Tenby and County Club (sponsored by LG Leisure) played host to the Balfour Club from Haverfordwest on Monday evening and were 3-2 losers (again). The first frame saw Glyn Davies take on Paul Harries, and Glyn was back to his normal self, losing easily (bang goes 2008's 100 per cent record). The second frame saw Steve Cook play Martin Davies. Having not played for five weeks (due to work commitments), Steve was naturally in a cautious frame of mind, taking his time over every shot, as he always does. However, Steve was showing his class and after wiping out the 17- point handicap deficit, stormed into the lead. After that he never looked back and went on to take the frame convincingly. The third frame saw Mark Cleevely take on Terry McBride. Mark has been having a bad run of form lately and was keen to improve on that. Indeed, he is a determined player and can produce some excellent snooker at the flick of a switch, and this was the case when he opened up with a superb 44 break. Mark was firmly in control in the latter stages and closed the frame out well, for his first win in 2008. The fourth frame saw Kevin James take on Anthony Griffiths. Kevin started well, but was rattling a few pockets. This seemed to dent his confidence slightly, as Anthony took control with some good pots of his own. But Kevin was not about to give up and started to play some good safety, with some equally good pots, to take this frame to the wire. In fact, as the game progressed to the colours, Kevin was two points up. However, back came Anthony with a couple of good pots of his own to go into a nine-point lead with only the pink and black left. Following a good pot on the pink, though, Kevin had a shot on the black to win his first frame, but unfortunately he wobbled it and let Anthony step back in to seal victory. The last frame saw Dave Wooles take on Alan Griffiths. He started cautiously against a very capable player, but Dave has been in a rich vein of form lately and was keen to keep this run going. With the score tied at two frames all, this was a crucial frame and Dave would need to draw on all his experience if he was to win it. As the frame progressed, Dave started to take control, potting some vital balls. However Alan came back with a small break of his own to open up aan 11-point lead midway through, only for Dave to respond with some good pots to close the gap again. This frame was finely balanced coming to the colours, but with Alan in the lead by 13 points with 27 available on the table, Dave was going to need the majority of them. But it was not to be as Alan first took yellow and green and then brown to leave the Tenby man needing a snooker and the last three balls to win - a task which proved a little bit too difficult as the Haverfordwest player ran out victor.
