Durham and District League - Leeholme moved nine points clear at the top following their whitewash success over the relegated King George V.

Second placed, Ever Ready/Craghead struggled at Bowburn, where they just edged through to a two points victory, a result which gives Crook Glenholme an outside chance of landing the runners-up spot.

Coxhoe came through to an 89 shots to 59 victory at home to Shotton with both teams certain of First Division status next season.

Rink scores (Coxhoe names first): P. Gibson 23 W. Hind 17; P. Heath 23 F. Kipling 16; D. Gibson 25 J. Langley 13; G. Storey 18 R. Setterfield 13.

The Second Division has been shaken up by the removal of Stockton Elm Tree, who were unable to complete their fixtures. Vane Tempest completed their programme and got out of the relegation area with a whitewash win over the visiting Addison Park by 109 shots to 39.

Rink scores (with Vane Tempest scores first): M. O'Shea 27 T. Doughaty 15; W. Irvine 27 M. fenwick 10; G. Johnson 27 R. Bell 6; K. Simpson 28 A. Waggot 8.

Division Two

P W D L Pts

Wingate 15 10 1 4 95

Nevilles Cross 15 10 2 3 91

Sherburn Vill. 15 9 1 5 89

Brandon 15 8 0 7 83

Stockton 15 9 0 6 83

Vane Tempest 16 7 0 9 76

Addison Park 15 6 0 9 65

Chilton 15 4 0 11 50

Trimdon 15 3 0 12 48

Witton Gilbert and Wheatley Hill both ensured their promotion from the Third Division with wins in their penultimate matches. Witton beat the visiting Newton Hall by two points, whilst Wheatley Hill only dropped one point to Wolsingham, who they beat by 90 shots to 50.

Rink scores (Wheatley Hill names first): C. Bullock 19 T. Irwin 19; K. Atkin 31 H. Mudd 9; K. Kendall 14 K. Sanderson 13; J. Barrasford 26 R. Hopkinson 9.

Results - Division One: Leeholme 10 King George V 0; Langley Park 2 Mainsforth 8; Coxhoe 10 Shotton 0; Bowburn 4 Ever Ready/Craghead 6; Crook Glenholme 8 Pelton Fell 2.

Division Two: Chilton 2 Stockton 8; Wingate 10 Sherburn Village 0; Vane Tempest 10 Addison Park 0; Brandon 10 Trimdon 0.

Division Three: Wheatley Hill 9 Wolsingham 1; Belmont 7 Kelloe 3; Willington Spectrum 2 Fishburn WM Club 8; Witton Gilbert 6 Newton Hall 4. Re-arranged - Murton 6 Newton Hall 4.

SWD Veterans League

Shildon Railway A's late bid to avoid relegation from the First Division just failed by a single point when they were held to a home draw by Sherburn Village so they now join Mainsforth into next season's Second Division. King George V just saved themselves when they took two points from their match at Langley Park.

Despite losing at Bishop Auckland, Willington managed to score the two points they needed to clinch the Second Division Championship. Crook Glenholme take the second spot after they edged Wolsingham into third place with a two points home win over their rivals.

The Third Division Championship and other promotion spot are wide open. Currently Langley Park and Cockton Hill share the top spot but the Park have two games to play, whilst the Hill have completed their programme. Shildon Town are two points adrift with one game to play, whilst Belmont are three behind with two games to play.

Results - Division One: Shildon Railway A 4 Sherburn Village 4; Spennymoor A 2 Cockton Hill A 6; Langley Park B 6 King George V 2; Dean Bank A 8 Mainsforth 0.

Division Two: Bishop Auckland 6 Willington 2; Spennymoor B 0 Leeholme 8; Durham City 2 Chilton 6; Crook Glenholme 5 Wolsingham 3.

Division Three: Langley Park A 6 Cockton Hill 2; Belmont 6 Shildon Town A 2; Fishburn 8 Spennymoor C 0; Shildon Town A 6 Spennymoor C 2.

Wilf Marsh Trophy

This pretigious competition between Sunderland and District League, Hartlepool and District League, the East Coast League and the Durham and District League will be held at Houghton Dairy Lane on Saturday and Sunday 8 and 9 September.

On Saturday morning at 10am Sunderland and District will play Durham and District whilst Hartlepool and District will start at 10.30am against the East Coast League. After lunch the second matches will begin at 2pm with the round robin being completed with morning and afternoon matches on Sunday.

