Borough Hall, Hartlepool

The 2003 Hasseroder Premier Snooker League broke off in Hartlepool and six packed houses were treated to a superb two days of snooker that featured a stunning nine century breaks among the 48 frames of snooker.

That included a masterful 139 clearance by Hong Kong's Marco Fu as he swept aside the challenge of UK Champion Mark Williams 7 - 1.

Williams though, made up for it the following day as he fired in a 102, followed by a 125 to beat World Champion Peter Ebdon 6 - 2.

In the league stages, players are being paid on a frames won basis and with £500 on offer for every frame, there are no dead frames.

Ronnie O'Sullivan leads the way with two wins from two games following a 6 - 2 win over Jimmy White and then a narrower 5 - 3 win over Steve Davis.

The Rocket's prize fund stands at £5,500 after two games.

RESULTS

Sat 11th January

John Higgins 6 - 2 Steve Davis
83 (50,33) - 30, 35 - 85 (37,40), 97 (97) - 31 (31), 62 (38) - 68 (47), 63 (59) - 39 (38), 94 (66) - 36, 67 (45) - 47 (47), 122 (122) - 18

Mark Williams 1 - 7 Marco Fu
0 - 74 (43), 73 - 34, 4 - 94 (68), 46 - 59 (37), 0 - 139 (139), 0 - 134 (41, 84), 51 (48) - 53, 0 - 85 (79)

Ronnie O'Sullivan 6 - 2 Jimmy White
44 - 63 (43), 68 (54) - 42 (42), 86 (51) - 11, 64 (36) - 16, 112 (32, 67) - 14, 78 (78) - 21, 100 (100) - 1, 41 - 67

Sun 12th Jan

John Higgins 3 - 5 Jimmy White
24 - 63, 42 - 55 (49), 15 - 72 (72), 69 (55) - 57, 4 - 81 (81), 69 - 14, 0 - 131 (131), 77 (39,30) - 9

Ronnie O'Sullivan 5 - 3 Steve Davis
110 (105) - 11, 72 (62) - 48, 59 (48) - 64 (31), 54 (33) - 53 (33), 92 (92) - 6, 5 - 92 (88), 0 - 95 (95), 71 (70) - 5

Mark Williams 6 - 2 Peter Ebdon
106 (102) - 7, 137 (125) - 0, 1 - 86 (52,34), 60 (37) - 31 (31), 75 (71) - 33 (33), 82 (78) - 0, 73 (49) - 31, 21 - 114 (108)