It has been another season of tears, tantrums, toil and, erm, talent (??) as the players trod the boards in the spotlit theatre we know fondly as the Kall Kwik Harrogate League. But who emerged with smiles and raised silverware, and who will spend their summer sipping from the bitter tankard of defeat? Here's your round-up...

Division One
With just four defeats in 18 all season, Chapel Allerton 1 had the title sewn up before the final week, when they were clearly still wobbly after the open-top bus parade through the leafy streets of the north Leeds suburb and went down to third-placed Harlow 1.

Ross Williamson ended the campaign with nine wins out of 10 (eight of them in straight games) to help the firsts pip stablemates Chapel Allerton 2 into second place by 12 points.

Defending champions Harrogate 1 surprisingly finished down in sixth spot and were at one stage enmeshed in a nasty relegation scrap that involved over half the league!

It was Dunnington and Adel 1 who eventually finished below the dreaded dotted line. Adel lost their last two games to finish with the wooden spoon while Collingham 1 - who were promoted from Division Two the previous season - will be mightily pleased to have held their own in the top tier and secure their elite status by six points.

Division Two
Harrogate 2 blitzed their way to the second-tier bullion by winning a phenomenal 18 out of 20 games and topping the standings by a frankly indecent 32 points.

Peter Hotchkiss, Neil Molyneaux and Andy Keeling were the mainstays of their success with Henry Worrall and Paul Ryan providing more than able back-up.

The duel for second place was much more keenly fought. Dunnington 2 had played all their fixtures before the final match week, leaving Chapel Allerton 5 knowing exactly what they had to do - get nine points away at Adel 3.

They got just five - Mike Robinson losing 15-13 in the fifth and Mike Dale also losing the decider 16-14 at second and third string respectively. Devastation would be a considerable understatement in describing the mood in the camp for days afterwards. Dale had to pop three times more Prozac than usual  before even considering facing the world on that truly ghastly Tuesday morning.

The 5ths did at least have the consolation crumb of finishing above the '4ths' for the second year running (club meeting needed to decide team name orders for next season, me thinks!). In fact, the '4ths' were even outpointed by James Steingold's 6ths. Ignominy indeed.

Down at the bottom, we say a sad farewell to Skipton 1 who withdrew from the league after struggling for availability so desperately that they failed to raise a team for the final three fxtures. We will all miss a great bunch of lads but perhaps less so the journey back along the A61 in wintry pitch darkness and the impatient leisure centre staff switching off the lights if the third match of the evening goes into a fifth game!

Like Skipton, Aireborough 2 won only four matches all season and they finish in the relegation spots - although it's wrth noting that relegation and promotion issues will not be rubber-stamped until the summer's AGM.

Division Three
There was another Harrogate triumph in the third tier, with the thirds winning a see-saw title race against Collingham 3 by a nail-biting one-point margin.

Collingham had completed their fixtures a week early and had to endure the nervous experience of listening to live commentary of Harrogate's home clash with Skipton 2 via Stray FM on their transistor radios (kids, ask your dad). It was all over when Steve Ross and Mark Harding won 3-1 and 3-0 respectively, meaning top string Nicky Horn's 3/2 defeat to Paul Stott was of little relevance.

Skipton, alas, finished bottom of this division too - and in some style! They lost all 20 of their fixtures, winning just 31 games and losing just the 231. Chapel Allerton 8 finished second from bottom, with wins in their last two matches proving too little, too late.

Division Four
Aireborough 3 wrapped up the title several weeks before the season's close, with Chapel Allerton 9 somewhat curiously finishing 21 points behind despite having won more matches overall - 18 to Aireborough's 17.

Bottom of the entire pyramid were Harlow 3, who won zero matches all season, but like a dogged warhorse epitomising the never-say-die spirit that us squash players hold so dear, they never stopped battling until the very last point.

See you next year, folks.