WITH two weeks to go in the Bolton Table Tennis League season, it appears unbeaten Glodwick are unlikely to be caught with the top half of the Premier Division table virtually set in stone.

Second-placed Ramsbottom Town A beat Nomads 20-11 with a nine from Michael Moir, while Flixton CC A in third had full marks with a 27-8 win against second-bottom Ladybridge A.

Radcliffe CC had a surprise 22-14 defeat to ninth-placed Hilton A with nines from Hilton’s Mark Gibson and Andrew Michnowiec. Third-bottom Wharton took on bottom side Burning Desire and won 26-10 with nines from Barry Elliott and Ian Quinn.

It is much tighter in Division One, where leaders Hilton B lost 18-16 to Farnworth SC A, who were helped by the usual nine from John Hutchinson.

Second-placed Coburg beat Hilton C 22-12 with a nine from Derek Watmough but third-placed Ramsbottom Town C have a match in hand. They beat Meadow Ben A 25-6 with nines from Martin Holt and Sandy Choong. Fourth-placed Hilton D beat their E team 25-8 with nines from Roy Alty and Mathew Fishwick.

Ramsbottom Town D won 18-17 against Little Lever CC B, assisted by a nine from Jason Pilling, and Heaton CC A beat Wingates 18-15 despite a nine from John Bradbury.

Division Three leaders Bolton TTC A beat second-bottom Farnworth SC C with a maximum-points 27-5 win. Not far behind, Polonia Club A march on after their 21-10 victory over Heaton CC B with a nine from Dawid Kakol.

Meadow Ben B had a 22-12 win against Farnworth SC B despite a resisting nine from Martyn Garnett. Peter McCormick’s nine helped Bolton TTC B clock up a 20-13 victory over Top Spinners, while Brasszone beat bottom team Meadow Ben C 25-8 with nines from Matthew Brown and Phil Petts.

Division Four’s shock result saw top team Walkden Methodists suffering their first defeat, 20-12 against junior team Hilton H with nines from Jei Makino and Nathan Donaldson. Hilton F, in second, beat lowly Farnworth SC D 24-10 with nines from Jeff Saunders and Ian Raby.

Third-placed Meadow Hill A, with two imported players from the B team, went down 18-16 to Ladybridge C, despite Roy Platt putting up a nine.

Polonia Club B beat Meadow Hill B 25-5 with nines from Henryk Michalowski and Karolina Mucha.

Elsewhere, Meadow Ben D triumphed over improving Albany 18-10 with a nine from Neil Cowburn and Irlam SC drew 15-15 with Hilton G, David Yates getting a nine for Irlam.