Nail-bitingfinish as teams battle for the title

The Arun Cribbage League had the closest finish within living memory, with half the league, theoretically, still with a chance of finishing in the winning position with four games to go.
By The Newsroom
Published 29th May 2007, 14:03 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 17:45 BST

The eventual winners, The Prince of Wales, (Woodgate) secured the league title on the last game of the match against the Elmer, with runners-up Rustington Club winning if the Prince of Wales lost, but instead finishing one point behind in the final table.

There were four different league leaders in the past 10 weeks.

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Even the Wooden Spoon went to the final game, with the Southdown winning their final match and the United Services Club, Littlehampton, losing out on the last evening to secure the biggest trophy of the lot.

Facts and Figures - 480 matches were played consisting of 13,475 games. 6,740 were won and lost. In the end, one game made the difference between winning and losing the league.

Full results are: League champions '“ The Prince of Wales; runners-up '“ Rustington Social Club; Wooden Spoon '“ United Services Club; singles champion'“ Rose Dunmall, The Elmer; singles runner- up '“ Trish Keegan, The George; pairs champions '“ Lawrence Butler and Stewart Perkins, The George; pairs runners-up '“ Alan Wingate and John Dickeson, The Maypole; Knock Out Cup champions '“ Rustington Social Club; Knock out Cup runners-up '“ Shoulder of Mutton and Cucumbers, Yapton; Captain's Shield '“ Stella Howard, Aldingbourne Club; Captain's Shield runner-up '“ Angie Morris, Arundel Football Club; The Hospitality Trophy awarded on a vote from all teams went to The Maypole, Yapton.

The league annual general meeting will be held at East Preston British Legion on Thursday, Asugust 16 at 8pm. September 6 will be the first match at the beginning of next season.

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