Kenilworth Wardens end season rock bottom and relegated
Kenilworth Wardens ended their Birmingham & District League Premier Division One season in bottom spot after a final day 35-run home loss to title winners Knowle & Dorridge.
The visitors made 246-9 in their 50 overs, Alex Phillips with 79 and Alex Wilkinson taking 4-48.
Rain then saw a revised target issued of 220 from 46.1 overs.
But Wardens could only muster a battling 184-7, opener Oliver Dandy unbeaten on 89, Wilkinson adding 38, and Tom Davis claiming 4-23.
In Division Two, Leamington signed off their summer with a five wicket win over Shifnal.
That saw the early season pacemakers finish third, just two points ahead of fifth-placed Shifnal.
Choosing to bat, the visitors made a decent 279-9. Charlie Home with 77 and Ben Lees 88, the duo putting on 166 for the fourth wicket.
Jason Jakeman took 4-78 for Leamington.
But in reply, Leamington reached 281-5 with an over to spare.
Yash Gupta led the charge with 116, including 12 fours and five sixes.
Jonathan Wigley contributed 64, putting on 155 for the second wicket with Gupta.
Leamington seconds suffered last day agony in the Warwickshire County League Premier Division.
They won their final game by six wickets at Solihull Blossomfield.
But relegation rivals Handsworth also won their final game to edge to safety by two points.
A brilliant 7-11 in eight overs by Tom Randle helped dismiss Solihull for just 85 in 27 overs.
Leamington reached 89-4 in 14.1 overs, Jacob Sargeant 50 not out and Tom Reid taking all four wickets to fall for 35 runs.
There was heartbreak also in Division Two where Warwick's title showdown against Nuneaton saw them soundly beaten by 100 runs and pipped to the title by three runs.
Electing to bat, Nuneaton made 176-8 declared, R. Hassan with 47 and A. Southorn taking 5-22.
L. Benn (5-22) and G. Thornton (3-14) then helped see off Warwick for just 76 runs.
Kenilworth ended their season just behind in third place, demolishing Berkswell seconds by 209 runs.
Batting first, Kenilworth were 287 all out, Marco Higgins hitting 94 and Adam Huxford 53, the duo putting on 131 for the third wicket, Keith Berry taking 4-63 and Naim Luhar 4-65.
Berkswell were then blown away for 78 in just 24 overs, Steve Rhodes the star turn with 6-44 from 12 overs.