White Swan return to winning ways

The Swan had two points from Dave Stewart and one each from Kevin Carter, Carl Maddison and Lee Airey whilst the visitors drew level with two points from Chris Thompson and one each from Wayne Hewitt, Paul Armstrong and Paul Willey.

Brian Waites and Dave Stewart put the Swan ahead by taking the doubles and then Kevin Carter shared the captain's points with Michael Hoggart to take the odd point victory.

At the other end of the table Crook Coach and Horses B and the visiting Witton Park Rose and Crown were both looking for their first victory. The Coach went ahead after the singles when they had two points from Alex Harker and one each from Ian Dawson, Andrew Smith, Stuart Hall and Doug Bowey with the Rose and crown replying with one point each from Paul Frame, Stuart Manners, Stephen Barker and Barry Thexton.

The visitors closed the gap when Neil Salt and Paul Frame took the doubles and levelled when Barry Thexton took the first captain's game, but Julian Bowey took the Coach to victory by taking his revenge in the second captain's game.

Spennymoor Weardale B lead the table by three points from Henknowle Manor with Shildon Royal George a further point adrift.

Results: Willington Brewer's Droop 3 Crook Coach and Horses A 10; Crook White Swan 7 Bishop Auckland Snooker Club 6; Crook Travellers Rest 12 Bishop Auckland Cumberland Arms 1; Crook Coach and Horses B 7 Witton Park Rose and Crown 6; Spennymoor Weardale B 10 Toft Hill Three Tuns 3; Bishop Auckland Derby 11 Spennymoor Weardale A 2; Henknowle Manor 9 Bishop Auckland RAFA Club 4; Shildon Royal George 12 Bishop Auckland Football Club 1. Tow Law Station v Bishop Auckland Football Club postponed.

Tow Law Scottish Courage League

The qualifying stage of the League Doubles Championship was held at four venues with the winner from each going forward to Finals Night. At Newhouse Club Alan Ogilvie and Malcolm Boughey beat Terry Taylor and Ivor Childs in the decider; at Hamilton Row Black Horse John Robinson and Chris Ellis beat Rob Day and Graeme Thompson; at Tow Law Dan's Castle John Conley and Dave Walton beat Lee Stockdale and Anthony Hird; at Sunniside Comedian Arthur Henderson and Charlie Donaghy beat Gary Watson and Ian Johnson.

Auckland Area League

The second stage of the League Singles Championship was held at four venues with the winner from each moving forward to Finals Day. At Bishop Auckland Grand Steven Lowther (Bishop Auckland Derby) and Michael Richardson (Bishop Auckland Beehive) both won their first matches 2-0 to win through to play the decider. Lowther cleared the table from the break and went on to take the second frame to go through.

At Bishop Auckland Beehive Tony Biddle (Spennymoor Voltigeur A) was the player who emerged victorious along with Shaun Reynolds (Bishop Auckland Derby) from Bishop Auckland King's Head and Darren Briggs (Spennymoor Voltigeur A) from the Wheatsheaf.

Willington League

The League Doubles Championship qualifying stage was held at two venues with two teams going forward to the Finals Night. The qualifiers from Willington Lion and Unicorn were Paul Brownson with John Morrow from Byers Green Royal Oak and Paul Williams with David Hawkins for Willington Lion and Unicorn. The qualifiers from Sunnybrow Brown Trout were Paul Trow with Dave Bennett of Willington Cottles and John Gallagher with Steve Wayman also from Cottles.

Teesdale League

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Division One

Ancient Unicorn 4 Rose & Crown 'A' 5; Bowes Moor Hotel 1 Glaxo Club 'B' 8; Bridge Inn v Royal Star - result not to hand; Coach & Horses 2 Cricketer's Arms 'B' 7; Cricketer's Arms 'A' 8 Jersey Farm Hotel 1; Montalbo Hotel 'A' 5 Black Horse 4.

P W L Diff. Pts

Cricketer's Arms B 19 16 3 49 32

Cricketer's Arms A 20 15 5 54 30

Montalbo Hotel A 19 14 5 39 28

Rose & Crown A 19 14 5 17 28

Glaxo Club B 20 13 7 32 26

Ancient Unicorn 19 12 7 27 24

Black Horse 20 10 10 2 20

Langdon Beck Hotel 19 9 10 -3 18

Royal Star 20 7 13 -32 14

Jersey Farm Hotel 19 6 13 -23 12

Coach & Horses 19 5 14 -53 10

Bowes Moor Hotel 19 4 15 -39 8

Bridge Inn 18 0 18 -70 0

Division Two

Barnard Castle WMC 9 Montalbo Hotel 'B' 0; Beaconsfield 5 Smallways Inn 'A' 4; Fox Hall Inn 5 Edge 4; Glaxo Club 'A' 5 Four Alls 4; Rose & Crown 'B' 9 Royal 0; Smallways Inn 'B' 4 Rugby Club 5; Three Tuns Inn 8 Moorcock Inn 1.

Edge 21 18 3 85 36

Fox Hall Inn 21 17 4 43 34

Three Tuns Inn 21 16 5 37 32

Glaxo Club A 20 13 7 38 26

Rugby Club 21 13 8 23 26

Rose & Crown B 22 11 11 18 22

Moorcock Inn 22 11 11 -8 22

Montalbo Hotel B 21 11 10 -17 22

Four Alls 21 10 11 -5 20

Barnard Castle WMC 22 10 12 -8 20

Royal 22 7 15 -26 14

Beaconsfield 22 5 17 -54 10

Smallways Inn A 22 5 17 -64 10

Smallways Inn B 22 3 19 -62 6

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Byshottles League

P Sin. Pa. Ca. Tot.

