Leeholme recover

District League

Leeholme bounced back to the top of the First Division after they only dropped two points to the visiting former leaders from Ever Ready/Craghead. The reigning champions put themselves on course for a repeat with a victory of 82 shots to 67 to move three points clear at the top.

Crook Glenholme moved within four points of Ever Ready/Craghead after they beat the visiting Bowburn by 82 shots to 62.

Rink scores (Glenholme names first): A. Dunn 20 P. Whitfield 13; D. McDonald 29 S. Hann 18; D. Chard 18 J. Oram 14; B. Richardson 15 G. Hutchinson 17.

Second Division leaders, Wingate were held to a home draw by Nevilles Cross, with Sherburn Village cutting the gap to just four points following their maximum success over their hosts at Trimdon. Brandon only dropped one point against Vane Tempest to move into third place, three points adrift of Sherburn Village.

Brandon won their game against Vane Tempest by 93 shots to 75.

Rink scores (Brandon names first): J. Wilson 20 J. Layfield 20; T. Davies 21 G. Johnson 17; W. Miller 28 A. Holmes 24; R. Rutherford 24 K. Simpson 14.

Wheatley Hill lead the Third Division by three points following their home draw against Fishburn WMC. Witton Gilbert and Willington Spectrum share the second spot two points ahead of Murton.

Belmont took three points from their hosts at Willington Spectrum but went down by 93 shots to 72.

Rink scores (Spectrum names first): W. Archer 19 h. Lowrie 19; C. Baines 21 W. Cooper 24; R. Topping 19 T. Williams 14; J. Bennett 34 A. Smith 15.

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

Division Two: Chilton 0 Stockton Elm Tree 10; Wingate 5 Nevilles Cross 5; Brandon 9 Vane Tempest 1; Trimdon 0 Sherburn Village 10; Addison Park 6 Stockton 4.

Division Three: Wheatley Hill 5 Fishburn W.M. Club 5; Willington Spectrum 7 Belmont 3; Witton Gilbert v Kelloe - no result. Murton v Newton Hall postponed.

Fixtures for tomorrow Division One: Coxhoe v Shotton; Langley Park v Mainsforth; Leeholme v King George V; Crook Glenholme v Pelton Fell; Bowburn v Ever Ready/Craghead.

Division Two: Vane Tempest v Addison Park; Trimdon v Brandon; Chilton v Stockton; Wingate v Sherburn Village; Nevilles Cross v Stockton Elm Tree.

Division Three: Wheatley Hill v Wolsingham; Witton Gilbert v Newton Hall; Willington Spectrum v Fishburn WM Club; Belmont v Kelloe.

Durham Millennium Trophy

Semi-final of this first ever handicap team competition: Nevilles Cross (5) v Shotton (0) and Leeholme (0) v Ever Ready/Craghead (0). The Final will be played on Saturday, September 1.

RJ Hall Singles Championship

Semi-final draw: M. English (Ever Ready/Craghead) v C. Jefferson (Leeholme) and A. Waggott (Addison Park) v W. Kirk (Ever Ready/Craghead).

Durham League Pairs Championship

Semi-final draw: B. Richardson & T. Bolas (Crook Glenholme) v B. Attwood & D. Quickmire (Leeholme) and A. Bainbridge & D. Belton (Crook Glenholme) v D. McDonald & R. Bibby (Crook Glenholme).

SWD Veterans League

Cockton Hill A virtually engraved their names on the First Division Championship when they whitewashed their hosts at Langley Park. This pushes them 19 points ahead of Sherburn Village, who have a match in hand.

Shildon Railway pulled off a remarkable whitewash win when they visited Mainsforth but this is unlikely to be enough to save them from relegation to the Second Division.

The top of the Second Division is now a very tight spot after Crook Glenholme whitewashed the visiting Leeholme. This moves the Crook side to the top level with Willington Spectrum, with Wolsingham only one point behind.

Langley Park lead the Third Division with a two points advantage over Cockton Hill B and six points over Shildon Town, who have a match in hand.

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

Division Two: Bishop Auckland 6 Chilton 2; Willington 4 Durham City 4; Crook Glenholme 8 Leeholme 0; Wolsingham 6 Spennymoor B 2.

Division Three: Langley Park A 7 Fishburn 1.

Tom McNamara Triples Championship

Semi-final draw: D. Higgins & partners (Sherburn Village) v B. Richardson & partners (Crook Glenholme) and R. Smith & partners (Sherburn Village) v K. Yarnell & partners (Newton Hall).

SWD Vets Team

Knock-out

Leeholme reached the t Final after they beat Langley Park A at Spennymoor by 58 shots to 42.

