A DRAMATIC seven-ball clearance from Martin Perkins put an end to Golden Lion's 100 per cent start to the season.

The Division A leaders were beaten by Fenway SHC 5-4 in an absolute thriller.

Fenway, who had won just one of their league games prior to the clash, started well when J Brown took the opening frame.

It looked ominous when Lion's Karl Sands seven-balled C McKenna to level it up, but Fenway had other ideas.

Perkins, K Stennett and P Wright took three of the next four frames to put them on the brink of an upset.

Lion fought back though, with doubles wins from Carl Appleyard and Jason Burdall, and Sands and Vernon Harris levelling it up at 4-4.

It all came down the the final doubles clash, with Perkins' heroics accounting for the leaders.

Division B leaders Royal Mail Cart B survived a scare of their own, as they held on their flawless record.

They squeezed past Lake Ross 5-4, ensuring that it's now five wins from five.

The duo of J Bruderick and A Brooks sealed the win in the second doubles clash.

Meanwhile, a seven-baller from Riverside's Mark Pallatt helped his side see off Crowland RBL 5-4.

Another side boasting a perfect return are Bell (Gosberton).

Golden Ball were the latest team to be dispatched by the Division C leaders, as they were crushed 8-1 on home soil.

Holbeach & District League

WOADMAN'S Arms are well on track to making it two perfect seasons on the spin.

The reigning Division One champions made it 12 wins from 12 by beating Bull's Neck 8-1 last week.

Coupled with last seasons perfect return of 18 wins, and 13 successive wins in the previous campaign, Woadman's have now won 43 league games on the bounce.

The last time they tasted defeat in the league was on December 20, 2007.

They eased to victory in their most recent fixture, with D Woods, Shane Balding, S Summers, C Batram and J Ball all victorious in singles matches.

Woadman's lead is now 12 points, after second-placed Hat and Feathers were surprisingly beaten 6-3 at home by Red Lion.

Doubles wins for Dan Greenacre and Carl Bennett, Rita Mellor and Dave Mellor, and Michael Watts and Michael French sealed the only a second success of the season for Lion.

Elizabethan A bagged a whopping 9-0 away win at Anchor A, ending a run of three straight losses.

Division Two is still there for the taking, with six sides in with a realistic chance of top spot.

The big clash of the week saw Five Bells A bag a 6-3 win at leaders Elizabethan B, to move alongside them on 14 points.

Angie Rowell and Adrian Bishop secured the win in the maiden doubles clash.

Bull C also took the chance to move level with the leaders, but they were forced to come from behind at Jolly Crispin A.

Trailing 4-3 with two to play, Matthew Death and Nick Proctor clinched a vital 5-4 win in the game of the match.

Division Three leaders Greyhound B are turning the screw.