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16 December - Results from last night finally online!

12 December - Final two Division Two results in with one result undoing most of the middle table changes and the other one lifting the bottom team up to tenth.

11 December - Match eight tonight and at ten pm we have three results in, two of which are making the top of Division Two interesting.

10.30pm - and Division One has the same top three with a few changes just below that. No change at the top of Division Two although the new second place is only one point behind.

11.30pm - All Division One results in with no changes at the bottom. Division Two will be updated in the morning, hopefully.

5 December - Allstars S remain top of Division Two by one point after their 4-3 defeat by Ship & Pelican who remain fourth just three points behind. Clifton Inn probably wishing the points system hadn't changed as they would have been top with six wins.

Clifton Inn Wanderers have beaten Devon Yeoman T to finish another place up the table.

4 December - Wednesday match seven and there could be a few changes tonight, with a top of the table clash in Division One, although nobody else can catch them yet, and the top six variously clash in the second division with only eight points covering them all.

10.00pm - New leaders for Division One tonight as Horse & Groom B beat Allstars X 5-2 whilst Lucombe Oak A end a hard fought battle with Green Gables 4-3 and ensure they are no longer the Division Two bottom club tonight.

10.30pm - A new bottom club in the second division tonight whilst the top three should be very tight.

11.00pm - One result outstanding from each division although another match in Division One is still subject to a claim.

28 November - Final result now in and another 4-3, making eight from twelve matches last night. This means there is just a technical change in Division One as two teams have the same stats, whilst there were only the four teams involved in swapping places in Division Two. Maybe next week's fixtures will result in a few changes.

27 November - Wednesday match six tonight with the top teams all hoping to maintain their run this season. The top two clash in Div 2 which may help the third placed side.

9.45pm - First Div 2 result in and Whipton & Pinhoe Labour Club have edged into second for now.

10.15pm - Couple of Div 1 results in with Groom B presently top and Groom J rising well. Ship & Pelican presently third in Div 2.

10.50pm - Both division toppers from last week still holding their positions although Allstars S have lost their unbeaten record and Groom B have closed the gap back to two points.

11.45pm - All Div 2 results in with Clifton Inn dropping to third despite beating Allstars S and Star Inn beating Heart of Oak C to swap places with them. All the rest stayed put. Still Two more Div 1 score to come in.

21 November - Final Division Two score in with the winning side staying third in the table and the losers dropping below them, a new team creeping up into second place.

20 November - Match five tonight with two second v third clashes and a chance for some of the others to close up. Both top teams likely to win though.

10.00pm - A couple of Division Two results in so far.

11.00pm - All but two results in now.

11.30pm - Just one Division Two result to come which affects half the table. Tables updated as per scores in.

14 November - Draws for the second round of the Wednesday Team Cup and the first round of the Team Plate are now on the various cup and fixtures pages.

13 November - Team Cup action tonight with 5 inter-divisional matches and a good chance of the lower division team going through in several. Results online as received tonight.

9.00pm - One result in already (was 4-0 though!).

10.00pm - Four more results in with the remaining three probably heading for a 4-3.

11.10pm - The last results are in and 9 Div 1 and 7 Div 2 teams will be in the next round, the top division teams successful in four of the five inter-division clashes.

6 November - Week four and tight at the top of both divisions as we approach the break for the Cup.

Now waiting to hear back from one team about the incorrectly marked score from last week. Will update this evening before tonight's matches. (Update-Adjusted score accepted.)

00.45am - Scores and tables now updated (including the above).

30 October - Week three and hopefully not a week of horror for any team, what with Halloween (and the Budget) as well.

10.00pm - First three results in with three narrow home wins.

10.30pm - Half the Div 1 scores in and all but one Div 2.

11.15pm - All scores now in, still working on the tables but top of Division One remains the same whilst a third different team leads Division Two (closely).

11.45pm - There is a possible change to one score in Division Two which will affect second and third place if confirmed. Table and scores will be updated when the situation is clearer. (Update 3 November - No-one has come back to us about the match so the result will stand unless it is officially queried again).

28 October - Draws have been made for the various Cup and Shield competitions and are on the various Competitions pages.

24 October - Final result is in and the tables updated.

23 October - Week 2 of the new season and a couple of teams will be looking to put some points on the table tonight.

10.30pm - A few results in and one team still not managing to score any points so far this season.

11.pm - A few more results in and quite a bit of movement in both tables tonight.

11.55pm - All but one result in now, tables updated as far as possible.

17 October - Final result is in and the tables updated.

16 October - The day has finally arrived to start the new Winter season, hope you all have a good one. Results online tonight as received.

