XYW kept up the pressure on Premier League leaders GPO with a fine 27-19 win over bottom of the table NST Parkside to go level on points with the long-time leaders.

Blackburn Independents remain in third place as they crushed Toto San Roco 37-16. Spotland Reform are also waiting in the wings after a great 39-22 victory over Sumner Brown.

In the First Division, Brentwood remain top after their great 32-13 victory over Tikkurila Ladies with Dominoes hot on their heels after they beat Computatone 31-19.

YWCA B 2 kept up their 100% record with a well worked victory over Raiders, the score being 36-22. A 21-12 victory over MET England kept TMF in second place - a massive 11 points behind the leaders.

In the Third and Fourth Divisions, there was no change at the top with familiar names struggling at the bottom.

It all makes for an exciting week of Netball as the title chases hot up and the battle to avoid the wooden spoon begins.RESULTS

PREMIER DIVISION

XYW 27, NST Parkside 19; Suburb Ladies 33, Garage Locator 11; Delph 25, Convent 13; Spotland Reform 39, Sumner Brown 22; Holy Cross 25, Radcliffe Arms 24; Blackburn Independents 37, Toto San Roco 16.

FIRST DIVISION

Rose & Crown 22, YWCA B 1 16; Brentwood 32, Tikkurila Ladies 13; Thorn Ladies 32, All Blacks 26; Dominoes 31, Computatune 19; 02 31, Prestwich 22.

SECOND DIVISION

LA Fitness 26, Bolton Road Ladies 11; Weale & Hitchin 18; Salford Van Hire 27, Highbury B 22; YWCA B 2 36, Raiders 22; TMF 21, Met Eng 12; ICI 25, Rufus Computers 18.

THIRD DIVISION

Ramsbottom 25, Phoenix 8; Merlin 33, Woolworths 20; All Saints 38, Astra A 19; British Council 24, Hastings 12; YWCA B 3 26, St Mary's B 19; City Leisure 22, St Mary's A 19.

FOURTH DIVISION

YWCA B 4 31, Isaacsons 12; YWCA B 5 20, Manchester Maccabi 17; Servicecal 28, Old White Horse 9; Astra B 37, Quality Management 2; Elton BOC 27, St Mary's C 17.

LEAGUE TABLES

PREMIER DIVISION

P W D L(1) L(0) Pt

GPO... 13 12 0 1 0 37

XYW... 13 12 0 1 0 37

Blackb Ind... 14 11 0 2 1 35

Spot Ref... 12 9 0 3 0 30

Suburb Lds... 13 8 0 5 0 29

Delph... 13 8 0 4 1 28

Rad Arms... 14 6 0 8 0 26

Holy Cross... 13 6 1 4 2 17

Sumn Br... 13 2 1 9 1 16

Gar Loc... 13 3 0 7 3 15

Toto S R... 13 3 0 7 3 15

Convent... 13 2 0 9 2 15

NST P'side... 13 2 0 9 2 12

FIRST DIVISION

P W D L(1) L(1) Pt

Br'wood... 14 11 1 2 0 37

Andersens... 13 10 1 3 1 33

Dominoes... 14 10 1 2 1 31

Highbury A... 13 9 0 4 0 31

BT Cellnet... 14 8 0 6 0 30

All Blks... 14 8 2 6 0 28

Thorn Lds... 14 7 0 7 0 28

Prest... 14 6 0 8 0 26

Computata... 14 5 1 7 1 24

Rose & Cr... 14 5 0 8 1 23

T&C Mot P... 14 5 0 8 2 23

Tikk Lds... 14 4 0 8 2 20

YWCA B 1... 13 1 1 10 1 15

SECOND DIVISION

P W D L(1) L(0) Pt

YWCA B 2... 14 14 0 0 0 42

TMF... 14 8 1 5 0 31

ICI... 13 7 2 4 0 29

Weale & H... 13 7 3 1 2 28

Met Eng... 14 5 1 6 1 26

Sal Van H... 13 6 0 7 0 25

Raiders... 13 6 0 6 1 24

Rufus Comp... 13 6 1 4 2 24

LA Fitness... 12 6 0 4 2 22

Wanderers... 12 5 1 4 2 21

Highbury B... 14 5 1 6 2 20

El Lds A... 13 3 0 8 2 17

Bol Rd Lds... 14 2 0 8 4 14

THIRD DIVISION

P W D L(1) L(0) Pt

Merlin... 14 13 1 0 0 41

All Saints... 14 12 0 2 0 38

YWCA B 3... 14 11 0 2 1 35

Astra A... 14 9 0 4 1 31

W'worths... 14 8 0 4 2 28

City Lei... 13 7 0 5 1 26

Rams... 14 5 1 6 1 25

St Mary's B... 14 6 0 6 2 24

Phoenix... 14 4 1 5 4 19

Br Council... 14 3 1 7 3 18

Hastings... 14 4 0 6 4 18

St Mary's A... 14 3 0 7 4 16

HSBC... 13 2 0 8 3 11

FOURTH DIVISION

P W D L(1) L(0) Pt

YWCA B 4... 12 12 0 0 0 36

Astra B... 12 11 0 1 0 34

S&J Trans... 12 10 0 1 1 31

Elton BOC... 12 8 0 4 0 28

Servicecal... 11 7 0 4 0 25

Isaac... 13 7 0 4 3 24

St Mary's C... 13 6 0 6 1 24

Man Macci... 12 5 0 7 0 22

A&G Donn... 12 3 0 3 6 12

YWCA B 5... 13 4 0 2 7 11

Qual Manag... 13 1 0 0 12 8

Microcare Lds... 0 0 0 0 0 0

Old Wh Horse... 13 0 0 0 13 -3