THE Huddersfield Billiards and Snooker League have taken a leaf out of the FA’s book, with the semi-finals of their top competition – the Open Snooker Championship – being played at the same venue as the final.

In this instance, Newsome Working Men’s becomes the ‘Wembley’ for snooker players as the final four go head to head at the St John’s Avenue club.

With al due respect to the second semi-finalists, the biggest clash is the first one between Rob Armitage and Robert Read, which will be fought out on Wednesday, March 27 (7.30pm).

Meanwhile, in the second semi, Michael Whaley tackles Andy Battye on Wednesday, April 3, also at 7.30pm.

Both matches are the best of seven frames.

In the latest round of Huddersfield Open Snooker League matches, Canalside’s Conrad Norcliffe stunned Ryan Waterworth with a break of 75 in the 2-2 draw with Broad Oak BC B team.

Norcliffe’s effort was not only the third highest of the season, but he also added another of 25, which remarkably took him to a 100-21 victory with Waterworth failing to score a single point.

Other results elsewhere were:

Golcar RBL D 2 Deighton WMC B 2 – N Sutton (8) 49 I Elson (29) 76, L Shaw (owes 18) 73 J Wenzel (3) 47, J Reaney (8) 69 D Wenzel (22) 56, J Shaw (owes 14) 69 J Senior (22) 79.

Broad Oak BC D 3 Canalside B 1 – B Gilbert (22) 65 D Bottomley (owes 4) 69, M Bentley (23) 75 C Mann (24) 71, S Tidswell (18) 65 M Blagbough (15) 53, M Blakely (23) 84 D Mann (10) 34.

Marsden Con 2 Lindley WMC A 2 – S Peacock (owes 23) 49 J McMahon (owes 27) 58, A Smith (owes 3) 86 A Boothroyd (owes 20) 49, I Shepherd (17) 101 H Corbett (owes 33) 73, R Taylor (scr) 68 R Read (owes 45) 92.

Break: A Smith 32.

Bradley and Colne WMC B 1 Golcar RBL D 3 – R Townley (6) 39 N Sutton (8) 62, C Sykes (26) 85 L Shaw (owes 18) 79, A Fenton (owes 5) 60 J Reaney (8) 66, J Waters (18) 52 J Shaw (owes 14) 71.

Breaks: A Fenton 30; L Shaw 34, J Shaw 30

Meltham Lib D 1 Top Spot A 3 – C Keogh (7) 14 S Reilly (owes 4) 63, L Fitzgerald (22) 34 S Jia (21) 75, R Ashton (18) 47 S Ali (2) 61, A Scott (17) 70 B Pickup (owes 2) 27.

Canalside A 2 Broad Oak BC B 2 – S Stennett (owes 7) 81 R Walker (12) 59, M Saeed (9) 41 M Burgess (13) 62, C Norcliffe (owes 26) 100 R Waterworth (owes 5) 21, M Harvey (owes 2) 9 A Haigh (15) 81.

Breaks: C Norcliffe 75, 25; S Stennett 34.

Cowcliffe Lib A 2 Lindley Lib B 2 – P Proctor (23) 64 A Holding (owes 6) 85, R Hawkyard (15) 81 J Scolefield (10) 16, R Maude (6) 83 J Hill (22) 48, T Proctor (4) 52 C Hill (23) 62.

Springwood BC A 3 Deighton WMC B 1 – A Batty (owes 14) 67 I Elson (29) 65, B Whitehouse (6) 67 J Senior (22) 41, B Stead (7) 58 D Wenzel (22) 41, T Roper (owes 26) 61 J Wenzel (3) 76.

Break: J Wenzel 25.

Lepton Lib B 2 Lower Hopton WMC 2 – A Roddy (6) 41 N Ewart (4) 67, W Lockwood (21) 67 I Newby (6) 19, M Taylor (16) 79 N Walton (21) 72, Martin Taylor (5) 55 P Kennedy (10) 58.

