THE curtain came down on the dominoes season when players gathered for the Barnard Castle and District League’s finals night and presentation of prizes, held at the town’s cricket club.
League chairperson Gillian Watson reflected on a good season which included a new trophy – the Spring Cup – which was won by the Red Lion A team from Cotherstone.
It was a good night for the Red Lion players who also collected the silverware as B Division champions.
Also celebrating was the team from the Cricketers Arms, Barnard Castle, who won the team knock-out cup and finished runners-up in the B division.
The domino stars from Staiundrop’s Wheatsheaf pub collected the cup for winning the A division and were runners-up to the Cricketers in the team knock-out.
The prizes were presented by league stalwart Craig Hamilton, who plays for the Cricketers’.
He joked: “Dominoes is a game where there are no bad players, but lots of unlucky players.
“I have made many friends through dominoes over the years and met people I would never have otherwise met.”
He thanked the efforts of the new committee and added: “Hopefully, the 5s&3s league continues for many years.”
Results
A Division highest scorer: Wheatsheaf B, Mark Humble; B Division highest scorer: Red Lion A, Ian Hunter; Captains runner-up: Langdon Beck, Neville Bainbridge; Captains winner: Middleton Club A, Mark Wallace; Ladies pairs runners-up: Langdon Beck B, Kirsty Bell and Abbie Teward; Ladies pairs winners: Middleton Club B, Wendy Harrison and Helen Gash; Gent’s pairs runners-up: Middleton Club A, Alistair Peart and Ian Scott; Gent’s pairs winners: The Pinfold Club, Lee Fearnley and Mark Thompson.
Team KO runners-up: Wheatsheaf B, Mike Wylie, Sheila Wylie, Mary Hedley, Mark Humble, Matthew Alinson and Chris Alinson; Team KO winners: Cricketers Arms, Dave Sparrow, Jason Bainbridge, Jean Tinkler, Tom Whipham, Roger Maune and Craig Hamilton; Spring Cup runners-up: Cricketers Arms: Craig Hamilton, Jason Bainbridge, Richard Hinton, Tom Whipham, Keith Jones, and Roger Maune; Spring Cup winners: Red Lion A, Katie Jopling, Ian Hunter, Michael Hedley, David Atkinson, Barry Watson and Robbie Dalton; B Division runners-up: Cricketers Arms; B Division champions: Red Lion A; A Division runners-up: Middleton Club A; A Division champions: Wheatsheaf B.
