Hartlepool ended the third week of the inter club league by further extending its lead in the second division, courtesy of another crushing win, this time at the expense of Teesside.

Paul Newbury took his game against Darren Rayner, a result that was copied by four of his scratch colleagues, only Roly Gill scoring for Teesside in the scratch section by halving his game with Rob McGahan. Things improved for Teesside with a win by Simon Higgins, but that proved to be the Teesside's sole win in the match as the Hartlepool players won the other five games for the team to end the night, 21-3 winners and extend the lead over the chasing teams to 25 points.

Richmond opened its second division promotion campaign with a rearranged first week fixture at Blackwell Grange. It proved to be a match of two halves and ended with the league's only away win to date. Adam Bates and Mike Henson could not be separated, but Blackwell edged the scratch points 7-5 by virtue of three wins from Danny Howes, D Taylor and Bob Severs to Richmond's two wins from Mark Thorpe and Ashley Green. However the Richmond handicap players overturned that deficit with a vengeance, Mark Cheeseman being the only points scorer for the home side as Richmond's 10-2 handicap section win gave them a 15-9 away win.

Richmond's scheduled match was at home to near neighbours, Catterick and a match where again the Richmond handicap players provided the basis for a winning score. Five wins out of six from Tony Andrews, Andy Brown, Lee Morrison, Nathan Thornton and Chris Lightfoot compared to a single success for Catterick by Pip Goodall meant the handicap points went 10-2 to the home side. Led by a winning Mike Henson, the Richmond scratch players came close to emulating that score, but wins from John Doughty and Bruce Storr for Catterick kept the points to 8-4 and the match score to 18-6 to Richmond. The two wins giving Richmond 33 points and catapulting the club up the table to joint second place, behind Hartlepool.

Blackwell Grange also had a scheduled match in addition to the rearranged fixture, again at home, but this time they entertained Middlesbrough. In a close game between the number 1 players, Adam Bates overcame Peter Ward on the final green, but after that the two sides shared the scratch points with two wins apiece and one halved game for Blackwell to shade the points 7-5. The two sides' handicap players were even closer as the wins seesawed back and forth. Victories from Richard Palmer, Alec Russell and Keith Stephenson for Middlesbrough were countered by Mike Hird, Mark Eynon and J. Morris to maintain Blackwell's lead and end the night with a 13-11 win for the home side.

First division leader's, Saltburn did not have a fixture on the night, giving the chasing pack a chance to overtake, it was a chance that was seized with both hands by second placed Seaton Carew.

Unlike Hartlepool, Seaton do not have a big lead in the division as their move to the top was shadowed by another seaside club. One point behind Seaton at the start of the matches, Cleveland ended the night in the same position, winning their home match against Darlington by the same 18-6 scoreline. John Kirkpatrick took the scalp of Jason Jones to give the away side the first points on the card, but thereafter the match turned Cleveland's way. The other five scratch games were all won by the home players as were four of the six handicap games, Leigh Walton and Rick Smith providing Darlington's handicap section successes.

Champion's Bishop Auckland went to Eaglescliffe intent on emulating last year's win, a rare defeat for the "Eagles" on their home course, Jamie Birkbeck returned to form beating Ryan Riley, but the big hitting Euan Waller levelled the score taking the points from his games against Nigel Dodd. David Whales restored the "Bishop's" advantage, but the last three scratch games on the card went to the home side through Jim Wharton, Roland Todd, and Andrew Hutton for an 8-4 scratch points tally. The handicap sections ended with the same score with three wins to one in Eaglescliffe's favour.