LAUNCESTON RSL joined Works Black on top of the A Grade Northern Snooker ladder, by comfortably beating them 3-1 at RSL last Thursday night.

Robin McEnnulty (2-1), Terry Adams (2-0) and Paul Zoon (2-0) won for RSL while David Bates (2-0) won for Black. 

Both other matches finished in 2-2 draws, with Exeter's Adam Bindoff and Ben Swain and Blue's Michael Leslie and Rolf Stevenson victorious, while Wally Sully, Scott Kopriva, Gary Bjarnee-Elliott and Tim Leary won for Devils and Gold. 

Bates leads the player standings with 15 wins from 21 frames with Adam Bindoff a close second. 

Best breaks were 44 from Terry Adams and Robin McEnnulty's 37. 

In A reserve, Works Red moved into the four with an 8-4 win over Longford RSL, Keith Coomber and Alan Armitage winning 2-0. Works Green continued its winning way, 7-5 over Navy, with Jenna Simpson, Andrew Thomas and Craig Jory winners. 

Amber and Exeter had a 6-6 draw with Derek Peart the only 2-0 winner. 

Regional shield

THE John Williams Snooker Shield was played at the Penguin RSL over the weekend, with the Northern team (15 wins) finishing second behind North-West (21). South had 12 wins. 

Northern players Andrew Saltmarsh and Lee Morcom won all four of their matches and Adrian White three, while Andrew Rainbow and Andrew Saltmarsh made 31 breaks respectively.

Player profile

LES Higgins, of Hobart, is the current Tasmanian billiards and snooker champion. 

To date, Higgins, 46, has won 15 state snooker and 18 state billiards championships. 

The only other Australian player who has dominated state championships to that extent is the late Bob Marshall, of Western Australia. 

Higgins won three Australian age championships and was regarded as a player destined for the lucrative English professional circuit. 

By the time he racks his cue he will have set a mark that surely will never be beaten in any state