SHOCK of the week has to be the Masons' disastrous result against bottom of the table Staff of Life, which means they now lose touch with the leaders.

Staff led from the off, Masons pulling back to 1-1 then Staff took the next two before Masons pulled one back.

The last two then went to Staff to seal a memorable victory. Mind you, Masons dented Staff's hopes of staying in touch with the domino leaders when M. Bushby, playing his first match game, helped to seal the points.

Stopes Tavern got back on the winning trail with victories in both sports. N. MacDonald hit a 177 as he took his game but it wasn't enough to save Beer Engine.

A. Beswick hit a 180 as he tried to make the score respectable for Wilton but he, like his side, were overpowered by a Top Bull team with the title in its sights. Wilton went away with the domino points and are still top with a game in hand.

A humdinger of a match at Old Cross, where the champions twice came from behind to draw level but fell at the last to a Papermakers' side playing full of confidence. Old Cross stay in the hunt at bones though, losing the first then rattling through the next four.

A full strength Swan & Railway took their top of the table clash with Bridge Tavern in style. After the home side had levelled the visitors stepped up a gear and only let two more legs slip away. Still, Bridge got the bones, coming from 1-2 down to take the last two.

Duke William had a good trip to town, scooping all the points at St Mary's. It wasn't easy though, coming from 2-0 down to take a 2-3 lead then seeing St Mary's claw back to level before Duke won the last 91-90.

While Victoria will have welcomed their darts win it was the domino match that was the key here. It went Wellington's way, taking them level with their hosts at the top of the table.

RESULTS

(dominoes in brackets)

SECTION ONE

Old Cross 3(4), Papermakers 4(1); Top Bull 6(2), Wilton Arms 1(3); Stopes Tavern 5(3), Beer Engine 2(2); Masons Arms 2(3), Staff of Life 5(2).

DARTS

P Pt

Papermakers 11 18

Top Bull 11 18

Last Orders 10 14

Masons 11 14

Old Cross11 14

Wilton 10 6

Stopes Tavern 11 6

Beer Engine 11 4

Staff of Life 10 4

DOMINOES

P Pt

Wilton 10 16

Old Cross 11 16

Staff of Life 10 12

Masons 11 12

Stopes Tavern 11 12

Papermakers 11 10

Top Bull 11 10

Beer Engine 11 6

Last Orders 10 4

SECTION TWO

Bridge Tavern 1(3), Swan & Railway 6(2); St Mary's SC 3(2), Duke William 4(3); Victoria 4(1), Wellington 3(4).

DARTS

P Pt

Swan & Railway 10 16

Duke William 8 14

Bridge Tavern 9 14

St Mary's 9 10

Victoria 9 8

Old Tower 8 4

Turf 8 2

Wellington 9 4

DOMINOES

P Pt

Victoria 9 14

Wellington 9 14

Bridge Tavern 9 10

Swan & Railway 10 10

Duke William 8 8

Turf 8 6

Old Tower 8 4

St Mary' s 9 4

RADCLIFFE LADIES LEAGUE

B Queen 2, Swan & R A 7l; Wilton 3, Staff A 6; Swan & R B 8, Old Cross 1; Shirt 7, Hardy Hall 2; Staff B 5, Hare & Hounds 4.

W L F A Pts

Swan & Railway A 13 0 89 28 26

Shirt 11 2 82 31 22

Hardy Hall 8 5 59 58 16

Swan & Railway B 7 6 60 57 14

Hare & Hounds 6 7 56 57 12

Staff B 6 7 54 63 12

Staff A 5 8 51 66 10

Old Cross 4 9 44 73 8

Wilton 3 10 42 75 6

British Queen 2 11 44 73 4