Shropshire Pool returned to the helm yesterday away to Nottingham and nobody could have predicted what was about to unfold in front our our eyes. The B team were about to put the last 3 years behind them and celebrate a fantastic win against arguably one of the strongest 2^nd string sides in the country. Shropshire B lost the 1^st session 6-5 and followed this with a 2^nd session loss of 7-4 so were 4 frames behind at the halfway stage. And early in the 3^rd session, the match was showing signs of slipping away until an amazing turn round where Shropshire B won 14 out of the next 16 frames to claim their first scalp in 3 years. Stars on the day were man of the match Matt Sullivan, Danny Weaver & Alan Childs pictured above.

The A side match was a completely different story going down to a classy Nottingham side, 33 frames to 11 leaving some hard work ahead of them to turn their fortunes around and possibly bounce back for the visit from West Midlands later on in the month, they will be dependant on ever solid performances from Ian Duffy (man of the match), Darren Pountney, Danny Evans, Mike Musgrave and Andy Elliott to name but a few.

Congratulations To
IAN DUFFY
2010 SPA County Pre-Season KO
WINNER

29 people including some new faces made the trip to Minnesota's today in what was a great turnout and an enjoyable day of pool to kickstart the 2010 County season.

Congratulations to Ian Duffy who won the 2010 SPA Pre-Season County KO beating Tom Anslow (who played superb all day) 5-0 in the final.

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Minnesota Fats - Oakengates - Telford
Sunday 3rd January
Tables on Free Play from 11am
Competition Starts @ Midday(ish)
£3 Entry
Open to those players intending on playing for Shropshire in 2010

For further information contact Danny Evans on 07943 110010

Well done to
Steve Osborne
on winning the inaugural
ShropshirePool.com
Singles event!!

He beat the hot favourite Jamie Fallows 7 - 6 in the final.  Jamie was 4 - 2 in front, before Steve levelled it at 4 all.  Steve then went 6 - 4 up.  But with his back against the wall, Jamie pulled out 2 great frames to set up the decider.  After a small tactical battle, Jamie cleared his last few balls up and potted a great last red, but snookered himself on the black.  Missing the black gave Steve 2 visits, which he duly used to finish the match!!

The full drawsheet can be found here.

With 29 entrants playing on the day, we had a bigger turn out than we were expecting.  So thanks to all who came along and played.

Thanks also to Michelle Murray and Noel Hitch for giving me a hand on the day with the draw.

It was a case of 'oh so near' for Shropshire 'A' as they returned from Stoke on the back of a 23-21 defeat at the hands of Staffordshire 'A'.

With Staffordshire producing some of the UK's top pool players including both the current World and European Champions, Shropshire got off to a good start,  holding their own for a share of the spoils at the halfway point with an 11-11 scoreline.

ShropshirePool.com & The Shropshire Pool Association
proudly present

THE 2009
SHROPSHIREPOOL.COM
SINGLES

Sunday 7th June 2009
10:30am Start

Men - £10 in Advance or £12.50 On The Day
Ladies - £5 in Advance or £7.50 On The Day
(Men playing Ladies will start on a -2 Frame Handicap)
Limited to first 64 Entries

£750 PRIZE FUND
(Subject to 64 Men Entering)

Minnesota Fats
Canongate, Oakengates, Telford

Open to all players currently registered with a Shropshire
based league team

To enter or for more information:
t: Danny Evans – 07943 110010 e: info@shropshirepool.com
t: Steve Camp – 07803 294051 w: www.shropshirepool.com

Woolpack come up trumps

Woolpack Shawbirch travelled to WWFClub E where P Dix gave them a 1-0 boost.
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Football Club D trounce White Horse A

C Vernon staved off a whitewash at the hands of 7-1 winning neighbours WWFClub D, for hosts White Horse A.
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Kerry Summer has stepped down as Shropshire Ladies Captain and therefore a new captain is required . .

If anyone knows someone who would be interest, or if in fact they fancy a go themselves, please e-mail info@shropshirepool.com or contact Olwyn direct.

The 2009 8n9.com Premier Pool Tour has only 14 places remaining (at the time of writing) so if you want to play for a share of the £14,000 total prize fund on offer this year then this really is your last chance to be involved.

The 2009 tour is split into two regions, Midlands and North West, with 64 places available on each region playing 4 events. Each event pays out a total of £1,300. At the end of the year the Grand Finals will be held at Players Pool & Snooker Lounge in Staffordshire with all 128 players involved playing for the £1,000 first prize from the £4,000 on offer.

Entry fee to this tour is just £135 which includes the 8n9 tour shirt and entry to 5 events.

Dont delay, enter today, but first read the full entry details for the full info...