Bowran beats Brockway

In the sixth Ranking Tournament of the year, held in Durham Snooker Club, Chris Bowran came through to take the £40 winners prize after beating Paul Brockway in the final, where Paul collected £20.

The beaten semi-finalists, Dave Hodgson and Darren Grainger collected £10 each.

Last 16 results: Colin Hutchinson 3 Leigh Mavin 0; Chris Bowran 3 Tim Aberdeen 1; Helen Sharp 0 Dave Hodgson 3; Gary Carr 3 John Mavin 1; Darren Grainger 3 Davy Jones 2; Mark Szczypka 3 Dave Lowery 0; Helen Littlewood 0 Paul Brockway 3; Alice Rhodes 0 Nick Veuger 3.

Last eight results: Colin Hutchinson 1 Chris Bowran 3; Dave Hodgson 3 Gary Carr 0; Darren Grainger 3 Mark Szczypka 2; Paul Brockway 3 Nick Veuger 0.

Semi-finals: Chris Bowran beat Dave Hodgson 4-2, Paul Brockway beat Darren Grainger 4-2.

Final: Bowran beat Brockway 5-3.

Current top 20 placings in the Ranking List to qualify for the end of year tournament: 1st Michael Rhodes 67 merit points, 27 ranking points; 2 Colin Hutchinson 43, 27; 3 Andy Seal 46, 23; 4 David Jackson 33, 21; 5 Darren Grainger 30, 18; 6 Chris Bowran 34, 17; 7 Leigh Mavin 22, 17; 8 Gary Carr 14, 17; 9 Nick Veuger 13, 17; 10 Alan McCluskey 18, 16; 11 John Mavin 15, 15; 12= Tim Aberdeen and Dave Lowery 11, 14; 14 Kevin Allison 10, 14; 15 Graham Comerford 21, 12; 16 Dave Hodgson 16, 12; 17 Paul Brockway 23, 11; 18 Lee Holdsworth 11,11; 19 Ian Bertram 8, 11; 20 Trevor Walton 20,10.

The next Ranking Tournament will be held in Durham Snooker Club on Sunday, July 21 with names in by 12.30pm.

Bishop Auckland and District League

Crook Olde Horse Shoe, the leaders, slipped to their third defeat of the season when the visiting Spennymoor Ashtree came through to take the decider. The Shoe had two singles points from Stephen Liddle and one each from Dave Walker and Gavin Witton. The visitors had two points from Paul Biddle and Ronnie McAloon with Alan Jones and Stephen Jones adding one each.

The Shoe closed the gap when Steve Hunter and Stephen Liddle too the doubles. Gavin Witton squared the match by winning the first captain's game bu Paul Biddle took his revenge in the decider.

Toft Hill Three Tuns took a prestigious scalp when they beat the visiting Bishop Auckland Football Club by the odd point. The Tuns had two singles points from Andrew Wilson and Richie Hughes, whilst Barry Thexton and Peter Cardigan added one each. In reply the footballers had two points from Lee Taylor and one each from Russell Place and Karl Neilson.

The Footballers closed the gap when Russell Place and Lee Diaz took the doubles but the Tuns went to victory when Vince Hunt won the first captain's game against Lee Taylor. The visiting captain took his revenge in the second captain's frame to keep the score at the closest possible.

Crook Olde Horse Shoe lead the table by seven points with Crook Coach and Horses nine points ahead of the third placed Bishop Auckland Snooker Club B.

Draw for Knock-out Cup quarter finals to be played on July 18: Spennymoor Ash Tree v Crook Olde Horse Shoe; Bishop Auckland Snooker A v Bishop Auckland Snooker B; Bishop Auckland Football Club v Crook Coach and Horses; Bishop Auckland RAFA v Tow Law Station.

Results: Ferryhill Greyhound 3 Henknowle Manor House 10; Witton Park Rose and Crown 4 Spennymoor Weardale 9; Bishop Auckland Snooker B 9 Bishop Auckland Cumberland Arms 4; Crook Coach and Horses 8 Bishop Auckland Snooker Club A 5; Bishop Auckland Derby 3 Bishop Auckland King's Head 10; Toft Hill Three Tuns 7 Bishop Auckland Football Club 6; Crook Olde Horse Shoe 6 Spennymoor Ashtree 7.Tow Law Station v Bishop Auckland RAFA postponed.

