There are vacancies in the winter games league, which will begin in late September.

The matches consist of darts, dominoes, whist, 5s & 3s and pool with each team being made up of four players. Evetry point won in any of the games is worth £1 in prize money, which goes to the club at the end of the season, meaning that there are no losers.

There are also captain's leagues and pairs leagues for each game, with trophies going to the winners. There are also two team knockoutcompetitions, one at the start and one at the end of the season, and pairs knockouts at the end of the season. There is no limit to the number of games one player can play including captains and pairs.

Any affiliated club interested in participating or wishing to know more about the league is invited to the next league meeting on Wednesday 27th August at Newton Aycliffe Horndale WMC at 8. 00pm. Or they can obtain advance information by telephoning 01388 776540 and talking to the secretary, John Bell.

No 11 CIU League

The players played off the qualifying rounds of the Singles Pool Championship at eight venues with the winner frome each moving on to the next stage. The winner from Crowtrees was Simon Corbridge of Ferryhill; from Willington it was Derek Gleason of Crowtrees; from Middlestone Moor it was Paul Watson of Byers Green; from Ferryhill it was Alan Blakey of Crowtrees; from Crook Belle Vue it was Jeff Sneath of Crook Belle Vue. The winners from the Prospect, Byers Green and Cockton Hill were not sent in.