Crook League

Crook Surtees had a good away win over the Spitfire Club to hold on to their third place in the Second Division. The home side had singles wins from Harry Tait, Kenny Johnson and Eddie Phillipson and they also took both doubles. The Surtees went to victory with two points each from Jason Collingwood, Howard Trotter and John Uren, while Alan Tomlinson, Chris Bainbridge and Paul Ford added one each.

Crook Olde Horse Shoe A are sixteen points clear in the First Division, with Crook Belle Vue second, ten points ahead of the Royal Sun A, who have a match in hand. The Olde Horse Shoe B team have a twenty-three points lead in the Second Division from the Royal Sun B, who are fourteen ahead of the Surtees.

Results: Jelly's Bar B 2, Olde Horse Shoe B 12; Croft SCB 10, Coach and Horses B 4; Queen's Head B 13, Mill House B 1; Royal Sun B 7, King's Head 7; Golden Fleece 10, Croft SCA 4; Crook Coach and Horses A 4, Crook Royal Sun A 10; Crook Hotel B 6, Travellers Rest 8; White Swan 4, Crook Belle Vue 10; Mill House A 6, Queen's Head A 8; Olde Horse Shoe A 11, Crook Hotel A 3; Spitfire Club 5, Surtees 9.

Bishop Auckland League

Third placed Bishop Auckland King's Head's Warren Stamp managed to share the captain's points with Chris Bowran of the visiting second placed Bishop Auckland Derby to take an odd point victory.

The King's had two points from Malcolm Parry and one each from Warren Stamp, Kevin Watson, John Searle and David Jacomb, while the Derby replied with points from Paul Willey, Michael Hoggart, Kevin Stewart and Steve Balanaves. The Derby took the doubles point when Kevin Cranswick and Andrew Delve won.

Crook Olde Horse Shoe lead the table by twenty-five points from the Derby, who are seven ahead of the King's Head.

Results: Witton Park Rose and Crown 3, Bishop Auckland FC 10; Spennymoor Weardale 9, Spennymoor FC 4; St Helens Wheatsheaf 7, West Auckland Eden Arms 6; Spennymoor Hillingdon 6, Spennymoor Pit Laddie 7; Bishop Auckland King's Head 7, Bishop Auckland Derby 6; Spennymoor Railway 1, Crook Olde Horse Shoe 12; Bishop Auckland Cumberland v Spennymoor Ashtree, no result.

Tow Law League

Sunniside Comedian lead the table by three points from Tow Law New Market B, who are seven points ahead of Lanchester King's Head, who have a match in hand.

Results: Sunniside Comedian 6, Tow Law Football Club 3; Hamilton Row Black Horse 2, Tow Law New Market B 7; Tow Law Cattle Mart A 1, Tow Law Station 8; Sunniside Moss Inn 6, Tow Law Cattle Mart B 3; Billy Row Royal George 4, Tow Law Rose and Crown 5. No result cards from Cornsay Royal Oak v Esh Winning FC or Tow Law New Market A v Tow Law Black Horse.

County Super League

P W D L Pts

Crook B 9 7 1 1 80

Shildon 9 7 1 1 73

Bishop Auckland 8 5 1 2 61

Crook A 8 3 2 3 58

Durham 8 1 1 6 52

Newton Aycliffe 8 2 2 4 48

Ferryhill B 8 1 2 5 48

Ferryhill A 8 2 0 6 42

CIU Pairs Championship

Results: Second Round: D Stoker & A Charlton (South Moor) beat G Alderson & N Collin (Crowtrees); D Morrison & G Smith (Fishburn) lost to C Jefferson & R Jefferson (Trimdon Colliery); D Allen & N Whiteford (Tanfield Lea) beat M Smith & J Wilson (Simonside); G Longbottom & K Gibbon (Fishburn) lost to M English & B Robinson (Dipton); T Airey & P Heath (Spennymoor) lost to P Hardy & R Butler (Crawcrook Social); J Stewart & W Edwards (Crawcrook Catholic) lost to H Peacock & I Peacock (Leadgate); A Bailey & P Haddrick (South Moor) lost to T Snell & W Lee (Usworth & Washington Gardeners); P Whitfield & G Hutchinson (Crowtrees) beat M Campbell & J McCabe (Leadgate); R Hughes & L Hammond (Shotton Comrades) v R Irwin & D Metcalfe (Leadgate), still to play; I Young & K McDonald (Sacriston) lost to H Teasdale & H Brain (Wingate); M Branthwaite & A Atkinson (Bowes) v G Robson & P Coulson (Leadgate), still to play; T Nee & R Forster (Simonside) lost to F Richardson & B Reed (Leadgate); J Spraggon & E Henry (Sunniside) beat I Patterson & S Hubbard (Crawcrook Catholic); P Gibson & D Gibson (Spennymoor) beat L Keegan & J Shield (Leadgate); M Fenwick & J Chance (Browney) beat T Craven & B Watson (Vale of Derwent).

