LEADERS Glodwick were gifted last week's match in the Bolton Table Tennis League Premier Division when Ladybridge A conceded due to work commitments.

The top team received a score based on their average and were given a 24-0 win.

Second-placed Ramsbottom Town A beat fifth-placed Radcliffe Cricket Club 24-11 assisted by a nine from Richard Lightowler.

Third-placed Flixton Cricket Club A were too strong for Little Lever Cricket Club A in a 24-13 win which featured nines for Philip Bowen and Jake Shaw.

Fourth-placed Ramsbottom Town B took care of second-bottom Wharton 16-13 helped by a nine from Ryan Choong.

Bottom team Burning Desire had a somewhat surprise victory over Nomads, who are three places above them, their 23-12 win featuring a nine from Dennis Collier.

In a mid-table clash, Hilton A just pipped Flixton Cricket Club B 22-18 assisted by a nine form Andrew Michnowiec.

In Division One, leaders Ramsbottom Town C beat Wingates 26-10 with nines from Martin Holt and Tommy Ryan.

Hilton B moved into second place with a 23-13 victory over Meadow Ben A in which John Davies scored nine for the winners.

Coburg slipped to third when they only just pipped fourth-placed Hilton D 15-14.

Bottom team Hilton E lost 20-12 to Farnworth SC A who are one place above them, John Hutchinson scoring his usual nine.

Mid-table clashes saw Ramsbottom Town D narrowly beat Heaton Cricket Club A 17-13, despite a resisting nine from David Hall, and Little Lever B edge their match with Hilton C 18-16 despite Hilton’s Andy Morey scoring nine.

Division Two runaway leaders Bolton TTC A continued their promotion march with a 26-10 victory over Brass Zone helped by nines from Sam Greenhalgh and Steven Gao.

Second-placed Polonia Club A beat second-bottom Farnworth SC C 27-7 with all players winning nine.

Third-placed Meadow Ben B just beat Top Spinners 17-15 despite a resisting nine from Gary Hilton.

Having been second for most of the season and now dropping to fourth, St Paul's Peel were unable to field a team due to injury and holidays, handing the match to Bolton TTC B 17-0 based on their season’s average score.

Bottom team Meadow Ben C lost 18-15 to Farnworth SC B, two places above them, with nines from Martyn Garnett and Jimmy Tunn.

In Division Three, unbeaten Walkden Methodists marched on with a 20-12 victory over mid-table Ladybridge C helped by a nine from Carl Bennett.

Second-placed Hilton H outplayed second-bottom Farnworth SC D 25-6 with nines from Nathan Donaldson and Nabeel Malji, and joint third Hilton F lost 19-14 to Albany despite a resisting nine from Jeff Saunders.

Also joint-third Meadow Hill A lost to Polonia Club B 22-14 with a nine from the winners' Nicolai Jitek.

A mid-table clash saw Hilton G beat Meadow Ben D 19-13 assisted by a nine from Martin Rolling.

Irlam Steel had requested to play their match against bottom team Meadow Hill B two weeks earlier.

However, on the night due to a sick relative, they were only able to field one player, Matt Hood. He won nine, but Meadow Hill were effectively given the match 18-9.