Wanderers finally off the foot after second win in a row

Roger Ellingham, Graham Babbage and Mike Howorth each won twice for the visitors and took the doubles for the seventh point.

Martin Rice had a brace for the hosts with Pranab Mohanty winning his first game of the season in a 16-14 fifth-end victory over Ellingham.

There was no change at the top as leaders WDHA Superkings and second-placed Westfield C both won 9-1.

Superkings took three games that went the distance in their success at Wanderers C while the fourth going to five saw Wanderers’ Maurice Jones victorious against Amit Shah.

Jack Bain and Virat Patel, who are both yet to lose a game, recorded hat-tricks and added the doubles against Jones and James Findlay.

Devlin Whitmore stepped up for Higham Band A and his single win staved off the whitewash against Westfield C.

The visitors hit 100 points for the season with both Lawrence Howlett and Charlie Morrow scoring hat-tricks before adding the doubles.

Steve Kendall and Phil Laurence paired up to take the doubles against Neil Stevens and hat-trick man Martyn Reeves to secure Old Grammarians A’s 6-4 win at Higham Harriers B.

Kendall and Laurence both scored twice in the singles.

St John B reversed the scoreline from their previous meeting with Westfield D as they ran out 7-3 winners.

Mike Terry hit his fourth treble on the trot and he was backed up by Alan Hill’s brace, although his hat-trick was prevented by Mark Thomas.

Thomas won twice on the night with the final doubles point going to Terry and Paul Lipczak in four ends against Thomas and Steve Fuller.

Results: Higham Harriers B 4 (Neil Stevens, Martyn reeves 3) Old Grammarians A 6 (Phil Laurence 2, Roger Fleming, Steve Kendall, doubles Laurence/Kendall), Higham Band A 1 (Devlin Whitmore) Westfield C 9 (Lawrence Howlett 3, Charlie Clements 2, Charlie Morrow 3, doubles Howlett/Morrow), Westfield D 3 (Mark Holly, Mark Thomas 2) St John B 7 (Mike Terry 3, Alan Hill 2, Paul Lipczak, doubles Terry/Lipczak), Wanderers C 1 (Maurice Jones) WDHA Superkings 9 (Jack Bain 3, Amit Shah 2, Virat Patel 3, doubles Bain/Patel), Old Grammarians B 3 (Pranab Mohanty, Martin Rice 2) Wanderers D 7 (Roger Ellingham 2, Graham Babbage 2, Mike Howorth 2, doubles Ellingham/Babbage).

Westfield A continued their march towards the Division One crown with an 8-2 win at Chesterwell B.

Graham Ellson gained a rare opening leg against Kevin Bird, who promptly upped a gear and cruised to yet another treble.

Luke Hughes, despite not registering, gave a much-improved display, going down 11-8 in the fifth to both Travis Holly and Patryk Polanski.

Ellson and Carlton Ellwood were both disappointing against Polanski but won out against Holly, Ellson and Ellwood in the final end.

Grant Timms hit a hat-trick for St John A as Chesterwell A lost ground on the leaders by only claiming a 6-4 success.

Timms gained comfortable wins over Valdi Papiernik and Stan Galkowski but found Mike Pond a hard nut to crack before winning out in five.

Richard Wills comfortably saw off Papiernik for a fourth point but Chesterwell clinched victory in the doubles as Pond and Galkowski beat Wills and Timms in five.

The 5-5 draw between strugglers Westfield B and Higham Harriers A was predictable but the way it was obtained was certainly not.

Peter Sheldrick scored a stunning treble, which should have broken the 14-match losing streak with a victory but, in one of the shock results of the season, Martyn Reeves, a reserve for the visitors, scored an incredible win over the much higher-rated Stephen Woolston.

Mark Ramsden, for the hosts, was never in the hunt and after the battle between the heroes, won by Sheldrick, the match was dependent on the doubles where the visitors’ Graham Bird and Reeves won out in five over Sheldrick and Woolston.