Brierley Hill SC A’s lead at the top of the Premier Division was trimmed to two points despite their 3-2 victory at Norton Social A.

Maria Catalano, David Oakes and Darren Oakes – in the decider – clinched the result but Graham Tomkins and Rob Pitt, who did well to hand Eliott Bastable only his fourth defeat in 23 frames, bagged consolation frames for Norton.

Second placed Baggeridge Social A won 4-1 at Pockets of Kidderminster thanks to Adam Davies, Reanne Evans, and her brothers, Richard and Ryan, while Mark Jeffries was their only casualty.

Hot Shots of Langley were joined in third place when their five-match winning spree ended, 3-2 at Stourbridge Institute A.

Neil Beckley and Luke Higginbotham won but Tom Johnson, Paul Bates, with a change of fortune at last on black-ball encounters, and Graham Edwards, by the minimum margin, won the match for Stourbridge.

Another 4-1 success for West Midlands Police at the expense of Amblecote Institute, lifted them into a share of third place above Bearwood Cons, who slipped to a 3-2 defeat at Kinver Constitutional A.

In the First Division, Kinver’s B side took all five frames at Baggeridge Social B.

Premier Division: Harts Hill Social 4 (L Whitehouse, S Dingley, P Taylor, N Gerrard), B Hill SC B 1 (P Jones 30); Kinver Const A 3 (A Dakin, A Kidd, A Highfield), Bearwood Cons 2 (M Cash, C Downing); Pockets SC 1 (G Ward), Baggeridge Soc A 4 (A Davies, Richard, Reanne & Ryan Evans); Stour Inst A 3 (T Johnson, P Bates, G Edwards), Hot Shots SC 2 (N Beckley, L Higginbotham); West Mids Police 4 (G Sloan, S Mason, S Wakefield, P Gibbons), Amb Inst A 1 (R Clarke); Norton Soc A 2 (R Pitt, G Tomkins), B Hill SC A 3 (M Catalano, David & Darren Oakes).

First Division: Amb Inst B 2 (M Cook, S Ball), K’ford Cons A 3 (J Hawker, I Jones, R Hall); Amblecote RBL A 3 (K McGrath, B Young, J Oakes), Langley BC 2 (A Hadley, M Nemedi); K’ford SC 2 (T Carter, J Byng), Stour Inst B 3 (N Aston 46, T Pardoe, S Tyler); Netherton Libs 2 (A Barnett, D Corbett), K’ford RBL 3 (S Small, D Reece, A Davies); Wombourne A 3 (J Wooldridge, P Tristram, D Flavell), Norton Soc B 2 (B Tromans, D Allen); B Hill SC C 2 (D Garland, M Hockall), Amb RBL B 3 (D Fenemer, D Waldron, D Gilroy); Baggeridge Soc B 0, Kinver Const B 5 (J Rees, M Hartshorne 54, R Smith, M Jones, C Stevens-Wood).

Second Division: Amb Inst C 4 (R McManus, R Grainger, W Biggs, M Skidmore), Amb Inst D 1 (G Lyons); Dibdale SC B 4 (T Bradley, A Seddon, A Woodbine, L Binfield), Amb Inst F 1 (C Butcher); K’ford Cons B 3 (F Dent, M Daniels, D Hickinbottom), Kinver Const C 2 (S Jones, D Simmonds); Amb Inst E 1 (M Robson), Stour Inst C 4 (C Tromans, J Saunders 33, P Fitzpatrick, P Garbett); Stour Inst D 3 (J Taylor, T Willetts, A Cope), Wombourne B 2 (R Jones, K Rollinson); Stour Inst E 2 (R Cartwright, R Clewes), Pensnett Libs B 3 (M Davies, A Fisher, S Meakin); Pensnett Libs A 1 (M Hughes), K’ford Cons C 4 (J Miles, S Joshua 42, S Smith, B Willetts).