Title within reach for flying Phoenix

WITH just five matches left, Cundy Phoenix look set to be crowned the new first division champions of the Scunthorpe Rileys Tuesday Pool League.

Captain Ash Ellis and his men have a seven-frame lead and, barring a major defeat in their last match, against potential runners-up Scunthorpe Conservative, are sure to lift the trophy.

It is almost cross-the-line time too for Ashdown Gs, the runaway leaders in division two who have edged 19 frames in front after 13 games without defeat.

But Beck Bombers, leaders in division three, look in trouble after fighting back from 3-1 down against Black Beauty to win by a single frame. For Ferry Sailors have a game in hand to close a two-frame gap at the top.

At the other end of the division, it was good news for Lincoln Imp Rovers who finally broke their duck in their – unlucky for some – 13th game.

It's proving a good season for Cundy Snooker Club as The Continentals moved into the top spot in division four, seven frames ahead of Mallard Js.

The Continentals also look set to beat Ashdown Gs to the honour of the first team to score a ton in a season.

Mallard A recaptured the lead in division six after hammering Brumby Bruisers 9-1. In division eight, Poacher C made it 11 wins in a row and, with a game in hand on leaders Parkinson Arms, could close a six-frame gap.

RESULTS

DIVISION ONE: Winterton Jubilee 4 Rileys Wanderers 6; Cons Club 8 Beck DTs 1; Mayfair 4 Poacher A 6; Cundy Phoenix 5 Cundy Desperados 4; Cundy Assassins 4 Mill Road 6.

DIVISION TWO: Rileys Wrong Uns 3 Ashdown Gs 7; Malt Shovel 5 Shires A 4; Frod Road B 5 Desert Rat A 4; Chancel A 5 Brumby Hall 4.

DIVISION THREE: Imp Rovers 5 Frod Road A 4; Beck Bombers 5 Black Beauty 4; POS 3 Brumby Warriors 7; Ferry Sailors 7 Priory Pokerstars 2; Lincoln Imp 6 Imp Flyers 3.

DIVISION FOUR: Mallard Js 8 Old Thatch 1; Ashby Star 5 Berkeley 4; Flixborough O's 6 Polish A 3; Poacher B 2 Ferry Road Z 8; Cundy Contis 9 Emerald 0.

DIVISION FIVE: Desert Rat C 4 Rileys Renegades 6; Sherpa Sharks 6 Brum and Frod C 3; Beacon 8 Desert Rat B 1; St Bernadette's 2 Beacon B 8; Ex-Services 4 Beckwood 6.

DIVISION SIX: Black Beauty E's 5 Cundy Guys 4; Pink Ladies 2 Brumby Hotel 8; Brumby Bruisers 1 Mallard A 9; Emerald Innit 6 Sherpa Shields 3; Clansman 5 Talbot 4.

DIVISION SEVEN: Industry 4 Rileys Snooker 6; Messingham Crown 6 Comet Crunch 3; Shires B 7 Imp Underdogs 2; Priory Hurricanes 5 Queen Bess 4.

DIVISION EIGHT: Pied Piper A 6 Parkinson Arms 3; Charlie Roberts 2 Poacher C 8.

FIXTURES

DIVISION ONE: Cundy Desperados v Cons Club; Rileys Wanderers v Cundy Phoenix; Cundy Assassins v Winterton Jubilee; Beck Dts v Rileys Mayfair; Mill Road v Poacher A.

DIVISION TWO: Brumby Hall v Frod Rd B; Shires A v Chancel A; Rileys Wrong Uns v Malt Shovel; Desert Rat A v Rileys HWD; Ashdown Gs v Rileys SF.

DIVISION THREE: Imp Flyers v Ferry Sailors; Black Beauty v Lincoln Imp; Imp Rvrs v Beck B; Pokerstars v POS; Frod Rd A v Brumby W.

DIVISION FOUR: Emerald OBs v Mallard Js; Polish A v Cundy Continentals; Poacher B v Flixborough O's; Old Thatch v Ashby Star; Ferry Road Z v Berkeley.

DIVISION FIVE: Brum and Frod C v Beacon; Rileys Renegades v Sherpa Sharks; St Bernadette's v Desert Rat C; Desert Rat B v Ex-Services; Beacon B v Beckwood.

DIVISION SIX: Sherpa Shields v Clansman; Brumby Hotel v Emerald Innit; Brum and Frod B v Desert Pinks; Talbot v Black Beauty E's; Mallard A v Cundy Crusaders.

DIVISION SEVEN: Cundy Guys v Comet Crunch; Der Schnapps v Priory Hurricanes; Messingham Crown v Shires B; Rileys Snooker v Imp Underdogs.

DIVISION EIGHT: Chancel B v Rileys Boshers; Ashby Crown v Pied Piper A; Pied Piper B v Parkinson Arms; Comet B v Poacher C.