Good solid start to the league season, an 11-3 win at home v's Ravensworth.

South Shields  11-3  Ravensworth

Martin McCricrick won 6 &  5 v Jordan Bettis
Nigel King halved v Joe Fraser
Steve Binks won 4 & 3 v Joe Allon
Lee Auty won 5 & 3 v Adam Mottershead
Paul Gilmore won 1 up v Glen Hodges
Adam Howe won 3 & 1 v Louis Fraser
Michael Laycock lost 4 & 3 v Gavin Purvis

Tough night for the team away to Crook, always a difficult course to play. Result was 11-3 to the home team.

Crook 10-3 South Shields

Jonathan Major lost 5 & 3 v Martin McCririck
Steven Liddle won 5& 4 v Nigel King
Craig Elliott won 6 & 5 v Steve Binks
Mathew Bains won 5 & 4 v L Auty
Peter Shaw halved v Paul Gilmour
Marc Boughey won 3 & 1 v Andrew Stidwell
Thomas Clough won 6 & 5 v Steve Galloway

Good result at Wearside tonight, 7 valuable away points.

Wearside 7 - 7 South Shields

David Vest halved v's Martin McCririck
Howard Walton won 4 & 3 v's Nigel King
Stuart Nixon lost 1 down to Steve Binks
Michael Calvert won 3 & 2 v's Lee Auty
Trevor Peat lost 3 & 2 v's Adam Howe
Neil Harrison won 4 & 3 v's Steve Galloway
Tony Hardy lost 7 & 6 v's Andrew Stidwell

Terrific home result tonight against Ryton.

South Shields 12 - 2 Ryton

Martin McCririck won 3 & 1 v's Sean Embleton
Nigel King won 3 & 2 v's S Henderson
Steve Binks won 4 & 3 v's M Smith
Paul Gilmour won 2 & 1 v's M Muldoon
Jamie Pringle lost 3 & 2 v's J Chambers
Adam Howe won 5 & 3 v's R Bainbridge
Steve Galloway won 7 & 6 v's P McRoberts

A super away result tonight at The Hobson, honours even.

The Hobson 7 - 7 South Shields

David Turner AS  v's Martin McCririck
Arron Robertson lost 2 & 1 v's Nigel King
Andy Collinson won 1 up v's Steve Binks
Steven King AS v's Lee Auty
David Dunn AS v's Adam Howe
Lee Evans lost 5 & 4 v's Andrew Stidwell
Chris Ayre won 6 & 5 v's Steve Galloway

Another great home result tonight against Houghton le Spring

South Shields 12 - 2 Houghton le Spring

Martin McCririck won 7 & 6 v's G Willis
Nigel King won 6 & 5 v's S Foster
Steve Binks lost 2 & 1 v's J Ellison
Lee Auty won 7 & 6 v's I Baxter
Adam Howe won 3 & 1 v's D Goldsmith
Paul Gilmour won 1 up v's R Jones
Andrew Stidwell won 8 & 6 v's A Laidler

Not a good night for the team, tough place to visit, South Moor.

South Shields 1 - 13 South Moor

Nigel King lost 1 down v's Ian McEntee
Steve Binks lost 2 & 1 v's Josh Hogarth
Adam Howe lost 3 & 2 v's Gary Wearmouth
Jamie Pringle halved v's Paul Davison
Andrew Stidwell lost 3 & 2 v's Stephen Gray
Steve Galloway lost 2 & 1 v's Derek Shaw
Graham Binks lost 4 & 2 v's Geoff Cossey

Tough away match this week.

RAVENSWORTH 12 - 2 SOUTH SHIELDS

Jordan Bettis lost 5 & 4 v Martin McCririck
Joe Fraser won 2 & 1 v Nigel King
Adam Mottershead won 3 & 2 v Steve Binks,
John Parker won 4 & 2 v Lee Auty
Glen Hodges won 3 & 2 v Adam Howe
Gavin Purvis won 4 & 3 v Jamie Pringle
Louis Fraser won 3 & 1 v Andrew Stidwell

Good home result tonight, reverse fixture with Crook

South Shields 13 - 1 Crook

Martin McCririck AS v's John Howarth
Nigel King won 1 up v's Steven Liddle
Steve Binks won 5 & 4 v's Craig Elliott
Lee Auty won 1 up v's Jonathan Major
Tony Galloway won 1 up v's Mathew Baines
Adam Howe won 6 & 4 v's Marc Boughey
Andrew Stidwell won 5 & 4 v's Peter Shaw

Good home result, tonight 5th July, in the match re-arranged to avoid clashing with Colombia v England in World Cup 2018

South Shields 10 - 4 Wearside

Martin McCririck lost 2 & 1 v's David Vest
Steve Binks won 2 & 1 v's Howard Walton
Tony Galloway won 1 up v's Daniel Hair
Adam Howe AS v's Trevor Peat
Lee Auty won 2 & 1 v's John Napier
Paul Gilmour won 5 & 4 v's David Smith
Steve Galloway AS v's Gary Hope

Great away win at  Ryton tonight

Ryton 6 - 8 South Shields

Sean Embleton AS v's Martin McCririck
Sam Henderson AS v's Nigel King
Michael Muldoon won 4 & 2 v's Steve Binks
Jak Chambers lost 3 & 2 v's Tony Galloway
Mark  Smith won 1 up v's Lee Auty
Richie Bainbridge lost 3 & 1 v's Adam Howe
Tom Muldoon lost 1 down v's Steve Galloway

Solid home performance tonight versus Hobson

 South Shields 10 - 4 The Hobson

Martin McCririck won 1 up v's David Turner
Nigel King won 5 & 3 v's Arron Robertson
Steve Binks won 3 & 2 v's  David Dunn
Tony Galloway lost 1 down v's K Kennedy
Lee Auty won 5 & 4 v's K Cairns
Adam Howe lost 2 &  1 v's Chris Ayre
Steve Galloway won 5 & 4 v's S Guy

Excellent away result tonight at Houghton le Spring

Houghton le Spring 7 - 7 South Shields

Graeme Willis lost to Martin McCririck 2 and 1
Sean Foster beat Steve Binks 3 and 1
John Ellison drew with Tony Galloway All Square
Graeme Foster lost to Lee Auty 1 down
Dave Pringle beat Paul Gilmour 5 and 4.
Ian Baxter lost to Steve Galloway 1 down
Derek Goldsmith beat Ben Willis 2 and 1

Successful end to the season, promoted to the First Division as Div 2 Winners

South Shields 10 - 4  Southmoor

Martin McCririck won 1 up v's Paul Davison
Nigel King lost 2 & 1 v's M Watts
Steve Binks won 4 & 3 v's C Roben
Tony Galloway won 4 & 3 v's Gary Wearmouth
Lee Auty won 4 & 2 v's  Derek Shaw
Steve Galloway lost 3 & 2 v's Geoff Cossey
Ben Willis won 4 & 3 v's G Carr