GROVES have one hand on the Chester & District League Olympic Trophies Division One title after storming to a 6-0 home success over County Officers A.

Steve Proctor, captain Kevin Maxwell, Scott Wilkie, Paul Hughes, Alex Ferguson and Steve Holmes all won their frames for the champions-elect, who will seal top spot if Conservative A fail to win their last two games 6-0.

Christleton won 4-2 at United Services A.

Thanks to Shawn Woodworth, Steve Bradshaw, Sean McDonnell and Finn Gallagher, Christleton were set for the whitewash they required to catch Conservative A in second. But Geoff Anderson and Paul Lewis had other ideas as they hit back for Services.

St Werburgh’s (Mike Griffiths, John Cripps, Shane Futcher) drew 3-3 at home to Ellesmere Port Conservative (Alan Platt, Colin Jones, Shawn Steadman).

Liberal and Waverton are closing in on promotion from Division Two.

Liberal (Alan Dagnall, Chris Roberts, Phil Sullivan, Steve Ankers) won 4-2 at home to Upton RBL B (Colin Osbourne, Alan Coombes), as did Waverton (Tommy Jones, Anthony Leyland, Chris Connelly, Paul Chapple) away to Upton RBL C (Paul Cross, John Gerrard.

There were 5-1 victories for Conservative C and County Officers B, at home to United Services B and Conservative B respectively.