Division 1
Wings retained the championship with a comfortable victory at Mixed Blues but were pushed to the end by Casablanca who edged a tough encounter with the much - improved Formby Sports to finish 1 point behind. Wings were always ahead at Mixed Blues with Dag Griffiths 23, Keith Mulhearn 14 and Tom Farley 13 leading them to a 57 - 33 victory with Jim McGrath 12 leading for the Blues. Casablanca and Formby Sports were level at 30 -all after 5 rounds but the former won the 6th 7 - 4 and, with the last 2 rounds being drawn, finished 47 - 44 ahead led by Ray Oakes 19 and Dave Dutton 11 with Sheila Tickle 16 and Keith Gowans 12 leading for the home side. E Street Band saved themselves from relegation at the expense of Mixed Blues with a fine 47 - 25 victory over Fishermen's Rest led by good scoring from Alan Wright 15 and Ann Page and Dave Nickeas, both 12. Mixed Blues are joined in the drop by Exams who came close to beating Metros but the latter drew level with 2 one - pointers of the last 2 questions to finish at 39 -all. Nick Philpott 16 led for Exams and Dave Leyland 14 and John Richards 12 for the visitors.
Division 2
Vikings finished at the top despite losing their last match against Southport FC while MPs clinched the other promotion spot with their draw at ExPats. The football club were level at half - time at Vikings but finished the stronger to win 38 - 36 with good scoring from Geoff Wilde 15 and Mick Hopkins 11 with Alan Martin 11 and Roy Shannon 10 leading for the home side. A fine 20 from Ann Evans underpinned MPs score in their 32 - all draw at ExPats with Kath Jackson 16 leading for the home side. A fine 19 from Paul Otterson, including 4 crucial one - pointers in the last round, enabled St Jeromes to snatch a 33 - 29 victory over Dismounted, having been behind for 7 rounds. Formby Pavilion lost their chance to contest the second promotion spot with MPs with a 37 - 30 defeat at Shifting Sands with Jack Gardner 16 leading for Sands and Margaret Copplestone, also 16, for Pavilion. In their second match this week, Southport FC won 41 - 25 at Quads led by a fine 20 from Geoff Wilde with Richard Farbon 10 leading for the home side.