Tenby and County Club (sponsored by LG Leisure and Get Stuffed Pizza Co) recently played in Pembrokeshire snooker's Knockout Cup final against the Manchester Club (five singles with aggregate scores to count).

The final was played at the British Legion Club, Milford, and after an extremely close contest, Tenby were victors by just 15 points.

The first frame saw Steve Cook play Vince Price. Steve didn't start well and soon found himself 20 points behind. He rallied, but having no luck with in-offs and lucky snookers by his opponent, he eventually and surprisingly lost by 33 points.

The second frame saw an in-form Mark Cleevely play Jason Hacket. Mark was in superb form and soon set his stall out, taking control with breaks of 20, 18 and 16. Although Jason rallied, he was soundly beaten by 50 points in the end.

The third frame saw a nervous Darren Morgan play Richard Shinner. Nervous or not, Darren started brilliantly and was soon in control. Midway through the frame, however, he got bogged down, allowing Richard to fight back to within a point. Darren then found another gear to storm to a 21-point victory.

The fourth frame saw an out-of-form captain, Glyn Davies, take on Jamie Greenish. Glyn started OK, but it was nip and tuck up to midway, when the scores were tied, but then Glyn imploded, allowing Jamie to power away to a 49-point victory (one to forget for Glyn).

The last frame saw another in-form player, Dave Wooles, play Paul Kingston. With Tenby 11 points behind overall, it was all down to Dave. He started very slowly and after exchanging good pots and bad mistakes, found himself 14 points adrift midway, (and 25 down overall).

Somehow, however, Dave found something extra and, as his opponent was floundering, he seized his chance to pot some brilliant balls, closing the gap to just six points by the colours.

Still 17 points down overall and with only 27 left on the table, though, it was Dave who potted the five most amazing balls of the night to clinch victory for Tenby - our hero!

ALLEN CUP FINAL

Tenby travelled to the Waterloo Club in Hakin to play in the Jimmy Allen Cup final against the Balfour Club, Haverfordwest (two singles and two doubles, with aggregate scores to count) and were 215 - 180 winners.

The first singles saw Tenby's Martin Durham play Anthony Griffiths. Martin started slowly, letting Anthony in straight away. Martin needed to calm down and play percentage snooker, as he seemed to be all over the place early doors, missing the balls completely twice.

After that, he started to tidy up his game well, but the odd mistake was still there and midway through the frame, was 15 points down. By the colours, he was still adrift by the same margin and eventually succumbed by six after a brilliant 18 clearance.

The first doubles saw Mark Cleevely and Darren Morgan play Peter Smiddy and Paul Harries. With Tenby only six points down, this match was in the balance, but some nervous misses by Darren let Paul in for a 24 break, quickly followed by a nine, leaving them 38 points down early on.

Darren then hit back with a 16-point break of his own, before Mark took over with another 16, but as the game got to the colours, Tenby were still 18 down with 27 left and eventually lost by 10.

The second singles saw Steve Cook play Alan Griffiths. Steve started the brighter, opening up a small lead. Alan then hit back to lead by eight himself and leave Tenby 24 down overall.

Steve once again responded with a solid 14 break and continued to play some inspired snooker (despite feeling ill with a migrane).

By the colours, he was three points up, with Tenby 13 down overall, but Steve then potted brown, blue and pink to win by 26.

The final doubles saw captain Glyn Davies and Dave Wooles take on Terry McBride and David Codd. Glyn was definitely up for this, having been hammered the previous night, and with the hero of that night, they both played nip and tuck snooker, which only seemed to frustrate the Balfour boys.

Glyn and Dave were keeping their best player Terry quiet, and continued to play well and with the frame coming to the end, it was fitting that hero of the Knockout Cup, Dave, should pot the winning balls again.

SINGLES TROPHY

On Tuesday, June 1, Mark Cleevely, of Tenby, and Leigh Frost, of Hakin, contested the big one, the Frank Richards Singles Trophy, played over the best of five frames.

The first frame saw Mark straight out of the traps with a 14 break and he continued with another small break to extend his lead further, befpre Leigh hit back with a 13 break of his own (this frame wouldn't last long). By the time the frame got to the colours, Mark was eight points adrift. He then potted the green to close the gap to five and the next two balls were shared, before Leigh potted the pink for frame.

The second frame saw Leigh quickest out of the blocks with a small break. Mark then went in-off to extend Leigh's lead further, before he started to get back into it, slowly, but surely.

However, an uncharacteristic mistake by Mark let Leigh in for a 12 break to extend his lead to 18 points and another unforced error saw his opponent capitalise with a 32 break to seal the frame.

Full of confidence, being two frames to the good, the third frame saw Leigh again firing on all cylinders, going into a strong early lead.

Mark then seemed to find some form, to close the gap, but as the frame got midway, he was 17 points down and staring defeat in the face.

But Mark's a battler and will fight to the bitter end, but unfortunately on this occasion he found a man in form and eventually went down 3-0.