Many thanks as always to all who attended the Finals
Night on Tuesday. There was an excellent turn-out and I hope all concerned
enjoyed themselves.
Attached below are the entire final scores etc given out on
the night, plus a few photos of all concerned.
Cup Final
The Cup Final was a very closely fought and entertaining
contest with the Ox-fford ‘C managing to just pull clear in the last two
rounds to edge out the Royal Oak with the final score being 103 – 95.
Many thanks also to our QM and scorer for the night, Alan
Hodgson and Derek Owen respectively, both from the Dolphin, of
course.
A League
The Ox-fford ‘C’ win the title for the fifth time
since their first ever win in 2009/10 and they have been almost untouchable
this year, a fantastic effort. Take a bow the Dolphin Dragons, the only
team to beat them this season!
Alice Walker wins the A League Individual title
for the first time and becomes the first woman to do so. The A League
Individual title has only ever been won by 6 people in total in over 30 years,
with Alan Hodgson being far and away the record holder as a 12 time
winner, so well done indeed to Alice.
Just to underline her achievement, Alice also set a record
score this year for a best ever 12 game total, so definitely a win in some
style!
B League
The British Flag win the B League title for the fifth
time in total and celebrate their first win since 2011/12. The Waters Green
Rams finished runners-up and both teams return to the A League next season.
Matt Rogers – B League Individual Champion
In normal circumstances, Dave Partington from the Harrington
Academicals would have won the B League Individual title this year on a purely
arithmetical basis, but for the second year in succession, the League has sadly
had to come to terms with the loss of a good friend and colleague.
Matt Rogers of the Waters Green Lemmings was top of
the B League Individual table at his untimely death in February and following
conversations with the rest of the Committee – and especially with the
magnanimous Dave Partington and everyone else at the top of the table –
we decided to give the title and shield this year to Matt, who we all agreed on
the night fully deserved it.
The B League Individual Trophy and silver salver were
collected by Sunil Peck and he and Nick will ensure that Matt’s family receive
them in this one-off set of circumstances.
We all wish Matt’s wife Laura and their two boys nothing but
good fortune from now on and hopefully they will find at least a little comfort
in time to come from this small gesture on our part.
C League
The Plough Horntails win their first ever C League
title – at least in their present form. They could have won something as the
George & Dragon back in the day, but my memory is not what it was!
The Harrington ‘B’ are runners-up and promoted for
the first ever time in their history! Well done indeed to all concerned and the
B League will see a Harrington Derby next season!
Malcolm Asquith won the C League Individual title,
his first since he won the B League equivalent in 2007/08. It bodes well for
next year!
And Now…
I’ll try and get the date sorted for the AGM / Plate Final
and some dates fixed for next season as soon as possible, thus I’ll be in touch
ASAP.
Be seeing you…
MW
