RAMSBOTTOM Town A followed up having points taken from them by Nomads two weeks ago by suffering the same experience against Flixton Cricket Club A.

Their latest setback saw them beaten 21-13 in the Premier Division of the Bolton and District Table Tennis League, with a nine from Stephen Scowcroft.

However, Ramsbottom beat Hilton A 25-9 with nines from Richard Lightowler and Andrew Jackson, enabling them to nose in front in the table by four points.

Now in third place, Flixton Cricket Club B had a good 26-8 victory over bottom club Hilton B with nines from Anthony Bates and John Potts.

Radcliffe Cricket Club beat fourth-placed Ramsbottom B 19-15 away and mid-table Warton beat Little Lever A just below them 21-15 with a nine from Barry Elliott.

Division One leaders Burning Desire earned full points with a 27-5 victory over Wingates, while Wigan TTC, who are 11 points behind the leaders, also amassed full points with the same scoreline against Hilton D.

Third-placed Polonia Club A just dropped one point as they brushed Meadow Ben A aside 26-9 with nines from Lukasz Serdiuk and Dawid Kakol.

Fourth-placed Ramsbottom Town D had a 24-14 victory over Heaton Cricket Club A despite a resisting nine from David Hall.

Mid-table Coburg won 23-10 against a Little Lever B team now two places below them with Chris Naylor and Kevin Chapman both winning nine.

A mid-table clash saw a two-man Farnworth Social Circle A win 17-14 against Hilton C with the usual nine from John Hutchinson.

Top of Division Two, Hilton E, hammered their bottom-of-the-table F team 27-0 at home.

Second-placed Bolton TTC were pipped 19-18 by third-placed St Paul’s Peel with another nine from Lee Devenport.

Heaton Cricket Club B, in fourth place, had a 21-10 victory over Farnworth Social Circle B assisted by a nine from David Jones, while fifth-placed Meadow Ben B beat Ladybridge B 22-14 with a nine from Mike Heaton.

Second-bottom Walkden Methodists had their third win of the season against mid-table Hilton Top Spinners, whom they beat 19-15 despite a resisting nine from David Clay.

A mid-table clash saw Polonia Club B overcome Brasszone 22-11 assisted by nine from Vojtech Sanc.

It was a similar story in Division Three as Meadow Hill A, now top, showed no mercy for their bottom-placed B team as they overpowered them 27-0.

Second-placed Meadow Ben C were held to an 18-18 draw by ninth-placed Farnworth Social Circle D, while third-placed Farnworth Social Circle C made no mistake with a good 26-6 victory over second-bottom junior team Hilton I helped by nines from Christopher Lord and Ben Wyatt.

A two-man Irlam Steel Social Club, in fourth place, went down 18-15 to Hilton H, and fifth-placed Meadow Ben D overcame Albany 17-14 helped by a nine from Neil Cowburn.

Mid-table Hilton G beat Ladybridge C five places below them 24-11 with nines from Dimitar Petrov and Martyn Rolling.