News & Events

The C OF C final between Gildersome Cons A and NSC A will take place on Tuesday 5th July at Belle Isle WMC. 7:30 start. Dress code applies.

A final reminder of the meeting this coming MONDAY 13th JUNE at 'THE HOLBECK' (HOLBECK WMC).

A detailed email has just been circulated to all team captains, outlining how the registration process will hopefully proceed on Monday.

AS SHOWN OPPOSITE THIS POST IN THE 'WELCOME' COLUMN, NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED AFTER THE MEETING ON MONDAY.

The meeting will also deal with other matters - such as the start date of the 2022/23 season, dates for 2021/22 competitions still to complete, and confirmation of the dates and venue for the main presentation night and the AGM for 2021/22.

Andy Taffinder and I look forward to seeing you all on Monday.

Preliminary ties to be played Wednesday 29th June. 1st Round ties to be played Wednesday 6th July.

The Harehills Labour pairing of Daniel Waite and Kamran Mann became Len Lee Pairs champions after an anti-climax finish against the father and son pairing from NSC.

Conceding a 43 start per frame handicap it was always going to be a tough encounter for the Boyes paring…

First frame went to form with Dave (Boyes) producing a quick fire 18 break, before Boyes Jnr then produced a classy 35 break to eventually ease into a 1-0 lead.

Second frame didn’t quite go to form this time around, despite a couple of 19 breaks apiece from the Boyes pairing it was a run of mini breaks from Daniel (Waite) and then Kamran to level the match 1-1.

Third frame was a scrappy one, neither paring really putting a series of pots together in succession, eventually going down to the colours. With Waite / Mann 19 up with 25 on it looked to be heading down to the black, but a fantastic pot on the green and then brown from Waite edged the frame and into a 2-1 lead.

Fourth frame was a pivotal frame and probably the most exciting for the spectators, with the match and title heading in the direction of the Harehills pairing as they led by 51pts with a possible 51pts left. Chance after chance went begging, especially for Mann. Onto the colours we went and Boyes / Boyes requiring a snooker on the last red, added with a series of fouls meant they were now only 20 behind with 27 remaining… An attempted yellow by young Boyes resulted in the ball running around the angles and agonisingly for the Harehills pair dropping into the corner pocket, with the balls at his mercy only a poor positional shot on the pink ensured the frame stayed alive. Dave Boyes eventually potting a full-length pink to take the frame to a black ball game, and after a missed chance by Mann leaving to black in the jaws of the pocket which allowed young Boyes an easy black to force the decider – Game on!

So, the decider was full-on one-way traffic to start for the Boyes pairing scoring 45pts without reply and looked to have turned the match completely around – bit after a few safety exchanges it all come down to the colours, only 1pt in favour of the Boyes paring with 1 red remaining. Waite had other ideas and with a great opening red, then brown and with Waite also potting yellow, green and brown he was left with the blue to leave Boyes needing snookers, with the blue missing by a country mile, again agonisingly running around the angles and to the disbelief of both Dave and Daniel Boyes it dropped into the yellow pocket, Waite then potted the pink for a very rewarding 25 break and the Len Lee Pairs title..

Thanks to all the support, to NSC for providing excellent playing facilities and to Ken Symmons for officiating on the night..

Who regained his place on the Pro tour with a 2 year ticket at the recent Q School in Sheffield.

Also good luck to our own Mark Ball who is representing England at next weeks European Snooker Championships in Albania, and to NSC's Liam Pullen and Vladislav Gradinari who are also in action in the European Junior Championships.

Richard Binns and Glen Cassidy produced a dazzling display against Liam Thewlis and Baz Frankland (Horsforth) to win the coveted Leeds City Pairs Trophy.

It was one way traffic from the start, a poor break from Thewlis allowed Binns to open with a 34 break, which could have been more had the black not rattled, Baz in return compiled a 29 break before a loose shot on the red broke the break down. But it was then Binns in again and then a clearance on the colours down to the black from Cassidy to win the first frame.

Second frame started the same with Binns in first with a 52 break, neither Baz or Liam could reply and the second frame going to the same way as the first.

Third frame was a bit closer initially with both Binns and Frankland sharing a couple of mini breaks. Leading into the colours Thewlis / Frankland needing one snooker, which they got and a chance for Thewlis who had only had a handful of shots in total before this chance had the opportunity to clear the colours to win the frame on the black, with it looking likely. However, a poor shot on the blue allowed Cassidy a simple pot to claim a very impressive 3-0 victory.

Thanks to NSC for providing excellent playing facilities and to Michael Davenport for officiating on the night.

Just a quick reminder now, of the meeting a week tomorrow (Monday 13th June) to be held at 'The Holbeck' (Holbeck WMC).

2022/23 COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORMS & FULL PAYMENT OF FEES (£120 PER TEAM) ARE DUE AT THE MEETING - (TO BE TAKEN FROM APPROX. 7-15pm ON THE NIGHT).

A more detailed account of how the meeting will proceed, how payments can be made and the full agenda of the meeting, with be circulated to ALL CAPTAIN's during this week, and also posted on the website.

PLEASE NOTE - AS HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR MANY YEARS NOW, THIS WILL BE THE ONE & ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO REGISTER YOUR TEAM FOR THE 2022/23 SEASON.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Bob Patterson - LBSO Gen. Sec / Treasurer.

This best of 7 final was played amongst 6 high quality players from both Horsforth and Gildersome Cons respectively.

First up was Raper matched against Pamment, it was Raper who settled the better and took the first frame very comfortably..

Next up was Bilclough against Bryne, once again it was one way traffic to Horsforth and raced to a
2-0 lead…

Last pairing for the first round of matches was Ball against Gaughan, first chance fell to Gaughan, but a simple missed blue allowed Ball to pounce with a nicely crafted 62 break to put the frame out of the reach of Gaughan and storm to 3-0 lead..

As the second frames commenced it was Raper v Pamment once again, this was a cagier affair with chances going astray for both players, but it was Pamment who sealed the frame on the pink to reduce the deficit to 3-1.

Bryne then tried to reduce the deficit even further when he took on Bilclough for the second time of asking, again much closer than first time around. Bryne produced a superb 27 clearance on the colours to force a re-spot. A loose shot by Bilclough allowed Bryne to calmly pot the black and it was game on again!

Ball had other ideas against Gaughan, and again a closer affair at the start, but Ball found his feet and a couple of mini breaks and then clearing the colours to the black to win comfortably and seal a 4-2 win and ensured the trophy headed back to Horsforth once again.

Many thanks to NSC for the excellent playing facilities and to our stand in referee Mick Jensen who officiated on the night…

The final of the Len Lee Pairs will take place on Tuesday 7th June at NSC.

Dave & Daniel Boyes (NSC) v Kamran Mann & Daniel Waite (Harehills Labour)

Dress code applies; 19.30 start

As we near the end of what has been a challenging season regarding competitions, the following finals have now been scheduled (all are at the NSC) -

Mon 30th May 7:30 Leeds Team Gildersome Cons A v Horsforth Cons A

Mon 6th June 7:30 Leeds Pairs
Frankland / Thewlis v Binns / Cassidy

Mon 11th July 7:30 Len Lee Invitation Binns v Ishtiaq

Fri 15th July 7:30 Leeds Singles Binns v Raper (followed by presentation of all Leeds competition trophies)

Sunday 17th July 13:00 Stan Brooke Individual
Pears v O'Carroll

Monday 18th July 7:30 Stan Brooke Pairs Massey/Pullen v Stead/Walton

Len Lee Pairs TBC