It's all tied up at the top of Division One, as Pericardium's bonus-point win brings them level with Broken Hearts. The twice-champions have played a game more as things stand, but will swiftly move to having played a game fewer – this is double header week, and they've got the week off. Pericardium's five-pointer came at the expense of Atletico, while BH were unable to get the elusive roundhouse in their victory over Waterloo Sunset. For the second week running there was a 46-all draw, this time between Old Itonians and Allsorts, with the latter gaining a bonus point in round 2. Nomads stayed in the frame with a bonus-point win over Pineapple, with all four players in double figures, while Five Bells, despite having to field a tub, got their first win of the season against Barb. Jesse Honey of Broken Hearts and Mick Lancaster of Five Bells top-scored for the week with 20.
Bottom played top in division two, and in perhaps the biggest surprise of the season so far, Wharfside beat the Gray Monks 35-29. The Banana Splits pulled within a point with a win over London Scottish, both teams playing three-handed. My prediction of a close game at the Royal Oak proved wide of the mark, as Donald Yule's 19, the top score of the week, led Eclectics to a comfortable win over Accies. The division's top scorers for the week were Ovalytes, in their win over Mealy Bugs, Tony Allen helping them on their way with 18. The only close defeat bonus point of the week went to Outcasts, who couldn't quite haul back an early deficit against Rosslyn Park.
A tough set this week, shown by average aggregates of 86.2 in Division One and 68.2 in Division Two. The No4 seats seemed especially tough (to a not-particularly-rigourous analysis). A five-four split in terms of teams going first/second this week, with onecdraw. Telstars' friendly also proved a challenge to many.
| Pos | Pre | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Avg | CB | HB | 2s% | Pts | Form |
| 1 | 2 (+1) | Pericardium | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 474 | 346 | 128 | 52.67 | 0 | 5 | 53.47 | 37 | WºW¹W¹DºW¹ |
| 2 | 1 (-1) | Broken Hearts | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 527 | 412 | 115 | 52.70 | 1 | 6 | 58.44 | 37 | W¹W¹D¹W¹Wº |
| 3 | 3 (-) | Nomads | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 451 | 388 | 63 | 50.11 | 0 | 6 | 55.90 | 34 | LºW¹W¹DºW¹ |
| 4 | 4 (-) | Old Itonians | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 408 | 403 | 5 | 45.33 | 0 | 5 | 46.88 | 29 | W¹DºWºLºDº |
| 5 | 6 (+1) | Allsorts | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 442 | 398 | 44 | 49.11 | 1 | 3 | 52.43 | 26 | WºLºLºWºD¹ |
| 6 | 5 (-1) | Atletico | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 428 | 399 | 29 | 47.56 | 0 | 3 | 54.86 | 25 | L¹LºW¹DºLº |
| 7 | 7 (-) | Telstars | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 371 | 396 | -25 | 41.22 | 1 | 1 | 40.63 | 18 | C¹LºLºWºLº |
| 8 | 8 (-) | Barb | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 332 | 409 | -77 | 36.89 | 0 | 1 | 35.42 | 11 | WºDºLºWºLº |
| 9 | 9 (-) | Pineapple | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 334 | 440 | -106 | 37.11 | 0 | 1 | 35.07 | 9 | LºLºWºLºLº |
| 10 | 11 (+1) | Five Bells | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 346 | 426 | -80 | 38.44 | 1 | 0 | 36.81 | 5 | LºC¹LºLºWº |
| 11 | 10 (-1) | Waterloo Sunset | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 334 | 430 | -96 | 37.11 | 0 | 0 | 34.72 | 4 | LºLºLºWºLº |
| Allsorts | 46* - 46 | Old Itonians (F) |
| Kevin Ashman 18 Gavin Fuller 14 | Fred Filby 16 Tom Dineen 14 |
| Atletico | 39 - 49* | Pericardium (F) |
| Robert Willer 14 William De Ath 10 | Quentin Holt 14 David Stainer 14 Kathryn Johnson 11 Gareth Kingston 10 |
| Barb | 32 - 44 | Five Bells (F) |
| Simon Bolland 11 Roger Robinson 10 | Mick Lancaster 20 Roger Barnes 17 |
| Nomads | 49* - 36 | Pineapple (F) |
| Paul Steeples 14 David Lea 13 Roger Bennett 12 Andrew Frazer 10 | Holly Pattenden 10 Dom Tait 10 |
| Waterloo Sunset | 38 - 52 | Broken Hearts (F) |
| Ray Ward 14 Joe Kerrigan 12 | Jesse Honey 20 Ian Bayley 13 Mark Grant 10 |
| Pos | Pre | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Avg | CB | HB | 2s% | Pts | Form |
| 1 | 1 (-) | Gray Monks | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 454 | 329 | 125 | 50.44 | 1 | 5 | 56.94 | 34 | W¹WºW¹WºLº |
| 2 | 2 (-) | Banana Splits | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 387 | 300 | 87 | 43.00 | 1 | 0 | 35.76 | 33 | WºWºWºC¹Wº |
| 3 | 5 (+2) | Eclectics | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 367 | 316 | 51 | 40.78 | 1 | 1 | 33.33 | 26 | WºLºWºC¹Wº |
| 4 | 4 (-) | Rosslyn Park | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 361 | 344 | 17 | 40.11 | 0 | 2 | 41.32 | 26 | L¹WºLºWºWº |
