ANOTHER whitewash for Hawick Conservative Club A team last week has widened the gap at the top of the Border Snooker League with only five games to play.
The leaders took a brutal 6-0 victory over St Boswells, while Hawick Burns Club A kept themselves in the hunt with a rather more modest 4-2 return over local rivals Border Club.
Store-age.org.uk Border Snooker League week 17 results: Hawick Conservative Club A 6 St Boswells 0; Innerleithen 1 Jedburgh Legion 5; Border Club 2 Hawick Burns Club A 4; Selkirk A 6 Hawick Conservative Club B 0; Hawick Burns Club B 5 Selkirk B 1.
League placings: 1, Hawick Con A 68; 2, Hawick Burns A 56; 3, Hawick Burns B 48; 4, Border Club 46; 5, Jedburgh Legion 42; 6, Selkirk A 41; 7, St Boswells 27; 8, Selkirk B 25; 9, Hawick Con B 20; 10, Innerleithen 17.