Games

Esh Stag's Head won the toss for staging the anticipated tightly matched final against Tow Law New Market A but no one forecast the most one-sided final in the history of the competition.

In the match of six darts and six dominoes singles followed by three doubles at each, there was no need to ever reach the doubles as the Stag's Head had won through for the loss of only two points.

The surprise was set in the first darts singles when Andrew Maughan of the Stag's beat Kenneth Atkinson and this inspired the Stag's to pull off a seemingly impossible result.

The result of the darts singles were (Esh Stag's Head names first) Andrew Maughan beat Kenneth Atkinson; Ken Robson lost to John Parkin; Jackie Hodgson beat David Dixon; David Platt lost to Bob McFadden; Malcolm Whiteman beat Darren Yeoman; Tommy March beat Bobby Gray.

The dominoes singles proved a whitewash for the home side. The results were (Esh Stag's Head names first) Tommy March beat Gary Parker; Davey Metcalfe beat Bobby Gray; Alan Maughan beat Kenneth Atkinson; Jackie Hodgson beat Darren Yeoman, Mally Walker beat John Parkin; Malcolm Whiteman beat John Graham.

The final result was Esh Stag's Head 10 Tow Law New Market A 2. The Presentation Evening will be held on Monday, March 10 at Esh McKennas.

Bishop Auckland and District CIU Winter

Eldon Lane came away from West Auckland with a satisfactory result for they managed to share the spoils when the teams won two games each and drew the other. In the darts section, West Auckland completed a whitewash success when they had singles wins from R. Douthwaite, C. Kitch, M. Yong and C. Bland to add to the points from the team game.

Eldon Lane took their revenge at dominoes where they went to a two points victory. Jimmy Singlewood took the lone point for West, whilst Billy Craggs, Ronnie Thompson and Keith Younghusband took the visitors to victory.

The whist section finished all-square when Ted Evans and William Evans won for the home side with Ronnie Thompson and John Bell replying. West went to victory in the fives and threes section with wins from John Richardson, Ted Evans and Alan House, whilst John Bell replied for the Lane.

In the pool section, C. Bland was the only winner for the home side, whilst Stephen Weldon, Terry Race and Richie Sumpton took Eldon Lane through to a good win.

Willington Ladies League

Willington Club B, the darts section leaders, shook off the defeats they suffered in their last two matches when they visiting Hunwick Joiners Arms and only dropped two points. The second placed Sunnybrow Brown Trout went down by the odd point at Willington Club A so the leaders lead was stretched to 12 points over the Trout, who are five ahead of the Lion and Unicorn, who have a match in hand.

Hunwick Joiners Arms extended their lead to four points at the top of the dominoes section after they beat the visiting second placed, Willington Club B by the odd point. Willington Market moved just a point behind the Club in third place.

Results: Willington Cottles 2 (2) Willington Market 7 (3); Willington Black Horse A 3 (2) Willington Burn 6 (3); Willington Club A 5 (3) Sunnybrow Brown Trout 4 (2); Hunwick Joiners Arms 2 (3) Willington Club B 7 (2); Willington Lion and Unicorn 5 (2) Willington Black Horse B 4 (3).

Willington Cup

Hunwick Quarry pulled off a very good away victory in the quarter-finals when they visited Willington Black Horse Tavern. Willington Club, who pulled off a similar good result on their visit to Willington Lion and Unicorn, join them in the semi-finals.

Hunwick Quarry just managed to edge through by two points on their visit to Willington Black Horse Tavern for the match consisting of five darts singles and five dominoes singles. The results of the darts were (Black Horse Tavern names first) Aynsley Rainbow beat John Parkinson; Paul Allchurch lost to Dave Edmundson; Joe Davis lost to Geoff Wilson; Kevin Bake beat Alan Bolam; Dave Hawkins lost to Dave Robson.

The dominoes results, again with Black Horse names first, were Laurie Norman lost to Alan Bolam; John Gallagher lost to Dave Robson; Harold Farrer lost to John Parkinson; Gary Brunskill beat Geoff Wilson; Peter Taylor beat Dave Edmundson.

Willington Club edged through at the Lion and Unicorn with the following results: darts (Lion and Unicorn names first) Alan Lee lost to Joe Blakey; Kevin Hill beat Colin Walker; Phil Blyth lost to Michael Irwin; Michael Pickering beat Steve Hutchinson; Donald Young lost to Scott Liddle. Dominoes: Michael Pickering lost to Joe Blakey; Phil Allison lost to Tommy Liddle; Alan Lee beat Bobby Jackson; Phil Blyth lost to Michael Irwin; Donald Young beat Alan Walker.

Results: Willington Cottles 4 Hunwick Joiners Arms 6; Willington Black Horse Inn 2 Willington Burn 6; Willington Lion and Unicorn 4 Willington Club 6; Willington Black Horse Tavern 4 Hunwick Quarry 6.

Tow Law Newcastle Courage Cup

The final turned out to be a very one-sided affair as Tow Law Football Club, who won the toss for home venue, slumped to the visiting Tow Law New Market B in the match of six pool singles, six dominoes and singles and three pool doubles. However the match never saw the end of the pool singles or the start of the doubles for the visitors had completed victory by eight points to three.

In the pool section the footballers only managed points from Terry Ginty and Les Hind, whilst John Beveridge, Tommy Sloan and Ray Weir won for the New Market. The dominoes was even more one-sided as only Keith Muse scored a point for the footballers, whilst Michael Bell, Tom Hauxwell, Gavin Tennant, Ray Weir and Robert Hopps took the New Market B to a very convincing victory