Glodwick appear to be in an unassailable position at the top of the Premier Division in the Bolton Table Tennis League. Last week they took apart Flixton Cricket Club B 27 – 2. Second-placed Ramsbottom Town A also had a maximum point breeze past bottom of the table Burning Desire 27 – 5. Third-placed Flixton Cricket Club A had a good 20 – 11 win over Nomads despite a resisting nine from Matthew Gold. Fourth-placed Ramsbottom Town B had a 27 – 0 win gifted to them by Hilton A. It would appear that the top four places which have remained fairly static throughout will remain so until the end of the season. Fifth-placed Radcliffe Cricket Club lost out to Wharton 19 – 17 with a nine from Wharton’s Barry Elliott. In another close match Little Lever Cricket Club A just pipped Ladybridge A 17 – 16 helped by a nine from Graham Jeffries.

In Division One, with Ramsbottom Town C a game down and in third place, Hilton B go top with a 26 – 11 points win over fourth-placed Little Lever Cricket Club B assisted by nines from Allan Cowley and David Andrews. Second-placed Coburg had a 27 – 6 win over Hilton E. Ramsbottom Town C beat Heaton Cricket Club A 25 – 6 assisted by a nine from Martin Holt. Meadow Ben A beat Ramsbottom Town D 24 – 12 with nines from Steve Jones and David Holden. Farnworth SC A had a win over Hilton C with the usual nine from John Hutchinson and another from Iain Lindley. Hilton D had a close match when they just beat Wingates 18 – 16 despite a nine from Wingates Atul Sheth.

Division Two’s high flyers Bolton TTC A marched on with a 20 – 12 win over fourth-placed Ladybridge B. Third-placed St. Paul’s Peel who are just behind Polonia Club A whose result is yet to come, beat Brass Zone with nines from Lee Devenport and Faizan Bhura. A close mid-table match saw Top Spinners just edge out Farnworth SC B 20 – 18. Heaton Cricket Club B beat next to the bottom Farnworth SC C 20 – 13 helped by a nine from David Jones while Bolton TTC B took advantage of bottom of the table Meadow Ben C 23 - 13 with nines from Sam Greenhalgh and Peter McCormick.

In Division Three top of the table Walkden Methodists had a comfortable week meeting bottom of the table Meadow Hill B, who did try and make an impression, but went down 24 – 9 with nines from Wakden’s Richard Whittleworth and Carl Bennett. Second-placed juniors Hilton H marched on against Irlam Steel SC winning out 24 – 6 with a nine from Hilton’s Jei Makino. Only three points behind them, Hilton F outplayed Meadow Ben D 26 – 5 with nines from Jeff Saunders and Malcolm Wilcock. Fourth-placed Meadow Hill A had always beaten Albany, so turned up expecting some cheap points only to be confounded and hamstrung by a rejuvenated team that beat them 22 – 18. Hilton G just edged out Farnworth SC D 18 – 16 thanks to a nine from Martyn Rolling.