IN the third week of play in the Bolton and District Table Tennis League the Ramsbottom Music Festival clear up from the weekend means the derby match between Ramsbottom's A and C teams will have to be played at a later date.

Ramsbottom B were able to play, and beat Wharton 26-3 with nines from Brian Clements and Ryan Choong.

Flixton Cricket Club A beat Ladybridge A by a maximum 27-5.

Promoted Hilton B suffered their third defeat 23-8, this time to Nomads who had nines for Charles Musa and Kyan Chin.

Hilton A despatched Little Lever Cricket Club A 25-11 with nines from Andrew Michnowiec and Robert Hall.

A closer result saw Radcliffe Cricket Club just beat Flixton Cricket Club B 19-16 with a nine from Jim Chadwick, who was making his first appearance of the season.

In Division One, two teams already stand out as potential candidates for promotion.

Burning Desire, hoping for a swift return to the Premier, hammered Meadow Ben A 27-0, and new team Wigan TTC beat Little Lever A 25-5 with nines from Daniel Watkinson and Tony Whitney.

Closer results saw Polonia Club A record their third victory, 18-16 over Coburg helped by nine from Lukasz Serdiuk, and Hilton D just pip Farnworth Social Circle A 17-16.

Heaton Cricket Club A had their first win of the season, beating Wingates 19-16 helped by a nine from David Hall.

Hilton C have yet to make their mark and went down 22-14 to Ramsbottom Town D with Martin Holt scoring a nine.

Bolton TTC have established themselves at the top of Division Two and had a 24-8 victory over Polonia Club B with nines from Peter McCormick and Nayem Alam.

In second place St Paul’s Peel beat Hilton F with a maximum 27-4 score.

Walkden Methodists felt the heat of moving up a division as they went down 25-5 to Hilton E, who had nines from Jei Makino and Brian Hall.

Hilton Top Spinners beat Farnworth Social Circle 22-16 despite a resisting nine from Martyn Garnett.

Brass Zone had their second win of the season, beating Ladybridge B 21-8 assisted by nine from Phil Petts.

Heaton Cricket Club B just pipped Meadow Ben B 21-20, despite a resisting nine from Mike Heaton.

Division Three’s Polonia Club C are top of the division after their third win of the season, which saw them beat Albany 25-9 with nines from Henryk Michalowski and Karolina Mucha.

Second-placed Meadow Ben C also had their third victory, 23-11 over Hilton H assisted by a nine from Neil Cowburn, while Meadow Ben D beat a two-man Farnworth Social Circle D 21-10.

Third-placed Meadow Hill A triumphed with their third win, 21-9 against Ladybridge C helped by nine from Bob Woodcock.

Irlam Steel Social Club just beat Farnworth Social Circle C 16-12 despite a resisting nine from Christopher Lord, while Hilton G got a maximum 27-5 victory over a two-man junior Hilton I team.