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8th May 2008 wk34
The Hollybush win 6-3 to make sure of top spot and are this year's champions! They only joined the league this year
The White Lion have been following them all the way and secured second with a 7-2 win
The Cattle Market and BHG Club had the big wins this week at 8-1 apiece.
1st May 2008 wk33
Hollybush and White Lion win 6-3 so Hollybush stay 5 points ahead.
It's very close for third place after the Dyer's A lose 6-3
6-3 is the top score this week
24th Apr 2008 wk 32
Hollybush win 6-3 while the White Lion win by their usual 5-4 so Hollybush increase their lead.
Dyer's A lose 5-4 but won their game in hand in the week so move up to third.
Black Lion and Mill St A are equal forth.
The Fountain beat the Valiant 8-1
17th Apr 2008 wk 31
BHG Club beat Holly bush 7-2 to ensure a nail-biting finish to the season
The White Lion who have won 5-4 14 times this season went down 5-4 to the Rock this week and so only gained 2 points on the Hollybush
10th Apr 2008 wk 30
Hollybush lead is now 6 points with White Lion 7 points clear in second
Hollybush and Ball Haye Tav A get this weeks high score at 8-1
Red Lion have 2 wins on the trot
3rd Apr 2008 wk 29
Hollybush increase lead while Dyer's A lose heavily against the Fountain and slip to third.
Rock Inn have the high score this week at 8-1
Valiant have a good win against BHG Club and break the 100 points
27th Mar 2008 wk 28
Hollybush go top beating Red Lion 6-3
Only 3 points cover the top three as White Lion continue their winning ways
Fountain beat Cattle Market 8-1
20th Mar 2008 wk 27
Dyer's A and Hollybush both win 5-4
Mill St A fortunes continue to slide as they are beaten by their B team
Black Lion win 8-1 but stay forth behind their White counterpart
13th Mar 2008 wk 26
The Dyer's A lose but still lead by 3 points
Dyer's B do their A team a favour by thrashing Mill St A 8-1
White Lion win and consolidate third position
Hollybush knock back the Black lion and move closer to the top
The Sealion may be homeless but they are creeping closer and still have a game in hand
5th Mar 2008 wk 25
Some quite high scores this week. All the top teams win so only the odd point lost or gained this week
Mill St A have a game in hand
28th Feb 2008 wk24
Dyer's A beat their B team for a change and the Hollybush slip again so we have a clear leader for the first time for months.
Sealion and Mill St A have to postpone their match due to the demise of the Sealion pub
Black Lion and the Cattle Market are the big winners this week at 8-1
21st Feb 2008 wk23
The Dyer's A team might have thought they had pulled away with a 7-2 win over the Red Lion but the Hollybush go one better beating the Valiant 8-1
The Black Lion did the White Lion a favour by beating Mill St A 6-3 and they jump back to third with a 5-4 win against the Sea Lion
The Rock get their second 7-2 win in a row.
14th Feb 2008 wk22
It continues to be a nail biter!
Dyer's A go 4 points clear with a win over the Sealion
Mill St A beat the Hollybush and return to third place as the White Lion's winning spree comes to an end.
8th Feb 2008 wk 21
It's really exciting!!
Dyer's A share the lead again with the Hollybush
The White Lion move up to third by beating leaders the Hollybush 5-4.
Mill St A slip to forth after loosing 6-3 to B H Tav B
The Valiant are still trailing but get their 5th win and are stringing some good results together
2nd Feb 2008 wk 20
Hollybush beat the Dyer's 5-4 and establish a 4 point lead
Mill St A win 7-2 and pull away from the White Lion
The Red Lion's points have been understated by 10 so they move up the table to their rightful place
In the singles and doubles competition both leaders lose so th lead is now shared.
25th Jan 2008 wk19
By winning 6-3 versus the Dyer's A's 5-4 the Hollybush go top
The White Lion continue their winning run to stay with Mill St A who returned to wining form
The Black Lion had this week's big score with an 8-1 against the Rock Melvin is looking in the rules to see if he can make the match void(only joking)
21st Jan 2008 wk18
Dyer's A and Hollybush are neck and neck after the Dyer's only narrowly beat the fast improving Valiant 5-4 and the Hollybush beat the Rock 6-3
The White Lion are storming up the league and beat Mill St A 7-2 to share third spot with them.
Black, White and Sea Lion all win 7-2, but the Red Lion miss out 4-5 again.
10th Jan 2008 wk17
We are at the halfway point this week. Starting next week we go through the programme again only reversing the venue
Both Dyer's A and B beat Mill St A and B
Hollybush have a good win over the Fountain to bring them up to second only one point behind the Dyer's A
The Valiant win again
3rd Jan 2008 wk16
Mill St A won 6-3 at the Cattle Market so leap frog the Dyer's A who lost 4-5 to the White Lion
Hollybush stay third and close up a bit with a 7-2 win at the Brit
The White Lion are having a good spell and consolidate their forth place
20th Dec 2007 wk15
Dyer's A and Mill St A both win 6-3 so Dyer's stay top
Hollybush loose a little more ground
Fountain have the big win, 8-1 over the Valiant
13th Dec 2007 wk14
Dyer's A big win means they overtake Mill St A
while the Hollybush loose at BHG Club
The Valiant get a win!
