Stuart had agreed to go and play a match afterwards for a team in Hall Green who play in the Efficiency league and it seemed he had his mind more on that match and was rushing his shots - consequently, he lost.

Alan played their weakest player, but he had a very frustrating evening. He found himself in snooker after snooker - some of them played for, but others not. He must have conceded about 30 points in fouls and although he fought on doggedly, he couldn't claw that back.

Dave played their best player, Pete Wolfindale and Pete lived up to his billing with a nice break of 57 which was too good against Dave, so that made it 3-0.

Paul was next and didn't play at his best, but he also had a poor run of the balls. The one real good chance he had in the balls, he somehow managed to leave the cue ball resting on the pink when the slightest gap would have allowed him to pot the black and probably put a decent break together.

Towards the end, he needed a snooker and played a super shot to hide behind the pink, but there was a fraction too much pace on the cue ball and it came out so his opponent could see and pot the blue. That's the way it goes sometimes!

Thankfully Mark prevented the whitewash, but he was far from his fluent best.