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REPORT AND RESULTS 18:11:2009

Grenville Division: Crown & Sceptre 41 (22), Royal A 44 (31); Royal C 41 (36), Paignton Sea Anglers A 37 (14); Paignton Sea Anglers D 50 (26), Castle Inn 27 (18).

Hawkins Division: Bickley Mill 29 (26), Preston Con Club 33 (10); Torquay Rugby Club 31 (5), Devonport A 39 (38); Devonport B 48 (23), Churston Golf Club Wytookays 28 (7).

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Grenville leaders Royal A spent the first half of the match catching up with the Crown & Sceptre, but a complete Crown blank on 'Children In Need' charity records saw the Royal take the lead for the first time, and they stayed in front to the end, preserving the League's only remaining 100% record. Paignton Sea Anglers D hit 50 points in disposing of the Castle Inn. It could have been even more, but they also went through the 'Children In Need' round without gaining a single point. Fortunately for them, the Castle had endured a torrid patch through the rounds about Greek letters and world currencies and were still well adrift. The point of no return was reached during second conferring and D Anglers took the game 50-27. Royal C achieved their first win since week two, although they did not take the lead against Paignton Sea Anglers A until round four. They extended their lead by a single point in each of the last two sections, and emerged victorious at 41-37.

Devonport B continued their unbeaten run at the top of Hawkins, beating Churston Golf Club Wytookays - one of the teams to take a point off them in the first half of the season - by 48-28. Dev B number four Jeremy Chudley had a disturbingly large amount of knowledge about the charity songs, correctly answering all but two of the questions in the whole round. The Dev B win was beyond question before the end of second conferring. Bickley Mill stayed in second place despite their defeat at the hands of Preston Conservative Club. The Bickley took the lead in the second round but there was still just three points between the sides going into the last section. Con Club's knowledge of gods and goddesses outstripped the Bickley's, and they grabbed both lead and match 33-29. Devonport A closed the gap on the Bickley following their 39-31 defeat of three-strong Torquay Rugby Club. The Rugby Club's lead after first conferring rapidly evaporated and Dev A even overcame the disadvantage of scoring nil points on charity records, holding their eight-point advantage after round four to the end of the evening.

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The Royal battle at the top of Grenville saw the Cs add five more to their 'for' tally than the As. Royal C, entertaining Paignton Sea Anglers A, led throughout the match and could not be overhauled by the end of conferring. In the event, A Anglers failed to trouble the scorers on surnames ending in 'man' and Royal C romped away with a 36-14 victory. Royal A made the short trip to the Crown & Sceptre and participated in a slightly closer-run game. The A team also led throughout but did not claim an unbeatable lead until round four. The wins left Royal C at the top of the division on points accrued, and Royal A tucked in at second. Paignton Sea Anglers D outscored Castle Inn in every round and took the match 26-18. The win took them up to third in place of Crown & Sceptre, two match points behind the leading pair.

Devonport A's 100% record at the top of Hawkins was never in doubt at Torquay Rugby Club, where the hosts did not find the questions to their taste at all, borne out by the statistic that they registered a single individual bonus all evening. Dev A gratefully picked up the bonuses and took home a 38-5 victory. Devonport B hosted Churston Golf Club Wytookays in a less free-scoring encounter, with Dev B notching up a 23-7 win which kept them three points adrift of the leaders. Bickley Mill also maintained the status quo by defeating Preston Con Club 26-10, but opened up a three-point gap between themselves and the remaining three teams in the division.

Fixtures for 25 November 2009:

Grenville: Royal A v Paignton Sea Anglers D

Paignton Sea Anglers A v Crown & Sceptre

Castle Inn v Royal C

Hawkins: Preston Con Club v Devonport B

Devonport A v Bickley Mill

Churston Golf Club Wytookays v Torquay Rugby Club