) 56, J Haigh (32) 78 M Peacock (34) 67.

Berry Brow Lib 3 St Patricks 1 – I Meehan (28) 70 Mir (21) 33, R Gee (3) 74 D Adams (44) 86, A Muff (16) 70 B Adams (35) 55, R Steer (7) 87 C Adams (30) 50.

Newsome WMC 1 Golcar Con 3 – B Rattigan (10) 33 E Charlotte (20) 62, B Ellison (21) 33 J Kitson (owes 1) 68, J Davidson (34) 54 R Singleton (38) 81, A Rattigan (31) 68 T Whitwam (23) 43.

Hillhouse and Birkby BC C 1 New Mill 3 – R Tunnacliffe (owes 2) 45 S Whiteley (owes 7) 53, W Watson (38) 66 D Lomax (8) 74, L Vernon (38) 74 P Booth (21) 64, J Dolan (20) 64 M Holding (owes 13) 71.

Lockwood Con B 3 Meltham LIb B 1 – D Shaw (21) 74 J Ellis-Pownall (owes 13) 27, C Heywood (21) 62 A Lawton (26) 80, A Gavin (5) 80 N Hill (owes 8) 38, R Driver (10) 96 M Waddington (2) 22.

Latest Veterans Snooker League results:

St Patricks C 2 Marsh U BC 1 – B Reynold (owes 1) 55 L C Rogers (15) 45, M Hussain (8) 28 G Rogers (owes 4) 78, J MacIntosh (5) 70 N Bryne (owes 20) 41.

Canalside B 1 Crosland Moor Con B 2 – T Blackburn (6) 29 B Haigh (owes 2) 35, G Austin (6) 26 D Frost (3) 54, M Williams (owes 12) 54 G Moorhouse (owes 12) 21.

Marsh Lib 0 Springwood BC 3 – J Ashton (owes 14) 34 G Price (owes 20) 58, I Van Leeuwen (3) 54 D Rourke (owes 30) 92, C Ware (24) 72 B Cousen (owes 30) 83.

Breaks: G Price 31, D Rourke 28.

Bradley and colne WMC 1 Golcar RBL B 2 – T Sands (17) 43 E Charlotte (1) 55, S Liggins (4) 43 R Sutton (owes 25) 73, J Daley (6) 56 J Garside (owes 19) 47.

Break: R Sutton 43.

Marsh U BC B 2 Meltham Con 1 – J Mikula (27) 59 T Hill (0) 39, M Kaye (12) 75 W Flanagan (owes 7) 30, G Chadwick (10) 42 P Stenson (6) 50.

Hillhouse and Birkby C 2 Canalside 1 – C Sykes (owes 8) 52 F Walker (owes 16) 60, G Pulleyn (0) 50 M Smith (owes 3) 47, K Roys (10) 45 F Bellerby (owes 1) 39.

Lepton Lib 1 Marsh Lib C 2 – D Peace (14) 73 S Whiteley (owes 30) 90, D Edmondson (5) 52 A Clegg (owes 30) 84, T Bedford (13) 57 D Keogh (6) 33.

Break: S Whiteley 30.

Springwood BC B 1 Crosland Moor WMC B 2 – M Stout (10) 41 C Collier (24) 76, R France (18) 72 J Carter (15) 53, B Downey (12) 70 J Wade (24) 82.

Crosland Moor Con C 0 Paddock Con B 3 – M Mulligan (29) 34 T Rowley (0) 85, A Robinson (13) 49 J Sharland (15) 83, R Dearlove (11) 58 A Cockshaw (3) 64.

New Mill D 1 New Mill B 2 – D Barrowclough (17) 77 K Butterfield (10) 44, J Smith (10) 38 K Nilsson (7) 81, D Milner (owes 1) 44 P booth (owes 8) 76.

Primrose Hill Lib 2 Lindley Lib 1 – M Crines (17) 61 A Hitchen (7) 63, J Horvath (25) 92 B Farrand (10) 89, W Shaw (6) 51 D Green (6) 37.