The Huddersfield first string ran out 5-2 winners over Harrogate in the Yorkshire Billiards League, writes Joe Link.

Huddersfield champion Matthew Peaker got his side off to a fantastic start when he was pitted against ex-Yorkshire champion Steve Crosland at the New Mill Club.

Peaker notched breaks of 38, 36 and 37 unfinished on his way to a 200-178 win over Crosland.

Steve Whiteley then took on Tom Halliday and Whiteley’s consistent play was enough to ensure a 200-123 win, running out with a break of 35 unfinished after fully capitalising on chances that put his way.

The final game of the night was between Huddersfield’s David Peaker and Harrogate’s Tim Godolphin.

It proved to be the closest game of the match, with Godolphin scoring the higher breaks of 43 and 54, but Peaker was far more consistent.

But the Huddersfield player was left three points short of victory on 197 as he watched Godolphin take the five points needed for the win and claim two consolation points for his side.

The win moves Huddersfield up to second in the league, level on points with Bradford.

In the Huddersfield Billiards League New Mill’s Steve Whiteley scored the highest break of the week with a 63, which helped him defeat Brockholes’ David Peaker to secure a 2-1 victory for his side.

Matthew Peaker also scored a high break of 60, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Peter Booth of New Mill A.

Lindley Liberal’s Brian Cousen registered a break of 48 in his win over Mark Crossley of Springwood BC, Cousen’s win meant Lindley won the match 2-1.

In the week’s Open Snooker League matches 13 breaks of over 25 were recorded – the highest of which was a 38 scored by Billy Keenan of Kirburton Liberal A, in his win over Mandip Singh of Moldgreen Liberals.

Michael Whaley of Marsh Liberal A was not far behind with a solid break of 36, which just pipped Robert Read’s break of 35 for Lindley WMC.

HUDDERSFIELD AND DISTRICT SNOOKER AND BILLIARDS ASSOCIATION

SNOOKER

Broad Oak BC B 3 Cowcliffe Lib 1: Martin Burgess (13) 59 Ashley Flathers (18) 52, Anthony Haigh (16) 69 Ross Hawkyard (15) 25, Richard Walker (9) 32 Harry Rana (21) 71, Johnny Lendon (20) 70 Mick Shore (21) 67.

Broad Oak BC D 2 Paddock Con A 2: Mark Heap (owes 13) 32 Nathan Hartley (4) 73, Brendon Gilbert (22) 39 Ben Jowett (11) 71, Mark Bentley (4) 85 John Wise (14) 40, Mathew Blakely (9) 71 Paul Senior (16) 66.

Crosland Moor Con A 2 Lindley Lib B 2: Helen O’Connor (30) 76 Chris Hill (10) 63, Jason McMahon (owes 30) 25 Jason Bowker (26) 108, Kieran O’Prey (9) 60 James Scholefield (16) 68, Gary Doughty (owes 16) 73 Tony Proctor (owes 11) 44.

Breaks: Helen O’Connor 25.

Lindley WMC A 2 Milnsbridge Lib 2: Mohammed Naeem (owes 45) 51 Martin Wood (owes 17) 75, Robert Read (owes 45) 104 Dale Smith (owes 17) 29, Dave Percival (owes 11) 71 John Siswick (8) 36, Haydn Corbett, (owes 36) 58 Jason O’Kane (9) 100.

Breaks: Robert Read 35.

Marsh Lib A 2 Lower Hopton WMC 2: Michael Whaley (owes 45) 70 Neil Ewart (owes 14) 73, Chris Thorpe (owes 45) 23 Conrad Norcliffe (owes 39) 70, Graham Whitehouse (9) 68 Phil Kennedy (1) 54, Patrick Madigan (7) 74 Dean R Poutney (owes 23) 31.

Breaks: Michael Whaley 36

Primrose Hill Lib A 3 Paddock C&BC A 1: Richard Silvester (19) 79 Matthew Barrett (12) 32, Colin Wilkinson (13) 59 Liam Fearn (4) 29, Pat Daw (25) 57 Steve Hartley (15) 71, Aiden Hopson (30) 94 Simon Stockton (2) 39.

