United and the Saints look odds-on to be top flight

Runaway leaders United beat Fleet Ladies 7-3 to keep their back-to-back title hopes on track, while St John’s maintained their good run to embed themselves still further in the runner-up slot when they saw off Tech by a similar margin.

Match details:

Fleet Ladies 3 - L Houston, V Wilkinson, J Hood; United 7 - J Irvine, J Gillespie, A Poag, J Corrigan, A Vine, T Anderson, N Irvine.

Tech 3 - M Lilly, J McAleese, K Moore; St John’s 7 - C Fletcher, B Allen, E McCourt, J Montgomery, T Collins, V McDonnell, C McCormac.

Ballylumford 5 - J Burgess, V Blair, J Maguire, J Hyslop, M McIlroy; Rangers 5 - E McRoberts, I McFaul, A Longmore, S Holden, L Thompson.

St Comgall’s 4 - P Johnston, H Brown, M Kelly, M Maxwell; Ponderosa 6 - A McConnell, V McCluskey, H McCalmont, C Murphy, B Wilson, S Black.

Eagle 6 - J Graham, M Hardy, C Rea, K Hagan, L Swann, J Spiers; Wings 4 - J Ferguson, C McAuley, M Morrow, A Reid.

Pigeon Ladies 4 - P Hill, P Currell, B Bell, J Hill; Thatch 6 - N McNinch, H Davison, D McIlhatton, E Robinson, L Rea, I O’Sullivan.

Islandmagee 4 - C Livingstone, H Kirk, M Jones, N McIlwaine; Legion 6 - E Yendall, W Woodside, L Lynch, S Scott, J Spence, D Scott.

Strikes over 100 - H Davison, Thatch, 140; H McCalmont, Ponderosa, 139; C Murphy, Ponderosa, 133; A Poag, United, 130; B Wilson, Ponderosa, 114; K Knox, St John’s, 113; H Hood, Fleet Ladies, 113; P Johnston, St Comgall’s, 105; E McCourt, St John’s, 103.

Fixtures for Tuesday, May 18 - Thatch v United, Pigeon Ladies v Fleet Ladies, No1 Ladies v Islandmagee, Ballylumford v Eagle, St Comgall’s v Tech, Rangers v Wings, Ponderosa v St John’s, Legion - bye.