Crook League

Crook Olde Horse Shoe B came with a late recovery to force a draw against the visiting Crook Spitfire Club. The home side had singles wins from Dave Walker, Lee Scott and Wayne Smith to add to the doubles of Peter Clement with Phil Greenup and Dave Walker with Carl Maddison. The Spitfire Club went into the lead when they took seven singles points with Mark Callaghan and Gordon Walker scoring two and one each from Ronnie Rinaldi, Eddie Phillipson and John Palmer. This pushed the visitors 7-5 ahead but the Shoe took the last two when Carl Maddison beat Harry Tait and Kevin Emmerson beat Eddie Phillipson.

Crook Royal Sun B are bottom of the Second Division but put the their best showing of the season when they just failed by two points to beat the visiting league leaders, Willington Market. The Sun had two points from David Haygarth and Paul Norman and one from Nicola Thexton to add to the doubles of David Haygarth and Kathleen Crook. The Market had two points from Paul Lauder and Syd Trow with Micky Toward, and John Blackett scoring one each to add to the doubles of Staurt Wayman with Stuart Shillan. The Market edged to victory when Staurt Wayman beat Lisa Thexton in the final singles.

Crook Olde Horse Shoe A lead Division One by nine points with Crook Travellers Rest B in second place, eleven points ahead of Crook Coach and Horses. Willington Market lead the Second Division by eight points from Crook Jelly's Bar A, who are ten points in front of the Queen's Head A and the White Swan.

* The next league meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 16 in Croft Social Club at 7.30pm, when all teams must be represented.

Results: Crook Belle Vue 7 Crook Coach and Horses A 7; Crook Surtees 1 Crook Travellers Rest B 13; Crook Travellers Rest A 2 Crook Olde Horse Shoe A 12; Crook Mill House 5 Crook Royal Sun A 9; Crook Olde Horse Shoe B 7 Crook Spitfire Club 7; Crook Queen's Head B 9 Crook White Swan 5; Crook Royal Sun B 6 Willington Market 8; Crook Coach and Horses B 9 Crook Jelly's Bar B 5; Crook Golden Fleece 7 Croft Social Club 7; Crook Jelly's Bar A 9 Crook Queen's Head A 5.

Spennymoor League

Ithe final week of the league programme, Spennymoor Black Horse ensured the runners-up spot behind Spennymoor Quinns Inn when they only dropped two points at Spennymoor Victoria.

The home side's only singles point came from J. Ibbotson, whilst the Horse had wins from J. Oliver, R. Turner, G. Porter and D. Miller. The Victoria took the first doubles through A. Cairns and J. Ibbotson with the Black Horse taking the second through G. Porter and D. Miller. The visitors completed a good victory when J. McIver beat A. Shaw in the captain's game.

Results: Spennymoor Railway 1 Spennymoor Half Moon 7; Spennymoor Victoria 2 Spennymoor Black Horse 6; Spennymoor Pit Laddie 3 Spennymoor Penny Gill 5; Spennymoor Salvin Arms 2 Spennymoor Football Club A 6; Spennymoor Football Club B 2 Spennymoor Hillingdon 6.

* There were no results from Coxhoe Red Lion v Spennymoor Quinns Inn or Spennymoor Voltigeur v Spennymoor Ash Tree so both teams are fined as per rules.

Bishop Auckland

Area League

The final round of scheduled matches saw more of the trophies decided. After securing the league title last week Bishop Auckland Kings Head went on to clinch the Overall points trophy too with Bishop Auckland Derby taking the runners-up spot in both cases. The Derby doubles pair of Steven Lowther and Kevin Singleton and Spennymoor Wheatsheaf doubles pair, Geoff Brown and Steve Horner have to play-off for runners-up in the first doubles. Spennymoor Penny Gill ensured they took the second doubles title with a win at Spennymoor Hillingdon. Shaun Reynolds of Bishop Auckland Grand won the captains game at Spennymoor Voltigeur to make sure that he would at least be in a play off for the Captains title with Brian Cable of Bishop Auckland Aclet. Having already played all of his matches the Aclet's Derek Cooper was confirmed as the League Player of the Year, having won 17 out of his 22 games this season.

