Classy Graggs' new record

In his singles game he put in a break of 62, then bettered it by making 85 when he played the doubles. After the match he kept up the potting on the little table with a 94 break and finished off with a maximum 107 (there are only ten reds on the table), a feat never accomplished in the 22 years that the league has run.

The First Division leaders, Crook Travellers Rest B went down to their second defeat of the season when they lost the deciding doubles to Crook Coach and Horses A. the Travellers had singles wins from Michael Burke, Mick Hill and Doug Bowey, whilst he visitors levelled with wins from David Acres, Stuart Hall and Ray Holliday. In the deciding doubles Lee Scott and Ray Holliday beat Jim Ainsley and Michael Burke.

In the Second Division Crook Olde Horse Shoe B slipped to their second defeat of the season when they lost by the odd point at Crook White Swan B. The Swan had singles wins from David Brown, Kevin Carter, Andrew Finch and Carl Maddison with Wayne Smith and Stephen Craggs taking points for the Shoe before joining to also take the doubles.

The Travellers Rest B lead the First Division by three points with Crook Belle Vue one ahead of the Royal Sun and the Olde Horse Shoe A. The Second Division sees the Coach and Horses B ten points clear of the Olde Horse Shoe B, Jelly's A and the White Swan A, who share second place.

Results: Crook Coach and Horses B 7 Stanley Earl Derby 0; Crook Golden Fleece B 3 Crook Travellers Rest A 4; Howden Australian 4 Crook Queen's Head A 3; Crook Spitfire Club 4 Crook Mill House 3; Crook Belle Vue 5 Willington Market 2; Crook Travellers Rest B 3 Crook Coach and Horses A 4; Crook Surtees 1 Crook Royal Sun 6; Crook Jelly's Bar B 3 Crook Jelly's Bar A 4; Crook White Swan B 4 Crook Olde Horse Shoe B 3; Crook Queen's Head B 5 Crook Golden Fleece A 2; Willington Brewer's Droop 2 Crook White Swan A 5.

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Winter League

There were first wins of the season for Bearpark A in the First Division and Tow Law B in the Third when both decided to break their ducks away from home. Bearpark A travelled to Newton Aycliffe and recovered to win by the odd point. Glen Morton put the visitors ahead but Gavin Murray, with an impressive debut, and Michael Hewitt with a 30 break moved the home side in front. However Andy Donaldson levelled the match and Bearpark celebrated their first victory when David Jackson beat Richie Young in the decider.

Tow Law B's first victory was more decisive for they never dropped a point at Ferryhill B. The Lawyers had wins from Adam Orton, Charlie Donaghy, Eric Lockerbie, John Warriner and John Wilson.

Wheatley Hill B are the only team left without a win and they went down to the visiting Ferryhill by the odd point. The Hill had points from David Carter and Jock Frost, whilst Ian Fawcett, Neil Spender and Bernie Jones took the visitors to victory.

Wheatley Hill A maintained their top spot in the First Division when they won at Brandon by the odd point. The Hill took the first three points through Dave Walker, Ronnie Peacock and Dennis Clish, whilst Brian Graham and Graeme Jackson with a 35 break replied.

Spennymoor A moved a point behind Wheatley Hill A after they only dropped one point at Cockton Hill, who had Harold Lomax as their only winner. The Moors wins came from Eddie Rhodes with breaks of 40 and 45, Paul Biddle, Paul Atkinson and Michael Pratt.

The top of the table clash in the Second Division saw Coundon move back to share the top spot with the visiting Crowtrees A following their win in the decider. Coundon went two up through Stephen Bennett and Billy Goggins, with a 50 break. The visitors levelled through Steve Armstrong and Sonny Hann but Coundon snatched victory when Frank Nicholson beat Peter Laverick in the decider.

New Durham held on to their top place in the Third Division with an odd point win at Bearpark B. The home side had wins from Ian Chamberlain and Tommy Wilson whilst the visitors' winners were Neil Phillips, Thomas Cairns and Gordon Bowes.

Fishburn A's odd point home win over Shotton Palms keeps them third in the First Division, four points behind Spennymoor A. Fishburn had wins from Peter Davison, Charlie Hirst and John Griffin but Paul Hickman and Dave Swindle then replied.

Despite losing by the odd point, Spennymoor B held on to third place in the Second Division behind the joint leaders. The Moors had wins from Gary Easen and Micky Anderson, whilst Jeremy Martin, Gordon Parkin and Tom Parkin won for Willington.

Hunwick B stay in second position in the Third Division after they only dropped one point to the visiting Leeholme B, who had Anthony Forster as their only winner. The home winners were Arnold Fleming, Tom Ward, Barry Fleming and David Penman.

Witton Gilbert went down in the decider to the visiting Wingate when John Bourne beat Willis Joynes. Witton had wins from Ian Renwick with a 36 break and John Rooney junior, whilst Jimmy Mason and Geoff Howe won for Wingate. Geoff Howe won the frame of the night when he put in a 47 break to beat Paul Nord, who had already put in a 31 break.

Sherburn Village only dropped one point to the visiting Old Shildon, who had Paul Armstrong as their only winner. John Bower, Peter McGowan, Albert Bower and Scott Mallaburn won for the Village.

Meadowfield got back to winning ways when they only dropped one point to the visiting Sacriston, who had Alan Richardson as their only winner. The home points came from Norman Smith, Craig Hughes, Stephen Hughes and Ian Hodgson.

Newhouse won in the decider on their visit to Belmont, who had points from Chris Morley and Tom Robinson senior with Paul Wright and John Maddox scoring for Newhouse. In the decider Jimmy Hassen beat Colin Robinson.

