Central Ladies League: Vane Tempest moved two and a half points clear at the top of the table after they reversed the result from the opening match of the season and became the first team this season to inflict defeat on the visiting Durham City.

The home side won by 69 shots to 63 with the rink scores (Vane Tempest names first) Dorothy Kirkup, Olive Walker and Phyllis Cummings 19 Pauline Smith, Margaret Sutton and Cath Currie 19; Doreen Fenwick, Fay Slinn and Howa Dunn 20 Ann Bernard, Audrey Atkinson and Barbara Scorer 11; Thelma Gibson and Dorothy Hudson 14 Doreen McWilliams, Jean Cooper and Pauline Purvis 12; Brenda Bland, June Owen and Audrey Charlton 16 Joyce Woodward, J. Whitfield and Dorothy Appleby 21.

This result puts Vane Tempest clear at the top with Durham City, who have a match in hand, four and a half points ahead of Spennymoor.

Results: Spennymoor 5 Mainsforth 0; Brandon 5 Dean Bank 0; Pelton Fell 4 Cockton Hill 1; Vane Tempest 3 Durham City 1 ; King George V v Bishop Auckland postponed.

SWD Vets League

Sherburn Village maintained their nine points lead at the top of the First Division after dropping only two points to the visiting Shildon Railway A. Cockton Hill A moved up to share second place with Crook Glenholme after they whitewashed the visiting Langley Park B by 72 shots to 45. The rink scores (Cockton Hill names first) were A. Wilson 24 D. Henderson 13; I. McDougall 26 A. Calvert 17; D. Oliver 22 D. Cassidy 15.

Wolsingham seriously damaged the title aspirations of the visiting Dean Bank with a four points victory. Wolsingham won by 61 shots to 42 with the rink scores (Wolsingham names first) K. Sanderson 14 S. Farrey 18; I. Wilson 26 A. Webber 9; L. Hogarth 21 N. Rimmer 15. This defeat moved Dean Bank out the of the top three in the Second Division, where Addison Park lead Chilton by eight points with Langley Park A a further three points adrift.

Bishop Auckland moved up the Third Division to share third place with their visitors from Fishburn after the home side came through by four points. The Bishops won by 65 shots to 53 with the rink scores (Bishop Auckland names first) C. White 24 A. Gibson 13; A. Brown 18 G. Longbottom 22; J. Bowran 23 R. Adamson 18. The joint leaders of the Third Division are Cockton Hill B and Spennymoor B with a four points advantage over the third placed pair.

Results: Division One - Leeholme 4 Crook Glenholme 4; Cockton Hill A 8 Langley Park B 0; Sherburn 6 Shildon Railway A 2; Spennymoor A 6 Willington 2.

Division Two - Chilton 6 King George V 2; Langley Park A 8 Shildon Town 0; Addison Park 6 Durham City 2; Wolsingham 6 Dean Bank 2.

Division Three - Bishop Auckland 6 Fishburn 2; Spennymoor B 6 Cockton Hill B 2; Mainsforth 6 Belmont 2. Shildon Railway B v Spennymoor C postponed.