Fishburn enjoy win over champs

Paul Biddle took the final frame for the Moors to prevent a whitewash after the home side had wins from John Carter, Charlie Hirst, Wayne Oliver and Brian Quest.

Willington joined Fishburn A at the top following their maximum win at Brandon. The Willington points came from Stan Bennett, Gordon Parkin, Jeremy Martin, Arthur Goldsborough and Tom Parkin.

Sherburn Village and Wheatley Hill A share third place after the Hill edged to an odd point victory at Sherburn. Alan Hall put the Hill ahead but Peter McGowan and John Bower replied for Sherburn. Dave Walker squared the match and then the visitors went to victory when Dennis Clish beat Albert Bower in the decider.

Newly-promoted Meadowfield pulled off a good away win over Shotton Palms. Craig Hughes and Malcolm Hughes put the visitors ahead but Dave Swindle reduced the arrears. Martin Halliday then won for Meadowfield with Paul Hickman taking the final frame for Shotton.

Crowtrees A, also newly promoted, are still without a win in the First Division after going down at Newhouse. John Maddox, Paul Wright and Graeme Thompson, on his debut, won for Newhouse with Sonny Hann and Keith McLaughlan replying.

Wheatley Hill B are the surprise leaders of the Second Division following their good home win over Langley Park. The visitors' only point came from Lenny Thompson, whilst Jock Frost, Peter Taylor, Tony Ellison and Ken Johnson won for the Hill.

New Durham took the first and last frames through Thomas Cairns and Neil Phillips in their home match against Stanley Central, who went to victory with wins from Dufton, Michael Vickery and Bob Oxley.

Old Shildon made their first win in the Second Division when they just pipped the visiting Durham City by the odd point. David Waites, Martin Taylor and Paul Armstrong won for Shildon with Kevin Smith and Brian Dunn replying.

Micky Anderson knocked in a 45 break for Spennymoor B and was joined as a winner by Alan Clarke but this was not enough to beat the visiting Bearpark A, who had wins from Alan Smith, Andy Donaldson and Steve Mountain.

Crook Belle Vue were never headed in their home match against Ferryhill A. Michael Burke made his debut for Crook with a good win, but Bernie Jones levelled. John Warriner restored the home lead only to see Steve Wray equalise. In the decider Crook's Harold Lomax beat Steve Pringle.

Third Division newcomers, Coundon B took over the top spot when they only dropped one point to the visiting Hunwick. Joe Brown, Steve Bainbridge, David Lidster and John Paul Wringe put the home side ahead with John Bate saving the Hunwick whitewash in the final frame.

Lee Stockdale managed to save a Tow Law B home whitewash against Sacriston, who moved into second place in the Third Division. The visiting winners were Neil Burn, Dale Evans, Jeff Evans and Mark Appleby.

Leeholme A slipped down to third place after they went down by the odd point at Bearpark B. The home winners were Dave Evans, Ian Chamberlain and Paul Wilson whilst Ian North and Barry Shaw scored for Leeholme.

Crowtrees B made an odd point win over the visiting Tow Law A. The home winners were Paul Moralee, Terry Gibson and Dave Taylor, whilst Charlie Donaghy and Stephen Laing won for the Lawyers.

Only Ronnie Murray managed to take a point for newcomers, Willington Victoria on their visit to Ferryhill B. The home winners were Billy Roddam, Steve Roddam, Mark Wilson and Chris Buston.

Fishburn B won the decider at Leeholme B when Paul Nicks beat Lee Todd. Earlier Leeholme had points from Tony Clish and John Taylor with Michael Bell and George Whitelock levelling the match.

Results: Ferryhill B 4 Willington Victoria 1; Old Shildon 3 Durham City 2; Newhouse 3 Crowtrees A 2; Leeholme B 2 Fishburn B 3; Spennymoor B 2 Bearpark A 3; Sherburn Village 2 Wheatley Hill A 3; Crowtrees B 3 Tow Law A 2; Crook Belle Vue 3 Ferryhill A 2; Brandon 0 Willington 5: Bearpark BV 3 Leeholme A 2; Shotton Palms 2 Meadowfield 3; Tow Law B 1 Sacriston 4; New Durham 2 Stanley Central 3; Fishburn A 4 Spennymoor A 1; Coundon B 4 Hunwick 1; Wheatley Hill B 4 Langley Park 1; Witton Gilbert 2 Newton Aycliffe 3.

