Premier team continues to Mount a title challenge
THE Mount kept up their winning ways in the Premier Division of the Northumbria League by beating Saint Chads in a closely-fought match.
Graeme Barella was unbeaten and backed up by two sets from Anthony Ainley and one from Phil Prady.
The Chinese Association side beat Old England Jacks 9-1 but then had to turn out a weakened side against Mount C team and went down 7-3.
Two of Mount’s other teams had matches against teams from Matfen.
In Division One, their D team beat the Centurians 6-4 thanks to a hat-trick by Bailey Pye and then lost out 8-2 to the Senators, for whom Neil Forsyth won all of his sets.
In Division Two, two sets each by John Rowell and Mike Bradley enabled the E team to defeat the Tribunes 6-4.
Newton B had mixed fortunes in Division Three as they defeated Cramlington Cobras 8-2 but lost to the Falcons 6-4.
In Division Four Tyneside B fielded a strong second division player in Chas Robertson, who duly won all of his sets in a 5-5 draw with Matfen Consuls.
In the first round of the Handicap Cup Ouston B came from 4-2 down to defeat Mount A 5-4, David Byers and Tom Fowle getting two each and Kevin Richardson one.
In the Cramlington derby the Jaguars saw off the Dynamos by the same score thanks to a Gavin Wilson treble.
Cramlington’s young players Alfie and Archie Stokes, along with Oliver Ho, overcame Premier Division St Chads 5-3, the Stokes brothers claiming two wins each.