Durham Ranking Tournament

The next tournament will be held in Durham Snooker Club on Sunday, March 31 with an enrolment time of 12.30pm.

The top 32 players over the year qualify to play for the big money prize in the final tournament but each monthly competition has prizemoney of between £180 and £200 for the winner, runner-up, beaten semi-finalists and the Plate winner to share.

Current top 20 ranked players: 1 Michael Rhodes with 31 merit points and 13 ranking points; 2 Colin Hutchinson 22, 11; 3 Andy Seal 20, 9; 4 Graham Comerford 17, 9; 5 David Jackson 15, 9; 6 Darren Grainger 20, 8; 7 Trevor Walton 15, 7; 8 Andrew Morley 13, 7; 9 Kevin Allison 10, 7; 10 John Mavin 9, 5; 11 Chris Bowran 8, 5; 12 Leigh Mavin 7, 5; 13 Alan McCluskey 5, 5; 14 Ian Staines 8, 4; 15 Lee Holdsworth 7, 4; 16 Dave Lowery 5, 4; 17 equal Helen Littlewood, Clare Triton and Nick Veuger 4, 4 each; 20 Johnny Rowland 2, 4.

Bishop Auckland and District League

Crook Olde Horse Shoe, current league leaders and champions for a number of seasons, suffered their heaviest defeat for years when they visited the new team from neighbours, Crook Coach and Horses and only collected three points. The Coach had two points from Alan Moses, Michael Burke and Neil Harker with Les Scott and Aaron Cowan adding one each. Gavin Witton and Kevin Waterhouse scored one singles each for the Olde Horse Shoe. The Coach took the doubles through Neil Campbell and Lee Scott, then Les Scott and Gavin Witton shared the captain's games as they had done in the singles.

Spennymoor Ashtree pulled off a good away win at Bishop Auckland King's head to overtake their hosts in the table. The King's had two singles points from Andrew Tuesday and Mal Parry and one from John Searle. The Ashtree maintained the same pace with two points from Alan Jones and Paul Biddle and one from Stephen Jones. The visitors took the doubles through Tony Biddle and Stephen Jones with Paul Biddle completing the victory when he beat Mal Parry in both captain's games.

The Olde Horse Shoe lead the table by two points with the Ashtree sharing second place with Bishop Auckland Snooker Club B. The King's Head are a further point adrift with the Coach and Horses just a point behind them.

Results: Bishop Auckland Derby 9 Bishop Auckland Cumberland 4; Ferryhill Greyhound 5 Bishop Auckland Snooker Club A 8; Witton Park Rose and Crown 12 Bishop Auckland RAFA 1; Toft Hill Three Tuns 6 Spennymoor Weardale 7; Tow Law Station 10 Henknowle Manor House 3; Bishop Auckland Snooker Club B 8 Bishop Auckland Football Club 5; Bishop Auckland King's Head 5 Spennymoor Ashtree 8; Crook Coach and Horses 10 Crook Olde Horse Shoe 3.

Willington League

Itop of the table clash, Hunwick Club managed to extend their lead at the top to four points when they beat the second placed visitors from Howden Australian by the odd point. The Aussie went into a two points lead with wins from Ian Williams and John Allot. The home side then took over and won the next four points through Robert Todd, Gary Moffatt, Nigel Laws and Ian Richardson. The Aussie took two of the three doubles but went down when Mike O'Brien and Gary Moffatt won their doubles.

The Prospect Club moved up three points behind the Australian after beating their hosts at Hunwick Quarry Burn by three points. Only Keith Dufton took a singles for the home side whilst Dave Peacock, Lane Sample, Adrian Peacock, Steve Britton and Phil Blyth won for the Prospect, who added one of the three doubles to complete their victory.

Results: Willington Commercial 1 Sunnybrow Brown Trout 8; Willington Brewer's Droop B 1 Willington Black Horse 8; Hunwick Quarry Burn 3 Prospect Club 6; Willington Market 6 Willington Brewer's Droop A 3; Hunwick Club 5 Howden Australian 4.

Durham and

District League

Chester-le-Street Garden edged through a tough home team Knock Out Cup quarter final to just beat Ushaw Moor Catholic Club.

Results: Gilesgate Three Horse Shoes 3 Sacriston Daisy Hill 7; Meadowfield Club 5 Durham Snooker Club 7; Coxhoe Club 7 Bowburn Oak Tree B 4; Chester-le-Street Garden Farm 7 Ushaw Moor Catholic Club 5.