North Eastern

Women's League

EPeterlee, Blackhall won by 82-56. Each side won two rinks and Blackhall, as winners of the game, collected three points to Peterlee's two.

Scores: (Blackhall skips first) Madeline Coates 24, E Stavers 8; Janis Wilton 27, Dorothy Hancock 10; June Winn 17, Margaret Taylor 21; Betty Alderson 14, G barber 17.

Other results: Hartlepool 2, Burn Valley 2; Brinkburn 2, Grayfields 3; Horden 4, Wingate 1.

Hartlepool Park head the league with 38 points, followed by Peterlee 36, Wingate 36, Owton Lodge 35, Grayfields 33, Burn Valley 30, Brinkburn 29, Shotton 25, Blackhall 23, Horden 19, Staby House 17, Hartlepool 16.

In the final of the Annual Three Wood Singles Tournament organised by the Blackhall club Janis Wilton defeated Madeline Coates.

Durham County Community Carpet Summer League

Group A

P Pts

Esh Winning 8 14

Wolsingham 8 12

Croxdale 7 8

Shincliffe 6 6

Witton-le-Wear 6 4

Sedgefield Comm Coll. 9 4

Sedgefield 6 2

Group B

Croxdale Nomads 5 8

Spennymoor DC 6 8

Pittington 5 6

Tudhoe 6 6

Hamsteels 6 4

Hamsterley 6 2

East Durham Welfare Veterans League

Visiting Shotton Veterans, Blackhall Veterans won by 81-69. Each side won two rinks and Blackhall, as winners collected three points to Shotton's two.

Scores: (Shotton skips first) J Langley 20, R Winn 26, F Kipling 11, T Heppell 29; N Proudlock 16, J Williams 13, R Setterfield 22, R Tomkins 13.

Other results: Murton , Easington 4, Houghton 4, Peterlee 1; South Hetton 4, Wheatley Hill 1; Wingate 31/2, Hetton Workman 1, Horden 1, Lowhills 3.

Horden are the leaders with 42 points followed by Easington 41, Wingate 40, Shotton 39, Wheatley Hill 37, Blackhall 28, Murton 27, Houghton 26, Hetton Workman 25, Peterlee 20, South Hetton 19, Lowhills 17.

South West Durham League

Spennymoor A moved clear at the top with a maximum win in the derby game with Jubilee. In Division Two Shildon Railway failed to win for the first time when they drew with Langley Park despite the Railway being convincing 10-0 winners when the two met earlier in the season.

Results: Division One: Bishop Auckland 8 Leeholme 2; Brandon 6, Spectrum 4; Spennymoor A 10, Spennymoor Jubilee 0.

Division Two: Spennymoor Town 6, Cockfield 4; Cockton Hill B 8, Kelloe 2; Langley Park 5, Shildon railway 5; Fishburn 10, Wolsingham 0.

Fixtures: Division One: Brandon v Bishop Auckland; Spennymoor Jubilee v Cockton Hill; Mainsforth v Leeholme; Addison Park v Spectrum; Glenholme v Spennymoor A.

Division Two: Wolsingham v Cockfield; Fishburn v Kelloe; Spennymoor Town v Langley Park; Shildon Town v Shildon Railway; Cockton Hill B v Shildon Town B.

Darlington and District CIU WMC League

P W L Pts

Harrowgate Hill 7 6 1 16

Central 7 5 2 16

East End 8 5 3 13

Cockerton 8 5 3 13

Darlington 7 3 4 9

Hopetown 7 1 6 6

Albert Hill 8 1 7 4

CIU Individual Championship

Results: Second Round: R Hughes (Shotton Comrades) beat N Nixon (Sacriston); G Robson (Leadgate) lost to J Taylor (Fishburn); J Trotter (Ferryhill) lost to S Montgomery (Leadgate); P Coulson (Leadgate) lost to D Hume (Darlington); I Brown (Spennymoor) lost to G Craggs (Leadgate); P Whitfield (Crwotrees) beat P Gibson (Spennymoor); T Craven (Vale of Derwent) lost to R Richardson (Leadgate); B Reed (Leadgate) beat J Wolfenden (Crawcrook Social).

Darlington and District CIU WMC Veterans League

Team KO

Results: Central 30, Cockerton 29; HopetowN A 39, East End 38

Wear Valley League

At a meeting at Tow Law Club it was decided to form an individuals billiards league to start in September. The format to be three frames per match with every player playing every other once at pre-arranged venues, not necessarily the home table of either player.

The table positions would be decided on the number of frames won at the end of the season.

The nine players who entered were; J Bate, A Fleming, N Lowson, N Kirkley, F Lintern, T Lomax, H Hodgson, K Robinson and C.Donaghy. Any other player interested in joining should telephone (01388) 730444 as soon as possible as the fixture list will be completed on 11 August