CHAMPIONS Victory Hall A were comfortable winners at home to lowly Mere B in the Knutsford Friday League's latest round.

Knutsford A, 60 points adrift in second spot, won by eight chalks at Mere A.

Third-placed Railway A dropped only five marks in a one-sided meeting with Swettenham A, while Warford Park B edged the week's closest encounter - at High Legh A - by a single chalk.

Church Inn B remain out in front in a race for first place in Division Two despite losing at Knutsford B.

Victory Hall B closed a gap to top spot after dropping only seven chalks at back-markers Chelford B, a total matched by Oughtrington A in their defeat of visitors Goostrey B.

Results

Division One: Goostrey A 147 Railway B 127; High Legh A 136 Warford Park B 137; Mere A 134 Knutsford A 142; Railway A 163 Swettenham A 93; Swettenham B 135 Cranford A 138; Victory Hall A 160 Mere B 92.

Division Two: Chelford B 102 Victory Hall B 161; Church Inn A 138 Chelford A 129; Cranford B 152 Oughtrington B 139; Knutsford B 151 Church Inn B 136; Oughtrington A 161 Goostrey B 135; Warford Park A 121 High Legh B 146.