Richard Brooke, Bradford champion in 1999, has found out about the highs and lows of snooker.

Days after making a 123 clearance in the Bradford Pairs event, the Lilycroft WMC member was beaten 4-0 by Darren Milner (East ward Labour Club) in the second round of this season's event.

Other second round results: Steve Daley (Great Horton WMC) 4, Mick Hall (Under-cliffe Cricket Club) 0; James Fisher (Cue-dos) 4, Mohammed Karolia (Bradford Snooker Club) 0; I Khan (Bradford Snooker Club) 4, C Brannan (Cuedos) 0.

Derek Seabrook Bradford Snooker Pairs Championship - Second round: James Fisher & S Bashir (Cuedos) 3, E Clapham & G Lillie (Laisterdyke WMC) 0; Steve & Shaun Rooney (Holme Wood Social) 3, R Hegerty & N Rushforth (Fields Sports & Social Club) 1; Jason Fieldhouse & Bob Walsh (Lidget Green WMC) 3, T Dylan & Mohammed Karolia (Bradford Snooker Club) 1; Shab Ditta & John Cervi (Cuedos) 3, Martin garritty & Peter Bennett (Lidget Green WMC) 2; Simon jackson & Darren Goy (Regal) bt Hanif Rafiq & Boover Singh (Cuedos), score not available; Eddie Ratcliffe & Danny Peel (East Ward Labour) 3, P Quantrill & L Smith (Wibsey WMC) 0.

In the Bradford Billiards Championship, the early rounds of which are being played as a round-robin, former winner Stephen Kershaw leads Hugh Donnelly 300-212, and Michael Cockroft is ahead 301-203 against Brian Watson.

Players are reminded that all second round matches in both snooker championships must be completed by this weekend.

Draws for the third rounds will be made on Monday, rather than next Wednesday.

wayne Cooper is unavailable for Bradford's Yorkshire Inter-District League snooker match against Thorne on Saturday at Lilycroft WMC (7.30).

The Bradford champion has a prior engagement - a fund-raising match at Chapel Green Liberal Club.

Twice T&A champion How-ard Mawson takes Cooper's place in an otherwise un-changed line-up. The billiards team face Leeds No 2 at the same venue.

Bradford teams - Billiards: Andy Armitage, Paul Devitt, Brian Mullaney. Snooker: Kevin Firth, Matthew Holt, Howard Mawson.

Laisterdyke WMC B defeated East Bowling Unity in the first round of the E Rosse Hopkin-son Plate team snooker tournament. They are at Fairweather Green WMC A tonight in the second round first leg.

lSnooker's warring factions - the World Professional Billi-ards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) and The Sportsmas-ters Network (TSN) have had "harmonious but inconclusive talks" in Preston, says WPBSA chief executive Jim McKenzie. More talks are planned.