THE legs of super-veterans Derek Willis, Paul Meikle and Colin Dearman were made to work hard this week but the trio proved up to the task to record two excellent wins - in two different guises.

On Sunday, they represented Clacton in division two of the super-veterans' section of the Essex Inter-League and recorded an excellent 8-1 win over their Chelmsford counterparts.

Willis and Dearman won both their singles while Meikle had a 12-10 in the fifth victory over Chelmsford's Mo Hardy.

In addition, the team took three excellent doubles wins.

Then, the following night, the same threesome took to the table as Walton B in division one of the Clacton and District League and chalked up a 9-1 victory against Windsor Kestrels.

Willis and Dearman again stayed unbeaten, although Dearman had tight tussles before defeating Colin Beaumont 11-7 in the decider and Dave Martin 11-8 in the decider.

John Harvey played well for the Kestrels, taking the losers' point with a victory over Meikle.

Leaders Nomads Panthers marched on with an 8-2 success against Walton A.

James Denyer and Sam Hume both took trebles, with Denyer defeating Kevin James 11-4 in the fifth in a battle of the hard-bats while Hume edged out Gary Young 11-9 in the decider.

Windsor Eagles were 7-3 winners over Nomads Lions.

Phil Smith and Gary Cattermole remained undefeated, although Cattermole struggled to overcome the two Nomads reserve players, Ethan Lloyd 11-6 in the fifth and Jason Lloyd 12-10 in the fifth.

Three each for Alan Burgess and Oli Reynolds and two for Kevin Pryor saw Brotherhood C home 9-1 against Windsor Hawks.

Windsor's John Barton will feel unfortunate to have lost out 11-9 in the fifth to Reynolds and then 11-8 in the fifth to Burgess.

In division two, Brotherhood H's top threesome - Stewart Murray, Grant Sharpe and Graham Parkes - were 9-1 victors against Nomads Tigers.

It was also 9-1 for second-placed Brotherhood D against Brotherhood F.

Three of their wins were matches which went to a decider, Paul Alden and Russell Hillier against Barry Allen and an 11-7 in the fifth victory for Lee Harvey against Lee Allen.

Scott Campbell and Mark Ratcliff took hat-tricks as Brotherhood I defeated Brotherhood E 8-2. But the losers had the satisfaction of taking only their fourth doubles win this season, with Duncan Dunne and Cris Edwards beating Campbell and Mark Beckham in three-straight.

Nomads Jaguars defeated a weakened Windsor Buzzards 8-2.

Allen Denyer enjoyed close wins in five against both Alan Rutledge and Windsor reserve Debra Found.

In division three, leaders Walton D breezed past Nomads Leopards 10-0, the same score by which second-placed Nomads Wildcats defeated Windsor Swallows.

Brotherhood G were 9-1 winners against Nomads Ocelots.

Paul Metcalf and Rob Bright won three each and Dave Hunt two.

Dominic Joannou picked up the losers' consolation point.

* Entries for the Closed Championships need to be received by Saturday, April 1.

The qualification is seven league matches.

Results: Division one: Windsor Hawks 1 Brotherhood C 9; Walton A 2 Nomads Panthers 8; Lawford 0 Windsor Condors 10; Nomads Lions 3 Windsor Eagles 7; Walton B 9 Windsor Kestrels 1.

Division two: Brotherhood F 1 Brotherhood D 9; Windsor Buzzards 2 Nomads Jaguars 8; Brotherhood H 9 Nomads Tigers 1; Brotherhood E 2 Brotherhood I 8; Nomads Bobcats 9 Walton C 1; Windsor Harriers 10 Windsor Magpies 0.

Division three: Windsor Swallows 0 Nomads Wildcats 10; Nomads Ocelots 1 Brotherhood G 9; Nomads Leopards 0 Walton D 10.

Essex Inter-League: Super-veterans: Division two: Clacton (Willis, Meikle, Dearman) 8 Chelmsford 1

DIVISION ONE

P W D L Pts

Panthers 18 17 0 1 152

Condors 17 15 2 0 130

Eagles 19 12 2 5 120

Brotherhood C 18 12 1 5 107

Walton A 18 8 4 6 105

Brotherhood B 17 11 1 5 104

Lions 18 8 2 8 90

Walton B 18 8 0 10 89

Hawks 18 3 4 11 73

Kestrels 18 3 1 14 46

Owls 18 0 1 17 29

Lawford 17 1 0 16 25

DIVISION TWO

P W D L Pts

Brotherhood H 19 17 0 2 150

Brotherhood D 19 13 3 3 143

Bobcats 20 15 1 4 135

Brotherhood F 19 14 2 3 130

Brotherhood I (6) 20 14 1 5 122

Tigers 19 11 2 6 110

Harriers 19 11 0 8 110

Buzzards 20 8 1 11 99

Walton C 20 4 2 14 67

Jaguars 19 5 2 12 66

Brotherhood E 20 3 1 16 52

Pumas 19 1 1 17 36

Magpies 19 2 0 17 34

DIVISION THREE

P W D L Pts

Walton D 18 18 0 0 163

Wildcats 19 18 0 1 158

Penguins 18 13 1 4 106

Caracals (6) * 19 11 2 5 100

Swallows 20 9 2 9 100

Kites 19 6 7 6 91

Brotherhood G * 18 5 4 8 78

Ospreys 18 5 3 10 76

Lynx 16 4 5 7 69

Leopards 19 3 2 14 60

Ocelots (2) 19 3 1 15 49

Brotherhood J 17 0 1 16 30

Points deducted in brackets.

* Indicates record includes one void match.