SWD Vets Team Pairs Final

Mainsforth made up for their disappointment at being relegated from the First Division when they took the team pairs title by beating Second Division Durham City by 44 shots to 31.

Rink scores (Mainsforth names first): D. Pickering 13 A. Blackbird 19; A Duffy 31 K. Oliver 12.

Darlington Veterans League

Congratulations go to Ron Fort who defeated Les Walker in the final of the Champion of Champions 21-14. An entertaining game marked by E Mortimer in the absence of the president saw some excellent bowling by both players on a rink perfectly prepared by Woodland bowling club.

A Division

Results: Wood A 4, E Park A 0; Dene A 4, Hund A 0; N Park 2, MSG A 2; N Lodge 0, S Park A 4.

P W D L Pts

Dene A 14 9 3 2 37

E Park A 13 10 1 2 37

RA A 14 9 1 4 36

S Park A 14 7 1 6 33

Wood A 13 7 2 4 29

MSG A 14 4 2 8 22

N Park 13 2 2 9 16

N Lodge 14 2 1 11 16

Hund A 13 4 1 8 15

B Division

Results: E Park B 4, Dene B 0; Hund B 1, Wood B 3; Wood C 3, MSG B 1; E Park B 1, B Castle 3; RA B 0, Dene B 4.

P W D L Pts

S Park B 13 10 1 2 36

B Castle 13 9 1 3 35

Wood B 13 8 1 4 32

E Park B 14 5 0 8 25

Dene B 13 6 0 7 25

RA B 14 5 2 7 25

Hund B 14 5 2 7 24

Wood C 12 4 2 6 17

MSG B 13 2 1 10 15

South West Durham League

Spennymoor A and Spennymoor Jubilee still seem the most likely to take the titles though the Jubilee had their lead at the top of division two cut when they lost to Wolsingham.

Results - Division One: Spennymoor A 10 Bishop Auckland 0; Glenholme 8 Cockton Hill 2; Addison Park 8 Mainsforth 2; Shildon Railway 5 Shildon Town A 5; Brandon v Leeholme no result.

Division Two: Fishburn 10 Cockfield 0; Kelloe 8 Langley Park 2; Cockton Hill B 4 Spectrum 6; Wolsingham 8 Spennymoor Jubilee 2; Shildon Town B 4 Spennymoor Town 6.

Tables - Division One: Spennymoor A 113; Mainsforth 102; Shildon Railway 91; Glenholme 86; Cockton Hill 79; Leeholme 77; Brandon 76; Addison Park 71; Shildon Town A 63; Bishop Auckland 32.

Division Two: Jubilee 119; Spectrum 113; Langley Park 106; Kelloe 93; Wolsingham 85; Fishburn 81; Cockton Hill B 65; Spennymoor Town 57; Shildon Town B 38; Cockfield 33.

Fixtures - Division One: Shildon Town A v Bishop Auckland; Glenholme v Brandon; Cockton Hill v Leeholme; Mainsforth v Shildon Railway; Addison Park v Spennymoor A.

Division Two: Fishburn v Cockton Hill B; Spennymoor Town v Kelloe; Spennymoor Jubilee v Langley Park; Cockfield v Spectrum; Wolsingham v Shildon Town B.

SWD Vets Team

Knock-out Final

The giant-killing act of Leeholme from the Second Division finally came to an end when they went down to First Division, Spennymoor A in the final played at Bishop Auckland.

Spennymoor A won by 66 shots to 48

Rink scores (Spennymoor names first): W. Shoulder 24 B. Clanfield 16; G. Fawcett 21 K. Stamp 19; E. Hope 21 W. Teasdale 13.

CIU Pairs Championship

Fourth round results: M. Fenwick & P. Davies (Brandon) lost to M. English & B. Robinson (Dipton); beat G. Gibson & B. Coates (Wingate); P. Gibson & D. Gibson (Spennymoor) beat A. Jones & E. Maddison (Ferryhill Station); S. Hubbard & P. Patterson (Crawcrook Catholic) lost to P. Whitfield & G. Hutchinson (Crowtrees).

Semi-final draw: M. English & B. Robinson (Dipton) v P. Gibson & D. Gibson (Spennymoor) and P. Whitfield & G. Hutchinson (Crowtrees) v W. Condron & S. Land (Low Spennymoor).

CIU Individual Championship

Semi-final draw: D. Stoker (South Moot) beat B. Reed (Leadgate) and I. Peacock (Leadgate beat P. Coulson (Leadgate).