Fixtures Week 9 15th December 2022

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Blue Anchor	2	3	Henty
Stags Head A	2	3	Prince of Wales
Alexandra B	3	2	Tarring Club
The Vine	1	4	Stags Head B
Alexandra A			Bye

This week sees the 1st half of the league season conclude and the last league games before Xmas

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This weeks games, last week before Xmas and the half way point. Top 2 in the Premier meet at the Stags Head. If Stags Head A win they go into Xmas 4 points clear and unbeaten but if they lose then the Prince of Wales will join them on 14 points.

If Alexandra B win at home to Tarring then they will join the Alexandra A (who have their bye) on 6 points in division one.

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			Stag's Head A	v	Prince of Wales
Brk	Player	Legs	Score		Score	Legs	Player	Brk
*	Grant Tully	1	9,770	v	1,460	0	Barry Holt
	Jim Millward	0	4,940	v	8,940	1	Joe Oakley	*
	Martin Smith	0	980	v	7,940	1	Martin Cole	*
*	Dave Ingram	0	2,840	v	11,620	1	Daniel Wheal
	Mark James	1	9,750	v	7,040	0	Chris Cox	*
		2	28,280	v	37,000	3

Chances in all of the games with the visitors happy to take the win against the below-par home team on the night, Daniel (10,600) and Mark (9,650) the only 2 players to make enough first visit in a match that could easily have gone either way.

As always with the Prince team, it was a thoroughly enjoyable evening in good company and the result leaves both teams tied exactly at the top of the league at the half-way stage if the season.   

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With the above result the Prince of Wales and the Stags Head A cannot be separated both having lost 1 game and both being 28 games won and 12 games lost, defending champions Stags Head B are right there 2 points behind and on the same aggregate, the Henty are a further two points behind and the Vine with only one win are bottom of the table.

The Alexandra A and B tie the top of division 1 both having won 4 games but Alexandra B lead having won 20 and lost 20 games, whilst the A have won 18 and lost 22. Tarring Club and the Blue Anchor are tied having won 1 game each, with Tarring being slightly better off on aggregate.

So as usual Worthing League very competitive and all to play for when the league resumes on Thursday 5th January 2023.

Wishing all a Christmas and may the New Year bring you good health and prosperity.

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The Vine 1 - 4 Stags Head B.

Neil Higgins *	2140	3100	Bob Osborne
Trevor Rees	3090	3350	Nigel Senior *
Gary Ridley	5540	4740	Chris Tupper *
Ros Appleby *	1840	3620	Jean Brackenridge
Tony Burgess	920	3960	Phil Osborne *

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Alexandra B 3 - 2 Tarring Club

Vern Blake *	4140	1080	Bepo
Brian Richards	4410	5230	Matt Jones *
Colin Green	1000	2350	Tony Collins *
Phil Oakley *	7800	580	Dave Collins
Terry Denyer *	7400	740	Matt Jones (4 player rule)

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Blue Anchor 2 - 3 The Henty

Chris Lucas *	6610	5630	Terry Molloy
Andy Farmer-Wright *	2110	8620	Kevin Tunstall
Alan Mepham *	3060	8460	Bob Hall
Dave Jones *	9140 (8220 break)	810	Stuart Carruthers
Kim Hurley *	410	5240	Stuart Mepham

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Dec 16, 2022 7:39:45 GMT bigtj said:

The Vine 1 - 4 Stags Head B.

Neil Higgins *	2140	3100	Bob Osborne
Trevor Rees	3090	3350	Nigel Senior *
Gary Ridley	5540	4740	Chris Tupper *
Ros Appleby *	1840	3620	Jean Brackenridge
Tony Burgess	920	3960	Phil Osborne *

Fair to say we had opportunities in the first two legs on the refurbed Vine table. Neil having chances in the first and Nigel closing the second out after the bar. Back of the table remains a challenge though. A thoroughly enjoyable evening with the Stag B even if it was a little quieter than usual!!