The blond-haired Charleton showed little mercy on his opponents, which consisted of several of the Island's top players to claim his third such title.

After racing through the early rounds, Charleton drew the highly-regarded Brian Walker as his final opponent, but the end result was the same with the former winning by a stunning two-game combined score of 164-39, taking less than 40 minutes to complete.

Too emphasise his superiority on the night, Charleton also posted the three largest breaks (35, 47 and 47).

League clubs are reminded that club/team entry fees must be paid to the league treasurer (Stephen Pantry) before the team's first league match.

Meanwhile, the Second Division kicks off action with the following slate off matches (all start at 7.30 p.m.): Old Colony Club II at Sandys Sports Club II; Sandys Boat Club at Old Colony Club III; Queens Club at Police Recreation Club.

SOFTBALL SOF The Bermuda Amateur Softball Association will be hosting an invitational `Queen of the Swing' female home run derby on the second day of the play-off finals, tentatively scheduled for Thursday, weather permitting.

The event will take place at 6 p.m. at Bernard Park and each female fast pitch team is asked to select two representatives to compete for the team as well as individual honours. Invited players can only compete for individual honours.

There will be trophies presented for first, second and third place finishers, and also a team trophy for the most home runs by the team players combined.

Pitching will be fast or slow and teams can bring their own pitcher if they desire. The distance to the boundary defence is approximately 200 feet. The event is open to local and US Base personnel and the defending champion is Debbie DeShields of Rangerettes.

Competition will be directed by national coach Anthony Mouchette and teams are asked to forward names as soon as possible to Mouchette on 292-9010.

VOLLEYBALL VOL The team of Mark Bell and Wendy Cummings emerged victorious during the co-ed doubles tournament at Bernard Park this weekend, as they came from a game down to defeat Mark Monaghan and Lisa Dragon in the A Division final.

The final score-line read 12-14, 11-8, 13-11.

Meanwhile, in the B Division final Randy Kowch and Debbie Sousa bested Andy Yonda and Jennifer Clarke 11-7, 11-9 to claim the title.

The next doubles tournament will take place on October 15 at Bernard Park starting at 9 a.m. Registration closes October 13, with interested players asked to contact 291-1898 to enter.

TABLE TENNIS PP The Bermuda Table Tennis Association will hold a general meeting tonight at 7 p.m. at The Centre. Today is also the deadline for registration of teams for the 1994-95 season.

The top 10 round robin tournament, featuring the top players from last season, will take place on Saturday at 12 noon at Elliott School gym. There will be a total of 45 matches held during the day with each being the best two of three.

First round schedule: Nick Frost v Alan Webb; Monique Ternier v Mike Lindo; Rawle Frederick v Dennis Pearman; Phillip Hackett v Dexter Smith; Cyril Rubain v Calvin Butterfield.

SAILING SLG Young Michael Charlton won the Junior Bank of Bermuda Cup's 10 years and under category for Optimists on Saturday while racing in Hamilton Harbour.

Other winners included A.J.Crane (12 and under) and Andrew Henderson (15 and under).

CROSS COUNTRY CC Swan's Running Club will host this Saturday's race which takes place at Chaplin Bay across from the Warwick camp. The race begins at 9 a.m.

SWIMMING SW Three records were set during Friday's Primary Schools Swim Meet, with Roy Burch, Ashley Aitken and Darryl Steynor all establishing new marks.

Burch, of west End Primary, won the under nine boys 25 metres freestyle in 16 seconds flat, annihilating the old record of 17.57 set by Stephen Fahy in 1986.

Meanwhile, St. George's Aitken eclipsed Lauren Perinchief's 25 metres female freestyle record (16.68), clocking 16.52.

Steynor of Saltus emerged as the under 10 boys 25 metres butterfly record holder, beating Fahy's old mark by over a second. Steynor was timed in 17.29 compared to Fahy's 18.32 back in 1987.

Paul Charleton