STAMFORD’S Winter League is in full swing, and Chris Exton is in possession of the yellow jersey as he leads the way with 264 points.
But it is shaping up to be an epic battle as second-placed Terry Merson has 262 points approaching the midway stage of the 20-week league which has the best seven scores to count.
The ninth event of the singles Stableford series on January 16 was the most exciting yet with five players returning 42 points.
A card play-off was needed to determine the places and Paul Murray came out on top from second-placed Jamie Chadwick.
Third was Matthew Merson, fourth Nicholas Rabbeth and fifth Stuart Fletcher.
Heading back to week four, James Woodcock won week with 40 points from Martin Dwyer (39), David Ormerod, Peter Grogan and Matthew Merson (all 38).
Chris Houfe (41) finished first in week five from David Ormerod, Matt Stuart and Stuart Fletcher (all 40).
Clear victor in week six was David Hough (44) from Richard Irving (40), David Bramall (39) and David Tuke (38).
Simon Craig (43) triumphed in week seven on the card from second-placed Stephen Finan. Third was Tony Merson (42).
Winner of week eight was Dave Mills (43) from Bobby Cheetham (42) and Chris Exton (41).
DENTON’S Winter League is also well under way and Guy Hamer has opened a healthy lead in the singles competition.
Hamer has amassed 74 points which is well clear of closest challenger Mark Riding (59) while Amir Nazir (57) lies third.
In the pairs competition, David Sibanda and Amir Nazir have opened a 21-point advantage at the top.
They have accumulated 72 points which is streets ahead of second-placed Gary Yates and Stephen Armstrong (51) while lying third are Dave Garner and Dean Murray (50).
Denton members blew off the Christmas cobwebs to hold a singles Stableford on Boxing Day.
Gary Yates was the winner with 34 points. Runner-up was Mark Riding (33pts) on the card from Stephen Armstrong.
The first competition of 2022 was also a singles Stableford held on January 2.
Neil Roberts headed the leaderboard with 40 points from nearest challengers Joellien King (37) and Guy Hamer (36).
The women’s first event of the New Year was a nine-hole Stableford on January 4 which was won by Margaret James with 19 points from Pam Wiseley (17) and Marie Oetting (14).