Bradley & Colne WMC B 3 Hillhouse & Birkby BC C 1: Ray Townley (8) 71 Lydia Vernon (28) 62, Ian Elson (32) 90 Darren Woodhouse (26) 56, Andrew Fenton (owes 9) 25 James Dolan (18) 61, Charles Sykes (24) 82 Karanjit Singh (23) 48.

Deighton WMC 2 Upper Hopton WMC B 2: Josh Wenzel (2) 62 Stephen Rhodes (19) 69, David Dunne (16) 74 John Wilson (20) 63, Dave Wenzel (26) 88 Roy Head (2) 35, John Senior (23) 46 Steven Holmes (1) 75.

Breaks: Josh Wenzel 28, Dave Wenzel 29.

Lindley Lib A 1 Crosland Moor Con C 3: Peter Gaffey (27) 56 Brian Haigh (9) 84, Richard Kaye (25) 46 Nigel Cox (16) 79, Alan Wortley (10) 49 Phil Longbottom (21) 77, Jack Percey (21) 84 Graham Ineson (owes 6) 30.

Lockwood Con A 3 Marsh Lib B 1: John Skidmore (8) 87 John Ashton (29) 56, Ryan Bodsworth (owes 12) 74 Robert Armitage (owes 45) 42, Dit Singh (3) 39 Tony O’Hara (4) 48,Chris Ball (27) 72 Guy Brook (18) 41.

Breaks: John Skidmore 26.

New Mill Club A 2 Marsden Social 2: John Bowden (13) 82 David Crosbie (owes 29) 83, Dennis Lomax (owes 2) 51 Colin Hawkins (owes 7) 59, Peter Booth (15) 80 Adam Kewley (5) 22, Steve Whiteley (owes 7) 94 Michael Auty (11) 28.

Breaks: David Crosbie 32.

Paddock C & BC B 3 Primrose Hill Lib B 1: S Tattersall (31) 67 John Comerford (13) 56, James Coard (13) 13 Christian Preece (30) 75, Neil Boustead (12) 73 David Core (19) 50, Richard Terry (11) 83 Jeremy Core (8) 33.

Top Spot 1 Canalside B 3: Mark Boylan (owes 14) 72 Darren Bottomley (owes 6) 20, Simon Reilly (owes 10) 55 Dave Mann (13) 65, Bob Pickup (4) 60 Martin Blagborough (13) 61, Shabir Ali (2) 57 Alex Blagbrough (23) 72.

Almondbury WMC 2 Lockwood Con B 2: Richard O’Connor (1) 76 Chris Heywood (13) 59, J Lomax (21) 46 Ash Gavin (8) 79, Mick Wilson (2) 46 Alan Whitehead (21) 69, Shaun Mulhall (7) 42 Ryan Driver (owes 5) 22.

Golcar Con B 2 Marsden RBL B 2: Mick Stocks (owes 45) 95 Charles Shaw (owes 7) 49, Trevor Liversidge (owes 43) 56 Ben Wood (13) 93, Howard Peel (17) 53 Richard Clarke (owes 12) 64, Gareth J Hey (owes 9) 61 Carl Zaffino (owes 4) 24.

Breaks: Mick Stocks 95.

Hillhouse & Birkby BC A 1 Bradley & Colne WMC A 3: James Watson (owes 4) 52 Ben Simpson (8) 59, Kevin Hirst (owes 20) 48 Simon Douglas (21) 77, Chris J Sykes (owes 9) 43 Andy Oldfield (16) 57, Steven Berry (5) 57 Alan Nichols (13) 35.

Breaks: Ben Simpson 25.

Lepton Lib B 4 Springwood BC A 0: Matthew Wimpenny (28) 75 Bob Stead (7) 40, Will Lockwood (14) 70 Tim Whitehouse (owes 1) 38, Austin Roddy (owes 3) 61 Ben Whitehouse (4) 52, Martin Taylor (5) 59 Andy Battye (owes 10) 47.

