Heworth 'A' made it 11 wins in a row with a 5-2 success against Fulford 'A' in the York Conservative Club's Carlsberg-Tetley Snooker League.

The win gave them a ten-point cushion at the top with only three games to play.

John Anderson, Richie Burdett (22 break), Jason Milner, Neil Wood (33, 25 breaks) and Clive Whyte won for Heworth with replies by Simon England (black ball win over Steve Burdett) and Richard Stroughair.

Bootham 'A' struggled against Acomb 'A' before winning 4-3 to remain second in the table.

Ian Gillies and Richard Harris (black ball win over John Darley) won the first two frames for Acomb before Mark Darley and Peter Mills levelled.

Gerald Mackenzie put Acomb 3-2 up but Brian Coulson and Barry Rankin secured the match for Bootham, Coulson having a remarkable success.

He trailed an impressive Paul Frampton 22-52 with only four colours remaining before gaining five points from a snooker and four more when Frampton went in-off.

He then potted brown and blue, then pink and black, after Frampton left the pink near the pocket.

Bootham 'B' stay third despite an unexpected 4-3 loss to Heworth 'B'.

Heworth's winners were Mike Braithwaite, Huw Faircliffe, Colin Richardson and John Sherlock. Jeff Brown, Tim Fillingham and Ray Stamp succeeded for Bootham who are three points behind their 'A' team but have a 12-point advantage in the John Smith's 'B' team competition.

Fulford 'B' won the battle of the bottom two teams with a 5-2 defeat of Acomb 'B'. Bernard Appleton, John Futter, Bob Smith, Peter Stroughair and Ray Thackway won for Fulford, Phil Carlton and Peter Lawson replying.

Heworth's Jason Milner and Clive Whyte continue to lead the Wills-den Steel Player Of The Year competition with ten wins from 11.

Clive Whyte also still leads in the North Wolds Printers Highest Break contest with a 58 break.

Acomb took a major step towards the championship of the York Conservative Clubs' Faber Shield Billiards League with a 5-2 win over Bootham 'B'.

This gave them an eight-point lead with only three games to play.

Mick Frampton, Ian Gillies (27 break), Peter Lawson and Trevor Ventress put Acomb 4-0 up before Tom Bamford and Tim Fillingham (21 break) replied with close wins. Acomb took the aggregate by a comfortable 137 points.

Bootham 'A' kept the pressure on with a resounding 7-0 success against bottom-placed Fulford. John Darley, Don Pringle, Colin Robinson (31, 30, 22, 21 breaks), Ken Taylor (31, 26, 20 breaks), John Woodhall and Peter Mills formed the winning team.

Mills, who had needed to score 102 points when his opponent Richard Stroughair was only four points from victory, knocked in breaks of 61 and 34 to snatch the game.

Ian Gillies (A) and Ken Taylor (B) with eight wins from nine games are joint leaders in the Cameo Engraving Player Of The Year competition.

Peter Mills (B) moved into second place with his 61 break but Ken Taylor (B) heads the list with a 69 break in the Cameo Engraving Highest Break contest.

Acomb failed to take the advantage when entertaining Bootham in the York Conservative Club's Sla-ter Cup Snooker Pairs League.

League leaders Bootham took the first frames and, although Acomb fought back to win two of the last three, Bootham had done enough to take the aggregate point for a 5-2 victory.

Acomb continue in second spot but now trail by four points.

Fulford looked to be on the way to a rare success as they won the first two frames against Heworth and went 51 points ahead on aggregate.

Heworth won the third with a black ball victory but Fulford replied by taking the fourth to go two up and still hold a 25-point aggregate lead.

However, Heworth were not to be denied as they won the last two frames and snatched the aggregate by just three points for a remarkable 4-3 win.

Updated: 11:59 Friday, March 01, 2002