CHESS: Kidderminster have won the Wolverhampton and District League Division One championship for the first time but have to share the title with Walsall Kipping.

Both teams ended on 18 points from a possible 20 and with an identical score difference.

The nine-man squad of Brian Sharp, Jim Friar, Frank Pickett, John Wrench, Maurice Bissell, Gerald Link, Dave Close, Tim Yates and Paul Thomas gave an impressive display in their final matches.

Shifnal and Telford 2.5,

Kidderminster A 3.5

Individual results: Sharp 0.5, Rutter 0.5; Friar 1, Saxon 0; Pickett 0l.5, Peck 0.5; Wrench 0, Roberts 1; Bissell 0.5, JH Footner 0.5; Link 1, Tennant 0.

Kidderminster A 4, Stourbridge 2

Results: Sharp 0.5, Howarth 0.5; Friar 1, Jukes 0; Pickett 0, Wilson 1; Wrench 0.5, Hborwill 0.5; Bissell 1, Trevis 0; Close 1, Somerfield 0.

Rushall 2 Kidderminster A 4

Results: Sharp 1, Hunt 0; Pickett 0, Pready 1; Wrench 1, S Wilcox 0; Bissell 1, Hadley 0; Close 1, Colwell 0; Thomas 0, Daniels 1.