HORSPATH Hammers sealed the Elite League title with two matches to spare after a 95-84 victory at Poole Comets.

Poole pushed Horspath hard and could still have sprung a surprise were it not for a disastrous three-heat spell before the interval.

Heats one, three and four were shared, while Steve Harris and Greg Gluchowski earned Poole a 6-4 in No 3.

Horspath then took control to lead 50-39 at the break.

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The gap extended to 13 points with a 6-4 from Lewis Osborne and Marcin Kolata, before an Osborne and Mark Boaler maximum in heat 14 sealed it.

Poole 84 (G Gluchowski 15, A Szymanski 14+2, S Harris 12, G Wheeler 11+3, D Hook 11+1, H Chant 11, A Morgan 7, K Yeatman 3).

Horspath 95 (L Osborne 17+1, B Grabowski 15, M Boaler 14+4, M Kolata 14, L Nowacki 13+2, Z Payne 13+1, A Johnson 8+2, G Horsley 1).

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