SILKSWORTH WIN 3-2-1 TITLE

Silksworth lifted the first Sunderland & District title after they defeated Hetton Workmen’s in this season’s knock-out 3-2-1 triples final. Silksworth were looking for their seventh title with the last being in 2001 while Hetton were looking for their first 3-2-1 title. With Norman Shield’s being this years Sunderland & District president the final was played on his own green at Whitburn and despite playing into the sun for most of the game both teams produced a good standard of play despite the tricky playing surface. Hetton will count themselves unlucky to lose as they actually finished down on only one of the four rinks but the 74-34 defeat inflicted on Peter Harding by Silksworth’s Kevin Dyson, John Holmes and Ronnie Hart proved enough for Silksworth to take the honours and a seventh 3-2-1 title.