Armitage turns on style with top break

ROB Armitage made a magnificent break of 94 in the Huddersfield Billiards League.

It was the highest break of the latest round of matches and came for his Marsh Lib A team against David Peaker of Brockholes BC.

Both John Lee of New Mill B and Scott Lawton made a 27 break, Jeremy Ford of Moldgreen Lib had breaks of 30 and 26 and Tim Whitehouse of Springwood BC recorded a 31.

Peter Stanyer of New Mill A had breaks of 34 and 29, while David Peaker registered a 38, John Ingleby of Moldgreen Lib a fine 58 and Matthew Peaker of Brockholes BC had a splendid 66.

In the Open Snooker League, there were 11 breaks of 25 or more recorded – the best being 39 from Tony Proctor of Golcar RBL against Shaun Peacock of Marsden Con.

Adrian Chapman of Meltham Lib A had a 25 and Glenn Wilkinson of Meltham Lib E a 28, while both Shabir Ali of Top Spot and Steven Rhodes of Upper Hopton had 29s.

Ian Newby of Lower Hopton, Austin Roddy of Lepton Lib B and Jason Digman of Hillhouse & Birkby BC C all registered breaks of 30 and Trevor Boothroyd of Meltham Lib A a 31.

Both Conrad Norcliffe of Lower Hopton and Neil Armstrong of Kirkburton Lib A made 35 breaks and then Proctor topped the lot with his 39 – there were no breaks of 25 or more in the Veterans League.

Dermott Lucid (16) 40 Gavin West (-4) 66, Chris Madden (6) 30 Daniel Crines (-5) 61, Martin Sykes (19) 53 Tony Marren (-10) 88, Danny Russell (26) 66 Shaun Mulhall (1) 55.

Ray Townley (9) 42 K Dunston (33) 72, K Peters jnr (21) 78 Younis Hussain (19) 62, Andrew Fenton (2) 72 Zafer Hussain (23) 47, Charles Sykes (27) 46 Darren Keyworth (37) 86. Kevin Ellis (-29) 74 Ashley Scott (21) 67, Julian Hodge (-23) 82 Wayne Scott (27) 68, Mark Heap (-22) 52 Greg Lees (14) 78, Adam Harper (-3) 37 Jason Turner (19) 68. Julian Thorpe (16) 81 Mick Howlett (28) 69, Robert Mosley (27) 97 Richard Oldfield (26) 72, Sam Thorpe (-1) 79 Mark Whitehead (13) 38, David A. Kaye (35) 83 Steve Ridgewick (30) 53.

R Senior (21) 66 Carl Jones (21) 54, John Pejica (27) 52 Bart O’Toole (32) 69, Dave Johnstone (5) 47 Lee Jones (12) 72, L. Moseley (-42) 52 Stuart Smart (34) 98.

Ben Whitehouse (5) 81 Phil King (30) 70, Tim Whitehouse (6) 70 Aidy Slater (26) 68, Bob Stead (12) 69 Brian Hudson (36) 59, Andy Batty (-4) 86 Patrick Schofield (25) 42.

Jan Grabowski (24) 41 Brian Rattigan (5) 82, Jack Kitson (-5) 30 Alan Muff (2) 56, michael crawshaw (21) 60 Richard Steer (5) 75, Roger Singleton (39) 77 Malcolm Heeley (25) 27.

Tony Jones (-12) 91 Dave Peacock (45) 79, David Young (16) 64 Steven Watmuff (21) 56, Paul Johnson (21) 73 Martin Peacock (30) 48, Rob Wilcock (39) 89 Trevor Bullas (37) 79.

Ian Hoyle (-16) 36 John Earnshaw (27) 86, Paul Watkins (8) 77 Ian Lee (30) 52, Christopher Ellis (21) 81 Billy Flannagan (26) 60, Carl Dean (20) 44 Jim Bloom (23) 72.

