This week we start in division three, where apart from two games it seemed to be a night of 5-4,’s.
Eagle Drifters lost to the Three Cups 6-3, DSAA Wanderers got a 9-0 this week due to the Sportsman unable to field a a team, Nelson beat Carriers B 5-4, Phoenix St Paul’s won 5-4 against DSAA C with Marc Thompson hitting a 180 for Phoenix, Northern Diamonds beat Carriers A 5-4.
Division Two saw Tilmanstone beat Phoenix C 6-3, Bulldogs won 6-3 against Crown and Sceptre, Admiral Harvey B lost 4-5 to the Bull B, Phoenix Rising beat DSAA Hope 6-3, Boars Head A beat the Three Cups B 5-4 with Dave Whitside of the Cups hitting 180, in a pub derby Boars head C were winners beating the Boars Head B 7-2 Luke Jackson for the C team hit 100 out-shot.
Division one again saw nearly all 5-4 finishes apart from two matches.
Real Diamonds lost to DWMC B 5-4 with John Ross for the DWMC B hitting a 180, Bull A beat DSAA Oast 6-3 with Mick Mendham of the Oast hitting 180, Boars Head Arrows lost to the Hairy Bull 5-4, Diamond beat the Crown Maddogs 5-4 with 180’s for Mark Clayton and Wayne Venes both of the Diamond and Martin McNeil also hitting 180 for the Crown, DWMC A beat Diamond C 5-4, and the Old Endeavour had an 8-1 victory over Admiral Harvey A with John Hughes of the Endeavour hitting 180 and Louis Pearson-Whatmore hitting 180 for the Harvey.
Gemma Merrells

This week in division three saw The Three Cups keep up there 100% record with a 6-3 win over the Northern Diamond, Mike Mathews of the cups hit a 120 checkout. The Carriers B doing the double over Phoenix St Paul’s this time with a 6-3 win. The Nelson beat The Sportsman 6-3 keeping them third in the table 8 points behind 2nd. Old Endeavour won a close game beating the DSAA C 5-4.
Phoenix Rising lost 7-2 against the Admiral Harvey B, Steven Reeves of the Harvey with a 103 out-shot. The lose means the Rising are now 4 points away from safety. Bull B showed the class and age with a 6-3 win over pub rivals the Bull Dogs. The Crown & Sceptre beat Phoenix C 7-2. Tilmanstone lost 5-4 to the Boars Head B. The Boars Head C won 7-2 over the Three Cups B. The Boars Head A couldn’t make it a clean sweep in division 2 for the pub losing 7-2 against the DSAA Hope.
The Diamond’s 6-3 win this week against the Boars Head Arrows keeps them joint second but Dave Pollock and Blake Manton hitting a 180 a piece and Darren Webb checking out on 102 all for the Arrows, made it not all about the Diamond. The Bull A had a good 8-1 win against the Hairy Bull with Andy Howell hit a 180 for the Bull A. The win keeps them also joint second behind the league leaders the Old Endeavour who also won 8-1 against DWMC B, Al Terry hit a 180 for the Old E. A good night for the DSAA Oast a 7-2 win over the Real Diamond. Steve Roberts, Tom Armstrong hitting a 180 each and Andy Smith checking out 108 all for the DSAA Oast. Louis Pearson-Whatmore hit his third 180 of the season but it was in vain as his side the Admiral Harvey lost 6-3 to the DWMC A. The last game of the week saw the Crown Mad Dogs beat the Diamond C 7-2, keeping The Diamond bottom of Division 1.

In Division two this week the Bull B had the highest result winning 9-0 against the Phoenix C, in the game Gordon Speakman and Macauley Bax both hit 180,s both play for the Bull, Crown and Sceptre beat the Boars Head B 7-2, Bull Dogs beat the Phoenix Rising 5-4, Boars Head A beat Admiral Harvey B in a close game going all the way to the end with the Boars Head claiming the fifth game, Doug Isaacs for the Harvey finished on 103, DSAA Hope beat the Three Cups B 6-3, Boars Head C won their game against Tilmanstone 6-3 with Andy Terry finishing on 115 for the Boars Head.

Division Three and the Northern Diamonds played the DSAA Wanderers and won 7-2, Eagle Drifters won against Nelson 5-4, Sportsman beat the Phoenix St Pauls 5-4, Carriers B came out top against the Old Endeavour winning 8-1, Three Cups kept their undefeated run with their win against Carriers A 6-3.

Division one saw every game have either a 180 hit or a high checkout.
Old Endeavour won their game against DSAA Oast 8-1 with Andy Smith and Tommy Armstrong hitting 180 each both for the DSAA, Hairy Bull beat the Real Diamonds 6-3 with Ryan Short and Paul Kermode both from the Bull hitting 180 each, The Diamond won 5-4 in their match against the Bull A with 180 scored for Wayne Venes for the Diamond and Lee Ware checked out on 149 for the Bull, Boars Head Arrows won against Diamond C 7-2, Kev Thorpe checked out a 102 for the Diamond and Kyle Manton checked out 100 for the Boars Head, DWMC A beat the Crown Maddogs 6-3 Paul Morris checked out 102 for the Crown, DWMC B won against Admiral Harvey A 5-4 with John Ross hitting a 180 for the DWMC B.

Gemma Merrells