Big congratulations go to West Midlands player Mick Baker who for an exceptionally 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 with the title all depending on a final 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 was a much needed 7-0 whitewash to give him 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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The Winmau Centre Monday Night League have just three fixtures remaining at the time of going to print and leading the field with 484 points from 13 games is What’s The Point who have not only a four points lead over second in the table Just The Tip but also a game in hand and look favourites to retain the title they won last season. Third in the table The Untouchables are a massive 41 points adrift of What’s The Point and despite having a game in hand on Just The Tip trail them by 37 points.
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