10.00pm - First few results in already.

10.30pm - All but three results in now.

11.00pm - All but one score in. Tables being sorted out.

11.30pm - Tables online.

7 October - The Wednesday Fixtures Key now downloads properly and has been updated as we now have the Green Gables in place of the Bye in Division Two.

3 October - Seems there were a few problems with the updated pages recently, it should all be working properly now, especially the download page.

27 September - Sunday and Wednesday fixtures are now online, think I caught all the bugs. The fixtures will be emailed out soon but are available to download from the downloads page or the appropriate day's page.

26 September - A few things from the rather sparsely attended AGM last night.

Firstly, we have decided to remove the Disciplinary Committee Chairman and Vice Chairman roles. For any future disciplinary meetings, the Executive Committe will continue to hold these meetings, with three randomly chosen Captains attending as support.

The three supporting Captains will have the same responsibilities as the Executive Committee, they will be able to have their say and vote. If another discipinary was to occur, we would choose another three random Captains, and so on.

To be able to keep the Pool League running this seems to be the only solution and, even though there are quite a few Captains/Players not wanting to join the committee, in this way all disciplinary meetings will be deemed fair.

Secondly, for both Sunday and Wednesday league tables, there will now be one point per game won with the match winners getting an additional two points i.e. a 5-2 win will mean 7 points for the victors and 2 points to the losers. Match format will remain as before except for the removal of the Golden Frame on Sundays, so a draw is again possible. (For those with long memories, this method of determining the table was last used up to Summer 2000).

Lastly, to pad out the Sunday fixtures a little this season, we have introduced the Dave Layfield Memorial Shield as an extra competition for the Sunday teams. This will be played to a slightly different format, involving Scotch Doubles. Full details to follow.

Wednesday matches will commence on Wednesday 16th October and will run through to the Cup Final on 30th April 2025. This may be subject to change as we will probably have to slot the Presentation Night in somewhere and bump the fixtures along. Sunday matches will commence on Sunday 27th October and run through to the second of the finals on 23rd March. Fixtures will be online and sent out as soon as possible.

21 September - After the registration last Wednesday, we now have eight teams for Sunday and twenty three for Wednesday. Everyone is back from last year except for the Heart of Oak D and the Wonford Social Club, but we now have the Whipton & Pinhoe Labour Club back in the league. (See either the Sunday or Wednesday pages for the full list of teams.)

Any stragglers out there, you have up to and including the AGM to get your forms in.

16 September - Unfortunately we have had to postpone Wednesday night's Presentations although we will still be holding the Sunday and Wednesday League Registrations as planned. At least we should all have an earlier night.
We will advise on when we are able to hold the Presentation Night as soon as we can.

Please note that, at present, the Pool League phone number no longer operates, so any contact will have to be by email. The info@ or league.sec@ email addresses will come to my phone (Kev Marsh) so I am able to see anything fairly quickly.

12 September - We hope a few more people turn up to next Wednesday's Presentation Night and Registration as we had a total of SEVEN at last night's Pre-AGM, and that includes the three of us committee who managed to make it. There were a couple of proposals submitted which will be put to the AGM on the 25th.

10 September - Pre-AGM tomorrow night, 7.00pm at the Horse & Groom. Don't forget, if you have any proposals that need to be put to the AGM (rule changes etc.) then you must present them to us, in writing, so we can decide whether they are worthy of being submitted to the AGM.

Registration will be after the Presentation Night, Wednesday 18th September at the Groom.

16 August - 16 August - Forms are now ready and are being emailed out. If you have not received one (or may not be on our mailing list) you can download any of the forms from the Forms download page. Sunday and Wednesday registration forms are there, along with a nomination form for committee posts and a poster/notification of the three meeting dates in September.

A quick warning about the Pre-AGM (September 11th). If you have any prospective rule changes, format changes or any other ideas for the pool league, please put them in writing and submit them at the Pre-AGM. Anything not submitted to the Pre-AGM will be ignored if you try to bring it forward at the AGM.

15 August - Horse & Groom now confirmed as the venue for all three meetings. Forms being worked on and should be online/emailed out by tomorrow evening.

14 August - Things are in motion. We will be holding the Pre-AGM on Wednesday 11th September, the Presentation Night followed by League Registration on Wednesday 18th September and the AGM will be the following week, 25th September. At the moment all events are scheduled for a 7.00pm start at the Horse & Groom but this is subject to confirmation. The various forms will be emailed out as soon as the venues are confirmed, probably later this week.

