Division 2

After the Cup games last week, league matches return!

Starting with a big win, the Cross Keys Dunnington had an impressive 10-2 win against Lawrence 8 Ballers, including a dish from Cross Keys’ Ryan Lockwood. Ryan currently sits at 3^rd in the Player of the Season table. On the score, Cross Keys noted that the 8 Ballers were unlucky with in-offs during the match!

Haxby Sports Bar claimed a narrow 7-5 win against Crescent A to solidify 2^nd place in the league table on 91 points. Haxby’s Mark Jagger is currently 4^th in the Player of the Season table.

The Edinburgh Legs secured a comfortable 8-4 win at home over the Ozzy Osbournes. A well-balanced match at the start, with the Legs settling into the game to come out with a great win. The Legs named Ozzy Phil Hare as their Player of the Match, contributing to 2/4 of the Ozzy wins.

The fellow Edinburgh Arms team had an interesting (to say the least), 10-2 win away at the Clifton Hotel. Greg Clarke joins Jack Colding in the Edinburgh Arms A’s dish table, which currently stands at 2 for the season. Edinburgh Captain Jammy Clark is currently 1^st in the Player of the Season table.

The More Mitre also had an 7-5 win at home against Heworth B. Going into the final frames at 6-4, Heworth attempted to play for a draw. A tense 6-5 game going into the last game saw Mitre’s Connor Calland claim the win for the home team. Connor was made the opposition teams Player of the Match, with Heworth naming Mitre’s Martin West as their Player of the Match.

The Bay Horse beat The Hogs Head A 7-5. Bay Horse’s Max Colmann opened the game with 3 wins, with the Hogs Head making a small comeback in the last half of the match to claim 5 frames. This win puts the Bay Horse in 7^th place in the league table.

• Report by Ellie Hart

Division 3

The top of the table clash between leaders Hogs Head B and the Hammers Too proved to be the close fought battle expected. It was the Hammers who came away with a 7-5 win after the Hogs had managed to pull it back to 5-5. Dave Gough won both his frames for the Hammers, and all their 6 players won at least 1 frame. For the Hogs, Oliver Bird had an off night but somehow managed to win a frame despite giving 6 free balls away!

As Touching Cloth didn’t play, the Hogs Head remain top, and the Hammers move up to 2nd but it’s tightening up at the top.

Huntington Sports Club A stormed into 4th place with a resounding 10-2 win over their own B team. Ben Tattersall and Steve Pepper both won all their 4 frames for the A team. The A team’s Danny James won his first 2 frames which enabled him to open a 2-point lead in the Player of the Season rankings as Jason Annett of Touching Cloth didn’t play.

The Windmill are now 5th after an 8-4 win against the Saddle Inn. Tom Mullen and Paul Ellis both won all their 3 frames for the Windmill and Dave Francies also won 3 in a losing cause for the Saddle. The Windmill have now opened a 12-point gap over the pack led by the Crescent B in 6th. It’s looking like it’s the top 5 who are the main contenders for promotion at this stage but there’s plenty of time for some other teams to upset the apple cart before the end of the season.

The Crescent ended up on the wrong side of a 4-8 defeat at the Clockhouse W in what proved to be a controversial match with a disputed frame, which went to the Crescent in the end. For the Clock, captain Mark Thompson and Gavin Witty won all 3 of their frames.

In the battle of the ‘family teams’, the Beagle A came out on top with an impressive 8-4 win against the Hospital Club B. Danny Hunter-Smith won both his frames for the Beagle. That was the last of the 5 matches in the division played yesterday.

• Report by Oliver Bird