Ryan Wickens defended his top spot against Lawrie Richards with a 1up win. It was a battle of the beards as the two big hitters came head-to-head, Ryan took an early lead which he maintained all the way round.

Ryan who revealed his softer side as he explained that he once hoped to become an ice dancer, but he struggled to find skates to fit his size 18 feet, so after a short while performing in Pantomime in Jack & the beanstalk with Joe Pasquale, retired from performing and is now a fashion model for a well-known retailer.

Liam Willford has moved up to no.2 and top challenger as he defeated Paul Cullen , but his ambitions could be dashed as his wife is due to give birth next week, we wish Liam well on both fronts and will have a car standing-by.

With only 3 weeks left until the final, Neil Gray moved back into the reckoning with an emphatic 8 & 7 win , but keep an eye out for Jack Divall (5), Dean Plant (8) & Tom Foreman (10) , Tom Foreman held off a challenge from 40 places below , winning on the 20th.

There were only twenty-eight players playing today as many recovered from Valentine's evening, all were greeted by a lovely, rare dry Saturday morning.

Ryan leads the League by 3pts from Liam Willford on 22pts with Neil Gray & Tom Aye-moung in close pursuit.
Position Player Points
1 Ryan Wickens 25
2 Liam Willford 22
3 Neil Gray 21
3 Thomas Aye Moung 21
5 Lawrie Richards 19
5 Tom Foreman 19
5 Ross White 19
5 Homi Falak 19

There were 7 x 2’s paying £20 each with Dean Plant bagging 2.

Nearest the pins
3rd Nigel Webb
7th Liam Willford
13th Stewart Tippler
16th Jo Smuts

Full results