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

Winter League Results:

Division One: Market Inn A 1 Plough & Harrow B, Bridge 5. P&H Bridge 6 Two Sawyers A 0. Magnet A 5 Royal Oak 1.

Division Two: P&H Tilmanstone B 2 Market Inn B 4. Brickmakers Arms B 4 Magnet B 2. Two Sawyers B 3 Brickmakers Arms A 3.

 

Tables:
Division One: 1, Betteshanger Club (P 5, Pts 31), 2, Market Inn A (4, 20), 3, P&H Bridge A (5, 20), 4, P&H Bridge B (4, 20), 5, Two Sawyers A (5, 17), 6, Magnet A (4, 12), 7, Royal Oak (3, 8).
Division Two: 1, Market Inn B (P 5, Pts 31), 2, Brickmakers Arms B (4, 26), 3, P&H Tilmanstone B (5, 21), 4, P&H Tilmanstone A (4, 16), 5, Brickmakers Arms A (4, 15), 6, Two Sawyers B (5, 11), 7, Magnet B (5, 8).
 

In the Dover, Deal & District Bar Billiards Winter League, the last unbeaten record has gone as the Market Inn A lost 4-2 at home to the Plough & Harrow B from Bridge. John Fullager (6,140) and Kevin Kay (6,150) both won for the visitors, while an unlucky black peg robbed Derek Latham of almost 11,000 points, gifting Stan Brocklebank (1,410) a third Plough win.

The Plough & Harrow A, Bridge, defeated the Two Sawyers 6-0. Singles successes for Ian Dennett (6,270), Keith Symes (6,270) and Baz Symes (4,790) set up the whitewash.

The Magnet A won 5-1 at home to bottom-side Royal Oak. John Higgens (5,650) and Mike Callanan (7,390) took two singles legs for the Deal side, Higgens & Lin Callanan (4,470) the final doubles and the match.

 

In Division Two, the Market Inn B remain top after a 4-2 away win at the Plough & Harrow B, Tilmanstone. Good wins for Gareth Butcher (5,630) and Alan Farra (6,540) put them on their way, despite a Plough victory for Harry Pearson (3,020).

The Brickmakers B stay second after defeating fellow Deal-side Magnet B 4-2. Tanya Philpott (2,130) and Dawn Williams (2,650) took two of the three singles to put the Magnet ahead, but strong doubles games gave the Brickies the match, including Dave Howarth & Ricky Cowdrey (5,100).

The final fixture saw a 3-3 draw between the Two Sawyers B and the Brickmakers A. Craig Brown (1,330), Phil Rye (1780) and Dave Wiltshire (990) swept the singles for the Sawyers, before Craig Lancaster & Paul Garlinge (1,740) took the first of all three doubles for the draw.

 

Jersey “World Championships” 2008.

Four players from Dover & Deal travelled to Jersey for the annual championships there, known as the World Championships, joining over 200 hopefuls from south England and the Channel Islands. Chris Saville was most successful, reaching a creditable fourth round, having eliminated nationally second-ranked Stephen Sheard of Oxfordshire in the third round. Di Wellburn and Ted Hogben both reached the second round. Defending champion Trevor Galliene of Guernsey retained his title.

First round losers at Jersey go into a Plate Competition, where Craig Carlson enjoyed an excellent run, losing in the quarter-finals to eventual Plate winner Alan Brackenridge of Sussex.

The World Pairs championships are held concurrently in Jersey, and Carlson teamed-up with Vinny Mitchell of Tunbridge Wells and had another good tournament, reaching that quarter-final too, where they lost a close match to Dennis Atkins & Geoff Jukes of Oxfordshire.

Kevin Tunstall & Kevin Hill of Sussex took the title.