CHESS: Victory over Redditch secured Kidderminster the Worcestershire League First Division championship for the first time since 1970.

The ten man squad of Frank Pickett (captain), John Wrench, Jim Friar, Maurice Bissell, Gerald Link, Dave Close, John Chester, Mark Riley, John Cittus and John Varilone clinched the title with one match still to play against Malvern.

Kidderminster 4.5-1.5 Redditch scores: Wrench 0.5; G Jackson 0.5; Friar 1; G Stanton 0; Pickett 1; I Clack 0; Link 1; M Clack 0; Close 0; R Bricknell 1; Chester won by default.

Kidderminster 5-1 Worcester scores: Wrench 1; S Mellor 0; Bissell 1; R Collett 0; Pickett 0; J Keene 1; Link 1; R Cumiskey 0; Chester 1; R Yates 0; Gittus 1; P Greenow 0.