Results August 21

Division One – August 21:

Oakmere 111-8 (40; Kerry Hartnett 50*, Kate Coppack 3-21) (14pts)
Chester Boughton Hall 53-2 (15; Lorna Starkey 25, Coppack 21*) (16pts)

• Chester Boughton Hall are the Cheshire Women’s League champions for the first time since 2013, and here the points they gained from an abandoned match at Oakmere were enough to see them to glory with fully two matches to spare. Captain Lorna Starkey and Kate Coppack have both had a superb season and again featured prominently here. This latest triumph comes just seven days after Chester were crowned Cheshire’s T20 champions. It all marks a significant turnaround from last season, when Chester lost their last four completed matches, and had Astley Bridge not forfeited on the final day, Chester would have been relegated last year and would have been unable to challenge for the big prize this time. This match was just the latest in a long line of fixtures in the damp 2016 season which were started but not finished due to weather, although perhaps surprisingly only one match in the top two divisions has been completely washed out.

Ashton-on-Mersey 86 (38.5; Amanda Gettins 40, Anni Rashid 4-9, Nathalie Long 3-11) (5pts)
Appleton 87-3 (22.1; Laura Jackson 40*, Emma Barlow 20, Gettins 2-19) (25pts)

• After struggling for runs all season, another low total and the resulting defeat for Ashton-on-Mersey ensures the Sale-based team are relegated to division two.

Division Two – August 21:

Oxton 52 (26; Rivca Burns 20, Jennie Kitzinger 5-9, Gaby McKeever 3-15)
Stockport Trinity 56-4 (13.4; McKeever 31*, Burns 3-5)

• Stockport Trinity took a giant step towards the division two title here. Despite a fine spell of 3-5 in seven overs from Rivca Burns, Trinity chased down their small target and now once again lead the division by 24 points. Although the Stockport-based side face a trip to second placed Wistaston Village on the final day, the title race may all be over by then. Trinity will officially be champions if they win at Didsbury on September 4 and Wistaston fail to beat Ashton-on-Mersey; or else if both teams lose and Trinity gain two more points than their rivals in doing so. In any case, a Trinity win on this day will all but guarantee the title regardless of Wistaston’s result.

Division One / Two Cross Divisional Matches – August 21

Didsbury (25pts) w/o Hawarden Park (minus 10pts)