John Comerford (18) 60 Steve Taylor (17) 51, Roger K. Bintcliffe (15) 49 Ian Kirby (0) 87, David Core (21) 60 Simon Lyons (-1) 31, Jeremy Core (6) 64 Rob Lay (15) 21.

David Middleton (32) 77 Martin Houlton (16) 69, Craig Gannon (31) 56 Craig Westoboy (2) 62, Andrew Middleton (11) 49 Daniel Dowie (-13) 68, Gareth Middleton (17) 53 Ryan Fuller (18) 97.

George Turton (26) 39 Trevor Atkinson (-6) 73, Cameron CS. Stansfield (25) 61 Andrew Wike (10) 49, John Allen (16) 75 Colin Quarmby (39) 70, Gary Stansfield (12) 63 Guy Sewell (32) 51.

John Shaw (6) 84 Martin Garside (29) 66, Geoff Irving (12) 33 Tony Hardy (30) 74, Dean Kippling (3) 63 Graham Ivey (24) 40, Paul Carter (-1) 63 Alan Woodhead (30) 47.

Neil Hinchliffe (45) 79 Cameron Gibson (16) 35, Dennis James (30) 75 Callum Midgley (21) 82, Noel Byrne (-3) 36 Joe Beaumont (21) 55, Michael Simmons (31) 35 Frank Wrathall (2) 75.

Carl Allen (16) 80 H Blakey (29) 44, Mike Thornton (37) 72 L Purcell (35) 88, Frank Beer (31) 77 Julian Kowalski (21) 43, Martin Goodier (-6) 65 Kris McGill (21) 56.

Kyle Keyworth (18) 95 D Tyas (45) 55, Darren King (16) 96 Trevor Balderson (45) 84, Callum Heywood (31) 58 Mick Brammah (45) 77, Keiran Dean (31) 70 Doug Heathcote (39) 78.

Terry Blackburn (2) 56 Malcolm Waddington (-18) 74, Steve Henkel (-21) 73 Adrian Graham (-17) 26, Mervyn Williams (-11) 58 Frank Wrathall (-23) 50.

Tony Pollard (12) 58 John Wise (1) 47, Trevor Bullas (9) 76 David Moore (-16) 33, Roy Sutton (-24) 59 Brian Redfearn (-10) 73.

Jan Grabowski (13) 61 Peter Ostrowski (-5) 46, Jack Kitson (-19) 59 Tony Clegg (-40) 47, Roger Singleton (15) 82 Rod Taylor (-18) 69.

Jimmy McLellan (3) 56 Roy Johnson (3) 49, Phil Kennedy (-26) 26 John Belfield (-29) 74, Stephen Holmes (-28) 79 Dennis Lomax (-32) 52.

Peter Booth (-13) 49 John Folan (-6) 61, Anthony Meeres (0) 67 Noel Byrne (-20) 32, Keith Nilsson (-1) 49 David J. Simmons (-11) 6.

Ian Fillan (14) 42 Brian Haigh (-18) 69, Tony Dann (10) 59 Stuart Hadcroft (-3) 13, Doug Pollock (-1) 65 Derek Frost (1) 33.

David Walsh (19) 53 Peter Gilbert (-9) 63, John McAleavey (10) 58 Clive Walton (-12) 28, John Daley (14) 72 Geoff Irving (-12) 25. Ball (3) 48 Donald Croft (10) 57, Brendon O’Prey (-4) 52 Jean-Pierre Courouble (0) 56, No Show (0) 0 No Opponent (0) 1.

Bill Shaw (9) 77 S Mulhall (-17) 47, John Comerford (-9) 68 Roger Bintcliffe (0) 32, Max Crines (22) 53 Trevor Atkinson (-20) 62.

David Earnshaw (25) 86 Ted Ingham (25) 63, Barry Hinchliffe (13) 44 Bruce Parratt (3) 53, John Mikula (30) 48 Bruce Jakeman (14) 68.

