ONCE again, St Mary's A are leaders of the league following a complete whitewash over their nearest rivals, Walshaw Con B.

With almost two thirds of the season complete, the Saints now have a four-point advantage and a game in hand.

At the other end of the table, Dobbies A's miserable season continued into the new year with yet another week in which they were without points as they returned from Seedfield BC.

St Mary's A travelled to Walshaw for a match that Walshaw had to win if they were to remain league leaders and keep up the challenge for the championship.

St Mary's on the other hand, also had to win to regain the leadership they had held for most of the season.

J. Garvey again set the visitors on their way with a comfortable win over T. Wilkinson.

Walshaw's chances of taking the match went out of the window after the second game in which M. Ryder held onto his handicap advantage to beat P. Eslick 125-96.

G. Farrington rubbed salt into the wound in the final game by beating A. Rossbottom 125-88 after being at one stage, at 88 each.

At Seedfield, M. Bennett played well in the opening game and, but for a good spell in the middle of the game from B. Samuels, could quite easily have decided the match early on. Bennett went on to win 125-97.

M. Broadhead won the second game by a convincing margin over D. Samuels who struggled to reach 59. With the match already won, it was left to D. Crook and E. Jones to decide to final point and once again, the home player finished in front.

RESULTS

Dobbies B v Walshaw Con A postponed.

SEEDFIELD BC 375(6)

DOBBIES A 257(0)

M. Bennett 125, B. Samuels 97; M. Broadhead 125, D. Samuels 59; D. Crook 125, E. Jones 101.

WALSHAW CON B 284(0)

ST MARYS A 375(6)

T. Wilkinson 100, J. Garvey 125; P. Eslick 96, M. Ryder 125; A. Rossbottom 88, G. Farrington 125.

NO breaks over 30.

TABLE

P W L D F A Pt

St Marys A 11 9 2 0 23 10 50

Wshaw Con B 12 8 3 1 20 16 46

Wshaw Con A 10 6 4 0 17 13 35

Sfield BC 10 5 4 1 14 16 30

St Marys B 10 4 6 0 12 18 24

Dobbies B 10 3 7 0 13 17 22

Dobbies A 11 1 10 0 12 21 15