Congratulations to West Midlands player Mick Baker who for an unbelievable third consecutive season has won the Winmau Centre Thursday Night Champions League together with the top prize of £300 together with yet another year’s sponsorship from Winmau.

Yes Mick completed a unique hat trick of wins but this season’s win was his closest yet going to the wire and the title resting on a rearranged fixture for both himself and fellow West Midlands man Sam Guest as they went into the title clincher level on both points and average.

Guest’s final game against fourth placed Chris Williams saw him win 6-1 while Baker took on Chris Fox who finished the season in tenth place, the result, a much needed 7-0 whitewash to give Baker the title by just one point after a 42 games season. What a fitting climax to what has been a fantastically exciting hard fought campaign.

Final Table
P W L F A Pts £
Mick Baker 42 38 4 233 61 233 300
Sam Guest 42 38 4 232 62 232 225
Louis Burley 42 35 7 221 73 221 180
Chris Williams 42 34 8 219 75 219 160
Adam Quinton 42 29 13 200 94 200 140
Chris Manoila 42 34 8 199 95 199 135
Paul Boddison 42 27 15 190 104 190 130
Devinder Singh 42 26 16 178 116 178 125
Mark Bayliss 42 24 18 175 119 175 120
Chris Fox 42 25 17 170 124 170 115
Martin East 42 23 19 164 130 164 110
Craig Capewell 42 24 18 160 136 160 105
Sam Aitkens 42 22 20 146 148 146 95
Liam Baker 42 18 24 137 157 137 90
Rob Harris 42 13 29 131 163 131 85
Baz Pearce 42 14 28 107 187 107 80
Rob Montana 42 14 28 106 188 106 75
Shane Watters 42 6 36 86 208 86 70
Charlie Burley 42 5 37 62 232 62 65
Lisa Maiden 42 4 38 55 239 55 60
John Edwards 42 4 38 33 261 33 56
John Porter 42 3 39 32 262 32 53

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2017-06-28