The Andover Pool League are looking to promote a second Inter League team for the new season which starts in February.

There is an open day this Sunday at the Southampton Arms starting at noon to ascertain if there is enough interest to start a team. Players from all five divisions are welcome and all will be fairly assessed throughout the afternoon. Further details can be obtained direct from the league secretary Dean Coggle or on www.andoverpool.com.

l The innaugral Swallow Pub Open will be held on Saturday February 21 with the competition limited to 32 entries offered on a first come, first served basis. Entries are invited from all players currently registered by the Andover Pool Association, who are giving this event their total support.

An entry fee will be charged, with cash prizes and it will be played as a knock-out, with the first round matches being best of seven. Forms can be obtained at www.swallowpub.co.uk or www.southamptonarms.com. Details will be updated on the Andover Pool website.

l The Andover Pool Association will be holding a referee’s workshop at one of the local venues in March/April. The workshop will be given by an existing high level pool/snooker referee and all registered players are once again very welcome.

There will be no cost involved to attend and players wanting to step up their levels of referee knowledge can be assessed to various levels of competence: Details of prices and courses will be made available to those who attend.

The Winter League round five top of the table clash ended in an emphatic 7-2 win for the Queen Charlotte over the previously unbeaten Southampton Arms C.

Swallows Best are the Charlotte’s nearest rivals, 11 points behind already after a good win against bottom of the table Central FD. The gap between the top and bottom five teams is being to show, although teams do not have to worry about play-offs anymore.

Magic Roundabout had an excellent 7 -2 win against the fading Anton Decs and already look a good bet for promotion. The team has Premiership experience and would hold their own in the higher league. The chase behind them is hotting up, with Wolversdene Bandits beating Central Crusaders 6-3 and New Street beating QC Underdogs by the same score.

Division Two sees the Borough Cudas well in charge although an 8-1 win by the Chestnuts reduced the gap at the top. Crown Ludgershall were surprisingly beaten 6-3 by Ploughin Out.

Railway Club A and Master Station are in top spots in Division Three. Ploughin On had a surprise 5-4 loss to the Eagle Leftovers, although as of Sunday night’s deadline time, no result had been received from the match which involved Forester Faithfulls and Merlin Young Guns.

The top four in Division Four all had good wins. Central Stampheads, a newly-formed team had a commendable but close 5-4 win over the ladies’ Central Chicks.