Stafford Sunday's final match of the Inter-league season has been re-arranged for the Friday before because of a clash with the Stafford Sunday Pool Presentation Evening. So, Stafford Sunday will now play Just Power Plus Crompos on Friday 12th November.

Only one proposal was voted in at the 2010 Annual General Meeting held at Rangers Social Club.

8-Balls can now be marked on the score card by the name of the non-breaking player as long as a) the break is dry (no balls are potted), b) the break is legal (minimum of 4 balls strike a cushion and the cue-ball stays on the table) and c) the non-breaking player clears the table in one visit.

All existing officers and committee members were happy to continue in their current roles. A place on the committee was offered to the floor but there were no takers.

Parkside Electrical continue to sponsor the League.

All teams were encouraged to use the online match card for the upcoming Winter League.

The Knockout stages of the Summer League start on 24th October with the quarter-finals of the Summer Ko and the Summer Plate. The semi-final draw will be made on 24th October with the matches to be played on 31st October at neutral venues. The final to be played on 7th November at Rileys.

Rob Wharne of Rileys Cue has claimed the title of National Amateur champion at the recent tournament held at Great Yarmouth.

A field of 340 players from all corners of the UK gathered with the hope of claiming the prestigious title. Rob knew better than many what it takes to win the title after falling at the final hurdle 3 years ago in a controversial final that saw former world champion and professional player, Carl Morris, claim the title.

But, Rob made sure this year with a devastating run of victories that saw him progress through a strong field with no opponent coming close to victory in any of his matches. Wins in the last 16 stage over Lee Barwell, Tem Dixon (quarter-final) and Mark White (semi-final) saw Rob make it into the final.

Fellow IPA Tour player, Karl Sutton, faced Rob in the final and it was Karl who settled down the quickest, storming into a 5-1 lead. Two long range black ball pots then saw Rob establish a footing in the match and bring some confidence back into his game. From that point on he never looked back as he claimed frame after frame, many in one visit, and blew his opponent away to the extent that when Karl rarely made it to the table he was under so much pressure that his game crumbled. The comeback was completed as Rob potted the black in the 13th frame to win the match 8-5.

QUALIFICATION FOR THE SUMMER MAIN / PLATE DRAWS.

For the SUMMER MAIN KNOCKOUT. 4 BEST GROUP WINNERS receive home advantage in the Quarter Finals. The remaining GROUP WINNER plus the 3 BEST RUNNERS UP will be drawn against them.

For the SUMMER PLATE KNOCKOUT. The 2 Remaining RUNNERS UP plus the 2 BEST 3RD place teams receive home advantage in the Quarter Finals. The 3 remaining 3rd place teams and best 4th placed team will be drawn against them.

As Group A plays more games than the remaining groups, qualification will be based on average points per game for all groups. Also Group E has a team which withdrew so those results will be deducted at the end of the campaign and will be based on 6 games played.

Stafford Sunday were well beaten in their recent Interleague top-of-the-table clash at home to Afford Baize. The spoils were shared during the first 8 frames before the away team claimed the 9th rack to go into the interval leading by one frame. Mike Barker, Gaz Baker, Dave Barker and Mick Addison were the first half winners on the Stafford side. The 2nd half started well as Alan Simm turned around a very tough situation in his game with the help of some luck. Unfortunately, there was only one other success for the home team after the interval and that was claimed by Tom Tonna. The 12-6 defeat puts a big dent in Stafford Sunday's hopes of promotion to the top table.

Stafford Blaze shared the spoils on their trip to Crompos, coming away with a 9-9 draw.

ALL CURRENT AND NEW TEAMS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) WHICH IS BEING HELD @ RANGERS CLUB ON SUNDAY 17TH OCTOBER 2010.

ANY ISSUES OR PROPOSALS MUST BE EMAILED TO THE LEAGUE SECRETARY BY NO LATER THAN 3RD OCTOBER 2010. NO PROPOSALS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THIS DATE AND WILL NOT ALLOWED FOR DEBATE ON THE NIGHT OF THE MEETING.

