Winter League 2017/2018 (Week 24 of 26) - 25/04/2018

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Fixtures for Week 24:-

County Oak A 2 v 3 Prestonville
Caxton Arms 3 v 2 Railway Club
Duke of Wellington 3 v 2 Pocket Rocket A - (fixture reversed)
Montreal A 5 v 0 Montreal B
Pocket Rocket B 1 v 4 Bevendean B

(no fixture Bevendean A, County Oak B)

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Caxton Arms v Railway Club
Dave Bartrum 3580 v Kim Hurley 1240
Dave Jones 1360 v Steve Hurley 4120
Colin Green 3460 v Sheena Wood 1140
Brian Bartrum 3030 v Brian Muggeridge 4300
James Whittle 7980 v Steve Hurley 1320
Thanks to the Caxton once again for coming up with a really great curry tonight.

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Pocket Rocket B 1-4 Bevendean B

Gemma 0 - 1330 Martin**
**Dave 1630 - 1910 Phil
Alan 1080 - 1440 Ash**
**Toni 880 - 1550 Phil
Peter w/over - lose no player

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Duke of Wellington 3-2 Pocket Rocket A

Dave 7380 - 0 Rick** - Rick off early and first to get them back, going well but a left a one-up short. Dave with a very good break once he got them back

**Mike 11,330 - 3510 Matt - the "Hastings Hustler" made enough first visit, no chance for one half of the Littlehampton Pairs Champs

Colin 2500 - 6740 Henry** - these two squared off again, less jumping up and down this time and I suppose marginally more score than usual between them, H made a 4k break mid game. Think there were a couple of breaks each but was too busy laughing when Smithy got them back with a shot tight to the left hand cushion somehow a ball ended up in the right hand 50 sportsmanship vote secured....

**Kevin 6780 - 0 Joe - Kevin 5 (five) times world champion required 3 (three) breaks on his home top, to kill off the other half of the Littlehampton Pairs Champs (wasn't their night), Joe one chance on getting the break back. Things were getting a little loud from certain suspects (and that excuse would have been accepted) but after politely telling Kev it was a shocking display I was informed that the "table had changed"......hmmmn

Chris 1820 - 4780 TJ** - the Jenneral's opening break more than enough to take Tupps out, who was a little merry as they seem to do rather strong beer at the Wellie It was a slog at the top of the table rest of the leg, though Tupps did have half a chance but left a one-up short. Another Wednesday win for the TJ

Cracking night, a little raucous at times and pretty loud. Great company as always. League still on a knife-edge after results tonight. My super team confirmed as bronze medalists this evening

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Enjoyable night at the Wellie, with the County Oak A losing believe it is now between them and the Wellie for the league with two weeks to go.

May I say it has been a great season for us, with plenty of laughs, some great captainship, good team bonding, and our reserves slotting in well when we have needed them, believe that this loss means we will finish third which with our team I think is a great effort, thanks to Matt and the rest of the team for making this such an enjoyable season.

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Mont A 5-0 Mont B

G Mechan 3090-1920 P Bramhall
Daz Robins 1360-620 P Gwilliam
M Scott 9430-2230 M Buckle
S Burns 4970-1160S Matthews
B Mechan 3610-1420 M Buckle * 4 Player rule.

Looks like title will be decided next week at the Caxton.

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It was 3-2 to The Prestonville last night against the Country Oak A.

We only had 4 tonight so Geoff got to play twice.

Marcus 7600 v 5030 Stuart**
Phil** 6200 v 7580 Grant
Ian 6640 v 7260 Geoff**
Nigel** 16,040 v o Mark
Gareth 3630** v Geoff 8910

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Apr 26, 2018 7:23:27 GMT bigtj said:

Enjoyable night at the Wellie, with the County Oak A losing believe it is now between them and the Wellie for the league with two weeks to go.

May I say it has been a great season for us, with plenty of laughs, some great captainship, good team bonding, and our reserves slotting in well when we have needed them, believe that this loss means we will finish third which with our team I think is a great effort, thanks to Matt and the rest of the team for making this such an enjoyable season.

Thanks TJ, nice words....your large number of wins has certainly helped us this season

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Here are the league tables after Week 24:-

Premier Division
	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS	DIF
1	County Oak A	21	16	0	5	67	38	32	+29
2	Duke of Wellington	21	15	0	6	64	41	30	+23
3	Pocket Rocket A	20	13	0	7	57	43	26	+14
4	Prestonville	21	11	0	10	52	53	22	-1
5	County Oak B	21	9	0	12	47	58	18	-11

Division One
	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS	DIF
1	Montreal A	20	9	0	11	47	53	18	-6
2	Caxton Arms	20	8	0	12	48	52	16	-4
3	Bevendean A	19	4	0	15	41	54	8	-13

Division Two
	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	PTS	DIF
1	Railway Club	16	13	0	3	53	27	26	+26
2	Pocket Rocket B	16	8	0	8	41	39	16	+2
3	Bevendean B	17	8	0	9	39	46	16	-7
4	Montreal B	16	0	0	16	14	66	0	-52

Postponed Matches

Week 6 (08/11/2017) Montreal B v Bevendean A

Week 22 (04/04/2018) Caxton Arms v Pocket Rocket B

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Champions of both Premier Division and Division 1 remain uncertain with two weeks of the season remaining. Despite defeats in their last two matches County Oak A will still be champions if they win their last match, a defeat will put things on a knife edge although they will know what is required as the Duke of Wellington (who can still catch them) play their last match this coming Wednesday. Division 1 is also down to the wire with the result of the match at the Caxton between them and the Montreal A destined to decide the outcome. Mont will definitely be champions if they win it but a Caxton win would make the outstanding match v Pocket Rocket B vital. Division 2 has been won by the Railway Club so well done to Sheena and her team.

Please can teams involved in the outstanding matches let me know what is happening about them because dates for them should be arranged by now