BROMLEY have been crowned champions of the Kent Cricket Premier League for the third consecutive year.

Despite losing at Beckenham, the Plaistow Lane outfit had done enough in the run up to the season's end to win by 17 points from St Lawrence in second.

St Lawrence's chances of staging a remarkable final day title snatch drowned with the weather as their match against Tunbridge Wells was abandoned.

At the bottom of the Premier Division, Folkestone were already relegated before their wash out match at Blackheath was abandoned.

Also, Bexley will be playing Division One cricket next season despite doing all they could at Sevenoaks.

By winning by 56 runs from batting first they secured the maximum 20 points on offer.

Unfortunately the result was academic as the teams they could pass in the table, and thus survive relegation, were Tunbridge Wells - their abandoned match gifted them a vital eight points - and Bickley Park whose incomplete match gave them five points.

Bexley and Wells' ended on 149 points, just one behind Bickley Park, but Wells' superior number of wins saw them safe for another season in the Premier Division and condemned Bexley to the drop.

Coming up from Division One are champions Lordswood and runners-up Broadstairs.

Lordswood, based in Chatham, were already champions before going down to relegated Mote's winning draw while Broadstairs finished in style beating Orpington by two wickets.

Orpington's defeat had given The Mote a chance of survival but they needed at least a batting second victory at the champions to survive.

But they dropped to Division Two along with Hayes.

Harvel were promoted from Division Two as champions along with Hartley in second spot.

Dropping to Division Three were BOCA and Holmesdale -replacing them in Division Two are Tenterden and Hythe while Chislehurst and West Kent and RACS drop into Division Four.

Walmer are promoted as champions of Division Four ahead of Wickham Park in second place.

Dropping down to the bottom rung are Old Wilsonians and New Ash Green while Minster, as champions, and Bromley Town go in the opposite direction to Division Four.

In the second team Premier Division Bromley came within five points of making it a clean sweep of titles but Blackheath lifted the crown despite going down at Folkestone.

There was further dismay for Bexley as their second string dropped out of the Premier Division along with Tunbridge Wells.