KINGFISHER A were crowned champions in Division One of the Reading & District League after clinching a decisive win over runners-up Our Lady of Peace A.
Martin Gunn and Martin Adams both got trebles as Kingfisher won their final match against clubmates Kingfisher C 6-4.
Our Lady of Peace B won 7-3 at Sonning Common & Peppard A – Yonatan Slobodskoy starring with a treble – and then sealed a fourth-place finish as Slobodskoy and Harry Munro hat-tricks helped them defeat Kingfisher D 9-1 in their final match.
At the bottom YMCA and Sonning Common & Peppard B are relegated.
There will be six Kingfisher teams in the top division next season after both Kingfisher F and Kingfisher G earned promotion from Division Two.
Kingfisher G held on to take the title from the F team club mates.
Tim Raby and Matt Stone won twice as Sonning Common & Peppard C drew their final match 5-5 with relegated Kingfisher E, Roger Woolven-Allen and Nikhil Kulkarni also winning twice for Kingfisher.
Joining Kingfisher E in being relegated are Sonning Common & Peppard D who slipped into the drop zone in the final week.
In Division Three, Tidmarsh C were champions while Pangbourne WMC B are promoted as runners-up.
At the bottom, Tilehurst Methodists C finished some way adrift of the rest, while Sonning Sports A are also relegated on sets difference after finishing level on points with both Tilehurst Methodists B and Kingfisher J.
After beating Tilehurst Methodists D 6-4, Sonning Common & Peppard F clinched the runners-up spot in Division Four. Eric Walker put on a great show by winning all three, while by winning four sets, the Tilehurst team avoided the drop by one set.
That consigned Our Lady of Peace E to the drop, alongside Tilehurst Methodists E.
At the top Milestone B comfortably won the championship.
Reading FC C were 8-2 winners at Sonning Common & Peppard H in the final Division Five match of the season, thus giving their Reading FC B team promotion.
Our Lady of Peace F took the title by a 10-point margin.
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