Benks just beat the Red Lion in the battle near the bottom
White Lion move to 4th with a win over the Rock
Sea Lion are now upto 5th
M Folga and J Stevenson head the singles with 11pts
and six pairs tie for tops in the doubles on 9pts
6th Dec 2007 wk13
Mill St A win 7-2 and move top
Dyer A and Hollybush both win 6-3 and still tie.
Benks beat Cattle 7-2
29th Nov 2007 wk 12
Dyer's B beat Hollbush 5-4, Fountain beat Dyer's A 5-4
and Mill St A are beaten 5-4 by BH Tav A what a coincidence!
Top score this week is 7 for BH Tav B against Mill St B
25th Nov 2007
The Richard Elkes trophy was held on the 25th Nov at the Rock Inn
click herefor more info
22nd Nov 2007 wk11
Hollybush and Mill St A both win 7-2 to catch up Dyer's A
who themselves won 6-3
Cattle Market have yet another big win at 7-2
15th Nov 2007 wk10
It is with deep regret that I have to report that our colleague Keith Tatton die suddenly on Monday aged 63. Keith played for the Valiant. We extend our deepest sympathy to his family and friends
Dyer's A lead cut to just one point
Mill St A beat their B team 7-2 to move up to share
second place with the Hollybush
The Valiant get their second win of the season
No really big scores this week
8th Nov 2007 wk9
Dyer's A are still top but with the lead cut to 2 points
The Fountain are having a good run with the top win this week at 8-1 over Benk's
Mill St A have the most wins but remain in third place
1st Nov 2007 wk8
Sea Lion win 9-0
Dyer's A win 8-1 and extend their lead to three points
Hollybush win 7-2 so pull away from Mill St A
25th Oct 2007 wk 7
Dyer's 'B' do it again beating their 'A' team 5-4
Hollybush also loose so Mill st 'A' are now joint second
Cattle Market have 8-1 win!
19th Oct 2007 wk 6
Hollybush have a big win(7-2) but Dyer's 'A' have a bigger win(8-1) so stay top
Cattle Market also win 8-1
Fountain move up into 4th place 2 points behind Mill St 'A'
14th Oct 2007 wk 5
Dyer's 'A' win 6-3 three to go back to top
Leaders Mill St 'A' are beaten by second placed Hollybush
Fountain and Balle Haye Tav 'B' have the biggest wins at 7-2
Benks/BHT 'A' game was postponed
7th Oct 2007 wk4
Dyer's 'A' go down 7-2 to the Black Lion and loose first spot to Mill St 'A'
There were two 8-1 scores this week in fact it was quite a topsy turvy week
Don't
forget meeting Tuesday 9th Oct
at 8-30pm at the Britannia to discuss
Cup and merit competions
27th Sept 2007 wk3
Dyer's 'A' are 4 points clear at the top
Mill St 'A' are second and only the top two teams have a 100% recond.
Holly Bush are third with the Dyer's 'B'
20th Sept 2007 wk 2
The Dyer's A score heavily again this week and go top with Dyer's B and new boys the Hollbush in joint second.
The Rock and Black Lion did not play as they had rearranged this fixture to 6th Sept.
13th Sept 2007 wk 1
All teams have played the first fixture
New boys the Hollybush start well, upsetting Melvin with a 7-2 win over the Rock Inn
2nd September 2007
A meeting was held on 23rd August where the participates for the 2007/8 season were confirmed. New entries are 'Benks' and the 'Holly Bush' Brown Edge. The 'Fountain' now hosts the team which last year were at the Central Club.
With 18 teams it was decided at the AGM in July that we would run with one league as last year. We would have needed 19 teams to run two teams.
The fixture list was released on the 30th August at a pre season warm up event at the Mill st club and is now posted on the web site.
15th July 2007
We are actively looking for new teams to enter the league. It's like the Premiership at the moment with rumours abounding. Looks like the Central Club Team will move to the Fountain. The Royal Oak at Rushton is keen to join. Also we could see the Hare and Gate, Priory and Benks.
31st May 2007
The Merits are now complete to the Quarter final stage. Today at Mill st Club the semis and finals of the doubles and singles will be fought out.
Don't forget presentation night at Mill st Club next Thursday 7th June. There will be a dominos knock out competition also.
17th May 2007 wk 34
Paul Simcock is singles champ but there is a 5 way tie for runner up.
A Miller/C Bowyer and J Salt/D Barks tie the Doubles and need a play off to decide the winner
The fight of the lions for the Team Doubles Cup saw the Black 'un beating the Red 'un 6-3.
13th May2007 wk 34
The Rock needed to win 5-4 to make sure of 2nd which
they did against the Sea Lion
Central win by 24 points a substantial margin by any measure.
Mill St A are third.
The Red Lion have the weeks best win beating Britannia 8-1
BHC Club and Valiant postponed their final game but this will not affect any results.