HAWKSHAW BC's teams could be set for double honours in the Bolton Badminton League this season.

While the A team is settling in mid-table in the top section, Hawkshaw B is already pushing top-placed DL Farnworth A for promotion from B Section.

And the C team is vying with Westhoughton A for the top spot in C Section.

After fending off the challenge of contenders Metro B, Hawkshaw C's latest home opponents were Chowbent C. Hawkshaw went off at a gallop taking both top mixed, courtesy of Pam Holden and Neil Haydock, before adding two more.

Chowbent could make little impression on the mixed, and Hawkshaw were 7-3 ahead at the half-way stage. Top ladies' were shared, before Chowbent's S Chadwick and S Mallinson took both top men's to keep the visitors in the fight.

When both second ladies went to Hawkshaw, however, they had the points. Chowbent forced them to share the last men's games but Hawkshaw emerged 11-7 victors.

Smithills D and Farnworth D had a tough tussle in their F Section fixture. Smithills, playing at home, took the opening game 3 and 9, thanks to Angela Settle and Malcolm Truslow.

But Marjorie McCormack and L Casey came back for Farnworth in a equal match that left the mixed with Smithills just edged into a 6-4 lead.

In the event, this proved crucial. Farnworth romped away with top ladies 3 and 3 and top men's in a tight 11 and 14.

But when Smithills took both second ladies' games via L Shepheard and R Jackson and then clinched both the final men's through C Giblin and B Goody, the home team were the winners on a close 10-8 scoreline.

RESULTS - A Section: Markland Hill A 17, Metro A 1; Chowbent A 14, BIHE 4; Christ Church 5, ABC 13; Hawkshaw A 17, Chowbent A 1; Markland Hill B 12, Bury A 6.

B Section: GMT A 9, Bury B 9; Hawkshaw B 7, Chowbent B 11; DL Farnworth A 12, Hawkshaw B 6; Bury B 9, Racquets 9; Sharples A 10, GMT A 8; Racquets 11, Springfield A 7; Swinton 13, DL Farnworth A 5; Chowbent B 16, Markland Hill C 2; Springfield A 12, Park A 6.

C Section: Markland Hill D 13, Westhoughton B 5; Springfield C 7, Springfield B 11; Westhoughton A 14, Farnworth B 4; Chowbent D 4, Metro B 14; Hawkshaw C 11, Chowbent C 7.

D Section: GMT B 15, Deane A 3; Forrest C 15, Hawkshaw D 3; Metro C 7, Smithills A 11; Sharples C 11, David Lloyd 7; Park B 14, Springfield D 4; Smithills A 16, Park B 2.

E Section: Moorside B 9, Metro D 9; Forrest D 16, Moorside A 2; Farnworth C 14, Sharples D 4; Smithills B 10, Forrest E 8; Deane B 12, Deane C 6; Moorside B 5, Farnworth B 13.

F Section: Moorside D 5, Markland Hill E 13; Smithills D 10, Farnworth D 8; Metro E 6, Smithills C 12; Holy Cross 9, Moorside C 9.