Depending on numbers, we will be aiming to start around the same time as last season, i.e. Sunday 13th & Wednesday 16th October, or the week before if all the rumoured new teams materialise.

11 August - Hope you are all enjoying your break, at least it's been sunny some of the time so far.

Once we have sorted out when the Pre-AGM, AGM and probably the Presentation Night are being held, we will send out/make available the registration forms for the forthcoming season. Sometime in September is a reasonable guess for things will get into gear. We hope you will all be back next season, there are rumours of a couple more Sunday teams and there have been several enquiries about new Wednesday teams as well, so maybe things are on the up again. Any queries, please get in touch.

17 July - It's the Individuals Semis & Final tonight to round off the 2024 Competitions season. Results as received tonight.

11.30pm - Congratulations to Wayne Tucker who has triumphed over Owen Marriott in the final of the Individuals tonight.

That concludes pool for the present. We hope you have all enjoyed yourselves over the last nine/ten months and will be back with us some time in October probably. We will be in touch once we have sorted ourselves out!

9 July - Owing to a certain football match, the Captains competition has been brought forward to tonight. Result online later.

11.00pm - After two hard-fought semis, Jason Harris has taken the Captains title tonight with his win over Brian Fardoe in the final.

7 July - Allstars has been confirmed as the venue for the Individuals Semis and Final on 17th July.

5 July - One of the two "missing" results is now in, hopefully we will receive the other one sometime soon.

PM- We now know who the other qualifier for the Individuals Semis is and the draw is now on the Competitions pages.

3 July - Last Eight for the Individuals competition this evening, Semis and Final in a fortnight. Results online later.

9.50pm - Results are in from the Horse & Groom, details on the Competitions pages.

26 June - It's the Semis and Final of the Pairs tonight as we head towards the end of the Competitions and a bit of a break. Results online later.

9.20pm - Congratulations to Joel Martin and Wayne Tucker who have taken the Pairs title after beating Jake Steele and Simon McLaughlin in the final, following two close semis.

20 June - The results are in for the two Horse & Groom matches as well as the draw for the Semis. Details on the Competitions pages.

19 June - Last Eight of the Captains tonight, where we will get to know who is going through to the 'Semis and Final' night in three weeks time.

8.50pm - Results are in for the two matches held at the Lucombe Oak.

14 June - We have finally got the missing results from Wednesday along with the draw for the Individuals Last 8. Details on the Competition pages.

12 June - It's back to the Individuals tonight where 32 hopefuls will be reduced to last eight. Results online later as received.

9.20pm - A couple of sets of results in, with a double "no show" for one match.

10.05pm - Third set of results in now, five more to go.

10.20pm - Three more sets of results have come in.

10.55pm - Another set of results in, just the one lot to go.

7 June - The draw for the semi-finals of the Pairs (June 26th) is on the Competitions pages.

5 June - Last sixteen of the Pairs tonight. Results online as received.

9.20pm - First set of results in, with all three matches completed at the Horse & Groom already.

9.55pm - Results in from the Heart of Oak with another pair through to the Semis/Final night

11.00pm - The final two sets of results have come in so we now know the four Pairs ready to battle it out at the end of the month.

29 May - The opening round of the third of our Competitions as we reach the Captains Cup. One Bye tonight as there were only fifteen entries. Results online as received.

9.00pm - We have four of the last eight of the Captains decided. Rest online as received.

9.10pm - Fifth result came in as the previous updates were being uploaded!

10.05pm - Both Lucombe Oak results now in, only one more score to come tonight.

10.30pm - The last result is in and the draw for the next round will probably not be too far away.

11.30pm - As expected, the draw for the next round of the Captains has been made and is up on the various Competitions pages.

23 May - 00.30am and the final two results are in. May well have the draw for the next round by the morning.

11.00am - Have received the draw for the last 32 of the Individuals. You can find it on the various Competitions pages

22 May - Individuals Prelims tonight, results online as received.

9.15pm - Most results in so far, only four left to go. Several walkovers tonight.

11.00pm - Another result in, three still to go.

Midnight - One more result has come in, just need the other two scores from the Heart of Oak.

17 May - Our super efficient Competitions Secretary has already sent in the draw for the next round of the Pairs. It is on the various Competitions pages as usual

16 May - The other two results are in from the final venue now.

15 May - The start of a couple of months of Competitions tonight with the Pairs prelims. Results online later.

The website has been tweaked so will look a bit different from usual although nothing much has moved. Hopefully nothing has broken either.

9.50pm - Results in from two of the three venues so far.

12 May - After a welcome break, this coming Wednesday we launch the Competitions season with the prelims for the Pairs.