Top Spot B 2 Slaithwaite CBC A 2 – M Wood (owes 16) 21 D Holroyd (9) 58, M Houlton (16) 72 B Norley (26) 26, C Reynolds (17) 54 I Quarmby (owes 27) 74, J O’Kane (21) 87 P Wood (24) 50.

Marsden RBL A 3 Holme Spts 1 – D Kipling (1) 56 A Marsden (9) 69, B Wood (17) 71 A Hirst (owes 6) 48, G Irving (11) 69 K Womersley (21) 29, J Shaw (owes 5) 66 M Maude (owes 28) 45.

Lockwood Con A 0 Crosland Moor WMC A 4 – R Bodsworth (1) 42 D Fuller (14) 86, P Bodsworth (11) 69 T Bullas (38) 64, C Ball (21) 56 L Fallas (9) 73, D Singh (1) 52 D Hallas (10) 66.

Broad Oak BC A 3 Marsden Soc 1 – M Heap (owes 4) 59 S Crosbie (owes 17) 52, S Woodhouse (9) 51 D Sewel (2) 58, K Ellis (owes 26) 98 C Hawkins (owes 10) 25, A Harper (6) 90 M Auty (21) 48.

Break: K Ellis 33.

Upper Hopton WMC B 2 Primrose Hill Lib 2 – J Wilson (16) 63 R Silvester (19) 61, D Burhouse (11) 72 C Wilkinson (13) 60, S Holmes (7) 60 A Gilroy (11) 69, D Rourke (owes 27) 53 P Daw (28) 88.

Lindley Lib A 1 Upper Hopton WMC A 3 – R Kaye (28) 63 G Bennett (2) 34, A Wortley (12) 53 M Haigh (11) 62, P Gaffey (27) 48 S Larner (owes 2) 70, R waters (6) 39 S Weatherby (12) 53.

Golcar Con C 2 Netherton Con A 2 – A Brough (29) 46 C Rhodes (21) 81, T Riley (1) 59 P Harrison (20) 53, T Hirst (31) 52 G Shaw (1) 64, D Fawthrop (owes 2) 67 J Boylan (5) 51.

St Patricks B 2 Hillhouse and Birkby BC D 2 – A Smith (owes 1) 44 J Coward (13) 57, J Halstead (14) 71 R Terry (6) 47, Z Hussain (24) 45 R Dolan (11) 83, S Hussain (33) 63 N Boustead (16) 28.

Paddock Con 3 Almondbury Con A 1 – J Wise (12) 26 S Taylor (15) 68, B Jowett (21) 80 S James (owes 19) 79, D Lewis (26) 59 S Lyons (5) 48, N Hartley (14) 63 D Morton (owes 6) 52.

Deighton WMC A 3 Springwood BC B 1 – B Comerford (20) 79 F Thwaite (33) 66, D Core (18) 74 M Stout (35) 41, M Parker (12) 61 M Brammah (38) 51, J Core (7) 48 G Sewell (28) 62.

Lindley WMC B 2 Broad Oak BC C 2 – R Whitcombe (34) 87 C Beaumont (21) 44, N Armstrong (owes 9) 40 B Littlewood (30) 81, I Strudwick (19) 70 M Howlett (35) 56, N Burrows (34) 68 M Whitehead (16) 78.

Kirkburton Lib A 4 Marsh U BC B 0 – P Caine (20) 75 N Hinchliffe (40) 65, M Garrety (20) 63 D James (27) 53, B Keenan (owes 15) 98 P Bottom (38) 70, N Armstrong (owes 35) 81 A Oldfield (19) 78.

Marsh U BC A 2 Bradley and Colne WMC A 2 – S Wood (21) 79 D Walsh (37) 41, N Byrne (4) 75 S Douglas (23) 56, S Crowther (32) 68 M Wilcock (11) 76, G West (1) 31 J Gorman (16) 74.

