30 Jul FINAL QUALIFYING ROUND

The final round of the Julie Fuller Trophy maxi league takes place next Monday 2 August with semi-final places still up for grabs. The current table is as follows:

Pos.       Team                                                     Points

1              Slaithwaite                                          219

2              Honley Cons                                       212

3              Marsh Utd                                           209

4              Longwood                                           201

5              Skelmanthorpe Windmill B           193

6              Brockholes A                                      189

7              Milnsbridge                                        187

8              Almondbury Libs                              185

9              Golcar Libs                                          183

10           Holmfirth A                                         182

11=         Meltham                                             179

11=         Crosland Moor                                  179

13           Shepley A                                            175

14=         Clayton West                                     173

14=         Marsh Libs                                           173

16           Golcar C&BC                                       171

17           Skelmanthorpe Windmill A          169

18           Oakfield                                               167

19           Thongsbridge B                                 162

20           Hemplow                                            158

21           Netherton Con                                  155

22           Paddock I&C                                       154

23           Brockholes B                                      141

24           Thongsbridge A                                 140

25           Shepley B                                            137

26           Primrose Hill Libs                              130

The handicaps and the pairs format certainly throws up some surprising results with the current top four teams all having handicaps whilst the highest team off scratch is Brockholes A who are hoping to achieve a clean sweep in the final match against their B team.

The top four teams after Monday’s games will go through to the semi-finals which will be drawn. If any teams are tying at that stage points against will be taken into consideration. And of course there’s still a possibility that points deducted for playing an ineligible player could come into play.

If you think the maxi league format has worked well or otherwise we’d be interested to know. The format was designed to give all 6-man squad teams a game every week of this truncated season.