THE cup semi finals start next week and, after the prolonged completion of the previous rounds, with one exception, the scheduled matches are as follows.

Warburton Cup: Little Lever C (+35.5) v Burning Desire; Heaton A (+35.5) v Little Lever A.

Brian Gittins Cup: Nomads A (+70.5) v Hilton A; St Catherine’s A v Burning Desire (+14.5).

George Yates Shield: Coburg v Heaton D (+0.5) or Little Lever D (+42.5); Ladybridge B v St Catherine’s D (+0.5).

Ron Hindle Memorial Trophy: Lads & Girls Club A v Brass (+35.5); Farnworth TTC B v Boyzone (+21.5).

After two drawn matches in the previous round which had to be replayed, 0.5 has been added to each handicap to eliminate a match being drawn.

In the Premier Division, Ramsbottom C enjoyed mixed fortunes when they were beaten 8-1 at Tameside, and then travelled to Little Lever where they beat the B team 6-3 Jake Shaw and John Hope trebled for Tameside, as did Graham Hoy for the C team at Little Lever. Tameside followed with a 6-3 win at Radcliffe, where their three players, Jake Shaw, Phil Biggs and Jeff Craighill all won two, as did Nigel Hallows for the losers.

Top Division One team Heaton A scored an 8-1 win at Ladybridge A which featured trebles by Paul and Matt Ward, and a double by Steve Barber.

Division Two leaders Nomads A, scored a 7-2 win at Farnworth TTC A which included trebles by Dave Holden and Martin Howarth. Coburg who are third in the table, also won 7-2 against BEN A with Bob Bent and Jim Hewitt unbeaten.

Hilton G maintained second place in Division Three with a 6-3 win at Meadow Hill B. They are being challenged by BEN B who marginally closed the gap after their 8-1 win over St Paul’s Pee. John Lawrence was unbeaten for Hilton as was Alan Hibbert and Alan Calvert for BEN.

Top Division Four team Farnworth TTC B scored maximum points at Hilton I, as did the team in second place, Lads Club A, at St Catherine’s F.

Top Ten Premier Division: 44 M Moir; 39 A Jackson; 38 J Shaw; 35 R Pennington; 34 G Jeffries; 32 M Ramsbottom; 30 B Elliott, B Clements, N Hallows; 29 R Durose.

Division One: 43 P Ward; 40 S Barber; 39 M Ward; 38 K Pinter, J Hutchinson; 37 D Collier, 33 D Watmough; 31 M Holt; S Wallis; 28 D Scowcroft, D Bolton.

Division Two: 57 B Bent; 54 M Maraszkiewicz; 46 J Hewitt; 42 M Martin, L Serdiuk; 40 J Scowcroft; 39 D Holden; 38 K Chauhan, B Haslam; 37 D Bednarski.

Division Three: 53 B Dudley; 43 A Hibbert, S McCaig; 40 R Alty; 39 G Hibbert, D Yates; 36 D Wilson; 34 T Mason; 31 J Rothwell; 30 M Wilcock, B Young, M Murray.

Division Four: 43 C Duncan; 38 J Grimwood, M Le; 36 G Stone; 34 A Morey; 33 R Isherwood; 28 S Evans; 27 M Rose, C Roberts, D Harris.

Results Premier Division: Ramsbottom B 5 L Lever A 4; Radcliffe CC 3 Tameside 6; Hilton A 9 Burning Desire 0; Tameside 8 Ramsbottom C 1; L lever B 3 Ramsbottom C 6.

Division One: Ladybridge A 1 Heaton A 8; Wingates 0 Ramsbottom D 9; St Cath’s B 6 Nomads A 3; Heaton C 6 Heaton B 3.

Division Two: L Lever D 3 Heaton F 6; Farnworth TTC A 2 Nomads B 7; Coburg 7 BEN A 2; Heaton D 9 Ladybridge B 0; Hilton E 3 Hilton C 6; Hilton D 4 M Hill A 5; Heaton E 5 L Lever D 4.

Division Three: Farnworth SC 5 Walkden Meths 4; Hilton F 6 Irlam 3; M Hill B 3 Hilton G 6; BEN B 8 St Paul’s Peel 1; Ladybridge C 1 Hilton H 8.

Division Four: Heaton H 6 Hilton K 3; Hilton I 0 Farnworth TTC B 9; St Cath’s F 0 Lads Club A 9; Lads Club B 2 Hilton J 7.