THE final of the Malvern League handicap competition will be between YMCA Vulcans and Broadheath Belters.

In the quarter-final Vulcans had beaten Pterodactyl Old Boys by half a point and once again were involved in a hard-fought encounter with Travellers.

Their winning margin of 11 points was thanks to a good team effort led by Lucasc Galkiewicz, who won all his games comfortably.

Both Beryl Shammon and John Cawthra were on top of their games and showed why Vulcans are at the top of Division Two.

Broadheath Belters moved forward into the final despite having to concede 310 points to Manor Park Crackpots.

In a ruthless performance, Belters did not give their opponents a chance and won by 23 points. Once again, Brett Brining, Michael Siket and John Stalker conceded few points.

Division One leaders Manor Park Cavaliers qualified for the secondary handicap final when beating Pumas by 65 points.

The tie could have gone either way until the doubles when Joe and Jack Higgs took Dave Hallam and Jon Dyke apart in a score-line of 11-1, 11-2, 11-5, 11-1.

In the other semi-final, between Ripple and X-Police, the doubles match was once again crucial.

In this tie Matt White and Toby Wren beat Peter Quy and Pete Nash 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, 11-7 to put the match firmly under control of the X-Police. Earlier, Ripple’s Brian Gregory beat Matt White 6-11, 13-11, 11-2, 11-8 and both Pete Nash and Peter Quy took points off Malcolm Dalley.

These were isolated successes as X-Police ran out comfortable winners by 59 points.

The secondary handicap final between X-Police and Cavaliers will take place on Wednesday, April 13, and the main handicap final, between Belters and Vulcans, the following day.

Both matches will be played at the Foley Institute, Poolbrook and spectators are welcome.

n In Division One, Pterodactyl Old Boys moved up to second place in the table following a 9-1 win over Manor Park Pumas.

Wayne Chopping and Dave White both won their three singles sets, while Graham Collier won twice.

For Pumas, their consolation win came from Dyke who beat Collier while he also took a game off Chopping.

In the doubles, Chopping and Collier defeated Dyke and Dave Hallam in five games 10-12, 11-7, 12-10, 5-11, 11-4.

Poolbrook Rangers became the first side in the division to fulfil all their league fixtures by playing their last three matches in the space of eight days.

Their first match of the set was a 7-3 defeat against Crackpots ‘E’ where they found Colin Dolding in fine form as he won this three singles. He was ably supported by Dave Steen who won twice and James Palmer once.

For Rangers, Richard Cullis, Nick Haggar and Alisdair Maxwell-Stewart all won once, while in the doubles Dolding and Palmer were victorious for Crackpots, as they beat Haggar and Maxwell-Stewart 7-11, 11-3, 11-0, 4-11, 11-9.

In their next match they were beaten 9-1 by Manor Park Express. Ray Page and Pete Griffiths each took their three singles sets in straight games, while Dave Woodyatt won twice, with Woodyatt and Page also taking the doubles.

In possibly Rangers’ last Division One match for at least a season, they signed off with a 5-5 draw against two-man CSSC Ramblers, four of the seven sets went to five games with one more going to four.