ALL CAPTAINS PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY ONE VOTE PER TEAM IS COUNTED ON THE NIGHT.

This year's POOL PRESENTATION EVENING will be held at the Rangers Social Club on Friday 19th November 2010. The event will be shared with the Tuesday Pool League and will include live entertainment featuring local band emotiv. Proceedings will kick off at 8pm.

Stafford Sunday made hard work of their recent league match away at Just Power Plus Baize. Wins for Mike Barker, Alan Simm, Steve Finney, Kev Brown and Tom Tonna gave the Stafford side a perfect start and a 5-0 lead. But some missed chances in the next 4 frames presented the home side with a way back into the match and they duly obliged to go into the interval trailing 5-4.

Second wins on the night for Kev and Steve (break and dish) took the Stafford boys to 7-4 at the start of the second half. There were subsequent wins for Mick Addison and Gaz Baker in between frames going to players in the Stoke team. With two frames to play, the score stood at 9-7 to Stafford with Simon Key and Dave Barker hoping to secure victory for the team and, after some nervous tactical battles, they both delivered wins to leave the final scoreline at 11-7 to Stafford Sunday.

The victory keeps Stafford Sunday in joint top place with Afford Baize in the Premier League and nicely sets up their clash at Stafford Rileys next month with both teams eyeing up the one promotion place on offer.

You may have noticed some enhancements to the look and feel of the website over recent weeks. Some of these changes are listed below:

• the top horizontal menu now has drop-down lists of options added to some items to speed up access to pages
• the Knockout Rounds page has clickable rows (best viewed with Javascript running) to view further details of each round as well as a new Draw Sheet that displays the whole tournament from 1st to final round on one page
• the Summer League pages (Fixtures, Results, Tables, Averages and 8-Balls) also make use of clickable rows where appropriate as well as providing statistics at team, match and player level
• individual frame results for a match, eg Rileys Rebels vs Bear and Pheasant A, can be viewed by clicking on a match in the Results page
• the lists of Fixtures and Results can be limited to a certain Team or Match Date
• the Teams item on the left-hand vertical menu contains pages to view the lists of Teams, Venues and Players participating in the current season (Summer League)
• the data in the Teams, Players and Averages pages can be re-sorted by clicking on one of the underlined column headings
• the new online Match Card allows the result of recently played team matches (league and cup) to be sent to the League Secretary without delay

The Winter League sections of the website will be re-styled in a similar manner once the Summer League has finished.

Stafford Sunday entertained Stafford Blaize in this latest Interleague Match. Both teams were not just playing for the points but for top bragging rights and it was the Blaize who got to a fine start after winning 2 of the first three frames through Spencer Trow and Chris Broomhall. Stafford Sunday came back to win the next 3 frames with birthday boy Mick Addsion along with Mike Barker and Kev Brown all winning. Brendon Ruttledge and Lee Haidarovic pulled things back to 4-4 but Steve Finney had the final say of the First half as he put the 'Sunday' team 5-4 ahead. The Sunday team got off to a better start in the 2nd half with Alan Sim making it a double on the night along with Dave Barker to put the 'Sunday' 7-4 ahead. But the Blaize refuse to give in as they took advantage of some sloppy play to make it 7-6. Dave Baker and Spencer Trow were the victors. Up stepped Mick Addison and he celebrated his Birthday with a fine dish along with Kev Brown and Tom Tonna, the 'Sunday' team picked up maximun points to go 10-6 ahead. Scott Haidarovic and Brendon Ruttledge picked up the last 2 frames to make the final score 10-8. This win keeps Stafford Sunday in the hunt for promotion back to the top tier.

Stafford Sunday put in another solid performance to win their latest Interleague match at home against Crompos. The 6-3 first half score reflected the superior tactical play of the Stafford team alongside some calm finishes. A run of frame wins after the interval then put the home side into an unassailable lead of 11-4. Wins in the final 3 frames of the match for the away team gave the final scoreline some respectability for the Tunstall side. Putting in good shifts on the night with double frame wins were Dave Arrowsmith, Dave Barker and Simon Key. The win keeps the Stafford team in joint top place in the League.

