Herewith the Dover, Deal & District Bar Billiards League report for this week:-

Results:
Group One: Betteshanger A 5 Brickmakers Arms B 1. Two Sawyers 4 P&H Tilmanstone B 2. Market Inn B 2 Royal Oak 4.

Group Two: P&H Bridge B 5 Market Inn A 1. P&H Tilmanstone A 3 Betteshanger B 3.

Tables:
Division One: 1, Betteshanger Club A (P 4, Pts 25), 2, Two Sawyers (4, 24), 3, Royal Oak (4, 20), 4, Market Inn B (5, 18), 5, P&H Tilmanstone B (4, 12), 6, Brickmakers Arms A (4, 11), 7, Brickmakers Arms B (5, 10).
Division Two: 1, P&H Bridge B (P 3, Pts 18), 2, P&H Tilmanstone A (4, 18), 3, Betteshanger B (4, 17), 4, P&H Bridge A (4, 16), 5, Market Inn A (4, 13), 6, Magnet B (3, 6).

In the Dover, Deal & District Bar Billiards League, Group A, Betteshanger A overcame local rivals Brickmakers B 5-1 to remain top.  Wack Sampson (5,360), Neville Potts (5,780) and Chris Saville (3,050) took the singles for Betteshanger.  Warren Cowdrey & Dave Howarth (2,410) gained the first doubles for the Brickies, before further Betteshanger successes for Sampson & Saville (2,390) and Potts & Sampson (2,890).

The Two Sawyers are close-second after defeating the Plough & Harrow B, Tilmanstone, 4-2 in Woolage Green.  Alan Smith (3,250) and Stuart Richardson (3,630) won either side of a Plough victory for Gerald Gilbert (2,090).  Some close doubles saw Smith & Richard Cousens win 1,280-1,120, Gary Clarke & Cousens secure the match with a 570-290 victory, and Gilbert & Ken Keen win 1,310-1240 for the Plough’s second point.

The Royal Oak enjoyed a 4-2 win away to the Market Inn B.  Gareth Butcher put the Market ahead, before Oak wins for Steve Lake (1,990) and Roger Oldfield (2,490).  Oldfield & Mark Graves (1,820) and Graves & Lake (1,580) secured the match victory, and Christine Farra & Alan Farra (1,570) took the last leg for the home side.

In Group B, the Plough & Harrow B, Bridge beat the Market Inn A 4-2 to move top.  Chris Cook (6,280), John Fullager (7,820) and Kevin Kay (5,490) swept the singles, and Kay & Fullager (3,680) secured the match, Kay hitting a triangles-rules 2,650 break.  John Skinner & Derek Latham (3,740) took the Market’s point courtesy of a 1,700 break from Latham, with Fullager & Cook (2,530) taking the last leg.