WEEKLY UPDATE 15 NOVEMBER 2024

 Princeville C's stay at the top of the league table proved to be short lived, as they went down 3 - 1 to Princeville A, who replace them in top spot. Pudsey B had what Dave Howarth described as a  'somewhat surprise' 4 - 0 win against Pudsey A, which puts then in second spot, while after being 2 points adrift at the bottom last week, Princeville B defeated Princeville D 3 - 1 to draw level with Deaf Centre B, who lost 3 - 1 to their mid table stablemates Deaf Centre B.

Sid Ash finished on 227 at Pudsey, while at Princeville Gareth Kershaw bettered that with 231, both scores being the highest this season by more than 10 points. Gareth's opponent Graham Bentley was also in scoring mood, with 196, and their combined score of 427 was the first over 400 this season.

Gareth's win got Princeville A on their way, and Edward Lawson's 32 point win over Keith Tomlinson meant that the aggregate point was never in doubt, despite Paul Devitt picking up a point for the C team with a 28 point win over Trevor Kershaw. On the other table, I got the B team off to a good start, as an early break of 47 put me in command of the game with Chris Jarvis. John Bedford fell by 9 to Mick Cockcroft and then in a nail-biting finish Peter Turner's 4 points at the end saw him finish a single point in front of Steve Gatenby, for a 3-1 win to the B team.

Pudsey A might have regretted using both tables for the Pudsey derby, as Graham Tudor edged out Ralph Allan, to go with Sid Ash's comfortable victory over Peter Allan. I don't know which table John Allan chose for the final game, except that it must have felt like the wrong one, as Dave Howarth completed the whitewash for the B team with a 63 point win. The Deaf Centre got things off to an early start this week, by playing their derby fixtures on Monday, but the A team were still one short with Brian Robinson again called on twice. For the first time he pulled off two victories, against Ian Ford and Graham Lambert, but Jeremy Dixon salvaged a point for the B team, beating Ihjaz Hussain by 9.

After two consecutive derby weeks at Princeville, the B and D teams will be happy to welcome visitors this week, in the shape of Pudsey B and A respectively. The other two Princeville teams will visit the Deaf Centre where Deaf A entertain Princeville C and Deaf B play league leaders Princeville A

This week's scorecards can be viewed on the Scorecards page and all the other regular pages have been updated

Stephen Kershaw

Secretary