STOKE Prior Bowling Club moved top of the Yardley Wood and District League division two by defeating Redditch-based White Hart by 24 shots.

Elsewhere, the Big Crown team produced a great display to beat the Bell Inn from Harborne by 45 shots to move into second spot in their table.

In the Warwickshire and Worcestershire Mixed League division two, Stoke's junior team won a close encounter with Harborne Green Man by a narrow eight shots.

Meanwhile, Colin Woolvin won the club's handicap singles competition, defeating Adrian Jenkins 21-16 in the final.