possess a stranglehold over the Junior Eastern Counties cup.

On Saturday, Cleveland became the latest in a line of sacrificial lambs to be presented the east end juggernaut, as they fell by six wickets at Lord's. The youngsters from Harris Bay batted first and could only muster 64 due a fine bowling performance by Ankoma Cannonier, who returned figures of four for 25 from seven overs.

However, this was no one-man show, as the former was greatly assisted by team-mates Jevon Foggo and Kameron Fox with three for eight and two for 13 respectively, while Dijon Paynter took the remaining wicket.

Only two Cleveland bats were able to manage double figures. Thomas Smith scored 13 opening the innings and skipper Winston Paynter did his utmost to reach 16 before falling to a catch by Jonathan Santucci off the bowling of Cannonier.

An indifferent start greeted the start of the home side's innings when they lost their first wicket, that of opener Chris Foggo (nought), with just one run on the board.

Nevertheless, a 52-run second-wicket stand between Angelo Cannonier (five) and the man of the match, Fox (38 not out), righted the ship and pointed them towards victory.

They would lose three further wickets as Angelo Cannonier became James Pitcher's lone victim, while Rudell Pitcher (three) and Ankoma Cannonier were both dismissed by Stephen Douglas, before Santucci (nought not out) joined Fox in an unbroken fifth-wicket partnership.

The Islanders now await the challenge of Bailey's Bay in the final on August 21 at Lord's.

CHESS CHS Top seed Richard Farleigh continues to lead the Canadian Club tournament after getting the better of third-ranked Phil Shadick in recent action.

The result means that Farleigh carries a one-point advantage over the competition heading into tonight's showdown against second-placed Richard Black.

A win would clinch the title outright for Farleigh, while Black would likely require victories in both of his remaining matches to stand a chance of taking the title.

Last week's results: Phil Shadick 0, Richard Farleigh 1; Richard Black 1, George Ben 0; Nigel Chudleigh 1, Carlton Williams 0; Gil Levy 0, Dave Arorash 0; Frank Ming 1, Bob Bagley 0; Shimon Alkon 0, Donald Dillas 1, Kennedy Simmons 0, Noel Trott 1; Brian Stephenson and Richard Swift each took half-point byes.

Tonight's pairings: Farleigh (4) v Black (3); Swift (2) v Chudleigh (3); Ben (2) v Stephenson (21 ); Ming (2) v Levy (2); Arorash (2) v Williams (2); Trott (1) v Dillas (11 ); Bagley (1) v Alkon (1). SAILING SLG The Bank of Butterfield Grand Prix Series concluded on Saturday with the third and final set of races being sailed in the tranquil setting of Mangrove Bay.

Douglas DeCouto once again emphasised his class among the Laser fleet surging to victory and finishing on three points.

This bettered Somers Kempe's six and three-quarters, while Jesse DeCouto was a further three points back.

Meanwhile, it was the duo of Cort and Nicki Crane dominating the Laser II class, registering seven-and-a-half points from five races.

Second were Jason Hollis and Kevin Zuill (103 ) followed by Richard Fulton and Alex Smith.

The ever-improving Otis Simons and crew John Sekedo won four of the five races in the Enterprise category ahead of Tacuma Stevens and Sharmini Thamatheram, garnering four-and-a-quarter points compared to eight and three-quarters for the latter.

Head and shoulders above the rest in the Optimists was Arron Hill, his four-and-a-quarter points enough to hold off Travis Burland (113 ) and Travis Steynor (12).

GOLF GLF The Bermuda Golf Association reminds all members of the August Medal Play competition scheduled for Ocean View Golf Club on Saturday.

Entries should be phoned in to BGA secretary Tom Smith at 238-1367 before 6 p.m. today.

NETBALL NET All persons interested in playing for Boulevard during the upcoming season are asked to attend a meeting at Victor Scott School today at 7 p.m.

SOCCER SOC There will be a training session for all Wolves players today at 6 p.m. at Elliott School field.

Port Royal will be holding training sessions at Warwick Academy school field on every Tuesday and Thursday starting at 6.15 p.m. Players are asked to report with full training gear.