In Division I joint leaders Allsorts and Atletico both had fairly emphatic wins to stay together on 8 points, although Allsorts have a game in hand. The other games were all much closer. Telstars, who were 10 points up at half time, just held on to beat Chester Army by a point, Red Lion, who had all four players in double figures, were a little too strong for Rising Sons, while Waterloo Sunset, playing with just two, went down to another narrow defeat, this time by Hogshead Chestnuts.
In Division II Ovalytes join Broken Hearts at the top with 6 points, although Broken Hearts have two games in hand. Animals, who also have two games on Ovalytes, are handily placed in joint third with 4 points. I haven't yet seen the result of the Jay H Seedy v. Maximum Hump game - can anyone enlighten me?
This week saw the first two full houses of the season. Almost inevitably one went to Kevin Ashman, making one of his now fairly infrequent appearances for Allsorts. Let's hope we see more of Kevin this season (although perhaps not when Allsorts play Atletico again). The other was achieved by Patrick Hurley of Ovalytes in their victory over TROGs. Congratulations to both. Top score of the week however was by John McDonnell of Bread & Roses, who scored an impressive 27 points, but sadly for him in a losing cause.
Week 5 - 22 October 2002
League - Division 1 - Fixtures 2002-2003
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| Allsorts | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 203 | 171 | 8 |
| Atletico Manor | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 242 | 216 | 8 |
| Red Lion | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 228 | 217 | 6 |
| Rising Sons | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 224 | 222 | 6 |
| Telstars | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 208 | 220 | 6 |
| Barbican | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 201 | 230 | 4 |
| Bread & Roses | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 217 | 242 | 4 |
| Hogshead Chestnuts | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 211 | 206 | 4 |
| Chester Army | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 177 | 171 | 2 |
| Waterloo Sunset | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 206 | 222 | 0 |
| Allsorts Kevin Ashman 22* Gavin Fuller 17 | 55 - 39 | Barbican Roger Robinson 13 Donald Yule 10 |
| Bread & Roses John McDonnell 27 | 37 - 53 | Atletico Manor Robert Willer 16 Brian Wright 16 Roger Barnes 14 |
| Chester Army Fred Filby 18 John Grant 12 | 46 - 47 | Telstars Howard Pizzey 18 Dave Turnbull 13 |
| Rising Sons Roger Mortimore 15 Martin Smith 15 | 46 - 51 | Red Lion Roger Bennett 19 Andrew Frazer 12 Jonathan Creer 10 Richard Jones 10 |
| Waterloo Sunset Chris Hughes 18 Bob Jones 18 | 36 - 40 | Hogshead Chestnuts Mick Lancaster 20 |
League - Division 2 - Fixtures 2002-2003
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
| Broken Hearts | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 98 | 6 |
| Ovalytes | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 206 | 177 | 6 |
| Animals | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 126 | 109 | 4 |
| Rosslyn Park | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 133 | 165 | 4 |
| Jay H Seedy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 64 | 2 |
| Maximum Hump | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 72 | 2 |
| TROGs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 144 | 150 | 2 |
| Uncosy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77 | 109 | 0 |
| Jay H Seedy | Not yet received - | Maximum Hump |
| Ovalytes Tony Sherwood 21 Patrick Hurley 19* | 45 - 38 | TROGs Andy Frost 15 Steve Pugsley 12 Bob Lewis 11 |
| Uncosy Peter Ediss 15 | 28 - 41 | Animals David Lea 22 Simon Cearns 10 |
* Full house on own questions.
| Pos | Division 1 | Pts | Avg | W | D | L |
| 1 | Nomads | 25 | 54.50 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Broken Hearts | 24 | 49.17 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Atletico | 23 | 49.50 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Waterloo Sunset | 16 | 45.57 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Allsorts | 14 | 49.67 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Old Itonians | 14 | 43.67 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Barb | 10 | 41.71 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Pineapple | 10 | 40.83 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Gray Monks | 4 | 39.83 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Pos | Division 2 | Pts | Avg | W | D | L |
| 1 | Pericardium | 27 | 55.33 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Belly | 21 | 42.00 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Ovalytes | 21 | 41.67 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Rosslyn Park | 19 | 42.83 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Accrington Cylindricals | 15 | 37.14 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Telstars | 14 | 41.33 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Mealy Bugs | 8 | 36.50 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | London Scottish | 3 | 34.33 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Wharfside | 1 | 23.71 | 0 | 0 | 7 |