Robert Armitage (-2) 50 Neil Wimpenny (-6) 74, Colin Blackburn (-2) 35 Ted Needham (-4) 48, Marten Hussain (11) 34 Michael Hull (-4) 61.

D Morgan (19) 79 Robert Woodworth (30) 65, Brendan Downey (12) 30 Joe Field (2) 65, Ronnie France (24) 73 Geoff Ramm (30) 44.

Jeff Stephenson (30) 67 Malcolm Heeley (15) 54, John Lea (20) 43 John Bowden (-2) 56, David Collins (22) 69 Ray Bowden (10) 59.

Paul Mortimer (90) 178 Peter Ostrowski (75) 200, Graham Whitehouse (100) 192 Matthew Peaker (-100) 200, Robert Armitage (-100) 200 David Peaker (-70) 128.

Robert Armitage 94, Matthew Peaker 66, David Peaker 38.

Martin Graham (130) 197 David Tully (50) 200, Roger Singleton (130) 200 Brian Cousen (-40) 127, Liam Fallas (90) 180 David A. Stuart (45) 200.

Jeremy Ford (0) 200 Steve Berry (70) 125, John Ingleby (-20) 137 Scott Lawton (-5) 200, Mick Patmore (95) 200 Martin Wood (10) 191.

Jeremy Ford 30 and 26, John Ingleby 58, Scott Lawton 27. Peter Booth (65) 128 Steven Kemp (125) 200, peter stanyer (10) 200 Mick Haigh (105) 172, Richard Walker (60) 200 Gordon Bennett (85) 156.

Peter Stanyer 34 and 29. Ben Whitehouse (70) 187 Andy Middleton (115) 200, Tim Whitehouse (65) 161 John E Bowden (60) 200, Steve Hellawell (130) 200 Rick Steer (80) 143. Tim Whitehouse 31. Sam Redfearn (100) 168 John Lee (45) 200, Steven Rhodes (125) 183 Ray Bowden (95) 200, Roy Head (80) 200 Derek Hey (65) 113. John Lee 27. YORKSHIRE Billiards League title-holders Huddersfield No1 have moved a couple of steps closer to retaining their crown.

They faced a double-header against their own second team and won both matches – the first 9-4 and the second 7-6.

In the first frame of the first match clash, five times Huddersfield Billiards champion Matthew Peaker was up against Jez Ford.

Peaker got in first, making some useful runs to open up a 68-38 lead.

Peaker then made a break of 44 which Ford followed straight away with a 35 break of his own to take the scores onto 112-73 – but it was Peaker who ran out the winner 200-120.

The second match was between Scott Lawton and Brian Cousen and it was Cousen who made the better start and opened up a lead at 60-36.

Cousen increased his lead to at 160-148 without making any sizeable breaks.

Cousen then needed three more scoring visits to take the second match by 200-165.

The overall scores stood at 6-3 in favour of No1, and in the final match between David Peaker and John Ingleby the score stood level at 42-42.

Peaker took a lead of 80-56 and ran out a 200-118 winner – securing maximum points for the No1 team with a 9-4 away win.

In the return match at Brockholes BC it was a similar story for the No1 side.

Matthew Peaker was on first against Ford and made back-toback breaks of 43 and 42 to open up an early lead of 90-18.

Ford responded with a 30 break but Peaker replied and made a break of 54 to lead 144-48. A further five scoring visits saw Peaker take the opening game 200-86.

The second match was again between Cousen and Lawton and it was Cousen who made the stronger start, helped by a 30 break to lead 65-25.

Lawton hit back with a run of 31 to close the deficit to 114-98 and there was never more than eight points between the two players until Lawton made another smaller contribution to lead 161-140 and, from there on, he never looked back and ran out the winner by 200-164.

The scores were at 5-3 in favour of the No1 team going into the final match between David Peaker and Martin Wood.

Wood won 200-190 for a final result of a 7-6 home win for the No1 side to leave them top of the table.