SNOOKER: UNITED Services B progressed to their second Chester and District League final of the season when they defeated Wings B in a tense semi-final of the McAllister Cup at the Conservative Club.
Giving a 50 start to the second division outfit, Services went further behind when Dave Parry defeated Andy Rose 69-38 to increase Wings' lead to 81 points.
George Brady had a good game for Services and he beat Mark Taylor 86-27 to drag Wings back to a lead of only 22 points.
In a close encounter, Kevin Maxwell edged out Alistair Mackie by 16 points, but Ritchie Price beat Scott Wilkie to give Wings a 38 lead going into the last two frames.
Craig Thelwell gave a vintage performance to beat Gareth Wynne and put Services in a very strong position. Jason Taylor finished the job by comfortably beating Ian Beales to put Services in the final.
In the second semi-final, Liberal A took on first division Upton RBL A. Receiving a 50 start, Liberal increased their lead to 84 but Chris Welsh had a tremendous game against Steve Ankers to beat him and pull the difference back to 42. John Over Snr won by eight and John Over Jnr won by 12 to pull it back to a difference of only 22.
Phil Sullivan is getting a reputation for being a strong anchor man for Liberal in these situations and delivered the goods when he overcame Glen Morley 52-44 to send Liberal through to the final by just 30 points.
In the semi-final of the Chester Challenge Trophy, Conservative A conceded their right to a neutral venue when they played Upton D at Upton.
Andy Sutton-Thompson came up against the might of Neal Jones in the opening frame and Jones produced an 81 break to put Cons one ahead.
John Fergus levelled for Upton with a pink-ball win over Mike Fisher and Jerry Banks made it 2-1 to the third division side with an excellent win over Lea Dagher.
Steve Williams gave a good exhibition to beat Paul Cross 100-31, and Dave Nicholas put the Upton side 3-2 ahead with a 75-28 win over Andy Duckers.
Going into the last frame, Cons were one frame behind and seven points adrift on the aggregate and it was up to Eddie Jenkins to pull the first division side through, which he did by beating John O'Boyle.
The Alan Lea SCOPE friendly tournament was won by Bersham's Simon Davies, who beat Deeside teenager Gareth Wynne and raised £335 for the charity.