With Ramsbottom Town  A having an open date last week in the Bolton & District Table Tennis League, Flixton Cricket Club A move top of the Premier Division whitewashing Ladybridge A 27 – 1. Ramsbottom Town A are second with a game in hand. In third place, Ramsbottom Town B suffered an unexpected 19 - 12 loss at the hands of ninth-placed Wharton with nine from Wharton’s  Barry Elliott. Joint third Little Lever Cricket Club A just managed to beat eighth-placed Hilton A 21 – 17 despite a resisting nine from Andrew Michnowiec. Another joint third Radcliffe Cricket Club overcame Flixton Cricket Club B 22 – 14 helped by nine from Kristof Pinter. Mid-table Nomads took advantage of bottom team Hilton B winning out 24 – 13 assisted by nine from Fred Turban.

Division One ’s top team Burning Desire march on thrashing Meadow Ben A 27 – 2 while second-placed Wigan TTC  outplayed mid-table Little Lever Club B  26 – 7 with nines from Daniel Watkinson and Valdas Semiotas. Third-placed Ramsbottom Town D outplayed Hilton C  with a full points win 27 – 6. Fourth-placed Polonia Club A just managed to beat fifth-placed Coburg 21 – 16 assisted by nine from  Lukasz Serdiuk. Mid-table Wingates beat Heaton Cricket club A a couple of places below  19 – 12 with a nine from John Bradbury.

Top team in Division Two Hilton E beat second-bottom Walkden Methodists 19 – 14 opposed by a resisting nine from John Barker. Second-placed Saint Paul’s Peel had a 25 – 9 win against Hilton F with nines from Faizan Bhura and Lee Devonport. Now in third place, Polonia Club B had a good 21 - - 9 win over Bolton TTC by nine from Vojtech Sanc and now move into fourth place. Mid-table  Heaton Cricket Club B had a 22 – 17 win over Meadow Ben B one place below them and also mid-table Brass Zone had a 22 – 8 win over Ladybridge B two places below assisted by nine from Phil Petts. Farnworth Social Circle B had a good win over Hilton Top Spinners two places above them winning 23 – 11 with a nine from Martyn Garnett.

Division Three’s top team Farnworth Social Circle C had a 24 – 7 win against Irlam Steel with nines from Ben Wyatt and Chris Lord. Sadly we are informed that this will be Irlam’s last season as some players are moving away and they may also struggle with the last couple of matches of this season. We wish them well in the future. They have been a real asset to the league and a team which have been very enjoyable to play against. Second-placed Meadow Hill A  triumphed over Ladybridge C 23 – 8 assisted by nine from John Nuttall. Third-placed Meadow Ben C had a 24 – 7 victory over third-bottom Hilton H 24 – 7 with nine from Alan Hibbert and Ian Wheeldon. Fourth-placed Hilton G had a 23 – 9 win over their own Junior I team 23 – 9 with nine from Martyn Rolling.