2023-24 John Lund Shield

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2023-24 John Lund Shield 5 Man Handicap Snooker Winners

L>R Scot Taylor , Bill Marshall ( c ) , Alex Chan , Charlie Brown , Steve Blanch , Tony Smythe , Tim Mannion (rest of team : Lee Davies (vc) , John Crossland , John Duchatel , Mark Limana)

Congratulations to the Nelson Bay 5 Man Handicap Snooker Team who on Wednesday night became the 2023-24 Summer John Lund Shield major premiers after a hard fought battle with minor premiers ECBC Sports no.1 winning 3-0. Tim Mannion and Alex Chan recovered from tentative starts to win the first frame and go on to score 2-0 wins. Steve Blanch beat John Charlton 2-0  after a marathon second frame. Commiserations to minor premiers , ECBC No.1 who had a great season , losing only one match during the rounds to Nelson Bay.

 
L>R, Jason Henderson , Aaron Hogg , Ellis Craft (c) , Don Flanagan (in front) , John Charlton , Ken Oakes , Matthew King (rest of team : John Gear , Steve Boyce , Gary Johnson)

Ben Cooper  (Newcastle City (2) had the highest break during the season of 55 (negative handicap player) and Neil Myers (Toronto Workers (2) scored 43 (positive handicap player.)

 

Thanks to Newcastle City for hosting the Grand Final and Glen Wallace for refereeing.