OLI Shier is the first player to retain the Worcester Badminton League Division One title.
He beat Steve Turberfield, Jeremy Swift and Hassan Javed 3-0 but lost 2-1 to Chris Alexander.
Santi Rajaraman finished second after 3-0 victories over Swift, Javed and Sinoj Sebastian.
Javed lost 3-0 to Sebastian and 2-1 to Carl Fordham but managed to take third place thanks to 2-1 wins over Swift and Alexander.
Ganesh Pillai, Neil Darwell and Craig Burns were promoted from Division Two.
Pillai won 3-0 against Darwell, Burns, Steve Wilson and Kashif Ali, while Darwell beat Wilson, Burns and Ali by the same score and lost 3-0 to Zillur Rahman.
Burns achieved his third promotion in four seasons by beating Ali and Wilson 2-1 but lost 3-0 to Stu Taylor and 2-1 to Josh Andersen.
Robert Appleby dropped just two games in seven matches on his way to topping Division Three.
Laura Leach and Ryan Houlston were the only players to trouble Appleby, each losing 2-1, but he beat everyone else 3-0.
Jack Davies came second via 3-0 victories over Leach and Neil Harding and beating Maria Harrison 2-1.
Dean Hardie clinched the final promotion spot by beating Davies, Harding and Beth Brown 2-1.
Ali regained the Superleague title he first won in May by beating Amanda Blockley, Miriam Durgut, Daniel Budil, Wilson, Appleby and Harding.
Appleby came a point behind in second despite losing 3-0 to Darwell who finished third.
Season seven is now under way.
The league welcomes players of all standards and new members can begin matches immediately.
For more details visit badmintonworcester.org.uk/league.
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