Snooker: Century star Jamie Green chalks-up new record

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Friday, February 22, 2013
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THE Grimsby & District Snooker League is currently celebrating its centenary season – so it is perhaps fitting that the list of century breaks just keeps on growing.

This week the Singles League provided another three-figure break – and also a new record.

  1. GREEN MACHINE:  Jamie Green, who has set a new league record by hitting centuries in three successive matches.

    GREEN MACHINE: Jamie Green, who has set a new league record by hitting centuries in three successive matches.

Playing in the Premier Section, Webbonet's Jamie Green knocked in a 105 break.

It means that Green has now scored a century in each of the last three matches in which he has played.

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On January 28 he made 106 against TR Carpets. On the February 4 he didn't play, but on the 11th, he racked up a 112 break against West End C.

This week's 105 means that, for the first time ever, a player has scored three centuries in successive matches.

Green's break came at Cue World against Richard Smith of Willows Sea Foods as he helped his team, Webbonet, to a 7-1 victory.

Danny Braithwaite saved the slam for Willows with a single against Mark Franks but this apart, Green, Paul Metcalf and Gary Challis were all on the ball with 2-0 wins.

Elsewhere, Clee Cons A were away at MJ Decorators and won 6-2 when Steve Donner and Gary Skipworth both scored two and Jon Steel and Karl Krajnyak shared with Andy and Mick Forward.

Ray Edmonds A won 7-1 at West End C and it was Alan Edmonds, Jamie Richardson and John Ashford-Smith with the 2-0s. Saving the whitewash for the home team was Andy Barry, who shared his frames with Lee Plant.

It was a bad night for the WestEnders as the A team lost 6-2 at TR Carpets. Mark Graves and Chris Madsen both won 2-0 for the Carpets, with Ashley Wright and Scott Templeman hitting singles against Craig Rowbotham and Steve Green.

A 2-0 from Paul Smith and singles from Lee Blanchard, Tony Miller and Daz Evans gave Inspirations Fireplaces a 5-3 at Metshine Westlands.

Mick Thornton, Tim Gillin and Pete Smith won the frames for the home team.

Also winning 5-3 were Cue World and their 2-0 hero was Kev Ashby. Scoring the singles at Cambridge H were Ivan Harvey, Stu Swinburn and Bob Reeves who shared with Mark Wilkinson, Karl Leverton and Nick Mason.

Don Noble Bookmakers had a great result against Clee Bowls X when Mark Stevens, Craig Taylor and Ian Sadler all won 2-0 and Keith Southwell shared with Ian Hogarth in a 7-1 victory.

Paul Simpson won both his frames for Blossom Way B at Ray Edmonds Enigmas but Liam Oswin did the same for the home team as the match finished all-square.

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