GENERATION II can virtually touch the Southampton Premier League title after a convincing 8-2 win against Alpha A.

Charlie Childs' Fareham-based team are ten points clear of Snows A, who could only draw with Waterside A 5-5.

Waterside B lead Division 1 by two points after thrashing Waterside D 9-1.

Maximums from Gary Longland and John McBeath keep Southampton West in a good position with a game in hand after they beat Hedge End A 8-2.

Third-from-bottom Waterside E gained a valuable 8-2 win over bottom-place Snows E thanks to a maximum from Chris Willsher.

After a 7-3 victory over Hedge End C, Four Ts C have opened a seven-point gap at the top of Division 3. Martin Ceresa was unbeaten for Four T and still has a perfect record for the season. Results:

Premier Division: Snows C 5 (Robin Plunkett 3, George Cole 1) Snows D 6 (Dave Menzel 2, Vincent Uppelschotten 2, Keith Charbet-Middleton 1). Waterside A 5 (Robert Turnbull 1, Chris Freely 2, Christos Hannides 2) Snows A 5 (Chris Wilshere 2, Malcolm Cummins 1, Dave Russell 1). Alpha A 2 (Alex Rorke 1, Rod McMullan 1) Generation II 8 (Valmiki Sinanan 1, Graham Toole 3, Victor Imiseev 3). Snows B 5 (Dave Russell 3, Julian Walton 1) Alpha B 5 (Geoff Wills 2, Glenn Medcalf 2, Alan McAlpine 1).

Division 1: Four T's A 2 (Mark Kimber 1, Des Ely 1) Hedge End B 8 (Colin Jones 3, Tim Saunders 3, Dennis Cox 1). Insurance A 6 (Peter Richardson 3, Kevin Muldowney 3) Waterside C 4 (Rob Carr 1, Rob Doe 1, Idris Vernall 1). Waterside B 9 (Mathew Ware 2, Steve Hemmings 3, Rick Morris 3) Waterside D 1 (Julie Eldridge 1). Waterside E 8 (Albert Harding 2, Chris Willsher 3, Dan Ashton 2) Snows E 2 (Keith Hewitt 2). Hedge End A 2 (Ken Butt 1, Shapour Mehrkar 1) Southampton West A 8 (Garry Longland 3, John McBeath 3, David McBeath 1).

Division 2: Alpha C 6 (Lee Rosamond 2, Paul May 2, Terry Reeves 2) Waterside G 4 (Malcolm Floyd 3). Ord. Survey 6 (Doug Taylor 3, Keith Nolan 2) Simmarians 4 (John Simmonds 1, Brian Thacker 1, Pat Edgehill 2). Four T's C 7 (Martin Ceresa 3, Ken Palmer 2, Tony Fern 1) Hedge End C 3 (Colin Browning 2, Terry Mills 1). Waterside F 5 (Julian Rickman 2, Rowland Spencer-Smith 2) N.F. Nalgo 5 (Terry Littlewood 2, Bernie Leamore 2, Stuart Gange 1). B.A.T A 5 (Garry Green 1, Eddie Tompkins 1, Richard McClure 2) Four T's B 5 (Terry Jenvey 2, David Cosway 1, Chris Sims 2).

Division 3: Waterside H 6 (Mark Heathorn 2, Luke Riche 1, Scott Ashmore 2) St Denys 4 (Richard Darch 2, Charles Whiteway 1, Brian Darch 1). Southampton West C 9 (Anne Longland 3, Lloyd Jamieson 2, Mark Knowles 3) Waterside J 1 (Tony Huggett 1). Southampton West B 10 (Ro Bennett 2, Alistair Jones 2, Dominic Cheeseman 2 , plus 3 W/O's) BAT C 0. Insurance B 6 (Roger Bradley 1, Adrian Aldis 2, Terry May 2) Southampton West D 4 (Jon Whittal 1, Ruihao Zhang 3).

Division 4: Alpha D 2 (Neil Chandler 1, Chris Ireland 1) Waterside K 8 (Jonathan Pearson 3, Shaun Patterson 1, Mike Paterson 3). Waterside L 3 (Colin French 3) Southampton West G 7 (Jamie Heaseman 2, John Money 2, Garth Kinlocke 2). Wimpey 3 (Chris Derbyshire 2, Bill Bull 1) Four T's D 7 (Ian Bingham Hall 2, Jim Leppard 3, Brian Gange 1). Southampton West E 10 (Nicola Dunkason 3, Darren Creighton 3, Sarah Warwick 3) Southampton West H 0. Southampton West F 2 (Jamie Heaseman 2) St Johns 8 (Ray Underhill 3, Meg Stapenhill 2, Daniel Edwards 2).