The expected close fight did not materialise as champions Drumchapel Glasgow romped to the defence of their crown in the Women’s British Clubs League, Premier Division.

Six other divisional winners were crowned on weekend two of the competition, held at WV Active Wolverhampton.

Halton III were Team of the Weekend, while Alisa Khalid of Drumchapel was Player of the Weekend.

The Solihull Trophy was awarded to umpire Peter Higgins. The award is for a coach, official or player who has most enhanced the WBL this season, based on the most nominations from clubs.

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Going into the weekend, Premier Division leaders and defending champions Drumchapel held a slender one-point lead over 2023 winners Fusion.

By the end of Sunday’s play, they had a six-point winning margin at the top and remained unbeaten as Fusion fell to third place, behind Draycott.

The tone was set in the first round on Saturday morning, when Fusion were defeated 4-2 by Dun Laoire, for whom Mia O’rahilly Egan took a double.

There were a couple of eye-catching scorelines, including Fusion’s Maria Engelson beating Sara Williams 3-1 (11-7, 20-18, 11-13, 11-2). That made it 1-1 and Dun Laorire won the next two as Anjali Singh beat Tiana Dennison 3-2 (11-8, 6-11, 6-11, 15-13, 11-9) and Egan completed a 3-1 win over Engelson 16-14 in the fourth. Elena Todirca beat Singh in four close games to give Fusion hope of a draw, but Williams beat Dennison in three to seal it for the irish side.

While that was going on, Drumchapel had a 4-2 win over Byng Hall, though they did not look like losing as they led 3-0 and 4-1. Ella Pashley claimed a double, including a tight 3-2 (11-13, 11-6, 10-12, 12-10, 11-2) win over Letitia McMullan in the first match. Bethany O’Connell came from 2-1 down to beat Naomi Jackson in match three.

With Draycott drawing 3-3 against Ormesby in the final match of the round – Ormesby would go on to draw five of their 10 matches overall – it meant Drumchapel had already taken a significant step forward before Saturday lunchtime.

They kept their foot on the gas though, beating Dun Laoire 6-0 and Ormesby 5-1 in their remining matches on Saturday. Fusion were held 3-3 by Ormesby in the afternoon, while Draycott whitewashed Byng Hall.

Fusion and Draycott then met and Draycott’s 6-0 win completed a pretty miserable day for Fusion.

With the title already heading back north of the border, Draycott did at least have the satisfaction of taking a point off the champions on Sunday morning as it finished 3-3. Mari Baldwin won twice for Draycott, who trailed twice then led 3-2 before Pashley preserved Drumchapel’s unbeaten record by beating Naomi Coker.

The final round saw the gap at the top become even more emphatic as Draycott were beaten 4-2 by Dun Laoire while Drumchapel thrashed Fusion 6-0 in a match which had been touted as a winner-takes-all showdown.

Top of the averages was O’rahilly Egan, who won 16 out of 18 matches.

While the Premier Division did not turn out to be a thriller, Division One did. Leaders Joola Plymouth held a three-point lead over Wensum at the start of play, but ended up edging them out on sets difference by the end of the weekend.

Plymouth had won all five matches on Weekend 1, but lost that record on Saturday morning as Fusion II toppled them 4-2. Wensum, however, were only able to make up a point as they were held 3-3 by Halton.

But having got no favours from Halton, who three times fought back from a match down to level, they did get an almighty helping hand from them in the next round as Halton trounced Plymouth 6-0.

Wensum’s 4-2 win over Brighton moved them level with Plymouth and both sides then won 4-2 on Saturday evening – Plymouth against Brighton and Wensum against Ellenborough.

Sunday morning saw matching 4-2 wins once again, this time Plymouth beating Ellenborough and Wensum defeating Fusion, setting up the title showdown on Sunday afternoon.

With Plymouth boasting the better sets difference, they only needed a draw, and they started by opening up a 2-0 lead with wins for Rachel Trevorrow and Alyssa Nguyen. A win apiece for Evie Knaapen, Saskia Key and Amy Marriott turned it around and put Wensum on the cusp of victory, but Nguyen completed her double as she saw off Knaapen in four to seal the title by a sets ration of 1.86-1.50.

Third-placed Ellenborough had the top player in the averages, Hurey Ahmetoglu losing only one of her 20 matches across both weekends.

Division Two saw another team with a 100% record after Weekend 1, and Cippenham maintained that over the second set of matches to win by six points from Worthing, who edged out Drumchapel Glasgow II on games difference for second place.

Cippenham twice had to win the final match to seal a 4-2 victory – against Joola Plymouth II and Drumchapel, but had plenty in hand in the end.

They were spearheaded by teenagers Rachael Iles and Mia Lakhani, who were the top two in the averages, Iles winning 19/20 and Lakhani 17.

Division Three was another to be dominated by a team with a 100% winning run, on this occasion Greenhouse, who won the title by a five-point margin from Ackworth.

They so nearly had a ‘perfect perfect’ weekend as well, winning their first four matches 6-0 and only dropping one in their final fixture, a 5-1 success over Ackworth.

Across the two weekends, they won 53 of 60 matches, so it was little wonder they dominated the averages – Jonabel Taguibao won 19/20, Brooke Morris 13/14 and Luna Archard 18/20.

There were some evenly matched teams in Division Four, meaning no one was able to dominate.

Cleeve Park, unbeaten after weekend one, lost that record but won seven matches and drew two to finish two points ahead of Cippenham II.

The defeat was to Drumchapel Glasgow II on Saturday afternoon, and they also dropped a point on Sunday morning against Cippenham, for whom Mary Heffernan bagged a point by overcoming Rita Lopes 3-2 (10-12, 11-6, 11-7, 12-14, 11-8) in the last match.

Cleeve Park cemented their title by beating Butterfly Lilleshall Lightning 6-0 in the final match.

Antonina Bohach of Cippenham II was outstanding across both weekends, completing the feat of winning all 20 matches to top the averages.

Graham Spicer II had a 100% record after weekend one, and remained unbeaten to win Division Five.

Their only dropped point was in the final match as they drew 3-3 with nearest challengers Worthing II. Worthing only dropped points to the champions, having lost to them on weekend one, and they finished two points behind as the top two finished streets ahead of the rest.

The top three in the averages all came from Graham Spicer, headed by Kei Yin Ng with 12/12.

Flick TTC won all nine matches in the seven-team Division Six, which split into two for the final few fixtures. Flick finished four points clear of second-placed Sherwood Oak, whom they beat 4-2 in the final round.

Sarah Her-Lee and Binyu Zhao were unassailable for the champions, both winning all 16 of their matches to top the averages.