Moldgreen Lib 2 Kirkburton Lib A 2: P Green (26) 86 Neil Armstrong (owes 33) 39, Paul Garraty (owes 12) 78 Peter Caine (15) 71, Mandip Singh (21) 50 Billy Keenan (owes 13) 91, J Delahunty (30) 43 Terry Morgan (6) 79.

Breaks: Billy Keenan 38.

Upper Hopton WMC A 2 Netherton Con A 2: Sam Tempest (21) 58 C Rhodes (30) 81, David Firth (21) 72 Peter Harrison (11) 39, Jason Cook (9) 52 Gareth Shaw (owes 3) 61, Gordon Bennett (owes 1) 56 Jamie Boylan (owes 4) 30.

Honley Con 3 Moldgreen Con 1: Allan Cawthery (owes 7) 51 Keith Hobson (4) 44, David Holroyd (14) 61 Keith Gledhill (owes 2) 29, Dean Furness (7) 50 Roger K Bintcliffe (13) 58, Paul Schofield (10) 74 Graham Hill (5) 34.

Kirkburton Lib B 2 Canalside C 2: John Kaye (39) 77 Omar Saeed (18) 66, Tony Smith (37) 50 Michael Dyson (0) 84, Rob Wilcock (23) 50 Dave Blacker (owes 5) 66, Tony Jones (7) 73 Josh Dyson (17) 32.

Breaks: Tony Jones 26.

Netherton Con B 2 Berry Brow Lib C 2: P Bywater (21) 75 David Middleton (27) 65, John Pejica (27) 75 Craig Gannon (32) 42, N Brook (19) 56 Paul Boothroyd (23) 64, L Moseley (owes 44) 52 Andrew Middleton (owes 2) 86.

Slaithwaite C & BC B 2 Golcar Con A 2: Greg Lees (21) 80 Jan Grabowski (27) 60, Scott Johnson (21) 24 Jack Kitson (11) 64, Jason Turner (16) 54 David Lloyd (24) 82, Josh Langfield (21) 91 Roger Singleton (41) 57.

Springwood BC B 1 Lepton Lib A 3: Frank Thwaite (37) 65 Steve Kemp (23) 76, Mick Brammah (42) 67 Christopher Clarke (26) 81, Richard Coote (23) 86 Carl Dean (17) 48, Guy Sewell (37) 60 Ian Hoyle (owes 7) 69.

Turnbridge WMC B 1 Hillhouse & Birkby BC D 3: H Blakey (30) 63 Gulfraz Ali (11) 83, D Stokes (21) 35 Rashid Tunnacliffe (owes 4) 64, Michael Gildea (24) 76 Jason Digman (12) 46, Ashley Almond (owes 36) 55 Simon Herbert (10) 99.

Almondbury Con A 1 New Mill Club B 3: Steve Taylor (19) 72 Chris Holmes (16) 83, Chamika Himendra (21) 58 Derek Hey (6) 77, Simon Lyons (7) 69 Joe Lee (22) 33, Sam James (owes 18) 31 John Lee (owes 14) 57.

Berry Brow Lib B 4 Lindley BC A 0: Richard Farrar (18) 72 Frank Beer (26) 61, Luke O’Brien (31) 72 Dale Johnson (21) 63, Jack Farrar (23) 68 Richard Whitcombe (32) 55, Eric Crookes (33) 65 Ian Strudwick (9) 53.

Crosland Moor Con B 1 Slaithwaite C&BC A 3: Alec Fowler (3) 40 Alan Kershaw (owes 5) 54, John Moorhouse (18) 89 Dean Holroyd (9) 56, Dave Jessop (owes 6) 43 Peter Gilbert (14) 61, Tim Huntington (9) 12 Paul Wood (24) 72.

Crosland Moor WMC A 3 Marsh Utd BC A 1: Dean Shaw (25) 62 Alan Heywood (17) 54, Chris Valentine (21) 82 Simon Crowther (35) 73, Tony Pollard (36) 54 Simon Wood (30) 104, Liam Fallas (4) 51 Gavin West (1) 41.