Stanley Central were never headed when they entertained Langley Park, who levelled twice but then lost the decider. The central went ahead through Jimmy Dufton but Stephen Coates levelled. Walter Cornell restored the home lead only to see David Ellison equalise. In the decider the Central's Harry Grimes beat Kevin Keers.

Hunwick A held on to third place in the Third Division with an odd point victory at Crowtrees B, who had wins from Terry Gibson and David Lowery. The visitors' winners were Ian Richardson, Norman Kirkley and Peter Mernor.

Durham City moved into fourth after they whitewashed their hosts at Tow Law A with wins from Brian Dunn, Barry Stoddart, Eric Wright, John Davies and Michael Pratt.

Leeholme A took the first and last frames against the visiting Fishburn B with success for Karl Thompson and Barry Shaw. The visitors' winners were George Whitelock, Michael bell and Jamie Hodgson.

All players must make sure that their results for all competitions are in by 10.30pm on Monday.

Results: Fishburn A 3 Shotton Palms 2; Belmont 2 Newhouse 3; Leeholme A 2 Fishburn B 3; Brandon 2 Wheatley Hill A 3; Stanley Central 3 Langley Park 2; Ferryhill B 0 Tow Law B 5; Witton Gilbert 2 Wingate 3; Spennymoor B 2 Willington 3; Tow Law A 0 Durham City 3; Sherburn Village 4 Old Shildon 1; Coundon 3 Crowtrees A 2; Bearpark B 2 New Durham 3; Newton Aycliffe 2 Bearpark A 3; Meadowfield 4 Sacriston 1; Crowtrees B 2 Hunwick A 3; Cockton Hill 1 Spennymoor A 4; Wheatley Hill B 2 Ferryhill 3; Hunwick B 4 Leeholme B 1.

Kingsway Krugerrand Competition

Two extremely entertaining matches kept the spectators on the edge of their seats as both games saw a two frame lead lost but then victory recovered in the deciding fifth frame, giving Clyde Pearson of Darlington and Charlie Blake of Middleton-in-Teesdale places in the semi-finals.

Clyde Pearson met Jimmy Evans of Birtley on table one and began in spectacular style with an 81 break. Evans, whilst having no chance of taking the frame, took up some table time and put in a 32 break. Pearson continued to show great competence when he got among the balls and knocked in a 54 break to take the second frame at 61-31.

Evans recovered from a 24 break by Pearson early in the third and potted with more confidence to take the frame at 61-51. The match as levelled in the fourth frame for Evans recovered from an early 22 from Pearson to reply with a 34 and take the frame 75-49.

The early stages of the decider were very close with some tight safety from both players. However Evans took on a rash long pot, which missed and left an opening for Pearson when the scores were 16 each. The Darlington player took the chance with some careful potting and extremely accurate positional play to construct a 72 break, which just fell short of a clearance when he missed the pink.

On the other table the first frame was tight throughout although Charlie Blake put in a 22 break to beat Steven Armstrong of Crowtrees by 64-44. The second frame followed a similar pattern with Blake knocking in a decisive 24 break to win 75-56.

Armstrong began to show more of his undoubted talent in the third frame when he made a series of small breaks to counteract the 21 from Blake and take the frame at 66-36. The fourth frame saw Armstrong hit his best form and runs of 44, 32 and 21 allowed him to square the match with a 97-13 frame victory.

In the decider, Armstrong took on an early rash long pot, which involved slight swerve on the cue ball. He missed and Blake got ahead with a 24 break. Armstrong tried to pot his way out of trouble but another difficult shot missed and Blake stepped in with a 41 break. Armstrong made valiant attempts to lay snookers but went down 76-37.

On Thursday, November 27 the first semi-final over seven frames will begin at 7pm when Clyde Pearson will play either Ronnie Peacock of Wheatley Hill or Paul Harland of Darlington. The match will be played at the Kingsway Club (above the Lightfoot Institute) in Kingsway, Bishop Auckland with spectators free of charge and very welcome.

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Team Knockout

Coundon entertained Spennymoor A in the first round and received 42 points start. In the first frame Eddie Rhodes cut this lead by six points after a very tight encounter against Stuart Neil. The visitors then went within nine points of their hosts when John Wilson beat Stephen Bennett by 27 points.

Frank Nicholson pulled off a good win for Coundon when he beat Paul Biddle by seven points to push Coundon sixteen ahead. Willy Shoulder extended the home lead to twenty-seven points when he beat Karl Welsh. Mike McKerry, going on last for Coundon against Michael Pratt, defended his lead magnificently and then took all the colours to go down by only two points and leave Coundon as the 295-270 winners.

Coundon will now entertain Spennymoor B in the second round on Tuesday, December 16.

CIU Individual Championship

Preliminary round: K. Bradley (South Hylton) v D. Harris (Stanley Central) did not play, both deleted from the competition; A. Greener (Sherburn Village) lost to W. Robson (Murton Victoria).

First round draw: P. Maroney (Cockfield) v C. Harrison (Corporation Welfare); A. Aisbitt (Old Shildon) v R. Court (Cockfield); B. Shaw (Chilton & Windlestone) v P. McGowan (Sherburn Village); A. Craig (Stanley Central) v A. Twist (Sherburn Village); S. Mallaburn (Sherburn Village) v R. Roche (Langley Park); P. Atkinson (Spennymoor) v J. Bower (Sherburn Village); D. McQuire (South Hylton) v M. Pratt (Chilton & Windlestone). Results to be into the Branch Office by December 13.