CIU League

Ferryhill and Crook Belle Vue dominated the collection of darts section trophies at the Presentation Evening. Ferryhill were the league champions with awards going to P Nixon, T Nixon, G Taylor, D Hull, D Bestford, R Brown, K Nicholson, L Richardson, F Snaith and G Spencer.

The runners-up awards went to Crook Belle Vue players J Sneath, P Knighton, B Nesbitt, K Newton, D McCarthy, B Longstaff, D Byrne, J Dixon, J Heathcote, K Hawkey and B Lauder.

The Bill Laverick trophy for the Darts Captain's League went to Crook Belle Vue with Ferryhill taking the runners up award.

The league singles champion was Jeff Sneath of Crook Belle Vue with Ronnie McAloon of Byers Green the runner-up. The League Doubles Champions were Paul Knighton and Jeff Sneath of Crook Belle Vue with Tommy Bell and Ray Scott of Middlestone Moor the runners-up.

The special award of Hot Shot of the Year went to Alan Clarkson of Byers Green for hitting the most maximums in the season.

The Individual Player of the Year was Doug McCarthy of Crook Belle Vue with 21 wins from 24 matches. The runners-up were Phil Nixon and Tony Nixon of Ferryhill with 20 wins each.

Tow Law Cup

Ithe quarter finals Billy Row Club were stretched at Tow Law Cattle Mart before going through on the strength of dominoes wins from Bob Slater and Barry Watson. The Club had dominated the darts games with landlord, Malcolm Boughey taking the only point for the Mart. The Club eventually won 11-7.

Sunniside Comedian entertained Cornsay Royal Oak and almost made a whitewash as the visitors took two points at darts and one at dominoes.

The closest game was at Sunniside Moss Inn, where Tow Law North Point were the visitors whose Ivan Blacker took a singles darts point, while Billy McClay and John Howe took vital singles dominoes points for the Moss to take them to a 10-8 victory.

In the Esh Winning derby dominoes success from the hosts, the Stag's Head took them through to a 10-5 victory over Esh Football Club. The darts were shared at 4-4 but the Stag's dropped one dominoes point when Bobby Hird won for the footballers.

Magnet League

Fives and Threes

Division A

Results: Albert Hill WMC 6 Central WMC 2; Bank Top A 6 Navy Club 2; Hole in the Wall 6 Cumby Arms 2.

P W D L Pts

Albert Hill WMC 11 6 2 3 14

Bank Top A 11 5 3 3 13

Cumby Arms 11 5 2 4 12

Navy Club 11 5 2 4 12

Hole in the Wall 11 3 5 3 11

Rolling Mills B 9 5 1 3 11

Archdeacon A 10 4 2 4 10

Havelock B 9 4 2 3 10

Bank Top B 10 2 3 5 7

Central WMC 11 1 2 8 4

Division B

Results: Railway Hotel 2 Haughton A 6; Caledonian 7 Three Crowns 1; Busters 6 Rise Carr WMC 2.

Busters 12 6 5 1 17

Caledonian 12 6 4 2 16

Rise Carr WMC 12 7 2 3 16

Rolling Mills A 11 6 2 3 14

Killinghall 12 5 3 4 13

Haughton A 11 4 4 3 12

Hopetown WMC 12 3 5 4 11

Hospital SC 11 3 4 4 10

Three Crowns 12 4 2 6 10

Railway Hotel 12 3 1 8 7

Havelock A 11 1 0 10 2

Darts

Results: Hole in the Wall 6 Bay Horse 2; Railway Institute 7 Brown Trout 1; Havelock 4 Rolling Mills 4; RA Club 5 Caledonian 3; Three Crowns 6 Hole in the Wall B 2.

Hole in the Wall A 12 11 10 23

Railway Institute 13 8 5 0 21

Three Crowns 13 8 3 2 19

Havelock 13 6 4 3 16

RA Club 13 7 1 5 15

Navy Club 12 6 1 5 13

Caledonian 13 3 6 4 12

Rolling Mills 13 5 2 6 12

Bank Top 12 2 3 7 7

Bay Horse 12 1 4 7 6

Hole in the Wall B 13 1 1 11 3

Brown Trout 11 1 1 9 3

l The preliminary round of the darts pairs KO competition will be played on Friday, December 15. Deadline is 8.30pm. Substitutes allowed.

