Thompson's started things off with a 281 -11 thumping of a shorthanded Team Spirit behind Victor Thompson while Henry Hughes was sharp for the losers.

Second place Lite Ice continued their charge with a 29-1 thrashing of Spoilers for whom Barry Richardson saved total embarrassment by taking the lone point.

Lite Ice earned the points by posting the second high team game of 959 and high series of 2,771. Oscar Andrade grabbed the top series honour with his 650 series and third high games with a pair of 221's.

League leaders Tools and Equipment maintained their pace with a 24-6 win over Franklin Travel with Conrad Lister leading the way rolling a top game of 287 and second high series of 633.

Team-mate Dean Lightbourn contributed with a second high game of 225 and third high series of 589.

Stevedoring Services had a 251 -41 victory over New Mix Ups with Ed Stovell leading the way while Kenny Ford did well for the losers.

The final game saw Marlboro beat Dr. Pepper by a similar score. Marlboro posted a third high team game of 924 with Mike McCallum outstanding while George Ben was tops for the losers.

CHESS CHS The Chess Olympiad recently finished in Moscow and not surprisingly Russia, led by world champion Gary Kasparov, finished at the top of the tables. Bosnia were second and England third with Nigel Short.

Despite a disappointing final round, Bermuda had a best ever total of 241 points and finished ahead of one quarter of the field.

Individual performances in board order were: Richard Farleigh with six points from 13 games, Rick Black nine from 14, Nick Faulks four from 12, Eric Keen three from eight, Phil Shadick 11 from seven, Nigel Freeman none from one. The overall team scored one point by default.