Table Tennis: Champs suffer at hands of The King.

Byline: By DON DAVIES

REIGNING Division One champions Wavertree Labour suffered a 7-3 defeat at the hands of Christ The King A at Score Lane, Childwall.

Labour were able to call on only one regular first team player as Aaron Beech was joined by veterans Ken Armson and Stan Clarke.

They were no match for Ahmed Thabet, Dave Tagg and Tony Whelan, with Beech collecting his side's only points.

Crosby High A took vital points from Division Two promotion contenders Wavertree Labour A, who needed every set in their quest for the title.

Roger Neal won the opening encounter against Paul Banks and also beat John Rowan.

Banks was also defeated by Sylvia Graham although her husband Dave was unable to add to their total. Labour won 7-3 with Dave Roberts remaining unbeaten.

Matt Wilson chalked up a singles treble for Maghull as they secured promotion to Division One with a 8-2 win over Manweb A.

Wilson added a fourth with Tony Kendall in the doubles. Dave Harse was the only winner for the visitors, Kendall and Steve Woods his victims.

Wavertree Labour C hammered Harold House B 8-2 in Division Three.

They raced into a 6-0 lead before the visitors pegged one back through Paul Morgan.

Stan Clarke and Ken Armson took the next two sets to complete trebles.

Bath Street E took a 2-0 lead against Bootle YMCA B but they couldn't add to that until the seventh set when Ted Cramsie beat Shakil Malik.

Cramsie had trailed 2-1 to Bert Rivers in the opening set before recovering to squeeze home 11-8 in the fifth.

Bootle rallied to win the match 6-4.

Christ The King took the lead three times against Division Four high flyers Aigburth A but they lost 6-4.

Dave Cunningham suffered an off night and failed to record a win.

The home side relied on Derek Traynor, who completed his hat-trick when he beat Ben Chan.

Liverpool League Results Div One: Cadwa A 4, Marconi 6; Christ TheKingA7, Wav. Lab. 3; Div 2: Crosby High A 3, Wav. Lab. A 7; Maghull A3, Greenbank 7; Bath St. C 0, Maghull 10; Cadwa B 0, Ford A 10; Maghull 8, Manweb A 2; Div 3: Marconi C 5, Marconi B 5; Maghull C 7, Wav. Lab. D 3; Wav. Lab. B 3, Bath St. D 7; Bath St. E 4, Bootle YMCA B 6; Div 4: Harold House C 2, Cadwa D 8; Aigburth A 6, Christ The King C 4;