The Scratch Championship was won by Andy Reeve who defeated Derek Tinkler 371 - 286 (One-and-a-half hours) The Handicap Championship was won by Tom Lee 200(Rcv.25) defeating Ron Cooke 186(Rcv.65)
The Team KO championship was won by the Spalding Constitutional Club "A" team of R. Adams, A. Readshaw, and R. Porter defeating Crowland British Legion by 543 - 479.
The highest breaks of the season were 97 by Arthur Reeve, 96 by Ross Porter, and 85 by Kevin Payne. Thirteen players made breaks over 50. It is said in sport that one player does not make a team. Well, last season's champions, Market Deeping, replaced professional player Roxton Chapman (no longer eligible) with newcomer Willie McCombe and dropped to bottom place with 56 points - 82 less than their winning total, and this despite Willie recording eight creditable wins.
Players from the Sandford Orcas league have played a number of matches against the select of other leagues.
Against Taunton at home the Sandford players won by 7 games to 3.
The top break of the day was a 118 by Taunton's Brian Harvey. (Roy Foster sends a rather mysterious message to Ray Moore to the effect that they, "had their money's worth, and that there were no refereeing cock-ups.
Against Bath away the Sandford boys won by 6 games to four, and against Bath at home they drew 5 games each. A number of players recorded fifty breaks.
Radstock at home saw an easy win for Sandford, but the away match was a draw at four games all. C. Walters had a century break for Sandford in the home match
There are some enthusiastic billiards teenagers playing in the Huddersfield Billiards League. Andrew Whittle (15) a member of the New North Road Baptists team which won the league championship, crowned his season with a fine win in the individual handicap competition. He beat the League President, Colin Wigmore, 200 -151. Mr Oldfield reports the death of the former Huddersfield Billiards and Snooker champion Jack Mellor who has died at the age of 80. Mr. Mellor won the Huddersfield Open Billiards Championship ten times and the Open Snooker five times. He was Yorkshire Champion three times, often represented the County, and was a regular performer in the English Amateur.
Mr. Robert Bader, an ABC player has written to say that Henry Welch is keeping in pretty good health for an 80 year old and still takes an interest in the game. For younger readers, Henry Welch was a stalwart of the Amateur Championship during the forties winning the Newcastle Area and reaching the semi-final of the competition proper in 1948 losing to H. G. Terry (No relation) This was in the days when the general standard of the championship was much higher than it is now. Robert practiced with Mr. Welch until a few years ago and writes that he was still able to play a fine game. BQR hopes to feature Mr. Welch's playing career in the next issue.