First round draw:

N. Smith (Glendale) v W. Hodgson (Ferryhill); D. Birchall (Fishburn) v G. Ellis (Stanley Empire); D. Johnson (Stanley Empire) v P. Neary (Horden Labour & Trades); D. Thompson (Fishburn) v J. Morland (Old Shildon); C. Simpson (Cockfield) v P. Reed (Ferryhill); G. Gray jnr. (Grange Villa) v D. Gardner (Cockfield); J. Miller (Chilton & Windlestone) v A. Bell (Old Shildon); J. Watson (Stanley Empire) v J. Pearson (Chilton & Windlestone); J. Bayles (Grange Villa) v R. Allison (Chilton & Windlestone); G. Smith (Fishburn) v R.J. Mulroy (Middlestone Moor); J.P. Dodsworth (Fishburn) v J. Smith (Chilton & Windlestone); S. Scott (Horden Labour & Trades) v D. Cowans (Fishburn); F. Greenwood (Ferryhill) v P. Hubbick (Glendale);J. Bell (Belmont) v R. Hodgson (Stanley Empire);T. Dodd (Grange Villa) v R. Atkinson (Belmont); E. Campbell (Chilton & Windlestone) v T. Jones (Old Shildon). Results must be into the Branch Office by Saturday, February 8.