Marsh Lib A 3 Almondbury WMC 1 – C Thorpe (owes 29) 84 B O’Toole (30) 74, T Moore (owes 8) 15 R O’Connor (1) 52, G Whitehouse (13) 57 S Wilson (5) 44, P Madigan (12) 65 S Mulhall (9) 24.

Break: C Thorpe 42.

Slaithwaite CBC B 3 Shelley SSC B 1 – A Palmer (24) 71 A Greenwood (24) 62, C Dack (32) 65 C Waller (22) 51, J Langfield (16) 57 R Pontefract (21) 47, J Bryson (30) 86 A Robinson (26) 87.

Golcar RBL A 4 Golcar Con D 0 – M Hirst (34) 79 I Brogden (24) 62, N Dawson (26) 62 D McLean (scr) 23, R Sutton (scr) 58 A Brook (21) 49, R Glover (18) 68 R Hall (32) 45.

Break: R Sutton 27.

Milnsbridge Lib 1 Berry Brow Lib A 3 – M Graham (31) 69 L Meehan (28) 77, D Dowie (owes 1) 86 A Muff (16) 31, L Boothroyd (8) 54 R B Gee (3) 63, J D Haigh (32) 57 R Steer (7) 65.

Break: D Dowie 28.

Marsh Lib B 1 Newsome WMC A 3 – J Ashton (29) 51 A Rattigan (31) 93, T O’Hara (1) 65 J Davidson (34) 43, A Clegg (owes 28) 60 B Rattigan (10) 84, R Armitage (owes 45) 84 I Wrigley (41) 124.

Crosland Moor WMC B 2 Berry Brow Lib B 2 – A Roberts (42) 73 I O’Brien (32) 94, D Peacock (45) 78 S Cosler (28) 53, M Peacock (34) 83 E Crookes (21) 47, P Baxter (23) 51 P Howes (210 84.

New Mill Club A 2 Lockwood Con B 2 – P Booth (21) 55 A Gavin (5) 68, S Whiteley (owes 7) 14 R Driver (10) 63, D Lomax (8) 73 D Shaw (21) 63, M Holding (owes 13) 61 S Lawton (owes 13) 21.

Meltham Lib B 0 Meltham Lib C 4 – A Lawton (26) 64 D Hoyle (44) 94, N Hill (owes 8) 41 I Lee (25) 68, F Wrathall (4) 36 C Kelly (6) 62, A Graham (owes 3) 45 P Shaw (owes 13) 54.

Hillhouse and Birkby BC C 4 St Patricks A 0 – W Watson (38) 83 M Zaman (21) 58, R Tunnacliffe (7) 61 D Adams (35) 47, L Vernon (38) 78 B Adams (35) 56, J Dolan (20) 80 C Adams (30) 69.

Break: R Tunnaciffe 25.

Moldgreen Lib A 1 Paddock CBC 3 – G Manson (21) 49 R Weilgus (15) 71, M Burnand (21) 62 D Crosse (7) 41, P Garraty (owes 12) 18 S Stockton (16) 69, J Delahunty (26) 61 I Fretwell (12) 81.

Lepton Lib A 2 Moldgreen Con C 2 – C Ellis (11) 87 R Wilson (35) 59, C Dean (25) 64 R Bintcliffe (10) 55, S Kemp (23) 52 K Gledhill; (owes 10) 61, I Hoyle (owes 9) 49 S Morris (6) 60.

Shelley SSC A 2 Meltham Lib A 2 – P Schofield (25) 79 P Waddington (owes 13) 62, P King (22) 38 T Boothroyd (owes 9) 86, B Hudson (37) 55 P Headey (owes 3) 81, P Hoyland (owes 1) 74 A Chapman (owes 21) 41.

Netherton Con B 1 Cowcliffe Lib B 3 – T Whittaker (13) 26 S Rogers (22) 66, S H Smith (26) 70 H Stoney (45) 79, N Brook (26) 64 C Weston (21) 60, J Pejica (14) 68 T Whiteley (39) 73.

