Shields make progress in Denny Cup and Top Club competitions
beat John Lynch in the mixed pairs 16-10, while Ann Upsall, Jaxon McKenna and Ian Riches beat Tony Macey 19-11 in the mixed triples.
The only loss came in the mixed fours where Jackie Tallack, Pam Byrne, Gary Farquhar and Paul Hartley narrowly lost 14-13 to Barry Hopkins.
Shields have home advantage in the next round when West Denton will provide the opposition.
Durham County will get their Liberty Trophy defence underway today as they host Yorkshire at Durham indoors (12 noon).
From the 24 that beat Berkshire in last year’s final,
Bryan Henderson (Durham), Paul Mosley (Hartlepool) and Phil Dixon (Shields) are missing.
Durham’s Phil Smithson switches to the front end and there is a county debut for South Shields’ Chris Yeomans, while his clubmate Josh Minto is a late change in place of Glenn Skipp (Hartlepool). The next round of the mixed Egham Trophy takes place tomorrow (10am) and there should be a cracking tie as Shields and Durham lock horns.
Shields (at Shields): M. Robson, K.Paterson, J.Minto, C.Yeomans, N.Riches, A.Upsall, J.Sneller, I.Riches.
Shields (at Durham): P. Browne, P.Byrne, G.Farquhar, D.Bolt, J.Tallack, J.Chapman, J.McKenna, P.Hartley.
Durham (at Durham): J. Brown, F.Slinn, C.Morrison, J.Hutchinson, T.Barkess, E.Horan, M.Barkess, K.Minnis.
Durham (at Shields): S. Richardson, A.Stafford, R.Bewick, GR.Smith, C.Budd, G.Heslop, B.Henderson, M.Higgins.
There has been plenty of action in the local stages of the national competitions, with three South Shields hopes making progress in the singles.
Mal Peach beat clubmate Scott Baker 21-12, Ian McIntosh had a good 21-11 win at Durham against Malcolm Wright and Alan Lawton also enjoyed a win at Durham, 2113 against Mark Higgins.
In the south section, Hartlepool’s Paul Mosley beat clubmate Albert Ward 21-5.
In the pairs, Billy Maddison won an all-Durham affair 17-15 against Michael Barkess, and South Shields’ Josh Minto and Chris Yeomans beat Durham’s Bryan Henderson and Mark Higgins 23-13.
In the south section, Marc Squirrell beat clubmate Paul Mosley 23-9 and Darlington’s Tony Macey got the better of Redcar’s Tom Entwhistle 1816.
In the over-60s singles, Gateshead’s Brian Poulter beat Durham’s Steve Krimpen 21-8 and will host Stanley’s John Thurlbeck next.
There was better news for Krimpen in the pairs, however, as he won an all-Durham clash 23-11 against Michael Barkess.