2 home matches for Newcastle last night ended in heavy defeats in both of them.
In their opening Division 1 match of the season they were whitewashed 5-0 by Holmes Chapel Kings, who have now won their opening 2 matches. Newcastle names first :
Alan Paling 0 John Turner 1
Robbie Coats 0 Pat Bennett 1
Barry Jones 0 Ben Scattergood 1
Martyn Harris 0 Mike Hancock 1
Pete Shaw 0 Ian Bates 1
In Division 4 Newcastle 'E' went down by 3.5 - 0.5 against Fenton 'B', who have now won their opening 3 matches. Newcastle names first :
Richard Cantliff 0 Rob Taylor 1
David Meakin 0.5 Geoff Yates 0.5
Carl Mustafa 0 Mike Smith 1
Scott McGowan 0 Derek Whitehurst 1