Shropshire made the short trip to Newcastle Under Lyme this weekend in an attempt to topple the mighty Staffordshire in match 4 of the 2010 campaign. Staffordshire boasting the current England captian, Lee Kendall and world champion Gareth Potts plus a handful of other professional names meant this was going to be one tough day for the Shropshire lads.

Shropshire A got off to a terrible start losing the first session 10-1, followed by 9-2 in the second session so at the half way stage it was all about making the score respectable and this they attempted as the third session yeilded 4 frames and finally 5 frames in the last session to make the overall score 32-12 to Staffordshire. Highlights for Shropshire came when Phil Dix defeated Gareth Potts (world champion), Darren Pountney defeated Lee Kendall (England captain) and Danny Evans defeated Liam White (under 21 England captain) on the day. Man of the match for Shropshire was Phil Dix with 3 wins on the day, other winners were Darren Pountney and Danny Evans with 2 wins, Aaron O’Donnell / Tom Anslow / Steve Camp / Mike Musgrave and Jeff Hoof with 1 win.

The B team went down 35 frames to 9 frames with 2 wins from Chris Nolan and Dan Owen, 1 win from Louie Dudu, Matt Sullivan, Adam Sykes, Noel Hitch and Dan Summer being the highlight of the day. Man of the match for Shropshire B going to Chris Nolan.

The ladies match has been re-arranged for later in the year.