Draw: G Connelly, P Hudson (Bank Top) v S McMann, J McMinn (RA Club); W Gilbert, G Belmore (RA Club) v N Rowley, S Miller (Caledonian); T Chisman, W Swinburn (Caledonian) v E Theakston, S Sowerby (Navy Club); M Goldsborough, G Clark (Havelock) v M Wright, K Raine (Three Crowns); R Landers, R Walker (Railway Institute) v S Ward, B Marrison (Bank Top); D Smith, B Brittain (Navy Club) v M Baker, D Blakeburn (Caledonian); K Flint, C Rennie (Hole in the Wall) v E Paley, D Pattison (Rolling Mills); A Pelton, M Robinson (Railway Institute) v M Hall G McCarthy (Hole in the Wall); J Goddard, T Kachel (Hole in the Wall) v A McKie, K Thompson (RA Club); P Sheen, D Wade (Three Crowns) v R Raine, R Weekes (Havelock); G Smith, E Dench (RA Club) v D Ibbotson, B Lambell (Hole in the Wall).

l The next round will be played on Friday, January 26. Games may be re-arranged by mutual consent.

Willington Ladies League

There was a shock in the dominoes section when the visiting Cottles only dropped one point to leaders, Willington Black Horse A. This pushed the Horse down to third place with the Market, one point behind Willington Club and two behind Hunwick Joiners Arms.

In the darts section the Market also caused an upset when they won by the odd point at third placed Hunwick Quarry Burn A. Willington Club lead the section by two points from the Prospect Club, who are two ahead of the Quarry Burn A.

Results: Hunwick Joiners Arms 3 (4), Sunnybrow Brown Trout 6 (1); Willington Black Horse A 8 (1), Willington Cottles 1 (4); Hunwick Quarry Burn A 4 (0), Willington Market 5 (5); Willington Brewer's Droop 6 (3), Willington Black Horse B 3 (2); Willington Club 6 (3), Hunwick Quarry Burn B 3 (2).

Darlington and District

WMC League

Dominoes

P W D L Pts

Harrowgate 8 3 4 1 10

Albert Hill 7 3 3 1 9

Haughton 8 3 3 2 9

Croft 8 4 0 4 8

Darlington 8 3 1 4 7

East End 8 3 1 4 7

Hopetown 6 2 2 2 6

Aycliffe 8 2 0 6 4

Cribbage

Darlington 8 6 0 2 12

Harrowgate 8 6 0 2 12

Aycliffe 8 4 0 4 8

Hopetown 8 3 0 5 6

East End 9 1 0 8 2

Whist

Aycliffe 7 5 0 2 10

Rise Carr 7 4 0 3 8

Croft 6 4 0 2 8

Hopetown 6 4 0 2 8

Harrowgate 7 3 0 4 6

Darlington 7 2 0 5 4

East End 6 1 0 5 2

Fives and Threes Singles

Darlington B 9 6 3 0 15

Albert Hill 9 5 4 0 14

Aycliffe 9 5 1 3 11

Rise Carr 10 2 7 1 11

Hopetown 9 4 3 2 11

Harrowgate 9 4 1 4 9

Haughton A 9 2 3 4 7

Haughton B 9 2 3 4 7

Darlington A 9 2 2 5 6

East End 9 1 4 4 6

ASE 9 0 3 6 3

Snooker

Hopetown 8 3 4 1 10

Albert Hill 7 3 3 1 9

Harrowgate 8 3 3 2 9

Aycliffe 8 3 2 3 8

Haughton 8 1 5 2 7

Rise Carr 8 2 3 3 7

East End 8 2 2 4 6

Darlington 7 2 2 3 6

Pool

Haughton 10 7 2 1 16

Hopetown 10 6 4 0 16

Albert Hill 10 3 4 3 10

Aycliffe 10 3 3 4 9

Darlington 9 4 1 4 8

Croft 9 4 0 5 8

Harrowgate A 10 1 4 5 6

Harrowgate B 10 1 4 5 6

l Next games meeting at Albert Hill WMC