THE final issue of the 2018/19 Clacton and District League season was settled as Windsor Harriers preserved their division two status with a 7-3 win over Nomads Jaguars.
Going into their final crunch relegation match, the Jaguars needed an unlikely nine points to ensure survival while the Harriers required just two.
In the event, the Windsor side did it in style, skipper Ferdy Rodriguez leading from the front with his first hat-trick of the season.
Isabel Barton won a couple and Jenny Higgins one.
Caroline Page's two for the Jaguars included an 11-7 in the fifth win over Barton, with Harry Hawkes picking up their third point.
Elsewhere, Dave Martin was again Windsor Magpies' points-gatherer, staying unbeaten in his side's match with Brotherhood H.
But he was unable to prevent the H team taking it 7-3.
Tricia Salter, Mark Salter and Woody Fitzpatrick, in his last league match before leaving for university, all won two.
Eric Lemke's second maximum of the season included the scalp of Bob Sawyer, 11-6 in the fifth, as Nomads Bobcats beat a weakened Windsor Kestrels 7-3.
Mike Wellum and Andy Cawley won two each for the Bobcats, as did Sawyer for the Kestrels.
Division three champions Brotherhood E were forced to field a guest against Windsor Falcons.
But Duncan Dunne and Rodney Betts were able to maintain their team's unbeaten record for the season.
Each player took two singles and together won the doubles to secure the draw.
However, Windsor's Kayley Rodriguez was the player of the match, beating both Dunne and Betts, the latter 11-8 in the fifth.
Three for Mike Vilka and two for Dominic Joannou were the foundations for Nomads Lynx's 6-4 victory over Windsor Penguins.
Alan Charman got a couple for the Penguins and, although Charman and Paul Dale lost the doubles to Vilka and Joannou, the Penguins can claim to have the best doubles record in the division, having lost just twice all season.
Bob Bales, of Windsor Robins, ended the season on an unbeaten high but it was not enough to prevent his side losing 7-3 to Walton D.
Tony Sharman, Lynette Sparks and Toni Hayhow-Khan all won two for the winners.
In division one, Andy Warner suffered his first reverse of the season at the hands of Windsor Condors' Greg Green but, despite this, Brotherhood C took the honours 6-4.
Kevin Gowlett stayed undefeated, Warner took a couple and Alan Burgess one, an 11-9 in the fifth victory over Martyn Green.
Greg Green got two for the Condors and Martin Hogg one, the pair sharing an 11-8 in the fifth doubles win over Gowlett and Warner.
Trebles for Phil Smith and Sue Welham saw Windsor Eagles home 7-3 against a Brotherhood D side again forced to field two reserves.
The Eagles thus finish in sixth position and maintain their record of being the league's most consistent side, never finishing outside the top half of the table since they were formed in 1990/91.
Results: Division one: Brotherhood C 6 Windsor Condors 4; Windsor Eagles 7 Brotherhood D 3; Windsor Hawks 10 v Nomads Lions (walk-over).
Division two: Windsor Harriers 7 Nomads Jaguars 3; Windsor Magpies 3 Brotherhood H 7; Nomads Bobcats 7 Windsor Kestrels 3.
Division three: Windsor Robins 3 Walton D 7; Brotherhood E 5 Windsor Falcons 5; Nomads Lynx 6 Windsor Penguins 4; Nomads Leopards 10 v Windsor Merlins (walk-over).
DIVISION ONE
P W D L Pts
Panthers 21 19 0 2 167
Condors 22 17 0 5 156
Walton A 22 14 3 5 146
Brotherhood C 22 17 3 2 139
Eagles (2) 22 12 1 9 120
Lions (6) 22 8 3 11 98
Hawks 22 11 4 7 121
Walton B 22 9 2 11 109
Walton C 22 5 3 14 81
Tigers 22 4 2 16 70
Brotherhood D (2) 22 3 1 18 60
Lawford (2) 21 1 0 20 31
DIVISION TWO
P W D L Pts
Brotherhood I 20 19 1 0 156
Brotherhood H 20 14 3 3 142
Walton E (6) 20 14 3 3 124
Brotherhood F 20 10 3 7 114
Bobcats 20 9 3 8 109
Kestrels 20 10 1 9 102
Buzzards 20 7 5 8 91
Magpies 20 4 3 13 74
Harriers 20 2 3 15 69
Jaguars 20 5 1 14 58
Brotherhood G 20 1 4 15 55
DIVISION THREE
P W D L Pts
Brotherhood E 20 18 2 0 165
Pumas 20 13 4 3 131
Penguins 20 12 2 6 125
Leopards 20 12 1 7 125
Lynx 20 12 4 4 122
Brotherhood J 20 11 2 7 109
Walton D 20 9 1 10 106
Falcons 20 3 5 12 67
Merlins (6) 20 3 2 15 52
Ocelots 20 4 0 16 49
Robins (4) 20 1 1 18 38
Points deducted in brackets.
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