In this weeks penultimate round of fixtures of the League stage to this years Competition runaway leaders of the A Division, Kings Arms were made to work hard for their 5-4 victory at the Ashington Club, young Ashington star Nathan Pearce hitting his first maximum, meanwhile second placed Hare & Hounds found it easier against bottom side BBHVC, winning 7-2, although Broadbridge's Nathan Nichols struck his second maximum of the season as some scant consolation. Railway A stay fourth following their 6-3 defeat at home to Roffey Club, who remain third in the table, Ali Blanche hit his third 180 for the home side, and team mate John Dawes (pictured) hit his first. Storrington Club cemented top spot, and qualification into the end of season play-offs with a comfortable 8-1 victory over the bottom side Star, with the Rising Sun moving into second place after they beat nearest rivals Railway B 6-3. Southwater Club received a 9-0 walkover from their outstanding game with the Star, and were just beaten 5-4 by the Norfolk Arms, but did enough to move into a Play-off place.

From a tough top half of the draw, Ayres & Gavahan (pictured) beat off the challenges from Steve Collins & Graeme Brooker, Adrian Dudman & Paul Hopkins, Nathan Nicholls & W Caswell, and in the semis team mates Mark Knight & Matt Hoyte.

This week saw the end of the first half of fixtures, and there was not much too shout about with just the one maximum and no high finishes with four of the six matches ending with narrow 5-4 scorelines. Billingshurst's King Arms top the A Division at the halfway point, and have a comfortable eight point advantage going into the second half. Last week they visited local rivals the Railway in a top of the table clash, and came away with a good 6-3 victory, with skipper Ady Dudman (pictured) showing the way with the weeks only maximum, his second of the season. Cowfold's Hare & Hounds took advantage of the Railway's defeat to move back into second spot following their hard fought 5-4 victory over Roffey Social & Sports Club, while Ashington Club registered their first win when disposing of BBHVC 7-2, but they still occupy bottom slot in the table.

Storrington Club, like the Kings Arms, head the B Division by eight points after they scrapped home 5-4 at the Rising Sun, in fact all the B Division games ended 5-4. Railway B made up for their A sides demise when overcoming the Southwater Club, to regain second place behind Storrington, and at the Star in Roffey, the home side, despite being bottom edged a thriller over the Norfolk Arms to join them on seventeen points.

It took BBHVC, last years Champions until their fourth game of this years competition to register their first win, and what a win it proved too be. Nathan Nichols struck a maximum for the reigning Champions, as they overcame the Hare & Hounds 5-4, a defeat that dents the Cowfold sides chances of topping the Division. The Hounds defeat leaves Billingshurst's Kings Arms comfortably in top spot, after they cruised past Ashington 8-1, with Tony Ayres & Matt Gavaghan striking 180s for the leaders, and Nigel Wakefield (pictured) hitting the weeks best finish a 121. Railway A move up to second after posting a 6-3 win at the Roffey Club, with young Ali Blanche notching his second maximum of the season for the Billingshurst side.

This week saw  a break from league action as all twelve sides competed in the First Round of the Knockout Cup where sides from both Divisions were pitted against each other.
The top tie of the round was an A Division clash between the current A Division leaders Kings Arms and last season's A Division Champions BBHVC in Billingshurst. But a much changed BBHVC from last season couldn't muster much of an effort, sadly going down 5-1 to their rampant hosts, while the Hare & Hounds cruised through 8-1 over the struggling Norfolk Arms from the B Division, helped by a Dave Miles maximum (his second of the season), also grabbing his second maximum was Paul Humphreys, the Ashington ace notched his during his teams narrow 5-4 win over Railway B of the B Division. Also hitting the magic score were team mates Adam Richardson and Clive Pearce, with Ross Gillingham hitting a consolation 180 for the Railway. Best finish of the week, also came during this match when young Nathan Pearce banged home a 108. Roffey saw off a brave challenge from lower division opposition in Southwater Club 5-4, but one B Division side did get through, when the B Division leaders Storrington Club comfortably overcame the Star from Roffey 7-2, with Dave Bullen on good form with a maximum. Another man in top form is Mick Short (pictured) of Railway A, the Billingshurst star shot a 101 checkout from a 15 dart leg of 501 (100,100,100,100,101), all this proved too much for the Rising Sun, who crashed out 8-1.

Mark Knight (pictured) was in sparkling form for the Kings Arms during their top of the table clash with the Hare & Hounds. The ace marksman hit a hat-trick of 180s, to help his side post a fine 6-3 win over their arch rivals, a win that takes them top of the A Division, skipper Adrian Dudman also notched a maximum for the Billingshurst side. Elsewhere in the Division, the Railway A hammered the Ashington Club 8-1 to move level with the Hare & Hounds, while Roffey Club keep up the pressure on the top three with a 6-3 win over winless BBHVC.

The top two in the B Division clashed at the Storrington Club, with the hosts cementing their top spot with a fine 6-3 victory over Railway B, two more 180s were hit during the game, Dave Grinham for the home side, and Martin Turner for the visitors. Southwater's John Hindle's early season good form continues with another maximum, his third in three games, to help his side clinch their first win, beating the Star 5-4. The Norfolk Arms crashed to their third successive defeat, losing 6-3 to the Rising Sun, despite Graeme Brooker's 123 checkout, the Arms are left firmly rooted to the bottom.

Southwater's John Hindle bagged a brace of maximums, but all to no avail, as his side went down 5-4 to the Rising Sun, for whom Andy Alderton notched a 180. The Storrington Club head the B Division following a good 6-3 victory at the Norfolk Arms, Tim Rogers' maximum being a consolation effort for the Roffey side, while hot on the leaders heels come the Railway B, they made it two successive victories when narrowly beating the Star 5-4.