National CIU Semi-final

David Lilley of Hebburn was looking for victory in the best of seven frames semi-final at Chilton and Windlestone Club against Wayne Cooper of Bradford as he tried to make a hat-trick of Championship wins. Lilley got away to a dream start with a 92 break in the first frame, which he took at 111-19. Things got worse for Cooper in the second as he only score came from a foul by Lilley, who put in a 39 break to go two up at 70-4.

Copper, who was a former professional, found some of his form and, with the aid of a 39 break, reduced the deficit with a 67-39 win in the third. That proved to Cooper's last point on the board as Lilley took the fourth, with the aid of a 34 break, at 61-5 and then completed victory in style when he made a 66 break to have Cooper concede at 68-13.

SWD Association

Bishop Auckland Golf Club went down to their first defeat of the season when their neighbours from Bishop Auckland Cricket Club moved in to win by two points. The match was dominated by good break building as Andrew Aisbitt put in 83 for the golfers, whilst Gavin Robinson made 59 and Steven Webb 57 for the cricketers.

Darlington Snooker Club A moved up to share top spot in the First Division after they whitewashed the visiting Barnard Castle Glaxo. The home winners were John Ferguson, Carl Johnson, Paul Harker and Keith Martin.

Bishop Auckland Kingsway Club moved up the table with a two points home win over Darlington Snooker Club C. The home side had wins from Jack Labis, Norman Kirkley and George Stamp, whilst Jim Leach took the visitors only point.

Darlington Cricket Club and Darlington Snooker Club A share the lead in the First Division by one point from Hopetown. Darlington Snooker Club B lead the Second Division by one point from Shildon Elm Road with Northgate a further point adrift.

The League Presentation Evening will be held at Darlington Snooker Club at 7pm on Saturday, May 29.

Results: Newton Aycliffe Southerne Club 2 Hopetown 2; Darlington Snooker A 4 Barnard Castle Glaxo 0; Bishop Auckland Golf Club 1 Bishop Auckland Cricket Club 3; Shildon Elm Road 3 Rise Carr 1; Tindale Crescent 2 Northgate 2; Bishop Auckland Kingsway 3 Darlington Snooker C 1.

Winter Handicap Singles Final

Stephen Hughes of Meadowfield took the title when he beat Stephen Coates of Langley Park at Meadowfield under the control of referee, Ken Rider.

Both players started cautiously with Coates potting some good reds but was unable to add a colour. Hughes steadily came into the game, always managing a colour when he took a red and eventually finished with the last red, a pink and down to the blue to see Coates concede at 42-11.

The first scoring attempt in the second frame saw Hughes take on a suicidal pink after the first red. Coates capitalised on the error to make 22. This restored his confidence and he went on to take the frame and level the match with a 64-28 win.

Frame three proved to be Coates' downfall for he pulled back into the frame after Hughes had put in a 23 break followed by 13. However Hughes still needed the yellow to level the frame and went on to take green and brown. Coates potted the blue but missed an easy pink. After a bout of safety Hughes took the pink to win 54-46.

The fourth frame was close to the colours when Coates missed a good chance to lay a snooker on the yellow. Hughes immediately took advantage to clear to the pink to win 50-32 and take the title, leaving Coates as the beaten finalist for the second consecutive time.

South West Durham Team Knockout

First round draw, to be played on Tuesday, June 1: Darlington Snooker Club A v Bishop Auckland Kingsway Club; Newton Aycliffe Southerne Club v Darlington Cricket Club; Barnard Castle Glaxo v Shildon Elm Road; Rise Carr bye; Darlington Snooker Club B v Darlington Snooker Club C; Bishop Auckland Golf Club v Hopetown; Bishop Auckland cricket Club v Tindale Crescent; Northgate bye.

