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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