BUDGIES have been crowned champions in Division One of the Worcester and District Skittle League.

In their game away to the Saints, and requiring two points to be champions, an opening leg of 110 against 74 set up a comfortable victory.

The other champions were Scaplehorns in Division Two, Robins in Division Three and Sausagemen in Division Four.

Next Tuesday (April 29) there will be a bowl-off between Tearaways and Saints to see who will be relegated with Hanley Sports to Division Two, while Fernhill Heath and Mayflower will also bowl off to see who goes down to Division Three along with CEDS.

Division One

Playboys 403 (P Price 41), Avengers 397 (M Griffiths 38, B Ottaway 38); "C" Siders 405 (A Matthews 40), Independents 422 (J Semini 44, C Pugh 42, P McEneaney 40, J Hughes 40); Rockets 416 (G Sparrey 38, C Churchill 38, K Knight 38), Arbos 397 (T Underhill 44); Saints 430 (G Ryland 45, K Wedgebury 41), Budgies 445 (R Bennett 43, D Albutt 43, D Wallcroft 40); Westsiders 442 (T Trigg 46, C Griffiths 41, K Ingram 41), Hanley Sports 404 (A Hudson 41); Tearaways 374 (A King 43, S Wood 42 (only 11 players)), Warlords 378 (D Collins 37); Cradley Sports 398 (D Bullock 38), Back Scuttlers 383 (R James 37).

P W D L Pt

Budgies 26 21 0 5 42

Westsiders 26 20 0 6 40

Rockets 26 19 0 7 38

Warlords 26 19 0 7 38

Arbos 26 15 0 11 30

"C" Siders 26 14 1 11 29

Playboys 26 12 0 14 24

Avengers 26 11 0 15 22

Back Scuttlers 26 10 0 16 20

Cradley Sports 26 10 0 16 20

Independents 26 8 1 17 17

Saints 26 8 0 18 16

Tearaways 26 7 2 17 16

Hanley Sports 26 6 0 20 12

Division Two

Hallow "A" 384 (M Smith 47), Archdales "B" 397 (G Edge 45, M Lewis 40); Mayflower 389 (G Hill 37), CEDS 387 (N Jones 38, K Perry 38); Wanderers 375 (G Stephens 40), Newsmen 401 (M Smith 43, T Moore 42); Old Reynards 379 (D Agg 35, A Pitt 35), Scaplehorns 398 (R Rammer 41); Fernhill Heath 416 (I Michie 40), XS Pins 434 (G Williams 40, C Ward 40); Poachers 419 (L Harding 39), Woodmen 422 (C Anderson 43, M Cullis 40, M Crane 40); All Blacks 392 (M Roberts 40), Redhill Dropouts 375 (A Small 41).

Scaplehorns 26 23 1 2 47

XS Pins 26 20 1 5 41

Newsmen 26 16 0 10 32

Poachers 26 15 0 11 30

Old Reynards 26 13 2 11 28

Archdales "B" 26 13 0 13 26

Woodmen 26 12 1 13 25

Hallow "A" 26 11 0 15 22

Redhill Dropouts 26 11 0 15 22

Wanderers 26 11 0 15 22

All Blacks 26 9 1 16 19

Fernhill Heath 26 9 0 17 18

Mayflower 26 9 0 17 18

CEDS 26 6 2 18 14

Division Three

Cavalier Outsiders 390 (T Oliver 42), Sketchley Floaters 400 (N Churchill 38); Flintstones 376 (P Roberts 36), Droitwich RBL 404 (P Moule 44); Robins 384 (G Massey 41), Mazak Nine 351 (P Webb 34, K Copson 34); Goodrest v Mad Bulls, walkover for Mad Bulls; Barmy Army 344 (P Gardiner 33, Andy Davies 33), Bellstars 376 (C L Smith 37); Cap N Gown FC 417 (K Waring 41, P Jones 40), Heenans "A" 388 (J Crutchley 43, M Gormley 42, A Lane 41); Newsboys 388 (M Carter 39), Drumbusters 343 (D Hill 43 (only 11 players)).

Robins 26 18 0 8 36

Sketchley Floaters 26 17 0 9 34

Cap N Gown FC 26 16 0 10 32

Droitwich RBL 26 15 1 10 31

Mad Bulls 26 15 1 10 31

Heenans 26 14 1 11 29

Bellstars 26 14 0 12 28

Flintstones 26 12 1 13 25

Barmy Army 26 12 0 14 24

Cavalier Outsiders 26 11 0 15 22

Mazak Nines 26 11 0 15 22

Newsboys 26 11 0 15 22

Drumbusters 26 8 0 18 16

Goodrest 26 6 0 20 12

Division Four

Crown Rebels 383 (L Manton 40), Shooters 393 (A F Sharwood 39); Gros-venor Vikings 381 (S Fudger 38), Grass-hoppers 395 (T Barber 39); St Johns RBL v CEDS "A", no result sheet; Volunteers "A" v Settlers, no result sheet; Sausagemen 384 (W Edmunds 36, S Black 36), Stowaways 382 (C Hopkins 37); Blacknecks 351 (G Willis 38), Alleycats 355 (B Williams 38).

Sausagemen 24 19 0 5 38

Shooters 24 17 1 6 35

Alleycats 24 15 1 8 31

Grasshoppers 24 14 0 10 28

Monarchs 24 13 0 11 26

Stowaways 24 13 0 11 26

Crown Rebels 24 12 1 11 25

Settlers 23 11 0 12 22

St Johns RBL 23 10 0 13 20

Blacknecks 24 8 1 15 17

Grosvenor Vikings 24 8 0 16 16

Volunteers "A" 23 7 0 16 14

CEDS "A" 23 5 0 18 10