Welcome to the Leamington and District Pool League Summer 2009 Season
LANDLORDS CUP 2010 SEASON INFORMATION
Top 10 finishers from 2009 Premier Division and Top 6 finishers from the 2009 Division 1 will make up the 16 seeded teams, the other 24 teams will be classed as unseeded.
A random draw of 8 lots of 5 teams (each segment of 5 will include 2 seeded and 3 unseeded teams) will determine the qualifying groups, each team will play each other once, playing 2 home games and 2 away games each.
Top 2 finishers in each group qualify for the Landlords Cup, 8 group winners vs 8 group runners up in the Last 16 of the major cup competition.
3rd and 4th place finishers in each group qualify for the Supplementary Cup, 8 third place finishers vs 8 fourth place finishers in the Last 16.
The team who finishes bottom of each group will be eliminated from both the Landlords Cup KO and also the Supplementary Cup KO.
PLEASE NOTE : Any team not fulfilling a group fixture could be fined, deducted 2 points from their normal weekly league and suspended from the both the 2011 cup competitions, all fixtures must be played to ensure fairness to all other players & teams involved.
FINALS DAY 29TH NOV - TAVERN DOMINATE SUMMER LEAGUE
The grand finals day was held at St Patricks Club in Leamington on Sunday 29th November.
First event up was the all Premier League singles semi-finals and Dave Lane and Harj Dhesi had surprisingly comfortable passages to the final as both won 5-1 against Jordy Pratt and Brian Higgins respectively.
The Doubles Final was contested by Matty Smith and Dom Pratt from Hodcarrier 'A' and Pash Jugpal and Dave Lane from Whitnash Tavern 'A', Pash and Dave always had control in the match and were comprehensive 5-3 winners over their Premier league counterparts.
The Second Division Averages went to a play-off and Luke Connolly from the Elephant & Castle 'A' met Jack Wareing from Holly Bush 'B' in a best of 5 match-up, Luke completely blew away Jack 3-0 in quickfire time to claim the averages.
The Three Man Team Final matched Whitnash Tavern 'A' ace trio Adam Prewitt, Dave Lane and Dean Davies against underdogs Nigel Whittaker, Loz Plant and Brian Higgins from Elephant & Castle 'B', the Tavern trio cruising into a 3-1 and 4-2 lead in the best of 9 encounter, the Elephant lads fought back to 4-4 to force a nail biting decider between Dave Lane and Loz Plant, the frame could have gone either way but Dave Lane (Whitnash Tavern 'A') just edged it to add to his pairs title earlier.
The Singles Final (Best of 11) between Dave Lane (Whitnash Tavern 'A') and Harj Dhesi (Hodcarrier 'A') certainly lived up to the billing as both players took early leads in a superb match but were soon tied at 4-4, Dave Lane chasing an unprecedented triple of individual titles then made probably his only mistakes of the whole day as he let in Harj to claim the last two frames and clinch the title 6-4, thus giving Harj the trophy for the first time in well over 10 years.
The Supplementary Cup Final paired up Second Division close rivals Sydenham Club 'A' and Kelseys in a race to six, M.Doughty and C.Pettipher gave Sydenham an early 2-0 advantage but five straight wins from S Butler, J.Spearing, C.Fitzgerald, P.Waters and captain Kat Gracie gave Kelseys a 5-2 lead, C.Pettipher and L.Dawson frame wins meant Sydenham were now 5-4 behind, P.Waters emerged the hero for Kelseys as he beat S.Brierley to win the match 6-4 and claim the Supplementary Cup.
The Landlords Cup Final gave Whitnash Tavern 'A' the chance to do the league and major cup double over bitter rivals Railway Inn 'B', Tavern captain Kicksy Aulak threw on all his big guns in the first set and swept into a 3-0 lead courtesy of frame wins for Pash Jugpal, Dean Davies and Adam Prewitt, the Tavern never looked back and also took the next three frames through Mark Smith, Billy Morton and Dave Lane to claim a 6-0 whitewash for the Whitnash team and justifiably crown themselves as Landlords Cup Winners 2009.
Roll Of Honour - Summer League 2009
Premier Division Champions : Whitnash Tavern 'A'
Averages Winner : Pash Jugpal (Whitnash Tavern 'A')
First Division Champions : Holly Bush 'A'
Averages Winner : Damien Dowds (Holly Bush 'A')
Second Division Champions : Wheatsheaf 'B'
Averages Winner : Luke Connolly (Elephant and Castle 'A')
Third Division Champions : Jolly Miller
Averages Winner : Eamonn Gleeson (Frames Club 'A')
Singles Champion : Harj Dhesi (Hodcarrier 'A')
Doubles Champions : Dave Lane & Pash Jugpal (Whitnash Tavern 'A')
Three Man Champions : Dave Lane, Dean Davies & Adam Prewitt (Whit Tavern 'A')
Sunny Dhillon Memorial Trophy : Railway Inn 'B'
Supplementary Cup Winners : Kelseys
Landlords Cup Winners : Whitnash Tavern 'A'
WEEK 18 LEAGUE REPORT - 19TH NOVEMBER
PREMIER DIVISION - Champions Whitnash Tavern 'A' ended their season in style as they preserved their unbeaten record with a 9-1 walloping of 2008 league winners Railway Inn 'B' who finish fourth. Hodcarrier 'A' are confirmed as runners-up after they hammered Sunny Jet 'A' 8-2. Elephant & Castle 'B' finish their season on a high as they come away from Radford Semele Club with a 6-4 victory to cement third place, Radford finish eighth. Wheatsheaf 'A' grabbed fifth place with a 7-3 victory at Nelson Club who finish the season in sixth place. Whitnash Tavern 'B' finished the season in seventh place after they won 7-3 at bottom side New Inn.
FIRST DIVISION - Whitnash Tavern 'D' confirmed their promotion and finish runners-up after a 7-3 home win over basement side St Patricks Club. Champions Holly Bush 'A' finish the season unbeaten in the league as they won 7-3 at home to Hodcarrier 'B' who finish the campaign in seventh place. Builders Arms 'A' beat Joiners Arms 'B' 6-4 to leapfrog over the Joiners to finish the season in third place. Green Man finish in eighth after a good 6-4 away win at fifth place Sydenham Club 'B'. Seventh place Wheatsheaf 'C' won 6-4 over relegated side Windmill 'A'.
SECOND DIVISION - Holly Bush 'B' lost out on promotion after they crashed 7-3 at Heathcote Inn, Builders Arms 'B' won 7-3 at Joiners Arms 'A' to grab the runners-up spot and gain promotion. Windmill 'B' beat bottom side Leamington Liberal Club 6-4. Champions Wheatsheaf 'B' crushed seventh placed Kelseys 8-2. Elephant & Castle 'A' climb two places to finish the season in sixth after they beat Sydenham Club 'A' 6-4 who finish off in eighth place.
THIRD DIVISION - Jolly Miller are confirmed champions after they drew 5-5 at title rivals and runners-up Frames Club 'A'. Oak Inn finish the season in third after they beat Murphys Bar 8-2. Frames Club 'B' won 6-4 at bottom side Railway Inn 'A'. Hope Tavern and Whitnash Tavern 'C' fought out a 5-5 draw. Sunny Jet 'B' vs Fusilier is a late result.