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

Results:
Group One: Plough & Harrow Tilmanstone A 2 P&H Bridge B 4. P&H Bridge A 4 Market Inn A 2. Betteshanger Club B 4 Magnet B 2.

Group Two: Market Inn B 3 Betteshanger Club A 3. Royal Oak 4 P&H Tilmanstone B 2. Brickmakers Arms A 1 Brickmakers Arms B 5.

Tables:
Division One: 1, Betteshanger Club A (P 8, Pts 51), 2, Two Sawyers (7, 40), 3, Royal Oak (8, 35), 4, Market Inn B (8, 28), 5, Brickmakers Arms B (8, 27), 6, Brickmakers Arms A (8, 18), 7, P&H Tilmanstone B (7, 17).
Division Two: 1, P&H Bridge B (P 7, Pts 39), 2, Betteshanger B (7, 29), 3, P&H Bridge A (6, 28), 4, Market Inn A (7, 27), 5, P&H Tilmanstone A (5, 20), 6, Magnet B (6, 9).

In the Dover, Deal & District Bar Billiards League, Group A leaders Betteshanger Club A were pegged-back to a 3-3 draw away to the Market Inn B.  Chris Saville (2,500) gave Betteshanger the lead, before Alan Farra defeated Neville Potts 2,760-2,580 and Gareth Butcher (1,940) also won to put Market ahead.  Dave Carliell & Farra (2,030) made it 3-1, but Betteshanger rallied via Wack Sampson & Saville (3,580) and Saville & Potts (2,090) to force the draw.

The Royal Oak defeated Plough & Harrow B, Tilmanstone, 4-2 in Nonington.  Ken Keen (1,650) and Gerald Gilbert (3,770) put the visitors 2-0 up, before Roger Oldfield (1,940) took the last singles.  All the doubles and the match went to the Oak via Nigel Scott & Mark Graves (1,770), Graves & Steve Lake (2,500) and Oldfield & Graves (3,170), Graves hitting a 1,970 traingles-break in the latter.

The Brickmakers A lost 5-1 to the Brickmakers B in Deal.  Warren Cowdrey (1,630), Dave Howarth (2,560) and Ricky Cowdrey (3,170) swept the singles, and Ricky & Warren Cowdrey (1,570) took the first doubles and the match for the B.  Paul Garlinge & Chris Gent (1,700) gained the A’s point, with Howarth & Ricky Cowdrey (2,270) competing the fixture.

In Group B, the Plough & Harrow B, Bridge won 4-2 away to the Plough & Harrow A, Tilmanstone to remain top.  Stan Brocklebank (2,870), John Fullager (5,360) and Kevin Kay (4,470) swept the singles, before a Tilmanstone comeback via Ann Keen & Brian Carpenter (2,230) and Carpenter & Karen Keen (2,370).  Kay & Brocklebank (3,130) took the final leg for the match victory.

Betteshanger B won 4-2 at home to the Magnet B to move second.  John Higgens (2,680), Luke Smith (2,800) and Bill Edwards (5,420) took the singles, and Dave Mackay & Higgens (1,600) the first doubles and the match for Betteshanger.  Dawn Williams & Donna Prior (1,230) and Prior & Shirley Cowdrey (1,660) took last two legs for the Magnet.