The penultimate round of the competition took place over the weekend of 15th-17th December. A full schedule can be viewed here. The Premier League have finally made a decision about the Bournemouth v Luton abandoned game – that will now be fully replayed later in the season. As such, any points earned from Bournemouth and Luton players last weekend have been cancelled and substitutions effected.
The final round of games is this coming weekend, 21st-24th December.
Latest results and tables can be viewed here.
GROUP A
This is a very tight group with 5th place still able to grab a spot. The top 2 – Stephen Powell and Michael Grierson play each other – a draw would be enough for Stephen but a defeat means he could be overtaken. 3rd placed Steve Smith faces 4th placed Jordan Laite – a win for Steve would see him qualify at one of the top 2’s expense. A win for Jordan would see him win if Michael doesn’t win his game. 5th placed Albert Au has an outside chance if Michael loses and Steve and Jordan draw – but he would need a good turnaround in his goal difference.
GROUP B
Martin Grierson has qualified (and should be group winner barring a disaster with goal difference). Matt Davies occupies 2nd place but can be caught by David Grice or Michael Agnew. Matt needs to beat Martin otherwise David or Michael could take 2nd place – David plays Nick Carr, with Michael playing Jack Lockley with goal difference going to be crucial.
GROUP C
James Ledger and Martyn Dring have both qualified. Martyn has completed his games, James needs to avoid defeat by 39 points to stay top.
GROUP D
Greg Tarka has already won the group – only losing one of his 12 games. Ste Corbett is 2nd, but is level on points with Owen Donnelly. Ste plays Peter Donnelly while Owen plays Paul Hallett. Peter could go through if Owen gets beat and he wins by 32 points or more.
GROUP E
David Nicholls and Jono Matthews have both qualified from this group. Jono could snatch top spot if he beats Melvin Pool and Dave is beaten by Ewan White and can turn the goal difference around.
GROUP F
Gerry Doherty sits top on 22 points, with Alfie Lockley a point behind. Gary Sharp is 3rd on 19 points. Gerry plays Chris Mowles, Alfie plays Lewis Donnelly and Gary plays Liam Donafee – Gary can sneak through if he wins and Alfie doesn’t. It would take a massive goal difference swing for Gary to oust Gerry out of qualifying.
GROUP G
Nothing to play for in this group – Emma Bissett sits top of the group on 24 points with Reece Turner 2 points behind, but Reece has completed all of his games. They have both qualified.
GROUP H
Marc Boardman sits top on 24 points – he has qualified. Omar Khalil is 3 points behind on 21 points. Lucas Wynne-James is on 18 points – Lucas plays Marc, he can qualify if he beats Marc and Omar is beaten by Damian Walsh and turns a goal difference of 25 around. Omar can take top spot if he wins and Marc gets beaten.
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