The season has started in fine style with the Premiership being led by a 2 game losing team! An unexpected start for Alpha A with those two losses, they will be looking to bounce back against Oakgate A. Don’s had a good result against the current champions MEBC, managing to take 7 games from them…

Can teams please make sure all results are uploaded in the week they are played please?

Unfortunately, David Lloyd B Team have had to withdraw from the league. Please make note of this all teams in Division 3 & update your calendars to reflect this. We will remove them from the web calendar fixtures but not from the spreadsheet for the league yet, as I don’t want to mess it up…

As usual, a handicapped competition will be held and all teams are entered unless they opt out before the end of October.

Oakgate start time for ALL teams is now 19:15. Some used to start at 19:30 but they are now all in align.

As in the title, Edenfield have changed the day they play to Wednesday not Tuesday. I’ve updated the calendar etc.

A new registration form has been added in the download section that’s been simplified if you want to download it.

We have added a consent form to the downloads section, the aim being to get some more content for the website & to that end, where possible (usually our home matches) if I am there I would like to get a shot for a news article as I’ll write a little report with an image…

You will find all the latest sheets you need for the new season at www.orbl.co.uk/downloads . Get prepared for the new season & get the paperwork ready!

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