Six on trot for premier Armthorpe

Despite newly-formed Eden Grove Sports claiming the Midweek League and the Bufton (Doubles) Cup, Armthorpe's first team retained the Saturday Premier Section title for the sixth year running.

They also won Doubles League Division One title and the Hospital Cup - both for the fifth year in a row.

Armthorpe A's interest in the Brooke Farm Handicap was ended at the quarter-final stage by their own B team, who went on to win the final. Armthorpe B also won Midweek League Division Two, while their C team won Division Five crown, and their pensioners team won Division One of the Over 60s Singles League.

Armthorpe A were unbeaten in the Saturday Premier Section - only the third team to perform this feat in the last 30 years.

Eden Grove Sports' win in the Midweek League was chiefly due to their form at home, where only seven of the 42 visiting bowlers went away with a win, and in addition to their defeat of Woodlands Park in the Bufton Cup final, they also finished runners-up in the Hospital Cup and Brooke Farm Handicap.

The Brooke Farm competition also saw Thorne Colliery reach the semi-finals for the first time - their first appearance in any semi-final since 1953.

UNISON will be appearing in Division One of the Doubles League for the first time ever next season as a run of 251 points out of a possible 252 in their last three matches saw them take the runners-up spot in Division Two.

Woodlands Park won Doubles Division Three and continued their resurgence in the Saturday League with a return to the Premier Section after winning Section A comfortably by 30 points.

Adwick St Lawrence found themselves appearing in a Doncaster Cup final for the first time this year when they faced Armthorpe Welfare C in the Eric Warren Handicap, but showed no sign of nerves as they clinched the trophy by 11 points with five of the eight individual winners. Adwick's A team also won the Saturday Section B and Midweek Division Three title to complete a profitable season.

Carcroft's Over 60s team, after several second place finishes in recent years, won Division Three of the Singles League, and a runners-up spot in Midweek Division Two sees them make a return to the top division after a long absence. They also finished runners-up in the Doubles League.

Denaby Welfare's pensioners side, which had to withdraw from the league a few years ago due to a lack of players, bounced back in the Over 60s Doubles league, winning the division with a late run after trailing Bawtry for most of the season.

Their B team won Doubles Division Four Bawtry made up for their disappointment by winning a depleted Midweek League Division Four after two teams withdrew, and will thus start next season in their highest position for years.