Linton got the new season off to a great start by winning the Bury League’s Jamboree on 5 September. Linton entered two teams, out of twelve teams competing. Linton Tigers ( Chris Davison, Paul McMahon, Vikram Banerjee and Michael Osborn) came first with 9/12, and Linton Pumas (Paul Kemp, Yoav Pilowsky-Bankirer, Alan Wadsworth and John Nevin) were third with 8/12. Sandwiched between them in second place were Bury A on 8.5/12.
Notable performances from the Tigers included 3/3 for both Paul McMahon and Vikram Banerjee, whilst for the Pumas all four players scored 2/3.
Before the event presentations were made to last season’s winners, in which the Linton club and players featured strongly. This included the division 1 championship (Linton Leopards), division 1 player-of-the-year (Chris Davison), division 2 player-of-the-year (Yoav Pilowsky-Bankirer) and division 3 game-of the-season (Michael Osborn).