Updated 16 December
Bit later than anticipated, below are the results from last night.
It appears that everything went fairly well last night apart from a bit of confusion with the order of the pairs games. The result sheet will be tweaked to make things a bit clearer.
15 December - This evening we have the start of new Dave Layfield Memorial Shield to round off the year.
The format for tonight is 8 x singles (all single frame) followed by 5 x Scotch Doubles ( all single frame). No player can play more than 2 frames of singles / 3 frames of doubles. Conferring to be kept to a minimum in the Scotch Doubles.
The playing format is as follows:
Lag for 1st break then alternate breaks there after.
Singles - both sides naming players 1 to 4 blind, and therefore filling in frames one to
eight on the sheet. Away order changes to 3, 4, 1, 2 for second set of singles.
Singles players need to remain in position eg. number 1, 2, 3, or 4.
Reserves can be brought into second 4 singles if required.
After the singles each Captain then decides on their doubles for the first 4 frames of
doubles. i.e. name your first 2 doubles pairings then same pairings switched for second 2
sets of pairs (reserve players permitted, can bring reserve players in to games sd3 and sd4
if required)
So Doubles is
Home team: Sd1 Sd2 & Sd3 Sd4 stay the same.
Away team: Sd1 Sd2
swap Sd3 Sd4
i.e. SD1 V SD1 sd game 1
SD2 V SD2 sd game 2
SD1 V SD2 sd game 3
SD2 V SD1
sd game 4
5th doubles if required teams nominate players.
The result sheet can be downloaded here.
8 December - Match six and the last league fixtures of 2024 with the new Shield next week. Second and third in the table meet tonight which may help the other two top four teams. Groom N and Royal Oak will be hoping to put last week's 6-0 defeats behind them!
10.15pm - Three results in and Groom D are six points clear at the top with a 5-1 win over Topsham FC whilst Railway A have beaten Groom S to take second. Railway B and Allstars X have drawn their match.
11.00pm - Groom N have beaten Royal Oak 5-1 to lift themselves up to fourth.
A quick reminder: Sunday Shield is 8 x singles (all single frame) followed by 5 x Scotch Doubles ( all single frame). No player can play more than 2 frames of singles / 3 frames of doubles. Conferring to be kept to a minimum in the Scotch Doubles.
Older news and the forms downloads are at the bottom of the page.
IMPORTANT: If you are transferring to another team during the season, then please note that there is a Fourteen day clearance period in these cases.
Sunday 15 December
Dave Layfield Memorial Shield - First Round
| Horse & Groom N | 5 | 7 | Royal Oak |
| Railway Club A | 5 | 7 | Horse & Groom D |
| AllStars X | 10 | 3 | Horse & Groom S |
| Topsham Football Club | 3 | 7 | Railway Club B |
Sunday 22 December
XMAS BREAK
1 December - December already and only three matches until the Christmas wind-down begins.
10.00pm - First result in and Groom D are have done as much as they can to take top spot tonight with a 6-0 win over Groom N.
10.15pm - and Allstars X have beaten Railway A 4-2 to move themselves up to third for now and put Groom D on top spot.
10.40pm - Topsham Football Club continue their rise with another win, dropping Railway B down below them, as well as Groom N.
10.55pm - Final result now in and Groom S up to second with a 6-0 win that leaves Royal Oak firmly anchored to the bottom.
24 November -Back to league action tonight, hopefully the weather will ease a bit by this evening.
9.45pm - First result in and Topsham FC are continuing their climb from the bottom with a win over Allstars X
10.15pm - A couple more results in and the draw specialists, Horse & Groom S have added another one to their tally, leaving Groom D at the top. Railway B have had a good win over Groom N to bring themselves up the table a bit.
Midnight - Final result in and Railway A are back on top, just, with Groom N back to third and Groom D still second.
17 November - First round of the Team Cup tonight with Groom N and Topsham FC meeting for a second week and Royal Oak and Railway A about to do the same.
9.15pm - Two results in and convincing wins for Allstars X and Horse & Groom D.
9.45pm - Third result in and Railway A are through.
10.15pm - Final result in with Horse & Groom N through as well.
11 November - Final result in and Horse & Groom N are now top by virtue of having lost one fewer leg than Horse & Groom D, all other details identical. The next three are within four points. Topsham Football Club climb off the bottom despite losing, a quirk of the new points system.
10 November - Week three, with the top two clashing tonight as well as the middle two and the next two lower. Could be another close week for everyone before the Cup break next Sunday.
Have three of the four results (although I was informed of another win) so will work on what I have. Groom D now on top having beaten Railway A with Groom N needing just a win to be close.
3 November - Week two and how many draws will we get tonight?
Only one, but a couple of matches were closer than they looked. Railway A needed all eighteen frames for their win over their B team to stay top with all three Groom teams racing up behind them. Very tight at the bottom with frames also being the deciding factor at the moment.
28 October - The draws have been made for the Team Cup and the Memorial Shield and are in the fixtures and competitions pages.
27 October - Finally, we have reached the start of the season. Good luck to you all.
11.40pm - Looks like only one side wanted to win tonight! Joking aside, I know that one match was very close (was there) and I suspect the other two draws were as well. Could be a tight season!
29 September - Fixtures have been beaten into submission and are now online. You should receive an emailed copy soon.
From the AGM, 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 4-2 win will mean 6 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).
26 September - It has been decided that we will go for the shorter season, 27th October to March 2025, although we have added the Dave Layfield Memorial Shield competition to extend things by a further three weeks to near the end of March.
Full details of the Shield competition to follow later, but it will involve Scotch Doubles!
Fixtures will be online and sent out as soon as possible.
21 September - Following the registration, we have the following eight teams for the forthcoming season.
Allstars X, Horse & Groom D, Horse & Groom N, Horse & Groom S, Royal Oak (Exminster), Railway Club A, Railway Club B, Topsham Football Club.