Tow Law League

Top 20 players at the end of the season: 1st Charlie Donaghy (Tow Law FC) played 25, won 22, lost 3, 88%; 2nd Graeme Thompson (Lanchester King's Head) 26, 22, 4, 84.62%; 3rd Scott Nicholson (Tow Law Station) 24, 20, 4, 83.33%; 4th Alan Henderson (Tow Law New Market B) 17, 14, 3 82.35%; 5th Alan Brown (Esh FC) and Gary Turnbull (Tow Law New Market B) 22, 18, 4, 81.82%; 7th Steve Thompson and Shaun Umpelby (both Tow Law Station) 26, 21, 5, 80.77%; 9th Lee Cullinan (Sunniside Comedian) and Ian Turner (Tow Law New Market B) 25, 20, 5, 80%; 11th Andrew Burrows (Tow Law Station) and Alan Hall (Lanchester King's Head) 23, 18, 5, 78.26%; 13th Stephen Turner (Tow Law Station), Lee Mowbray (Tow Law Rose and Crown), Chris Hardy (Sunniside Comedian) and Kevin Brown (Esh FC) 25, 19, 6, 76%; 17th Tommy Sloan (Tow Law New Market B) 28, 21, 7, 75%; 18th Steven Maughan (Tow Law Station) 24; 17; 7; 70.83%; 19th Robert Wilkinson (Sunniside Comedian) 23, 16, 7, 69.57%; 20th Keith Race (Sunniside Comedian) 26, 18, 8, 69.23%.

Willington League

Hunwick Quarry Burn entertained Willington Black Horse Tavern, who have their eyes set on a high finish, and went three up with singles wins from Dave Robsob, Leanne Cunningham and Keith Thurlow. However the visitors came back to level when Neville Ridley, Andrew featherstone and Martin Eales won the remaining singles.

The Horse made their victory with wins in the first two doubles through Donald Young with Ian Woodhall and Craig Eales with Andrew Featherstone. However the home side fought back to win the final doubles through Dale Edmundson and Keith Thurlow.

At the holiday break the race for the Individual Player of the Year sees John Bolam of Willington Brewer's Droop A and Phil Blyth of the Prospect Club with unbeaten records from their seven matches played. Lee Sample of the Prospect Club is in third place with six wins from six matches.

The remaining players in the Top 20 list: 4th Jason Walton, Tony Leighton and Dale Wilson of Oakenshaw Club and Andrew McCabe of Howden Australian B played 7, won 6; 8th Neil Parkin of Willington Commercial and Dave Robson of Hunwick Quarry Burn played 5, won 5; 10th Kenny Plumpton (oakenshaw Club) 6, 5; 11th Paul Maddison (Hunwick Club), Michael Burke (Australian B), Ian Richardson (Hunwick Club), Stephen Burke (Australian B) and Donald Young (Black Horse Tavern) 7, 5; 16th Darren Perkins (Black Horse Tavern), John Allot (Austalian A), Cliff Vayro (Market), Neil Ridley (Black Horse Tavern) and Leanne Cunningham (Hunwick Quarry Burn) 5, 4.

Bishop Auckland League

The league season is completed, apart from the Individual and Pairs finals at Bishop Auckland Football Club on Thursday, January 11. However, there are some outstanding matches are still to be played.

Matches: Bishop Auckland Football Club v Spennymoor Pit Laddie; Crook Olde Horse Shoe v Bishop Auckland Cumberland Arms; Spennymoor Pit Laddie v Spennymoor Football Club and Witton Park Rose and Crown v Spennymoor Pit Laddie.

P W S D C Pts

Crook Olde H'se Sh. 38 36 289 24 63 376

Bp. Auck. Derby 39 32 271 29 46 346

Bp. Auck. King's 39 33 254 21 55 331

S'moor Ashtree 39 33 244 22 42 308

Bp. Auck. FC 38 26 221 28 54 303

Sp'moor Hillingdon 39 19 206 27 31 264

W. Auck. Eden Arms 39 16 164 23 47 234

S'moor Pit Laddie 36 18 177 17 37 231

Bp. Auck. C'land 38 11 162 10 34 206

W. Pk. Rose & Cr. 38 11 153 16 30 199

S'moor Weardale 39 10 159 13 26 198

St. Helens Wheat. 39 9 140 16 28 184

S'moor R'way 39 7 138 11 24 173

S'moor FC 38 7 123 12 23 158

County Super League

A pre-season meeting will be held at the Ferryhill Club (6pm) on Sunday, 14 January when all teams must be represented.

The new season will commence on Sunday 28 January with nine teams competing. They are: Bishop Auckland A and B, Chester-le-Street, Crook A and B, Durham, Ferryhill, Newton Aycliffe and Shildon. There is a space for one more team and anyone interested in filling the position, which will qualify players to play for Durham County and even for England, should be present at the meeting. If further advance information is required the treasurer, Steve Wray on 01740 655591 will be able to help.