CIU Championship

Preliminary round draw: P. Coulson (Leadgate) v R. Jefferson (Trimdon Colliery); D. Stoker (South Moor) v J. Stott-Blair (Hetton); S. Montgomery (Leadgate) v D. Metcalfe (Leadgate); K. Chicken (Low Spennymoor & Merrington Lane) v A. Charlton (South Moor); I. Brown (Spennymoor) v E. Henry (Sunniside); E. Richardson (Old Shildon) v I. Peacock (Leadgate); D. Hume (Darlington) v G. Peaden (Crowtrees) A. Archbold (Hetton) v N. Nixon (Sacriston); R. Mulroy (Spennymoor) v T. Smith (Sunniside); B. Reed (Leadgate) v R. Rutherford (Brandon).

CIU Pairs Championship

Preliminary round draw: R. French & T. Brown (Horden Labour) v G. Longbottom & R. Adamson (Fishburn); T. Wiseman & W. Sedman (Witton Gilbert) v J. Corrigan & G. Cousin (Leadgate); D. Allen & N. Whiteford (Tanfield Lea) v M. Branthwaite & H. Atkinson (Bowes); D. Hume & R. Johnson (Darlington) v T. Cowley & J. Webster (Sherburn Village); L. Simpson & D. Grove (South Durham Malleable) v T. Burt & N. McDonald (Sherburn Village); M. Mordue & W. Lovett (Leadgate) v G. Austin & T. Peacock (Hopetown & Whessoe); B. Reed & F. Richardson (Leadgate) v R. Evans & L. Rutherford (Tanfield Lea); J. Stewart & W. Edwards (Crawcrook) v T. Leathers & V. Simpson (Sherburn Village); R. Rutherford & R. Curry (Brandon) v W. Bell & P. Heath (Spennymoor); S. Montgomery & G. Bell (Leadgate) v R. Piper & D. Murray (Tanfield Lea); K. Chicken & B. Fairhurst (Low Spennymoor) v R. Hughes & J. Scullion (Shotton Comrades); J. Stott-Blair & T. Patterson (Hetton) v R. Irwin & D. Metcalfe (Leadgate); J. Worthy & R. Mulroy (Spennymoor) v J. Trotter & S. Farry (Ferryhill); D. Bowes & T. Bowes (South Durham Malleable) v I. Peacock & H. Peacock (Leadgate); J. Bell & D. Liddell (Tanfield Lea) v R. Wardle & A. Austin (Hopetown & Whessoe); J. Taylor & B. Taylor (Fishburn) v K. Harrison & J. Pringle (Whitburn & Marsden); P. Whitfield & G. Hutchinson (Crowtrees) v A. Jones & W. Maddison (Ferryhill Station); N. Nixon & R. Taylorson (Sacriston) v R. Maxwell & S. Dodds (Mill View); G. Robson & T. Oakes (Fishburn) v W. Latimer & H. Teasdale (Wingate); R. Butler & J. Wolfenden (Crawcrook) v P. Gibson & D. Gibson (Spennymoor); B. Coates & G. Gibson (Wingate) v J. Carr & C. Steele (Number One Central); S. Summers & S. Gourley (Darlington) v W. Condron & S. Land (Low Spennymoor & Merrington Lane).

Durham and

District League

The new season will begin on Saturday, April 27 with the three divisions having ten teams in each.

The fixtures for the first week are - Division One: Shotton v Coxhoe; Wingate v Nevilles Cross; Pelton Fell v Crook Glenholme; Ever ready/ Craghead v Leeholme; Mainsforth v Bowburn.

Division Two: Wheatley Hill v King George V; Trimdon v Witton Gilbert; Langley Park v Vane Tempest; Addison Park v Sherburn Village; Brandon v Stockton.

Division Three: Wolsingham v Dean and Chapter; Newton Hall v Cockton Hill; Murton v Chilton; Fishburn v Willington Spectrum; Kelloe v Belmont