Craven B have been expelled from the B League for failing to turn up to two sucessive league fixtures as well as their recent 1st round knockout match.  All points gained from teams playing Craven B have been deducted.

Round 1 – 23rd August 2010

Punch A 5 – 0 Craven B

Punch C VS Victoria * To be played

Engineers B 5 – 0 Millstone 

Entwistle 4 – 5 Engineers A

Crown B 8 – 1 New Inn B

Round 2 to be drawn 5th September 2010

A League

Additional Information

Crown A – Failed to commence Season and have withdrawn from the League
Frankies – did not attend Uncle Jacks – no points.
All Results received. Thank You

B League

Additional Information

The Ellenshaw team has now returned home and are now playing from the Ellenshaw.
Bowling Green have now resigned from the league.
New Inn B -v- Millstone – Missing Card = no points for New Inn.
Engineers A -v- Punch D -Late Card = no points for Punch.                               

Craven B have been expelled from the league for failing to turn up to successive league fixtures (all points gained from playing Craven B have been deducted)

Key: GP = Games Played, GC = Games Completed, HW = Home Win, AW = Away Win, Lo = Losses, Pen = Penalty Points, Pts = Points

Points Calculation: Games Completed = 1 point, Home Wins = 1 point, Away Wins = 2 Points. Total Points = Games Completed + Home Wins + (2 x Away Wins)

ALL RESULTS MUST BE SENT BY TEXT, BY BOTH TEAMS, TO THE FOLLOWING NUMBER

07870 317 733

THIS IS AS WELL AS GETTING THE CARD IN ON TIME!

All results to the Punch Hotel, Chapel By 11pm Thursday after the game. Late cards = NO POINTS. All new signings must put their names on the back of the card and can play that week. Non shift workers must be on hand by 9.30pm. It is the responsibility of the WINNING TEAM Captain or Landlord to ensure the cards go in on time.

Well it was a case of dejavu this week with Darwen again starting strong and going into break at 5-4 down. This time though there was a difference – we where playing Preston South.

Don’t get me wrong even the best players can lose over one game, but this was not just one player. Preston have consistently been one of the best teams in the country and even without European Champion Gareth Hibbett, who was away on England duty, they still had World Quarter Finalist Lee Clough along with Regular Lancashire players Craig Day and Jason Hill. The rest of the team was strong too.

But what are names to Darwen, with Bernard Goulding and Jimmy Cummins starting the match with wins for Darwen giving us a 2-0 head start, and with Graham Melia and Ian Harle winning also we was still in the match at half way.

Don’t get me wrong – The lads will tell you how we should have been further up, most notable with Kyle Kaye coming within mm’s of shocking Jason Hill and Captain Matt Bishop over running his position on the 8 ball for a chance to beat Lee Clough.

The second half though was a different story with only Gaz Costello winning and Jimmy Cummins continueing his good form to take his game. Match finished 12-6 to Preston.

Well results did not go our way in the other league matches. Leyland’s draw against Accrington meant they went above Darwen in the table, but Darwen’s next games is against basement boys Chorley. Darwen must concentrate in this game and gain as many points as we can.

Well played all who played.

Darwen rising star Bobby Tait took a shot at 3 times World Champion, Gareth “Golden Boy” Potts on Wednesday at Stephen Hendrys Club, Preston.

Bobby looked confident going into the 1 frame match, with Gareth looking nervous at the prospect of meeting Bobby so soon after his World Championship Final defeat.

Watched by his brother Andy, Bobby broke and took balls on the break. An unfortunate kick give Gareth a chance at the table.

Following further exchanges an unfortunate miss handed Gareth a chance which he took despite his nerves.

Andy said “his extensive training before the match brought Bobby close to causing an upset.

Well played Bobby…. Hope you enjoyed the night.