HEREFORD and District Table Tennis League leaders Loopers maintained their excellent form with a convincing over Phoenix.

Gogetters whitewashed Wanderers to move up to second place.

Division 2 leaders Crackpots suffered their first defeat of the season to second place Denco, despite another excellent three wins from Bob Atyeo.

Clippers beat Reliables with Dave Knowles winning all his singles.

Foragers were too strong for Minster A in Division 3, a final surge from them will help them to challenge for second place.

Chris Bacon won the single game for Minster A with a superb victory over the much more experienced Rob Wilcox.

Division 1: Loopers 8, Phoenix 2; Kites 3, Muppets 7; Challengers 4, Shorties 6; Wanderers 0, Gogetters 10.

P W D A Pt

Loopers 10 9 0 28 72

Gogetters 11 7 1 42 68

Shorties 12 5 3 57 63

Kites 12 4 4 60 60

Challengers 12 3 3 61 59

Lions 10 6 2 44 55

Muppets 12 5 0 67 53

Phoenix 10 4 2 47 53

Outcasts 11 2 4 61 49

Wanderers 10 0 1 82 17

Division 2: Denco 8, Nomads 2; Probables 4 Casuals 6; Reliables 4, Clippers 6; Crackpots 4, Denco 6.

Crackpots 9 8 0 20 70

Denco 9 7 0 28 62

Clippers 7 6 0 20 50

Probables 10 3 2 55 45

Reliables 10 2 2 61 38

Casuals 9 2 1 54 36

Rovers 8 3 0 53 26

Nomads 8 1 1 58 22

Division 3: Prodigies 4, Vikings 6; Kestrels 5, Tigers 5; Foragers 9, Minster A 1.

Bishops A 9 9 0 18 72

Kestrels 10 5 2 41 59

Vikings 9 7 0 32 58

Foragers 8 4 2 32 48

Tigers 9 3 2 50 40

Sinistrals 6 2 0 31 29

Prodigies 9 0 1 73 17

Minster A 8 0 1 63 17