WEEKLY UPDATE 3 OCTOBER 2025

Wins for both Princeville teams this week, which sees them first and second in the table, but with only 3 points between top and bottom it could all change next week, when Pudsey visit Princeville B and the Deaf Centre entertain Princeville A.

It was mightily close at Pudsey, where John Bedford had a good win against Graham Tudor, while on the other table Princeville's newcomer David Walker returned from a week in Portugal to discover what happens when Peter Allan starts to get the running. All was looking good for the Princeville man around halfway, with the scores about level (and David with a 35 point handicap advantage to add in) but then the running changed and Peter ran out a 134-86 winner including a break of 22.. The second two games went roughly with handicap but with myself and Paul Devitt conceding points on handicap to Dave Howarth and Ralph Allan the difference was 104 in Pudsey's favour going into the last two games. While Paul got away first I was never in front against Dave until the last 15 minutes, when a 37 break contributed to a relatively small 38 point win, but Paul seemed to have the better of it against Ralph from the start and when the scores were added up Princeville B had won by 2 points. Phew.

At Princeville, I'm told Chris Jarvis and Richard Bowes never got to grips with the new cloth, Richard winning, but by less than the handicap difference. On the other table Jeremy Dixon contributed to the Deaf Centre's cause with a small win against Trevor Kershaw. Ian Ford had the highest score of the night with 151 against Princeville debutant Michael Cookson, who recovered from a slow start to score 81. Gareth Kershaw was again Princeville A's hero, with a 121-94 victory over Ihjaz Hussain, despite a significantly higher handicap. Smaller, after handicap, contributions from Steve Gatenby and Peter Turner led to a 49 point victory for Princeville A.

Halfway stage in this short 6 man team competition and everything still to play for

All the appropriate pages have been updated and I've also added this season's league fixtures. A slightly different format this year, with teams from the same venues enjoying one another's company on consecutive weeks, but with different pairings each time

Stephen Kershaw

Secretary