Footballers 12 50 24 10 84

Brancepeth B 12 47 24 10 81

Brancepeth A 12 47 26 5 78

Prince Bishop A 13 43 27 7 77

Legion A 13 48 20 7 75

Prince Bishop B 12 40 15 8 63

Cricketers 13 31 16 8 55

Legion B 12 32 14 3 49

Dog & Gun 11 26 15 7 48

Station 13 24 17 6 47

Loves 11 29 9 4 42

Langley Moor Hotel 12 19 10 2 31

* Eight-ball clearances: M Henderson (Footballers) x2, M Nichol (Loves), J Harrington (Footballers).

Crook Individual League

A night of table clearances saw Darren Tinkler move up to third with a maximum win over Gerald Parkin in the only match, which lacked the complete clearance. In the first frame Parkin, who was not firing on all cylinders, was unlucky to let Tinkler in to take the point. In the second Parkin missed an easy black to the middle and virtually gifted the point to Tinkler, who completed the whitewash with a comfortable third frame.

The fireworks came when David Haygarth met Richard Walker, who only managed one shot in the first two frames when he broke in the first and Haygarth cleaned up, followed by Haygarth then cleaning up from the break in the second. Walker performed better in the third but slipped up to allow Haygarth to complete the whitewash.

Lee Cullinan broke against league leader, David Craggs and put down seven balls before going in-off the last one. This allowed Craggs to clean the table. Another in-off from Cullinan allowed Craggs to clear up again and he took the third after some tactical exchanges.

Walker took his chance of a clearance to go one up in his second match of the night when he played David Stephenson. However Stephenson recovered to take the next two for victory.

The matches on Monday at Crook Coach and Horses are: Stephen Heyes v Neil Campbell; Stuart Hall v Michael Burke; Lee Scott v Doug Bowey and Les Scott v David Stephenson.

County Super League

Spennymoor A moved one point clear at the top of the table after they only dropped three points to the visiting Durham, thanks to a fantastic start and finish. The Moors took the first five points through Sean Archer, Ronnie McAloon, Dave Bromley, Gavin Witton and Steve Hunter.

Durham took the remaining two frames of the first half through Dave Ferguson and Chris Beswick. Gavin Witton gave the Moors a good start to the second half but Dave Neill took the second frame for Durham, a point which proved to be their last as Steve Hunter, Sean Archer, Ronnie McAloon, Dave Elliott and Paul Biddle completed the win which takes Moors to the top by one point.

Crook B moved a point behind Spennymoor after they dropped four points at Ferryhill. Phil Cox and Simon Corbridge took two points for the home side in the first half, whilst Gerald Parkin, David Stephenson, David Craggs, Les Scott and Cliffy Owens moved Crook B ahead.

The home side only managed two more points in the second half through Steve Wray and Simon Corbirdge, whilst the visitors had wins from Gerald Parkin, David Stephenson, David Craggs, Lee Cullinan and Les Scott.

After four consecutive defeats Newton Aycliffe brought off a creditable draw against the visiting Shildon B, who moved up to third place in the table. The first half of the match was highlighted by a first Super League win for Natasha Mitchinson for the home side, who went on lead at the break by the odd point when they also had wins from Richie Bellwood, Sean Foxton and Paul Wade. The visitors had points from David Waites, Colin Bell and Ian Sanderson.

Hopes were high for a home victory when they reached the hill with second half wins from Steve Thompson, Sean Foxton and Paul Wade, whilst Jim Dinning, Jim Armstrong and David Waites replied. In the final frame Shildon B forced the draw when Ian Sanderson beat Paul Bowtell, who was making his debut for Newton Aycliffe.

Results: Ferryhill 4 Crook Town B 10; Newton Aycliffe 7 Shildon B 7; Spennymoor 11 Durham 3.

Durham and District League

Spennymoor Voltigeur entertained Ushaw Moor Catholic Club in a close fought game but eventually went down by the odd point. Ian Toase won three games and Paul Vasey two games, whilst Graham Richardson and Graham Patterson added one each for the Catholic Club. Tony Biddle scored two points for the Volti with Steven Robinson, Dean Mains, Andy Mole and Dale Briggs adding one each.

The win for Consett Stateside against their hosts at Framwellgate Moor Marquis of Granby moved then 14 points clear at the top. Witton Gilbert White Tun B are in second place with a 19-point lead over Durham Snooker Club, who have two matches in hand of the leaders.

Results: Framwellgate Moor Marquis of Granby 5 Consett Stateside 8; Bowburn Oak Tree 5 Ushaw Moor Flass Inn 8; Bowburn Cooperage 3 Bowburn Hare and Greyhound 10; Witton Gilbert White Tun A 2 Durham Snooker Club 11; Spennymoor Voltigeur 6 Ushaw Moor Catholic Cub 7; Sacriston Daisy Hill 8 Gilesgate Three Horse Shoes 5; Ushaw Moor Winnings 2 Horden Club 11. No result: Coxhoe WMC v Witton Gilbert White Tun B