Hillhouse & Birkby BC B 2 Turnbridge WMC A 2: Julian Thorpe (owes 5) 25 Leo Carr (7) 64, Luke Whincup (28) 62 Daniel Crines (owes 5) 19, Sam Thorpe (13) 70 Craig Langford (16) 57, David A Kaye (33) 68 Julian Almond (owes 17) 80.

Marsh Lib D 0 Shelley S&SC B 4: Daz Crowther (26) 55 Colin Waller (27) 76, Chris Nash (21) 72 Richard Pontefract (29) 86, Cameron Stansfield (20) 49 Andrew Robinson (23) 87, Steven Saunders (21) 46 A Greenwood (24) 75.

Lindley BC B 1 Berry Brow Lib A 3: Carl Allen (21) 39 Richard B. Gee (12) 75, Graham Tansey (21) 62 Brian Rattigan (11) 76, Gary Stansfield (16) 63 Alan Muff (4) 60, Martin Massey (16) 36 Richard Steer (6) 81.

Marsden RBL A 3 Scapegoat Hill Lib 1: Paul Carter (10) 43 Jacob Shooter (21) 87, Tim Shaw (23) 72 Emile Shooter (21) 43, Geoff Irvine (14) 76 Lees mark (21) 28, John Shaw (owes 2) 53 Oliver Berry (21) 51.

Marsh Utd BC B 2 Crosland Moor WMC B 2: Graham L Rogers (35) 74 Ann Roberts (43) 85, Geoff Chadwick (39) 88 Dave Peacock (45) 74, Dennis James (29) 76 Martin Peacock (28) 68, Noel Byrne (6) 21 Paul Baxter (20) 58.

Meltham Lib C 3 Meltham Lib B 1: John Earnshaw (17) 39 Chris Kelly (3) 55, George Cushing (30) 77 Nicholas Hill (owes 13) 23, Phil Stenson (20) 53 Frank Wrathall (8) 51, Jim Bloom (26) 107 Adrian Lawton (32) 61.

Shelley S & SC A 4 Marsh Lib C 0: Patrick Schofield (27) 87 Pat Conaghan (26) 54, Phil King (39) 90 Dave Keogh (21) 30, Stuart Armitage (35) 74 John Jaggar (12) 60, Tony Smith (21) 62 Noel McNally (26) 52.

BILLIARDS

Berry Brow Lib 2 Upper Hopton WMC A 1: Andy Middleton (100) 159 Roy Head (55) 200, Gareth Middleton (125) 200 Stephen Holmes (60) 157, Syd Cogger (130) 200 Dennis Rourke (owes 25) 117.

Lindley Lib A 2 Springwood BC 1: Brian Cousen (owes 50) 200 Mark Crossley (130) 160, Geoff Price (115) 170 Ben Whitehouse (80) 200, David A Stuart (70) 200 Tim Whitehouse (45) 180.

Breaks: Brian Cousen 48.

Marsh Lib B 2 Marsh Lib A 1: Peter Ostrowski (85) 183 Paul Mortimer (65) 200, Paul Rayner (65) 200 Tony Clegg (owes 100) 157, Graham Whitehouse (100) 200 Tony O’Hara (55) 148.

Breaks: Paul Mortimer 28.

Meltham Lib 2 New Mill Club B 1: Frank Wrathall (110) 168 Ray Bowden (115) 200, Malcolm Waddington (105) 200 John E Bowden (60) 176, Jack Dyson (45) 200 Dennis Lomax (70) 153.

Breaks: Jack Dyson 27

Moldgreen Lib 0 Milnsbridge Lib 3: Mick Patmore (80) 195 Roger Singleton (110) 200, Jeremy Ford (owes 10) 138 Liam Fallas (105) 200, John Ingleby (owes 30) 125 Martin Wood (55) 200.

New Mill Club A 2 Brockholes BC 1: Peter Booth (80) 200 Matthew Peaker (owes 100) 180, Richard Walker (60) 174 Julian Hodge (owes 75) 200, Steve Whiteley (owes 65) 200 David Peaker (owes 60) 88.

Breaks: Steve Whiteley 63, Matthew Peaker 60.