County Super League: Ithe only match played, Shildon B raced into a big lead over the visiting Tow Law in the first half. Only Lee Cullinan managed to win a point for the Lawyers as the home side shot ahead with wins from Nigel Hall, Ian Sanderson, Dominic Hannon, Paul Fodden, Colin Bell and Brian Bailey.

After the break the Lawyers fought back and looked likely to at least force a draw but Shildon pulled off a narrow victory when Ian Sanderson and Dominic Hannon took their second points of the night to negate the wins from John Beveridge, Charlie Donaghy, Tommy Sloan, Andrew Burrows and Shaun Umpelby.

Crook League

Willington Market made certain of avoiding relegation to the Second Division when they won their final home match of the season by beating Crook Royal Sun by two points. The home side had two singles points from Micky Toward and Adrian Peacock with Syd Trow, Stuart Shillan and Dave Tobbell scoring one each to add to the doubles from Toward and Tobbell. The Royal Sun replied with two points from Graham Johnson, one each from Ronnie Hope, Cliffy Johnson and David Haygarth to add to the doubles from Hope and Haygarth.

The top of the table is already clear with Crook Olde Horse Shoe A champions with a 27 points lead over Crook Travellers Rest B, who are 19 points ahead of Crook Belle Vue. There was a first for the season in the league when Second Division leaders, Crook Coach and Horses B became the first team to record a maximum victory when they visited Crook Queen's Head B. The Coach are a massive 60 points clear at the top of the Second Division with Crook King's Head three points ahead of Howden Australian.

The Australian made themselves favourites to land the runners-up spot when they only dropped four points to the visiting Crook Golden Fleece A. The Aussie had two singles points from Ian Williams and Stephen Burke with Stephen Heyes, Steven hall, Michael Lee and Peter Johnson adding one each to the doubles of Lee with Heyes and John Allott with Burke. The Fleece's points came with two from Richard Hall and one each from Rebecca Newton and Stephen Fairgrieves.

Results: Crook Olde Horse Shoe B 10 Crook Queen's Head A 4; Crook Mill House 4 Crook Olde Horse Shoe A 10; Crook Travellers Rest A 7 Crook Jelly's Bar A 7; Crook White Swan 5 Crook Travellers Rest B 9; Crook Coach and Horses A 8 Crook Belle Vue 6; Willington Market 8 Crook Royal Sun 6; Crook Golden Fleece B 10 Croft Social Club 4; Howden Australian 10 Crook Golden Fleece A 4; Crook King's Head 7 Crook Surtees 7; Crook Spitfire Club 5 Willington Brewer's Droop 9; Crook Jelly's Bar B 4 Hunwick Club 10; Crook Queen's Head B 0 Crook Coach and Horses B 14.

Tow Law Scottish Courage League

Tow Law Dan's Castle A moved back to pole position in the table after they won by three points on their visit to Tow Law Station, whilst the former leaders, Sunniside Comedian went down by three points to the visiting Newhouse Club.

The Station's three points came from two players when Malcolm Boughey and Alan Ogilvie won their singles and then combined to take a doubles point. The Castle A team had singles wins from Ian Johnson, Lee Stockdale, Colin Armstrong and Anthony Hird with Malcolm Umpleby with Gary Watson and Stockdale with Hird taking doubles points.

The demise of the Comedian was not expected as they shared the singles with the visiting Newhouse Club. Harry Dinsdale, Steve Turner and Ian Dinsdale won singles points for the Club whilst Dave Walton, John Conoly and Morgan Errington levelled. However from that point the Club took over to win all three doubles points.

Tow Law Dan's Castle A now lead by two points with Sunniside Comedian four points ahead of Tow Law Football Club.

Results: Tow Law Rose and Crown 4 Hamilton Row Black Horse 5; Tow Law New Market B 6 Tow Law New Market A 3; Tow Law Dan's Castle B 5 Tow Law Football Club 4; Sunniside Comedian 3 Newhouse Club 6; Tow Law Station 3 Tow Law Dan's Castle A 6.

Durham and

District League

At the Annual General Meeting of the League Geoff Ayre was elected as Chairman, Barry Dowson secretary and Clare Tritton treasurer. The new season of the League will begin on Thursday, 11 September with the following fixtures: Spennymoor Voltigeur v Ushaw Moor Winnings; Bowburn Oak Tree v Bowburn Cooperage; Witton Gilbert White Tun v Framwellgate Moor Marquis of Granby; Sacriston Daisy Hill A v Coxhoe WM Club; Esh McKenna's v Sacriston Daisy Hill B; Gilesgate Three Horse Shoes v Consett Stateside; Durham Snooker Club v Bowburn Hare & Greyhound; Ushaw Moor Flass Inn v Ushaw Moor Catholic Club.

