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Welcome to the Stafford Sunday Pool League Web site.
This site has been up and running since November 2004. If you are interested in joining the League or have a general question you can send an email to the League Secretary.
| New Summer League to kick off on 18th May 2008 - fixtures available |
The site contains the final set of results, tables and averages from the recently completed Winter League. End of season reports to follow.
Rileys Cue are the new Stan Bent Team Knockout champions after a very close victory over Bushes B. In a tense final that ebbed and flowed it was left to Dave Whitfield to hold his nerve and sink the black ball in the deciding frame of the night. The Subsidiary Team Knockout final was a more straightforward affair as Bushes A raced to a 4-0 victory to bring some joy on the night to their pub.
| STAN BENT TEAM KNOCKOUT FINAL | |||
| 27th April 2008 | |||
| Venue: Rileys | |||
| BUSHES B 3 - 4 RILEYS CUE | |||
| SUBSIDIARY TEAM KNOCKOUT FINAL | |||
| 27th April 2008 | |||
| Venue: Rileys | |||
| RICKERSCOTE ARMS A 0 - 4 BUSHES A | |||
Stafford Sunday A slipped to a disappointing 10-8 defeat at the hands of Afford One in their third Inter-league match of the season. The away trip started well for the Stafford side as they went into a 5-3 lead including a break and dish from Mike Barker and a top finish from Mark Billingsley in their frames. The Longton players then staged a comeback, winning 4 of the next 5 frames to lead 7-6. Back came Stafford A to retake the lead at 8-7 but that was their last taste of success as the Afford team handled the pressure better to secure the final frames of the night. Double victories on the evening for Rob Wharne, Mark Billingsley and Steve Finney were unfortunately to no avail.
Afford Rileys came back to Stafford with revenge on their minds after being knocked out of the Inter-league cup earlier in the season by Stafford Sunday B and didn't disappoint after a 12-6 win. With all their big hitters available it was Afford who played some outstanding pool with four matches ending with 7 ball clearances as the Stafford lads struggled to cope. Skipper Lee Haidarovic decided to gamble and give two fringe players a chance to cement their place in the first team with himself dropping to the subs bench. However, this didn't work out as only Chris Hanlon and Ant Whitehead managed to put a W in the win column after the first half of games. The second half started brighter as Gaz Baker and Ant Whitehead (again) won the first two frames of the half to bring the score back to 7-4. But their efforts were in vain as Afford then rolled off a winning run that put them well in command, needing only Stuart Marsden of Afford Rileys to win his game to claim the 10th win of the night and confirm victory to the away team. With Stuart having a 100% record in the inter-league going into the game (5 wins out of 5) the omens didn't look good and it was up to skipper Lee Haidarovic to stop the run. He didn't disappoint with a fantastic 6 ball clearance to keep Stafford B still in the match before the next two games went Afford's way. Ricardo Martinez won the final game of the night but it was all too late as Afford won 12-6.
The result leaves the Stafford teams at opposite ends of the Inter-league table at this early stage of the season. Player statistics from the Inter-league matches can be viewed on the Inter-league Averages page.
The next set of Inter-league fixtures take place on Friday 16th May. Stafford Sunday B travel to Alsager whilst Stafford Sunday A host Trent Trophies Tuesday.
The League is affiliated to the English Pool Association and has two periods of competition. The Winter League runs with 3 divisions and also includes a team knockout competition. This is followed by the Summer League where teams of all abilities compete against each other during the group stage. Singles and doubles knockout competitions take place before the start of every Winter League.
The League is currently sponsored by Parkside Electrical and Disks & Discs Computer Games Store. More information can be found on the Sponsors page.
Trophies are awarded to all winners and runners-up at the annual presentation evening. See the Roll of Honour page for a full list of the current trophy holders as well as the winners from past years.
The Stafford Sunday Pool League currently has 2 representative teams competing in the Staffordshire Inter-league competition where the full set of World Rules are played. The Inter-league offers 2 opportunities (through League and Cup) for teams to play in the national finals at Great Yarmouth.
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