British Legion travelled up to Pelynt A and got their first win of the season, but only just. The Legion drew first blood with Lynn Oliver beating Mark Palmer, then the in form John Snowden beat Bob Whitewood and Joan Geach won her first game of the season, beating Kevin Oliver but that was the only singles success for Pelynt as the Legion reeled off the last 3 with Steve Joslin, Ken Crowden and Dick Hinton beating Chippy Chapman, Dave and Matt Johns. Pelynt got it back to 4 all by winning the first 2 doubles but the Legion held their nerve and sealed the 5-4 victory.
The Ship A moved up the table with a 6-3 win over the Pilchards, again Ship drew first blood with a 2-0 win for Stuart Butler over Mickey Lawford, John Dalton and Deano Dicks made it 2-1 to the Pilchards but it was all down hill for the fish as they lost the last 3 singles to George Wildman, Alan Winteson and Andy Walker. The Ship took 2 of the doubles for their second win of the season.
The Rowett B hit form for the first time this season with a 9-0 whitewash of the Caradon. The Rowett's winners were Roger Pill, Dennis Shaw, Dave Nutty, Mike Pengelly, Darren Thomas and Malcolm 'Sponge' Taper.
League leaders Pelynt B had an 8-1 win over bottom placed Blue Peter. Gill Howells easily beat Stuart Gray to gain the Blue's only point.
Whilst second placed noughts mirrored that 8-1 result beating Ship B. The Ship's star player was Betty Turner who beat Alan Moreton for the Ship's only point. Third placed Rowett A didn't lose any ground either as they also won 8-1. The Millhouse gained their single point as John Lawrence beat Malcolm 'Bunny' Libby over the distance.
The Charity Trebles and Captains Cup will take place at the Rowett on Thursday 18 November. All players must be present at 7.50pm. No late entries. Please note Captains Cup is for the Captains only (no stand-ins). For the first round of the k/0 cup on 19 November the draw is: Ship B v Blue Peter, Rowett B v Ship A, Caradon v Noughts, Pilchards v Legion.
Pelynt A and B, Rowett A and Millhouse all have byes.
Results - PELYNT A 4 (M Palmer 100 101 J Geach 100 120 D Chapman 125 D Johns 125 M Johns 100x2); LEGION 5 (K Oliver 100x3 S Joslin 100 140 K Crowden 100 110 D Hinton 100x2).
3 PILCHARDS 3 (M Lawford 116 J Dalton 104 140 K Dicks 100x4); SHIP A 6 (S Butler 100 A Winterson 100 A Walker 100)
CARADON 0 (P Paris 100x2 J Turton 110 115 G Jeffries 140 J Svenson 105); ROWETT B 9 (R Pill 100x3 121 D Shaw 100x4 140 D Nutty 100 125x2 M Pengelly 100 120 121 D Thomas 100 M Taper 100x4 140.
BLUE PETER 1; PELYNT B 8 (P Tamblyn 100 N Davis 100 134 M Facey 100 B Phillips 100x2 M Dunn 100 S Gray 118).
SHIP B1 (B Turner 100 140); NOUGHTS 8 (A Grant 100x3 140 C Pethick 100 121x2 J Jago 100x4 G Stanbury 105 140 A Moreton 100 104 140x2 G Guild 100x3 140x2).
ROWETT A8 (M Libby 103 105 A Jago 100 K Lee 100 125 140 J Mark 125 M Lewis 100 110f 140x2 L Bryant 100x4. MILLHOUSE 1.