Muldoons 1 snapping at leaders' heels after dominant win
Division 1
- Ballynafeigh 2 0.5-4.5 Muldoons 1
- The A Team 2-3 QUB 1
Muldoons 1 are just two points off the Division 1 lead after crushing Ballynafeigh 2. Chris Kelly did well to draw with Danny Mallaghan, but the home side were never likely to put up much resistance against a team that outrated them by over 300 points per board. Elsewhere, QUB 1 stayed in title contention with a 3-2 win over The A Team, but will probably be disappointed not to have won by a larger margin against the bottom-placed team.
| Played | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| Ballynafeigh 1 | 7 | 34.5 |
| Muldoons 1 | 7 | 32.5 |
| QUB 1 | 7 | 26.5 |
| Ballynafeigh 2 | 8 | 20 |
| The A Team | 7 | 12.5 |
Division 2
- Muldoons 2 2.5-2.5 Ballynafeigh 4
- QUB 2 2-3 Civil Service
- Bangor Webbs 2.5-2.5 Kelly's Heroes
The match between Fruithill and leaders Ballynafeigh 3 was postponed, giving second-placed QUB 2 a chance to apply some pressure as they took on seventh-placed Civil Service. The Stormont side had other ideas, fielding Mark Newman, Peter May and Paul McGuigan on the top three boards with a view to overpowering their QUB 2 counterparts. While they had underperformed somewhat so far this season, they were in ruthless mood on this occasion, rendering the home team's victories on boards 4 and 5 irrelevant. Muldoons recorded their sixth draw in ten matches against Ballynafeigh 4, while the Bangor Webbs also drew against Kelly's Heroes.
| Played | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| Ballynafeigh 3 | 9 | 44.5 |
| QUB 2 | 10 | 41.5 |
| Kelly's Heroes | 10 | 33.5 |
| Ballynafeigh 4 | 10 | 32.5 |
| Fruithill | 9 | 32 |
|
Muldoons 2 Civil Service Bangor Webbs |
10 10 10 |
31.5 30 27.5 |
Division 3
- Ballynafeigh 7 0-5 QUB 3
In the only Division 3 game to go ahead this week, runaway leaders QUB 3 whitewashed Ballynafeigh 7 to go 19 points clear.
| Played | Points | |
|---|---|---|
| QUB 3 | 7 | 43.5 |
| Ballynafeigh 5 | 7 | 24.5 |
| QUB 4 | 6 | 19 |
|
Ballynafeigh 7 Ballynafeigh 6 |
7 7 |
16 16 |