Rink scores (Leeholme names first): W. Teasdale 18 A. Calvert 12; K. Stamp 18 N. Nicholson 13; B. Clanfield 22 W. Dover 17.

Spennymoor A earned the right to play Leeholme in the Final after they won a very tight match against Chilton at Dean Bank by 57 shots to 55.

Rink scores (Spennymoor names first): W. Shoulder 24 W. Henderson 12; G. Fawcett 23 J. Jones 19; E. Davies 10 F. Thompson 24.

Darlington and District CIU Monday League

P W L D Pts

Central 11 11 0 0 28

Darlington 10 5 5 0 16

East End 10 5 5 0 15

Cockerton 10 6 4 0 15

Hopetown 11 5 5 0 13

Harrogate Hill 10 4 6 0 13

Albert Hill 10 0 10 0 7

Darlington and District CIU Friday League

P W L D Pts

East End 10 8 2 0 22

Central 10 8 2 0 21

Hopetown A 10 7 3 0 19

Cockerton 11 4 7 0 14

Albert Hill 10 4 6 0 11

Darlington 9 2 7 0 9

Hopetown B 10 2 8 0 7

The Presidents Rinks Championship

Semi-final draws: D. McDonald & partners (Crook Glenholme) v R. Jones & partners (Wingate) and D. Henderson & partners (Langley Park) v W. Kirk & partners (Ever Ready/Craghead)

SWD Vets Double Pairs

Mainsforth will meet Durham City in the Final after they came through two tight semi-finals. Mainsforth beat Shildon Railway by 35 shots to 31.

Rinks scores (Mainsforth names first): P. Nutkins and D. Pickering 23 B. Hutchinson and F. Edwards 14 and A. Hilton and W. Duffy 12 J. Blackett and H. Whitehead 17.

Durham City beat Cockton Hill by 40 shots to 32.

Rink scores (Durham City names first): J. Cooper and A. Coulson 16 T. Hall and D. Oliver 14 and M. Smith and A. Blackbird 24 W. Middleton and I. McDougal 18.

Darlington Veterans League

The weather threatened to play havoc with the fixtures on Tuesday August 7, but all clubs did well to complete their games.

East Park A lost their 100 per cent winning record to RA A but still look favourites to win the championship while at the bottom of Division A North Park gained vital points against fellow strugglers North Lodge and creep nearer to Hundens A.

Division A

Results: Wood A 3, MSG A ; Dene A 2, S Park A 1; RA A 3, E Park A 1; N Lodge 1, N Park 3.

P W D L Pts Shots

E Park A 11 10 0 1 35 +180

RA A 13 8 1 4 32 +161

Dene A 12 8 2 2 31 +113

S Park A 12 6 1 5 28 +78

Wood A 11 5 2 4 22 +50

MSG A 12 4 1 7 19 -27

Hundens A 11 4 1 6 15 -114

N Park 12 2 1 9 14 -205

N Lodge 12 1 1 10 13 -236

Division B

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

P W D L Pts Shots

S Park B 12 9 1 2 33 +92

Barnard Castle 11 7 1 3 28 _46

Wood B 11 7 1 3 28 _168

Hundens B 12 5 2 5 22 _49

RA B 12 4 2 6 22 -15

E Park B 10 4 0 6 19 +3

Dene B 10 4 0 6 18 +4

Wood C 11 3 2 6 14 -127

MSG B 11 2 1 8 14 -122

Marshall Yates Mixed Pairs Championship

Semi-final draw: M. Fenwick & Mrs D. Davies (Addison Park) v D. Higgins & Mrs T. Gibson (Sherburn Village) and R. Foster & Mrs T. Cummings (Sherburn Village) v Mr and Mrs Latimer (Wingate).

South West

Durham League

Mainsforth have strung together four consecutive 8-2 wins and, with a game in hand, trail leaders Spennymoor A by 11 points.

In division two Jubilee lead the way on 109 points. Langley Park are second on 94 but Spectrum appear the most likely challengers as they have 93 points with a game in hand.

Results Division One: Shildon Town A 6 Cockton Hill 4; Mainsforth 8 Leeholme 2; Addison Park 8 Spennymoor A 2; Brandon v Bishop Auckland no result.

Cockton Hill 6 Addison Park 4; Spennymoor A 8 Brandon 2; Shildon

Railway 8 Glenholme 2; Bishop Auckland 2 Mainsforth 8; Leeholme 10

Shildon Town A 0.

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

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

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

Shildon Town B 6 Cockfield 4; Wolsingham 0 Langley Park 10; Fishburn 7 Spennymoor Jubilee 3; Cockton Hill B 4 Spennymoor Town 6; Kelloe v Spectrum no result.

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

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