Worthington Durham County CIU Summer League

Old Shildon moved closer to repeating their Championship victory of last season when they only dropped one point at home to Willington to move four points clear at the top with only two matches left. Tom Parkin was the only winner for the visitors, whilst the home points came from Billy Goggins, Michael Pratt, Andrew Aisbitt with a 43 break and Charlie Blake

Shotton Palms jumped up to third place when they only dropped one point to the visiting Brandon. The visitors were going strong towards a tilt at the title but have now lost their last three games to move completely out of the picture. Brian Graham was the only Brandon winner, whilst Paul Hickman, Jimmy Evans, John Armstrong and Barry Hall won for Shotton.

Wheatley Hill A are one point ahead of Shotton after they recovered from never being ahead of the visiting Fishburn A but eventually winning in the decider.

Spennymoor A were never headed when they entertained Witton Gilbert, who desperately needed points to avoid relegation. Paul Atkinson put in a 54 break to put the Moors ahead but Paul Nord replied with 40 in the second frame to level. Paul Biddle restored the home lead with Dennis Corrigan then scoring for Witton. In the decider Spennymoor's John Wilson beat Paul Johnson.

In the First Division's bottom of the table encounter, Ferryhill beat the visiting Newton Aycliffe by the odd point. Neil Spender gave Ferryhill a great start with a 54 break and he was joined by wins from Mark Wilson and Dale Hebdon, whilst Stuart Neil and Bill Barrigan took points for Aycliffe, who are now one point behind Ferryhill and five behind Witton Gilbert and Willington.

In the Second Division, Crook belle Vue saw their promotion chances ebbing away as they lost at home to Meadowfield, who moved up to share third place with them.

Despite dropping the first two frames, Sherburn Village came back to beat the visiting Spennymoor B by the odd point. Alan Rowell and Alan Clarke put the Moors ahead but Peter McGowan and John Bower levelled. In the decider Sherburn's Michael Crisp beat Andrew Mole to stay as equal top with Newhouse and four points ahead of Crook and Meadowfield.

Newhouse only dropped one point to the visiting Stanley Central, who are now severely threatened by relegation.

At the bottom of the Second Division, Fishburn B beat the visiting Durham City by the odd point.

Langley Park slipped completely out of the promotion race when they only managed one point in their home match against Wheatley Hill B, who ended their relegation fears with their good win.

Crowtrees went along way to ensuring promotion from the Third Division after they only dropped one point at home to Sacriston, who had Willy Nixon as their only winner.

Coundon moved into third place after they whitewashed their visiting neighbours from Leeholme B.

New Durham slipped down to fourth place when they went down in the first three frames at Leeholme A, who had wins from ken Robinson, Lawrence Jones and Barry Shaw. The visitors came back to take the last two points through Tony Thompson and Thomas Cairns.

Hunwick went two up at home to Tow Law with wins from Tom Ward and John Bate. The Lawyers fought back to level with wins from Charlie Donaghy and Tommy Williams but Hunwick went to victory when Barry Fleming beat Arthur Henderson.

Results: Hunwick 3 Tow Law 2; Langley Park 1 Wheatley Hill B 4; Newhouse 4 Stanley Central 1; Wheatley Hill A 3 Fishburn A 2; Crowtrees 4 Sacriston 1; Sherburn Village 3 Spennymoor B 2; Shotton Palms 4 Brandon 1; Leeholme A 3 New Durham 2; Fishburn B 3 Durham City 2; Spennymoor A 3 Witton Gilbert 2; Ferryhill 3 Newton Aycliffe 2; Coundon 5 Leeholme B 0; Crook Belle Vue 1 Meadowfield 4; Old Shildon 4 Willington 1.

Crook League

Crook White Swan made a good start in their first match since being promoted last season but were just beaten in the deciding doubles by the visiting Crook Belle Vue. The Swan had singles wins from Andrew Finch, Stephen Murphy and Dave Stewart whilst the Club replied through John Warriner, Ian Hodkinson and Paul Morgan. In the deciding doubles John Warriner and Ian Hodkinson beat Lee Airey and Stephen Goldsborough.

Howden Australian, who are newcomers to the league, made a great start when they only dropped two points in their first match at Crook Coach and Horses B.

The first week produced three useful breaks when Gerald Parkin put in 47 for the Olde Horse Shoe, Julian Bowey made 43 for the Royal Sun and Anthony Gargett made 56 for the Golden Fleece B.

Results: Crook Royal Sun 5 Crook Spitfire 2; Crook Travellers Rest A 3 Crook Travellers Rest B 4; Crook Olde Horse Shoe 7 Crook Queen's Head A 0; Crook Mill House 4 Crook Coach and Horses A 3; Crook White Swan 3 Crook Belle Vue 4; Crook Queen's Head B 4 Crook Golden Fleece B 3; Willington Market 4 Crook Surtees 3; Crook Jelly's Bar A 5 Crook Jelly's Bar B 2; Crook Coach and Horses B 2 Howden Australian 5; Crook Golden Fleece A 2 Crook King's Head 5.

Worthington CIU Summer Singles

Ifirst semi-final Dave Walker and Ronnie Peacock, both of Wheatley Hill, were drawn together and opted to play on their own table instead of a neutral table, with Alan Greener of Sherburn Village the referee. Ronnie broke off in the first frame with what seemed a reasonable safety shot but Dave put in a 30 break. From that point Ronnie was subjected to tight safety and never got back into the frame, which he lost by 64-9.

The early stages of the second frame were close but then Dave Walker edged ahead steadily until he left Ronnie Peacock needing snookers with the colours remaining. Ronnie failed with an attempted snooker and Dave went in to clear the colours to win 84-25.

The third frame was by far the closest with the lead constantly changing hands. Ronnie Peacock took the yellow and green but then missed a comparatively easy brown, allowing Dave Walker to take the brown and blue. Ronnie had a good chance to take pink and black but went in-off the pink, leaving it in the jaws of the pocket, Dave tapped it in for a 63-47 frame win and a three frames to nil victory. In the final Dave Walker will meet the winner of the match between Jimmy Evans of Shotton Palms and Scott Mallaburn of Sherburn Village.