Worthington CIU Summer Pairs Championship

First round draw, to be played on or before June 21: Alan Clarke & Gary Easen (Spennymoor B) v Tom Parkin & Gordon Parkin (Willington); Kevin Richardson & Eric Risbridger (Sacriston) v Paul Atkinson & Michael Pratt (Spennymoor A); Ken Johnson & Norman Carr (Wheatley Hill B) v Tony Thompson & Kevin Scullion (New Durham); David Taylor & Steve Johnson (Crowtrees B) v Tony Ellison & David Blyth (Wheatley Hill B); Tommy Williams & Alfie Edwards (Tow Law A) v John Jackson & Steve Gott (Bearpark A); Sean Johnston & Dave Lowery (Crowtrees A) v Bob Reay & Ronnie Peacock (Wheatley Hill A); Charlie Hirst & Brian Quest (Fishburn A) v Kevin Keers & Robert Roche (Langley Park); Alan Smith & Peter Wilson (Bearpark A) v Keith McLaughlan & Sonny Hann (Crowtrees A); G. Franklyn & J. Franklyn (Wheatley Hill B) v Jock Frost & Steve Cave (Wheatley Hill B); Graham Goulbourn & Willy Shoulder (Coundon A) v John Hall & Brian Graham (Brandon); John Robinson & Neil Phillips (New Durham) v Dennis Dodd & Micky Anderson (Spennymoor B); Paul Moralee & Terry Gibson (Crowtrees B) v Lawrence Jones & Stephen Coates (Langley Park); Alan Richardson & Willy Nixon (Sacriston) v Adrian Prest & John Taylor (Leeholme B); Kevin Sample & Owen Howarth (Brandon) v Peter Laverick & Phil Whitfield (Crowtrees A); Kevin Connor & Peter Taylor (Wheatley Hill B) v Phil Wilson & Alan Rouell (Spennymoor B); Alan Wilson & George Whitelock (Fishburn B) v Alan Buist & Peter Davison (Fishburn A); Ian Renwick & Paul Nord (Witton Gilbert) v Frank Nicholson & Billy Goggins (Coundon A); Wayne Parry & David Louth (Spennymoor B) v Stephen Hughes & Craig Hughes (Meadowfield); Gareth Taylor & Brian Bell (Willington Victoria) v Mark Appleby & Dale Evans (Sacriston); Brian Birks & Philip Garr (New Durham) v Glen Morton & Shaun Easter (Bearpark A); Adrian Twist & Albert Bower (Sherburn Village) v Dave Walker & Alan Hall (Wheatley Hill A); Lee Todd & Richard Taylor (Leeholme B) v Des Mason & Andrew Carr (Hunwick); John Bower & Alan Greener (Sherburn Village) v Neville Blenkinsopp & Ian Richardson (Hunwick); Steve Bennett & Stuart Neil (Newton Aycliffe) v Thomas Cairns & Gordon Bowes (New Durham); Jeremy Martin & Arthur Goldsborough (Willington) v Malcolm Hughes & Martin Halliday (Meadowfield); Ian Dinsdale & John Maddox (Newhouse) v John Rooney junior & John Rooney senior (Witton Gilbert); Ian Roddam & Billy Roddam (Ferryhill B) v David Thompson & Stuart Robson (Fishburn B); Ronnie Bateman & John Wilson (Spennymoor A) v Scott Mallaburn & Peter McGowan (Sherburn Village); Steven Webb & Peter Mernor (Hunwick) v George Chapman & Andrew Aisbitt (Old Shildon); Barry Stoddart & John Davies (Durham City) v Colin Pratt & John Faley (Willington Victoria); Peter Morgan & Brian Birbeck (Langley Park) v Gary Atkinson & Gary Surtees (Sacriston); Jack Wright & Dean Bryden (Wheatley Hill A) v Winston Hodgson & Michael Bell (Fishburn B).

SWD Individual Handicap Championship

First round draw: Alec Appleby (Darlington Snooker A) v John Ferguson (Darlington Snooker A); Carl Johnson (Darlington Snooker A v Steve Healey (Darlington Cricket Club); Steve Hooper (Barnard Castle Glaxo) v Peter Mernor (Bishop Auckland Cricket Club); Peter Gaffney (Barnard Castle Glaxo) v Phil McMasters (Darlington Cricket Club); Paul Towers (Darlington Snooker A) v Paul Harland (Darlington Snooker A); Gavin Robinson (Bishop Auckland Cricket Club) v Ian Halford (Southerne Club); Tony Atkin (Barnard Castle Glaxo) v Graham Isaacs (Southerne Club); John Collingwood (Barnard Castle Glaxo) v Peter Grove (Barnard Castle Glaxo).