Stafford Blaze came away from Alsager with smiles on their faces after pulling off a 10-8 win.

Players from both teams can now look forward to their local derby at the end of the month.

Rileys Cue are the new Stan Bent Team Knockout Champions for 2009/10. 1st Div champions Rileys Cue were up against the 1st div runners up Joiners A and it proved to be an excellent final of fine potting, tactical play and some good fortune. Rileys Cue were going for the double but they knew from the start that the Joiners were going to make it very difficult for them.

FRAME ONE. Kev Brown (Cue) was first up against Simon Davies (Joiners) and after a nervy start from both players they both settled and started to get themselves into the game. After an exchange of tactical play, an error by Davies let Brown in and he seized the initiative and duly cleared with the aid of a kind kiss to put the Cue men 1-0 up.

FRAME TWO. County A and IPA tour player Rob Wharne was pitted against Paul Shepard (Joiners). Both players set out their stall for attacking pool and it was Rob Wharne who had the first chance. He then fell short on his final red and let Shepard in and it looked good until he left himself a long yellow into the top corner. He hit it with pace to guarantee position on the black but missed the pocket but it travelled all round the table and went straight into the corner and also landed perfect on the black and he sank it to level it 1-1.

FRAME THREE. Two ex county players were paired against each other as Mike Barker (Cue) took on Andy Rawlinson (Joiners). This was going to be a close fought match as both players showed a lot of respect. Rawlinson had some chances but it was Mike who was let in and he snapped up the chance and put the Cue men 2-1 up.

FRAME FOUR. Dave Barker (Cue) was on next and he faced the challenge of Daz Waters (Joiners). Both players were feeling the pressure and with Barker not seizing the opportunity it went into a tactical exchange with Waters holding the upper hand. This forced a mistake from Barker and Waters cleared comfortably

FRAME FIVE. The second half of the match saw Martin Priestley (Cue) up against County player Lee Grout (Joiners). Both players played with an all out attacking game. First in saw Grout clear the first 5 balls with ease but fell short on position and a chance fell to Priestley. He played some excellent shots upto his last ball but unfortunately left position short. He went for a fine cut on the black but only brought Grouts ball out in the open and he snapped at the chance to put the Joiners 3-2 up.

FRAME SIX. Dave Whitfield (Cue) was drawn against Paul Shepard (Joiners). Shep was still buzzing after his fine win earlier in the match and it looked good after potting his first 5 balls but then lost position and could only see a fraction of his ball. Unfortunately after clipping the ball he then went in-off. Whitfield saw a chance to level the match and when left his final 2 balls he calmly potted and positioned the ball and doubled the black into middle to level the scores.

FRAME SEVEN. So it was down to the decider and it was County player Rob Wharne up against div one average winner Andy Rawlinson. Both players felt the tension and so they both played with caution and respect. After a lengthy spell of tactical play it was Rawly who made the first and only mistake, he failed to hit a cushion and this gave Wharne an opening. He took his time and measured his clearance to perfection and he doubled the final black into the corner much to the delight of his team-mates and secured the Stan Bent team Knockout trophy running out 4-3 winners. A great final played in fine spirit to end a successful season for the Rileys Cue.

Rileys A secured the Subsidiary Team KO trophy after 4-1 success over 2nd div Rickerscote Arms A. Captain Giles Eastwood led the way with 2 wins on the night and he was ably supported by Jim Morrison and Dan France. Steve Bradley was the sole winner for the Ricky A who missed out again after losing 2 years earlier.

The Stafford Sunday side came away from Staffordshire Moorlands with their best win of the season to date. The 12-6 triumph was set up by double wins on the night by the quartet of Mike Barker, Alan Simm, Tom Tonna and Steve Finney. Able support was provided by Dave Barker, Gaz Baker, Kev Brown and Simon Key. The 6-3 half-time scoreline was replicated in the 2nd half as the Stafford boys put in their best performance of the season.

The Stafford Blaze team had a less happy away trip as they were beaten 12-6 by Afford Baize.