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

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

Group Two: Magnet B 2 Market Inn A 4.

Tables:
Division One: 1, Betteshanger Club A (P 12, Pts 74), 2, Two Sawyers (12, 66), 3, Royal Oak (12, 50), 4, Market Inn B (12, 45), 5, Brickmakers Arms B (12, 39), 6, P&H Tilmanstone B (12, 35), 7, Brickmakers Arms A (12, 27).
Division Two: 1, P&H Bridge A (P 9, Pts 49), 2, P&H Bridge B (9, 48), 3, Market Inn A (10, 45), 4, P&H Tilmanstone A (9, 35), 5, Betteshanger B (9, 34), 6, Magnet B (10, 13).

In the Dover, Deal & District Bar Billiards League, Betteshanger A finished their Group A matches with a 5-1 win away to the Royal Oak, Nonington.  Roger Oldfield (3,800) put the home side ahead, but the visitors hit back with wins for Wack Sampson (4,670) and Chris Saville (4,450).  The doubles all went to Betteshanger as Neville Potts & Saville (1,110) won a close game against Nigel Scott & Mark Graves, and then Sampson & Saville (2,420) and Potts & Sampson (2,620) also won.

Second-placed Two Sawyers won 5-1 away to the Brickmakers A.  Alan Smith (3,530), Gary Clarke (1,960) and Stuart Richardson (1,900) swept the singles for Sawyers, and Richard Cousens & Richardson (1,430) took the first doubles and the match.  Craig Lancaster & Chris Gent (1,490) gained the Brickies point, before Smith & Cousens (1,890) won the last leg.

The Plough & Harrow B, Tilmanstone, won 4-2 at home to the Brickmakers B, although it was not enough to escape the Plate for Plough.  Harry Pearson (2,270) and Gerald Gilbert (2,110) won either side of a Brickies success for Ricky Cowdrey (2,080).  Pearson & Phil Court (1,640) took the first doubles, courtesy of a triangles-break of 1,240 by Court, and Gilbert & Pearson (1,610) sealed the match victory.  Warren Cowdrey & Dave Howarth (1,910) took the last leg, Cowdrey hitting a 1,130 break.

In Group B, the Market Inn A won 4-2 away to the Magnet B, although it was only sufficient to finish third.  Derek Latham (1,710), Craig Carlson (2,000) and John Skinner (1,410) swept the singles, before the Magnet fought back in the doubles via Shirley Cowdrey & Dawn Williams (1,510) and Williams & Donna Prior (1,290).  Ted Hogben & Skinner (1,650) took the last leg and the match.