UNBEATEN Ipplepen clinched the C West title without losing a game by imposing a three-wicket defeat on Kingsbridge.

Town found runs hard to come by with opener Freddie Ford having a real battle for his top score of 55. Pens’ George Tapley (4-30) was on a hat-trick during his first spell.

Joe Parker and Warrick Green both operated below four an over to keep the pressure on.

Charles Smyth (26), Seth Gloyn (29no) and Freddie Wier (20) found ways to get Kingsbridge up to 191 all out.

It looked like a routine assignment for Ipplepen as they strode to 140 for three in reply with runs in the laptop for Tapley (38), Marcus Gadie (25), Sam Wakeham (19) and Jono Colgate (27).

Losing three for 20 – Colgate one of them – left Green (23no) to finish the job. Richard Carr and Bhanu DeSilva took two wickets each for Town, who are going to finish second.

Meanwhile, in the D Division West, Yelverton captain David Ackford made his sixth score of 50 or more this season in the three-wicket win over Ivybridge 2nd XI.

Opener Ackford made 52 not out as Yelverton chased down 143 to win and got there with more than seven overs to spare.

Along the way Ackford went past 600 league runs for the season at an average of 77.38.

There was a brief wobble on 70 when Rob Grove (30). Geoff Brain on Matt Smale all got out.

Nispathan Saravanane (2-35) dismissed two of them.

Ackford and Harry Nanckivell (20) put on 52 to end the game as a contest.

Ivybridge’s all-out tally of 142 was pinned on knocks from Jimmy Haffenden (33), Alfie Lewis-Frost (38) and Martin Key (29). The rest didn’t make 30 between them!

Michael Marais (4-18 off 9) had a bowling purple patch for Yelverton he took three wickets in seven balls as the Bridge subsided from 85 for three to 99 for seven. Matt Smale took the fourth.

Yelverton, heading for a third-place finish, conclude the season at home to Plymstock 2nd XI this Saturday. Can Ackford go all the way to a century? He has got into the 90s three times this summer without going all the way.