| 5 | 3 (-2) | Accies | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 355 | 378 | -23 | 35.50 | 1 | 0 | 30.94 | 25 | WºWºWºWºLº |
| 6 | 6 (-) | Ovalytes | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 354 | 321 | 33 | 39.33 | 2 | 2 | 37.15 | 24 | WºLºW¹C¹Wº |
| 7 | 7 (-) | Sons of the Dessert | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 344 | 356 | -12 | 38.22 | 1 | 1 | 34.38 | 18 | LºLºC¹LºW¹ |
| 8 | 8 (-) | Outcasts | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 296 | 346 | -50 | 32.89 | 2 | 1 | 22.92 | 15 | WºWºLºLºC¹ |
| 9 | 9 (-) | Mealy Bugs | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 331 | 380 | -49 | 36.78 | 2 | 0 | 32.64 | 10 | LºLºWºC¹Lº |
| 10 | 11 (+1) | Wharfside | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 262 | 353 | -91 | 29.11 | 0 | 1 | 25.00 | 9 | LºLºLºW¹Wº |
| 11 | 10 (-1) | London Scottish | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 279 | 367 | -88 | 31.00 | 1 | 0 | 27.78 | 5 | WºLºLºC¹Lº |
| Accies | 22 - 45 | Eclectics (F) |
| Donald Yule 19 Marianne Fairthorne 11 |
| Banana Splits | 39 - 24 | London Scottish (F) |
| Richard de Costobadie 16 Ian Orriss 13 John Seager 10 | Ian McClelland 12 Alastair McLaggan 11 |
| Gray Monks | 29 - 35 | Wharfside (F) |
| Peter Ediss 14 | Colin Kidd 14 Mike Taylor 10 |
| Mealy Bugs (F) | 32 - 46 | Ovalytes |
| Hugh Brady 11 Michael Dawson 10 | Tony Allen 18 Patrick Hurley 12 Duncan McDonald 12 |
| Rosslyn Park | 36 - 33 | Outcasts (F) |
| Phil Evison 11 | Mike Chappell 13 |
| Pos | Table | P | W | D | L | Avg | B | Pts |
| 1 | West London | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 47.50 | 5 | 33 |
| 2 | North London | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 46.13 | 1 | 21 |
| 3 | Outer London | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 41.25 | 2 | 18 |
| 4 | Central London | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 44.13 | 3 | 17 |
| 5 | South London | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 36.50 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | East London | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 37.00 | 0 | 8 |
| Pos | Division 1 | P | W | D | L | Avg | B | Pts |
| 1 | Broken Hearts (C) | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 52.90 | 14 | 84 |
| 2 | Pericardium | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 50.95 | 9 | 77 |
| 3 | Nomads | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 50.15 | 12 | 72 |
| 4 | Atletico | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 47.85 | 8 | 62 |
| 5 | Allsorts | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 47.35 | 4 | 54 |
| 6 | Old Itonians | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 45.55 | 9 | 53 |
| 7 | Telstars | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 42.00 | 5 | 37 |
| 8 | Barb | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 38.70 | 5 | 27 |
| 9 | Pineapple | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 37.65 | 4 | 22 |
| 10 | Waterloo Sunset | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 37.40 | 1 | 13 |
| 11 | Five Bells | 20 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 38.10 | 1 | 11 |
| Pos | Division 2 | P | W | D | L | Avg | B | Pts |
| 1 | Gray Monks (W) | 20 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 48.75 | 9 | 77 |
| 2 | Banana Splits | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 43.65 | 3 | 67 |
| 3 | Rosslyn Park | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 39.85 | 5 | 57 |
| 4 | Eclectics | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 40.80 | 4 | 54 |
| 5 | Accies | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 38.25 | 3 | 51 |
| 6 | Sons of the Dessert | 20 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 39.40 | 6 | 48 |
| 7 | Mealy Bugs | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 39.10 | 4 | 40 |
| 8 | Ovalytes | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 38.20 | 4 | 38 |
| 9 | Outcasts | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 34.05 | 7 | 29 |
| 10 | Wharfside | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 29.70 | 2 | 14 |
| 11 | London Scottish | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 29.90 | 1 | 13 |
| Pos | Table | P | W | D | L | 2s | Pts |
| 1 | Sussex | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 16 |
| 2 | Mastermind Club | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 122 | 11 |
| 3 | Oxford | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 81 | 11 |
| 4 | London | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 103 | 8 |
| 5 | Beds & Herts | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 94 | 8 |
| 6 | Cambridge | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 89 | 6 |