Willington and

District League

The fixtures for the first week of the new season are Prospect Club v Willington Brewer's Droop; Byers Green Royal Oak v Hunwick Quarry; Willington Cottles A v Willington Cottles B; Willington Lion and Unicorn v Willington Burn; Willington Commercial v Sunnybrow Brown Trout.

Crook Individual League

Action returned to being hectic after a holiday break with some surprising results when the two leaders both suffered defeats. David Stephenson whitewashed David Craggs and then Richard Walker beat Johnny Mason in the decider.

There were two spectacular clearances in the matches played; one from Johnny Mason to win the decider against Lee Scott and the other from Darren Tinkler to beat Les Scott in the decider.

Results: David Craggs 2 Doug Bowey 1; David Haygarth 2 Neil Campbell 1; Aaron Cowan 3 Stephen Burke 0; Stephen Heyes 1 Darren Tinkler 2; Lee Scott 1 Johnny Mason 2; David Stephenson 3 David Craggs 0; Richard Walker 1 Stephen Heyes 2; Les Scott 1 Darren Tinkler 2; Richard Walker 2 Johnny Mason 1

The matches to be played on Monday in Crook Coach and Horses are: Doug Bowey v Adam Martin; David Stephenson v Lee Cullinan; Michael Burke v Aaron Cowan; Richard Walker v David Craggs.

P W L F A Pts

J. Mason 9 7 2 19 8 19

D. Craggs 8 6 2 18 6 18

D. Haygarth 9 6 3 15 12 15

S. Burke 10 4 6 15 15 15

M. Burke 7 6 1 14 7 14

D. Stephenson 9 4 5 14 13 14

Lee Scott 9 5 4 13 14 13

Les Scott 8 5 3 12 12 12

A. Cowan 9 5 4 11 16 11

D. Tinkler 8 4 4 11 13 11

L. Cullinan 9 3 6 11 16 11

R. Walker 6 3 3 10 8 10

N. Campbell 7 3 4 10 11 10

S. Heyes * 9 3 6 8 16 8

A. Martin 8 1 7 8 16 8

D. Bowey 7 1 6 6 15 6

*Denotes three points deducted

Bishop Auckland and District League

Crook Olde Horse Shoe will meet Willington Brewer's Droop in the final of the League Knock Out Cup after they came through their home semi-finals in vastly different manners.

The Olde Horse Shoe never dropped a frame against the visiting Crook Coach and Horses A. The results in the match (Horse Shoe names first) were Johnny Mason 2 Michael Burke 0; Cliff Owens 2 David Stephenson 0; Stephen Liddle 2 Dave Haygarth 0; Gavin Witton 1 Neil Campbell 0.

In the other semi final, Willington Brewer's Droop recovered from being four-nil down to win by two points against the visiting Henknowle Manor A. The results (Brewer's Droop names first) were Billy Wragg 0 John Collinson 2; Stephen britton 0 Steven Webb 2; Paul Briddick 2 Bill Turner 0; Ian Richardson 1 Peter Mernor 1; Paul Atkinson 2 Ronnie Wright 0. In the doubles Ian Richardson and Paul Briddick beat Peter Mernor and Ronnie Wright, whilst Paul Atkinson completed the home victory by beating Steven Webb in the first captain's game.

In a re-arranged league match, Spennymoor Ash Tree strengthened their chances of landing the Championship when they only dropped one point to the visiting Bishop Auckland RAFA Club. This leaves Crook Olde Horse Shoe six points clear of the Ash Tree, who have a match in hand.

In the other re-arranged league match, Spennymoor Weardale beat the visiting Bishop Auckland Derby by five points.

CIU Team

Preliminary round draw: Ferryhill v Thornley; Vale of Derwent B v Crowtrees A; New Brancepeth v Easington Colliery; Grange Villa C v Tindale Crescent; Byers Green v Fencehouses Comrades A. There are byes for Osbourne A; Vale of Derwent A; Consett Victoria; Grange Villa B; Shotton Comrades B; Fencehouses Comrades B; Osbourne B; Crowtrees B; Grange Villa A; Shotton Comrades A and West Auckland. Results must be into the Branch Office by 20 September