SW VICTORIA beat Kinver B by nine shots to leapfrog them into second place in Division One of the Kidderminster & District Midweek Bowling League.

In doing so they closed the gap on leaders Franche A who suffered only their second loss of the season at St Johns Tiger Turf.

Despite a 30-shot win over Ombersley A, Franche D remain bottom.

St Johns B are now top of Division Two after a 41-shot success win over Oldington B.

Cookley A's loss at Kinver A sees them drop to second, with Kinver A moving to third.

Oldington C remain top of Division Three after a 16-shot win at Bewdley C. Gilt Edge D stay second despite a loss at Stourport C.

St Ambrose C's win over St Johns C was not enough to lift them out of the bottom two.

It was business as usual in Division Four with the top two both winning and Kinver C now have a two-point cushion over second placed Cookley B.

At the bottom Gilt Edge A's win over Bewdley E sees them create a four point gap on their opponents.

Two points separate the top four in Division Five, with wins for Little Lakes at Nomads, Oldington F and Ombersley B.

Franche B remain top, however, despite not playing this week.

l Rose Bradley of Bewdley retained her Tony Crisp Ladies Singles title after a closely fought final at St Johns Club on Sunday.

She beat Elaine Jefferies of Little Lakes 21-17 to take the title.

Irene Wood of Kinver and Denise Ruddy of St Georges BWP were the losing semi-finalists

Division One: Bewdley A v Stourport B - postponed; St Johns Tiger Turf 122, Franche A 115; SW Victoria 133, Kinver B 124; Oldington A 142, St Johns A 112; Franche D 138, Ombersley A 108.

Division Two: Stourport D v Bewdley B - postponed; St Johns B 140, Oldington B 99; Kinver A 128, Cookley A 104; Royal Mail A v Wolverley B - postponed.

Division Three: Bewdley C 118, Oldington C 134; Stourport C 126, Gilt Edge D 114; Chester Road C v SW Royal Ordnance B - no record; St Ambrose C 136, St Johns C 106.

Division Four: Kidderminster Carolians 129, Bewdley D 103; Cookley B 133, Oldington D 91;Kinver C 139, St Ambrose RO A 70; Gilt Edge A 138, Bewdley E 95.

Division Five: Oldington F 119, Oldington E 115; Ombersley B 150, Cookley C 83; Nomads 111, Little Lakes 143.

Best Cards

Division Two: Kinver A v Cookley A - L Brown 15-2; Division Four: Gilt Edge A v Bewdley E - B Pitt 15-1, Kinver C v St Ambrose RO A - G Smith 15-0; Division Five: Ombersley B v Cookley C - P Haug 15-2.