A real cracker of a game took place at Horndale Rec between Navy Club and Shildon Three Tuns which resulted in a 2-1 win for the Navy Club.

Tuns scored first with a strike by Stefan McGann but this was equalised by the Clubmen with a goal by Andy Ryder. The second half was an end-to-end affair with both sides having chances to win the game. The winning goal came from Paul Burkett who beat the offside trap and struck the ball sweetly past the goalkeeper. However, the ball stuck in a very muddy goalmouth only a hard shot off the line.

Another game between two top sides saw Aycliffe Saints and the Otter and Fish share six goals in a thriller. The Otter got off to a disastrous start when their goalkeeper was sent off in the first ten minutes for a professional foul. Saints goals were scored by Matt Cave, Wayne Richardson and Mike Cave with Wayne King, Neil Bell and Simon Middlemiss replying for Otter.

League leaders Royal had a comfortable 7-1 win over Hydro in a game that was all over as a spectacle at half time. Royal's goals came from Wayne Muldowney (2), Simon Hares (2), Ian Jenkins, Paul Clearly and Peter Kitching.

Another close game was played at Hundens between Mowden and Central Borough resulting in a 2-0 win for Borough who goals came from Matt Ripley and Chris Hall.

Wheatsheaf Wanderers went to DGSOB with only nine men and had a 4-1. The game was 1-1 at half-time but Wheatsheaf came away with a deserved three points with goals from Stephen Houlahan and a hat-trick from David Allen.

Elm Road WMC travelled to Barnard Castle to play Deepdale and came away with a 5-2 win.

Elm Road's goals were scored by Daryl Meadows (2), Daniel Plews, Richard Nash and a Chris Peareth penalty.

RA Youth played bottom team Tap and Spile and came away with a 5-0 win with goals from Darren Kokes, Mark Ralph, Dean Lawson, Ben Spence and Jamie Parkinson.

The final was between Greyhound and SCA which resulted in a 5-3 win for SCA. Greyhound's goals came from Simon Moralee, Barry Thompson and John Leet with Chris Jordan (2), Adam Aslett (2) and Mark Finn for SCA.

P W D L F A Pts

Royal 23 18 3 2 101 33 57

Shil Three Tuns 23 17 2 4 106 54 53

Otter and Fish 21 16 4 1 94 33 52

Navy Club 25 15 6 4 101 58 51

RA Youth 21 14 2 5 95 44 44

Aycliffe Saints 23 11 3 9 85 61 36

Deepdale 19 11 2 6 85 41 35

Elm Rd WMC 23 10 5 8 81 55 35

SCA 24 10 2 12 74 79 32

Hydro 23 9 1 13 55 68 28

Wheatsheaf Wand 21 8 2 11 72 65 26

Mowden 18 5 3 10 45 48 18

DGSOB 23 4 3 16 38 88 15

*Central Boro 22 4 4 14 45 114 13

Greyhound 26 4 1 21 48 152 13

*Tap and Spile 23 1 1 21 27 158 1

*Denotes three points deducte