Serial winner Dan is the main man

The Sedgley Ex-Service potter added another piece of silverware to his sizeable haul by claiming the Plate Competition.

Ward rolled in breaks of 46 and 44 on his way to a 3-1 success against Chris Ward (Stafford Institute).

It was his first Plate success having previously won the Individual Championship, Individual Handicap, Junior Championship, Pairs Medley, Foursomes, 3x2 Handicap and the Division One title.

Mark Gilbert (Sedgley WMC) also had cause for celebration after lifting the Secretaries Handicap title.

Gilbert, the league’s general secretary, beat Neil Beckley (Hotshots) by a comfortable aggregate score of 189-105 despite a 48 break from Beckley.

There was a team triumph for The Paul Hunter Foundation in the Consolation Cup final.

The Division Four side overcame Division Six outfit Pennfields D 546-512 to claim the trophy for the second time having won it in 2015.

Connor Showell, Nathan Edwards, Jodie Humphries and Tom Hurst all won for the Foundation with Bill Bird the only Pennfields player to offer any resistance.

Hotshots are in pole position to win the race for Division One glory.

The championship battle turned in Hotshots’ favour after they beat Stafford Institute A4-1 away from home while title rivals Sedgley Ex-Service and Brandhall Labour both lost.

Callum Downing (40), Roy Stokes, Milan Krstanovic and Jamie Brown secured the win for Hotshots which took them a step nearer to their first title.

Sedgley Ex-Service A saw their challenge go up in smoke when they were crushed 5-0 by Shifnal A.

Matt Davies rolled in a fine break of 95 for the Shropshire side with Chris Jones, Shaun Harris (47), Ian Duffy and Paul Lloyd (59) also winning.

Reigning champions Brandhall Labour A hopes of landing a sixth straight title took a huge hit when they went down to a shock 3-2 reverse at home to Cannock Cons A.

Riley Parsons, Mick Faulkner (50) and Dave Coborn were on target for Cons.

Karl Ashmore (79) and Alan Hooper responded for Labour, who are now three points behind Hotshots.

Division Two leaders Willenhall Liberal B maintained their two-point lead going into the final week of the season with a 5-0 win against Pennfields B.

Scott Tapper (38), Simon Gough, Lee Bannister, Andy Price and Lee Thomson secured the whitewash.

Second-placed Sedgley WMC B who also whitewashed their opponents Bilston BC A 5-0 thanks to Steve Spicer, Mo Rucsaal (38), Shaf Hussain, Stuart Barker and Mark Gilbert.

Wolverhampton Electric A have already secured the Division Three title but there are no fewer than six clubs still in with a chance of securing one of the two remaining promotion places.

Wednesfield RBL A are now in second place after a hard-fought 3-2 away victory at struggling Fordhouses CC A.

Amery made it three titles on the spin as they clinched the Division Four crown despite losing 3-2 to promotion hopefuls Bushbury Grid A.

Essington WMC A confirmed their instant return to Division Three with a 4-1 win at Forty Four Club C.

Division Five leaders Pennfields C sealed promotion but will have to wait another week to clinch the title after they suffered a heavy 4-1 home defeat to promotion contenders Bushbury Grid B.

Bushbury Grid C saw their lead at the top of Division Six cut to one point despite defeating promotion candidates Forty Four Club B.

Liam Boucher, Darren Shirley and Paul Wakeman, in the decider, saw Bushbury home after Andrew Crowther and Sean Rowley had pit Forty Four 2-0 up.

Results – Division 1: Brandhall Lab A 2 Cannock Cons A 3; Pennfields A 4 Lea Hall 1; Sedgley WMC A 4 Baggeridge Soc 1; Shifnal WM A 5 Sedgley Ex Service A 0; Stafford Inst A 1 Hotshots SC 4; Wednesfield Cons A 3 Brandhall Lab B 2; Woodfield Soc A 3 Landywood SC A 2.

Division 2: Bilston BC A 0 Sedgley WMC B 5; Golden Cue B 1 Golden Cue A 4; Golden Cue D 2 Shifnal WM B 3; Goodyear A 2 Sedgley WMC C 3; Landywood SC B 4 Woodfield Soc B 1; Smethwick Lab 2 Kingswinford SC 3; Golden Cue C 2 Stafford Inst B 3; Willenhall Lib B 5 Pennfields B 0.

Division 3: Bilston S & S A 2 Wednesfield Cons C 3; British Rail A 1 Wednesfield Cons B 4; Cannock Cons B 2 Goodyear B 3; Fordhouses CC A 2 Wednesfield RBL A 3; Sedgley Ex Service B 2 Bilston BC B 3; Willenhall Lib A 3 Woodfield Soc C 2; W’ton Electric A 4 W’ton Electric B 1; Sedgley Ex Service C 3 Landywood SC D 2.

Division 4: Blymhill 3 Sedgley Ex Service D 2; Bushbury Grid A 3 Amery 2; Coseley Ex Service 4 Bilston S & S B 1; Shepwell Green A 1 British Rail B 4; Codsall Firs B 4 Codsall Firs A 1; Forty Four Club C 1 Essington WMC A 4; Golden Cue F 2 Stafford Cons 3; W’ton Electric C 1 P.Hunter Foundation (Cue E) 4.

Division 5: Codsall Firs C 1 Golden Cue J 4; Essington WMC B 3 Woodfield Soc E 2; Woodfield Soc D 3 Bentley Moor 2; Golden Cue H 3 W’ton Electric D 2; JD’s SC 3 Darlaston Cons A 2; Landywood SC C 3 Triangle SC 2; Pennfields C 1 Bushbury Grid B 4; Sedgley WMC D 3 Golden Cue G 2.

Division 6: Darlaston Cons B 3 RAFA B 2; Forty Four Club B 2 Bushbury Grid C 3; The Royal 1 Fordhouses CC B 4; Wednesfield RBL B 3 Fordhouses CC C 2; Essington WMC C 2 Pennfields D 3; Fordhouses CC D 0 Bilston S & S C 5; Wednesfield Cons D 2 British Rail C 3; Woodfield Soc F 1 Golden Cue K 4.

Consolation Cup: Pennfields D 512 P.Hunter Foundation (Cue E) 546 (Handicaps - Pennfields D 287, P Hunter Foundation (Cue E) 231).

Individual Plate: Daniel Ward 3 Chris Ward 1.

Secretaries Handicap: N Beckley 105 Mark Gilbert 189 (Handicaps - Beckley 7, Gilbert 21).