Crosland Moor Con B 2 Kirkburton Lib B 2 – A Fowler (2) 61 J Houghton (23) 59, T Huntington (owes 5) 57 J Kaye (30) 52, D Jessop (1) 29 T Smith (37) 72, D Frost (26) 80 P Johnson (25) 54.

Honley Con A 3 Marsden RBL B 1 – I Wimpenny (scr) 64 C Shaw (owes 4) 44, D Holroyd (16) 73 S Burgon (31) 35, P Schofield (13) 33 R Clarke (owes 3) 63, D Rowbottom (17) 77 C Zaffino (scr) 45.

The latest scores in the Huddersfield Veterans snooker league:

Springwood BC 2 Paddock Con 1 – G Price (owes 20) 47 F Griffin (owes 28) 59, D Rourke (owes 30) 88 B Redfearn (owes 17) 40, B Cousen (owes 30) 52 B Almond (owes 23) 37.

Break: D Rourke 45.

Crosland Moor Con B 2 New Mill C 1 – B Haigh (owes 2) 90 E Marsh (30) 59, D Frost (3) 43 B Parratt (10) 61, S Hardcroft (owes 5) 71 P Atkinson (owes 7) 69.

Meltham Lib 2 Marsh Lib 1 – A Lawton (owes 2) 56 J Ashton (owes 14) 34, A Graham (owes 10) 61 C Ware (24) 75, F Wrathall (owes 15) 64 K Forward (3) 37.

Marsh U BC 1 Borough 2 – A Habergham (owes 3) 23 T Needam (owes 14) 61, P Bottom (20) 31 M Hull (owes 4) 56, N Byrne (owes 20) 56 N Wimpenny (owes 15) 48.

Moldgreen Con 1 Meltham Con 2 – T Sykes (20) 70 S Earnshaw (9) 49, L Firth (17) 48 W Flanaghan (owes 7) 76, R Armitage (owes 8) 13 P Stenson (6) 55.

Canalside 2 Crosland Moor WMC 1 – M Smith (owes 3) 54 B Littlewood (owes 2) 38, J Field (owes 2) 61 T Bullas (13) 45, J Courouble (12) 43 J Haigh (8) 54.

Turnbridge WMC 1 Lepton Lib 2 – B Beaumont (7) 28 D Peace (14) 62, F Dickinson (owes 2) 52 J Dobson (10) 24, P Rich (26) 38 T Bedford (13) 62.

Bradley and Colne WMC 1 Marsh U BC B 2 – T Sands (17) 64 M Kaye (12) 54, B Brennan 910) 41 G Chadwick (10) 51, J Daley (6) 49 D James (5) 60.

Golcar RBL B 0 Hillhouse and Birkby BC 3 – J Garside (owes 19) 43 G Pulleyn (0) 66, D Schofield (29) 41 K Roys (10) 72, E Charlotte (1) 34 C Sykes (owes 8) 66.

New Mill B 2 Marsh Lib B 1 – K Nilsson (7) 86 R Woodworth (26) 66, H Wilkinson (owes 11) 36 C Garlick (23) 67, P Booth (owes 8) 66 J Turner (19) 51.

Crosland Moor WMC B 2 Primrose Hill Lib 1 – M Crines (17) 92, N Snowball (26) 62 J Horvath (25) 61, A Taylor (28) 72 W Shaw (6) 45.

Paddock Con B 3 Springwood BC B 0 – T Rowley (0) 67 R France (18) 20, J Sharland (15) 80 B Downey (12) 37, R Simpson (7) 70 M Stout (10) 27.

Lindley Lib 3 Golcar RBL C 0 – A Hitchen (7) 81 G Moxon (20) 31, B Farrand (10) 52 L Holmes (16) 50, D Green (6) 72 D Crawford (21) 36.