Spennymoor Voltigeur, who started this season well, played their final match of the season with no chance of honours, but their visitors, Bishop Auckland Grand, need points from their final games to lift themselves from the bottom of the table and avoid the wooden spoon. A bright start from the Grand, with the first two games being won by John Rickaby and Lee Ellison, was followed with wins from the home side's David Graham and Darren Briggs. David King then won the final singles game for the Grand to leave the score after this singles 3-2 in favour of the visitors. The home side took both doubles games, the first a win by Steve Santi and Jeff Wilkinson and the second a win for Darren Briggs and David Graham. Sean Reynolds then won the captains game for the Grand to give his side a draw and himself the chance to win the captains trophy.

* All play-offs will be played tomorrow on the Finals Day at Bishop Auckland Grand, where all players must be present by 12.30.

Tow Law League

Ithe top of the table clash the former leaders, Tow Law Rose and Crown only took two points from the visiting Tow Law North Point, who now move up with Tow Law Dan's Castle A to share the top spot. The Rose and Crown only had one singles win from Anthony Ward and a doubles when Ward joined Lee Mowbray. The Point's winners were Gary Watson, Dave Morton, Alan Henderson, Stan Simmons, Colin Armstrong and Gary Turnbull.

Esh Football Club were able to move up to share the third place in the table with the Rose and Crown, four points behind the joint leaders after they took all three doubles in their home match against Tow Law Football Club. The singles were shared with Esh having wins from John McCormick, John Robinson and Dave Brown, whilst the Lawyers winners were Les Hind, Charlie Donaghy and Jim Day.

Results: Sunniside Comedian 7 Tow Law Dan's Castle B 2; Tow Law Dan's Castle A 9 Tow Law New Market A 0; Tow Law Cattle Mart 7 Lanchester King's Head 2; Esh Winning Football Club 6 Tow Law Football Club 3; Tow Law Rose and Crown 2 Tow Law North Point 7. Hamilton Row Black Horse v Tow Law New Market B no result.

CIU Singles Championship

Second round draw: D. Craggs (Tow Law) v M. Miller (North Biddick); T. Wray (Ferryhill) v J. Wray (Ferryhill); S. Wray (Ferryhill) v S. Burnside (Ferryhill); P. Allison (Darlington A.S.E.) v P. Richardson (Leadgate); C. Turner (Grange Villa) v A. Spedding (Hylton Castle); T. Mullen (High Fell) v M. Branton (Southwick); G. Gray (Grange Villa) v N. Anderson (Shotton Comrades); P. Dodds (Consett Victoria) v J. Hall snr (Crowtrees); T. Briggs (Southwick) v S. Defty (Southwick); J. Bambling (Quarrington Hill) v P. Bland (North Biddick); M. Green (Grange Villa) v P. Cox (Darlington A.S.E.); M. Bean (Darlington A.S.E.) v A. Wright (Southwick); T. Kay (Darlington A.S.E.) v D. Riddell (Hylton Castle); M. Stephenson (Whitehill Park Tenants) v N. Eddy (High Fell); S. Hann (Crowtrees) v P. Hickman (Shotton Comrades); S. Thompson (Hylton Castle) receives a bye. Results to be into the Branch Office by August 3.

CIU Pairs Championship

Second round draw: C. Cornell & G. Manning (Quarrington Hill) v S. Defty & T. Briggs snr (Southwick); D. Turnbull & M. Turnbull (High Fell) v J. Wray & R. Hornsby (Ferryhill); K. Wilson & T. Bainbridge (Fencehouses Comrades) v F. Bartosiak & A. Hill (Quarrington Hill); W. Robinson & J. Robinson (Easington Colliery) v D. Craggs & C. Donaghy (Tow Law); K. Stobbs & G. Swayer (Easington Colliery) v S. Wray & S. Webster (Ferryhill); A. Spedding & R. Riddel (Hylton Castle) or K. Rishworth & R. Murdoch (High Fell) v M. Branton & A. Wright (Southwick); D. Bromley & T. Wray (Ferryhill) v T. Mullen & M. Loxley (High Fell); M. Stephenson & S. Sedman (Whitehill Park Tenants) v S. Hann & P. Laverick (Crowtrees). Results to be into the Branch Office by August 3.