THE closing date for entries into the Bolton Championships is next Saturday. If you are entering fill in the form on page 37 of the handbook and get it off straight away.

Tonge A reached the final of the Warburton Cup after beating Radcliffe Cricket Club 5-2, and will play Ramsbottom A in the final. Ellesmere A join Ladybridge B in the final of the George Yates Shield following their 7-2 win over Hilton C.

Tonge A closed the gap on Premier Division leaders Ramsbottom A with a 7-2 win against Hilton Tameside.

They are now two points adrift and the title will be decided when the two teams play each other in the final match of the season. Nomads A who were beaten 8-1 by Burning Desire A will be the relegated team. Mike Moir of Ramsbottom A is the Top Ten leader having recorded two more wins than Dave Griffith.

Only one point separates the two top teams in Division One, with Little Lever C moving ahead of Burning Desire B on the strength of their 7-2 win against YMCA, while Burning Desire could only score a 6-3 win at Wharton B.

There were trebles for the Little Lever pair John Hutchinson and Ian Lansdale while all three Burning Desire players won two sets in their match. Heaton B surprisingly beat their A team 6-3, which included three wins from a back in-form John Scowcroft, and Ramsbottom B comfortably beat a two-man Little Lever B 8-1.

The two top teams in Division Two both played their match without their number one player, and both recorded 5-4 wins, which means Heaton C maintain their four point advantage over Hilton I with one match to play. Heaton beat Nomads B with Gareth Palmer unbeaten for Nomads while the Hilton win was against Tonge B for whom Reena Ardeshana won her three sets.

Hilton D brought the recent run of wins by Heaton D to an end, winning 6-3 with three wins by John Biggins. Alan Crompton trebled for Heaton E who lost 6-3 at Ramsbottom C. Little Lever D scored their third win of the season with a 5-4 score-line against Hilton C.

The current Division Three leaders, Hilton I, surprisingly beat one of their nearest rivals and joint second in the table, Ellesmere A.

The victory included three wins by Eamon McEntee and two each for Andy Harris and Mike Roberts. The other team in second spot BEN A won 7-2 at Ellesmere B with three wins apiece by Cathy Harrison and Mike Heaton. Ellesmere and BEN are 13 points behind Hilton I but both teams have a match in hand.

Three wins by Craig Rushton and Gill Marsden gave Hilton F a 6-3 win at Hilton J.

BEN B, who beat Hilton M 7-2, now look certain to take the Division Four title. They are 18 points ahead of Heaton F in second place which is still up for grabs.

Current holders of this spot, Heaton F, lost 5-4 to the team in third place, Bolton YMCA, despite three wins by Dave Bevitt. Ladybridge C in fourth place with two matches in hand could jump ahead of the two if they achieve the right results.

This week they won 8-1 at Tonge D. Rachel Griffith trebled for Tonge C with one win for Steven Hall and Stuart McCraig to give them their 5-4 win over Ladybridge D. Three wins for Top Ten leader John Pilkington, three for Andy Cafferky, and one for Lea Clough gave Hilton K a 7-2 win at Irlam.

Warburton Cup: Radcliffe CC 3 Tonge A 5.

George Yates Shield: Ellesmere A 7 Hilton C 2.

Premier Division: Nomads A 1 Burning Desire 8; Tonge A 7 Tameside 2.

Division One: Wharton B 3 Burning Desire B 6; Little Lever C 7 YMCA 2; Heaton A 3 Heaton B 6; Little Lever B 1 Ramsbottom B 8.

Division Two: Heaton C 5 Nomads B 4; Hilton E 5 Tonge B 4; Hilton D 6 Heaton D 3; Ramsbottom C 6 Heaton E 3; Little Lever D 5 Hilton C 4.

Division Three: Hilton I 7 Ellesmere A 2; Ellesmere B 2 BEN A 7; Ladybridge B 9 Hilton G 0; Meadow Hill B 9 Walkden Meths 0; Meadow Hill B 0 Hilton H 9; Hilton J 3 Hi8lton F 6.

Division Four: BEN B 7 Hilton M 2; Heaton F 4 Bolton YMCA 5; Tonge D 1 Ladybridge C 8; Tonge C 5 Ladybridge D 4. Irlam 2 Hilton K 7.

Premier Division

P W D L F A Pts

Ramsbm A 18 18 0 0 126 36 126

Tonge TTC A 18 17 0 1 124 38 124

Little Lever A 19 15 0 4 111 60 111

Radcliffe CC 19 11 0 8 93 78 93

Hilton A 18 10 0 8 87 75 87

Wharton A 18 8 0 10 84 78 84

Hilton Tside 18 7 0 11 79 83 79

Burning D A 19 4 0 15 62 109 62

Lostock 17 4 0 13 55 98 55

Horwich H 19 4 0 15 51 120 51

Nomads A 19 3 0 16 37 134 37

Division One

Little Lever C 19 17 0 2 115 56 115

Burning D B 19 16 0 3 114 57 114

Heaton A 19 14 0 5 100 71 100

Ramsbm B 19 13 0 6 100 71 100

Little Lever B 19 9 0 10 88 83 88

Heaton B 19 11 0 8 87 84 87

Ladybridge A 19 6 0 13 81 90 81

Wharton B 18 8 0 10 71 91 71

Wingates A 19 4 0 15 62 109 62

Hilton B 18 4 0 14 59 103 59

YMCA 18 1 0 17 50 112 50

Division Two

Heaton C 19 15 0 4 108 63 108

Hilton E 19 13 0 6 104 67 104

Tonge TTC B 19 11 0 8 93 78 93

Heaton D 19 13 0 6 92 79 92

Hilton D 19 11 0 8 86 85 86

Hilton C 19 7 0 12 86 85 86

Meadow HA 19 11 0 8 84 87 84

Nomads B 18 8 0 10 79 83 79

Heaton E 18 8 0 10 77 85 77

Ramsbm C 19 4 0 15 66 105 66

Little Lr D 20 3 0 17 61 119 61

Division Three

Hilton I 21 19 0 2 135 54 135

BEN A 20 17 0 3 122 58 122

Ellesmere A 20 16 0 4 122 58 122

Meadow H B 21 11 0 10 100 89 100

Hilton H 20 11 0 9 99 81 99

Farnworth SC 19 12 0 7 98 73 98

Hilton G 21 10 0 11 97 92 97

Ladybridge B 20 12 0 8 94 86 94

Hilton F 20 7 0 13 77 103 77

Hilton J 21 5 0 16 68 121 68

Walkden M 19 0 0 19 40 131 40

Ellesmere B 20 1 0 19 37 143 37

Division Four

BEN B 19 17 0 2 135 36 135

Heaton F 18 15 0 3 117 45 117

B YMCA 19 14 0 5 116 55 116

Ladybge C 17 14 0 3 101 52 101

Hilton K 18 11 0 7 91 71 91

Hilton L 19 8 0 11 84 87 84

Hilton M 19 8 0 11 84 87 84

Ladybridge D 19 6 0 13 69 102 69

Irlam TTC 20 5 0 15 61 119 61

Tonge TTC C 19 5 0 14 48 123 48

Tonge TTC D 19 0 0 19 21 150 21