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2007/08 Season

Northern SC ‘A’  Northern SC ‘B’ Northern SC ‘C’
D Grace P Lines D Dean
S Raper K Johal  T Precious
C Brook J Patel D Padgett
A Adkin P Patel  D Fagg
D Womersley N Colehan D Stockton
R Pollard  Gordon Lam D Wright
H Breakspeare J Wilson  D Abbott
  M Saeed G Walker
  C Hogan   B Abbott
    P Walker
DIVISION A: Our all conquering ‘A’ team suffered a mediocre season, mixing heavy wins and heavy defeats with far too many drawn matches. In fact their total of 10 draws was the highest in the division, and left them firmly in mid-table. Their quest for three successive Yorkshire Evening Post Shields will have to wait… for now!

Team

Pld

Won

Drn

Lst

Pts

South Leeds Cons 'B'

26

14

7

5

124

Harehills WMC 'A'

26

15

5

6

123

Rothwell WMC

26

15

5

6

121

Adrian Soc 'B'

26

14

6

6

121

Main Line Soc 'B'

26

15

4

7

117

Gildersome Cons 'A'

26

11

8

7

108

Moorside Soc 'A'

26

13

3

10

103

Northern SC 'A'

26

7

10

9

99

Rowland Road 'A'

26

9

5

12

97

Adel Memorial 'A'

26

6

4

16

92

Bramley WMC 'A'

26

7

6

13

90

New Headingley 'A'

26

7

5

14

88

Excelsior SC 'A'

26

6

4

16

87

Free Gardeners

26

4

6

16

86

DIVISION D: Our new ‘C’ team finished a creditable 6th in Division D, no doubt moving clubs had an adverse effect on their mid-season matches and they will hope to feel more at home at the Northern SC next season. For the first time in years we will see two Northern SC teams going head to head next year as our ‘B’ team won promotion up to this Division (see below).

Team

Pld

Won

Drn

Lst

Pts

Denison Hall 'B'

26

12

9

5

118

Swarcliffe WMC 'B'

26

13

8

5

115

Tinshill & Cridge 'A'

26

11

10

5

112

Crossgates Rec 'A'

26

11

9

6

109

Bramley Band

26

10

7

9

107

Northern SC 'C'

26

10

8

8

107

LPSA 'A'

26

8

10

8

105

South Leeds Cons 'A'

26

9

6

11

104

Supa Snooker 'B'

26

9

6

11

101

Gipton WMC 'A'

26

7

10

9

101

Barnbow Soc 'A'

26

9

3

14

97

Main Line Soc 'A'

26

7

9

10

94

West Leeds Rway 'B'

26

5

6

15

94

Ireland Wood 'A'

26

6

9

11

92

DIVISION E: Our ‘B’ team, despite the infamous mid-season ‘Lam-gate’ scandal, finished up top of the pile thanks mainly to the services of Peter Lines and Kuldesh Johal, who are both set to turn Professional next season. Unfortunately, this will mean they are ineligible to join their team-mates in Division D next year, and it remains to be seen whether the rest of the squad can cope with the loss of their ‘big-guns’. Perhaps Andy Brook can be persuaded out of Leeds League retirement to join up with them next term.

Team

Pld

Won

Drn

Lst

Pts

Northern SC 'B'

24

15

7

2

119

Moorside Soc 'B'

24

13

8

3

115

Chapel Street

24

12

7

5

106

Farsley Cons

24

12

4

8

102

Harehills Cons 'A'

24

8

6

10

98

Belle Isle WMC 'B'

24

9

9

6

95

Ackroyd St 'B'

24

10

4

10

93

East End Park 'C'

24

7

4

13

93

Denison Hall 'A'

24

5

11

8

90

Beechwood WMC 'A'

24

6

7

11

86

West Hunslet Cons 'A'

24

5

6

13

85

Morley Int 'A'

24

7

5

12

84

Gildersome Cons 'B'

24

7

2

15

82

LEEDS CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS

BILLIARDS FINAL:
Steve Crosland withstood a spirited performance from Jonathan Bagley to win by a margin of around 50 (full scores unavailable). Bagley is perhaps better known for his snooker skills but showed he is no slouch at the three ball game to run the multiple champion so close.
TEAM SEMI FINALS:
Gildersome Cons ‘A’

2 - 4

Northern SC ‘B’

Northern SC ‘A’

2 - 4

Main Line Social
TEAM FINAL:

Northern SC ‘B’

4 - 3

Main Line Social

After beating our ‘A’ team in the semi finals, Main Line struggled to cope with the loss of their number one, Wayne Cooper, who had to miss the final due to a clash of dates with a match in the All England CIU event. With the scores locked at 3-3, it fell to Peter Lines and Dave Barker to play the decider, with Lines holding firm to clinch the title.

UNDER 16 FINAL:

Jake Nicholson

2 - 1

Sanderson Lam

UNDER 18 FINAL:

Luke McEvoy beat Joe Cooper

PAIRS SEMI FINALS:
P Lines & K Johal
(Northern SC)

3 - 2

J Bagley & R Patterson
(Crossgates Rec)

D Grace & S Raper
(Northern SC)

3 - 0

G Lam & D Womersley
(Northern SC)

PAIRS FINAL:

P Lines & K Johal
(Northern SC)

3 - 1

D Grace & S Raper
(Northern SC)

Lines and Johal, who will both be turning professional next season, were made to struggle before winning the final 3-1. They surged into a 2-0 lead before Raper potted green to pull one back, and despite chances on all four sides they potted blue to win after Grace had made a bold attempt to force a decider.

SINGLES SEMI FINALS:

M Ball
(Harehills Cons)

0 - 4

R Binns
(Northern SC)

P Lines
(Northern SC)

 4 - 2

D Grace
(Northern SC)
SINGLES FINAL:

P Lines

 4 - 0

R Binns

Lines claimed his first Leeds City Championship by overpowering the young Binns with a superb display of breakbuilding. Lines constructed efforts of 40, 69, 76 and 126 to delight the spectators. Lines is returning to the professional circuit next season which will leave the door open for the rest of Leeds’ finest cuemen to battle it out for the title.