League Singles Championship

Quarter Final draw: Ian Toase (Ushaw Moor Catholic Club) v Andrew Gilmore (Coxhoe Club); Trevor Walton (Chester-le-Street Garden Farm) v Andy Seal (Gilesgate Three Horse Shoes); Paul Nord (Sacriston Daisy Hill) v Simon Baker (Sacriston Daisy Hill); Steve Neale (Coxhoe Club) v Dave Jones (Durham Snooker Club).

League Doubles Championship

Quarter Final draw: Dave Jones & Chris Beswick (Durham Snooker Club) v Dave Neale & Dave Ferguson (Sacriston Daisy Hill); Peter Jackson & Lee Patterson (Broom Park Loves) v Andy Seal & Chris Bowran (Gilesgate Three Horse Shoes); Graeme Richardson & Paul Vasey (Ushaw Moor Catholic Club) v Paul Campbell & Simon Baker (Sacriston Daisy Hill); Michael Rhodes & Colin Hutchinson (Durham Snooker Club) v Simon Gill & Jeff Ayre (Ushaw Moor Flass Inn).

Spennymoor League

Leaders, Spennymoor Salvin Arms went down to the visiting Spennymoor Victoria, who jumped up into third place just a point behind Spennymoor Voltigeur, who trail the leaders by a point. The Victoria share their third place with Spennymoor Half Moon.

The Salvins won the singles with points from A. Kyle, L. Outhwaite and T. Howarth whilst M. Nelson and A. Shaw took points for the Victoria. The visitors went on to take the remaining points when they won both doubles through J. Ibbotson with S. Bell and C. Armstrong with M. Jayne. They completed their good win when A. Shaw beat R. Cannon in the captain's game.

Spennymoor Pit Laddie fell foul of the league rules when they failed to get their scorecard in on time and were deducted two points.

Results: Spennymoor Penny Gill 3 Spennymoor Half Moon 5; Coxhoe Red Lion 2 Spennymoor Voltigeur 6; Spennymoor Football Club B 4 Spennymoor Football Club A 4; Spennymoor Railway 3 Spennymoor Black Horse 5; Spennymoor Ashtree 5 Spennymoor Hillingdon 3; Spennymoor Salvin Arms 3 Spennymoor Victoria 5.

Bishop Auckland

Area League

Good performances from both Gary Dixon and David Brassell this week stopped the Bishop Auckland Green Tree getting revenge over Bishop Auckland Derby for last weeks 6-2 scoreline. Both players won their singles games and the A Doubles between them to give the Derby three out of their four points this week. The other point was contributed by Stuart Milne in the singles. For the Green Tree the Singles winners were Melvin Metcalfe and Steve Sefton with both players combining in the B Doubles to also take that game. Neil Brown picked up the Captains game for the Green Tree to leave the final score 4-4. There were good wins for both St. Helens Wheatsheaf and Bishop Auckland Kings Head this week. The Kings took seven out of the eight points from Bishop Auckland Aclet whilst the Wheatsheaf beat Henknowle Manor by the same scoreline. For the Kings Malcolm Parry, Peter Mernor, David Jacomb and John Searle won in the singles with Derek Cooper taking the Aclet's only point of the night. The Kings then went on to win the A Doubles through David Jacomb and Andrew Tuesday, the B Doubles through John Searle and Malcolm Parry with Peter Mernor winning the Captains game to take the match 7-1.

At St. Helens Wheatsheaf Trevor Nixon, Andy Mole and Kelvin Anderson took the first three singles games to give the home side an early lead against an undermanned Manor side. John Collinson tried to inspire a fight back with a victory in the next game for the Manor but with only four players available they had to concede the final singles point. Gary Brown and Steve Horner took yet another point for the Wheatsheaf in the A Doubles and the B Doubles had to be conceded by the Manor. Andy Mole then won the Captains game for the Wheatsheaf to give them a 7-1 victory.

Results: Spennymoor Victoria 4 Spennymoor Penny Gill 4; Spennymoor Voltigeur 5 Bishop Auckland Bay Horse 3; Bishop Auckland Green Tree 4 Bishop Auckland Derby 4; Bishop Auckland King's Head 7 Bishop Auckland Aclet 1; St. Helens Wheatsheaf 7 Henknowle Manor 1.

Tow Law League

The League's Annual Presentation Evening will be held at Tow Law New Market at 7.30pm on Wednesday, March 27. All teams must have a registered representative present to collect their team's share of the point money. The League's annual meeting will be held at Tow Law Cattle Mart at 7.30pm prompt on Tuesday, April 16.