Haverhill's poor start continued at home against last season's champions, Bury Railway Club, who kept up their winning run with a 4-1 victory. Chris Pordage stopped the whitewash.

There was a close match at Earls Colne where visitors Lavenham Royal British Legion A won 3-2 thanks to a final frame win by Paul Garrard who beat Mark Harris on the black. It was Harris' second black ball frame of the night, having potted the black to beat Richard Howe in the opening frame

In the second division the derby match between the two Long Melford Royal British Legion teams resulted in a 3-2 win for the B side.

The first three frames went their way with wins from Ron Venables, Adam Webb and Lee Rowland before the A side came back with Alan Seamark winning frame four followed by success in the doubles.

Melford Working Men's C are setting the pace in the division after their 4-1 win at Sudbury Snooker Club A for whom Dean Marshall prevented the whitewash with a low scoring victory.

Melford Working Men's A narrowed their lead at the top to one point thanks to a fine 5-0 home win against Sible Hedingham. The four singles frames resulted in convincing home wins but Sible came close to winning the doubles frame.

Needing the last two balls to win, they potted the pink, but after several near misses on the black an outrageous fluke from Tibby Maxim settled it in favour of the home side.

DIVISION ONE
Lavenham RBL B 1 Halstead 4: G Avey 29 A Shelton 60; D Gridley 37 R Evans 61; J Hynard 46 A Kench 59; M Hazell 71 D Hart 18; D Gridley 21 A Shelton 62. Break: R Evans 25.
Earls Colne 2 Lavenham RBL A 3: M Harris beat R Howe (black ball); N Evans lost to J Goodchild; M Cooney beat P Garrard; J Monk lost to P Sturgeon; M Harris lost to P Garrard (black ball).
Haverhill 1 Bury Railway Club 4: A Pordage 46 B Martin 59; R Herridge 38 G Mumford 48; D Lee 36 S Walker 57; C Pordage 53 R Fradley 52; A Pordage 63 B Martin 72.

DIVISION TWO
Sudbury SC A 1 Melford WM C 4: R Sanders 30 M Maxim 61; K Howe 22 T Burrows 42; T Clark 43 T Carter 51; D Marshall 38 M Ford 24; Sanders & Clark 43 Carter & Ford 54.
Melford WM A 5 Sible Hedingham 0: M Warnack 69 J Smith 43; T Maxim 47 L Stephens 25; D Stuart 50 D Turner 25; S Fradley 87 D Chinery 37; Warnack & Maxim 49 J Smith & D Chinery 43. Breaks: D Stuart 20; S Fradley 22,24.
Melford RBL B 3 Melford RBL A 2: R Venables 61 F Spurway 37; A Webb 46 R Noakes 26; L Rowland 57 J Meek 40; P Webb 34 A Seamark 52; G Hazell & Venables 29 Spurway & Noakes 51. Break: F Spurway 20.