Quartet staking claim for progress from pool (From Tewkesbury Admag)

Quartet staking claim for progress from pool

RESULTS from the second round of pool matches for the PRS Junior Cup leave Snitterfield, Studley, Ships-ton and Inkberrow in strong positions.

Last month's Pool A winners Alcester began well as Jack Bate and Simon Sloan defeated Leo Hodges and Adam Ashfield 6-1.

Hosts Bidford also got the better of Stratford 6-3 thanks to their duo of Harry Naylor and Scott Nash who then lost 6-2 to Bate and Sloan.

However, it was the Snitter-field duo of Tom Griffiths and Jonathan Gill who emerged triumphant on the night as they beat Stratford 7-5, Bidford 7-5 and Alcester 7-6 after a tie-break.

Pool B saw Studley's Jack Allum and David Pilkington claim overall victory after wins over Claverdon's Kieran Kavi and Jamie Kirk (6-3), Law-rence Tibbs and Adam Barber of Tanworth-in-Arden 6-1 and Henley's Harry Leek and William Bayliss 6-2.

The latter pairing who had dominated the previous month, redeemed themselves with 6-1 wins over both their Tanworth and Claverdon opponents.

Shipston A's pair again proved too strong in Pool C with Andy Moss and Nick Taylor defeating B teamers Sam Buckingham and Tom Killeen 6-2.

They then overcame Chip-ping Campden's Nick Hudson and Toby Robinson 6-1 who in turn lost out 6-2 to Shipston B.

Campden's only consolation - along with the two Shipston sides - was a 6-0 walkover awarded against Moreton-in-the-Marsh who failed for the second successive month to field a team.

Pool D produced predictable results as Inkberrow were again too strong for both their opponents as Ricky Allan and Chris Smith defeated Rory Martyn-Smith and Stuart Whitehouse of Ombersley 6-2 and Pershore's Josh Carr and Sam Cross 6-3.

Pool A

P W L F A Pts

Alcester 6 5 1 30 15 11

Snitterfield 6 5 1 33 28 11

Bidford 6 2 4 25 30 8

Stratford 6 0 6 14 37 6

Pool B

P W L F A Pts

Henley 6 5 1 33 17 11

Studley 6 4 2 33 21 10

Claverdon 6 2 4 20 26 8

Tanworth 6 1 5 12 34 7

Pool C

P W L F A Pts

Shipston A 6 6 0 37 11 12

Shipston B 6 4 2 32 16 10

Chipping Campden 6 2 4 19 24 8

Moreton-in-Marsh* 6 0 6 0 36 0

Pool D

P W L F A Pts

Inkberrow 4 4 0 30 7 8

Ombersley 4 2 2 19 20 6

Pershore 4 0 4 9 30 4

*Failed to turn up.