First round results:

N. Smith (Glendale) beat W. Hodgson (Ferryhill); D. Birchall (Fishburn) beat G. Ellis (Stanley Empire); D. Johnson (Stanley Empire) lost to P. Neary (Horden Labour & Trades); D. Thompson (Fishburn) lost to J. Morland (Old Shildon); C. Simpson (Cockfield) beat P. Reed (Ferryhill); G. Gray jnr. (Grange Villa) lost to D. Gardner (Cockfield); J. Miller (Chilton & Windlestone) lost to A. Bell (Old Shildon); J. Watson (Stanley Empire) beat J. Pearson (Chilton & Windlestone); J. Bayles (Grange Villa) beat R. Allison (Chilton & Windlestone); G. Smith (Fishburn) beat R.J. Mulroy (Middlestone Moor); J.P. Dodsworth (Fishburn) beat J. Smith (Chilton & Windlestone); S. Scott (Horden Labour & Trades) lost to D. Cowans (Fishburn); F. Greenwood (Ferryhill) lost to P. Hubbick (Glendale); J. Bell (Belmont) lost to R. Hodgson (Stanley Empire); T. Dodd (Grange Villa) lost to R. Atkinson (Belmont); E. Campbell (Chilton & Windlestone) beat T. Jones (Old Shildon).