They went into the break 30-20 ahead and after skipper Katie Crowley had set the tone in the second half with an early three-pointer, Hatters took complete control. Successive turnovers gave Sarah Naylor quick back-to-back points as her team established a match-winning 27 point lead.

Rosalee Mason led the scoring charge in the final quarter and finished as the game's top scorer with 23 points as Hatters ran out comfortable 78-45 winners to keep a tight hold of top spot in National League Division One. Naylor and Stephanie Gandy each returned 17 points.

Sheffield's finest face a double-header league and cup weekend. They entertain London Mets at All Saints tomorrow (5pm tip off) and on Sunday travel to face Team Northumbria in the quarter-finals of the National Cup (3pm).

Disappointment for the Under-18s as they missed out on a place in the quarter-finals of the Sureshot National Cup. Playing under the banner of City of Sheffield Saints, they gave their worst performance of the season in their 43-35 defeat against Nottingham Wildcats.

Team and scorers: Ellis Clayton 13, Naomi Campbell 7, Jess Furniss 4, Fran Iwanyckyj 4, Kendal James 3, Ellyn Carnall 2, Emma Burkinshaw 2, Charlotte Carrick, Rhyanna Bunniss, Rebecca Pinnock and Jasmyn Owen.

Meanwhile the Under-16s kept their 100 per cent record intact with a 54-45 victory at Cheshire Jets. The win keeps them top of the Northern Conference.

Team and scorers: Ellis Clayton 12, Rhyanna Bunniss 12, Holly Shingler 12, Annie Critcher 8, Leona Jorgensen 4, Katie Hall 2, Kathryn Neale 2 and Charley Owen.

The Under-14s recorded a winning North Midlands Conference League double against Team Spirit Shropshire Warriors and Hatfield Fliers in Telford. They edged out Hatfield 32-29 and then handed out a 62-15 defeat to the host team.

Team and scorers v Hatfield: Isabel Hannity 15, Courtney Shaw 8, Georgia Gayle 3, Jessie Dooley 2, Katie Burgoyne 2, Sirena Sampson 2, Naomi Jenkinson, Patricia Ogunmakin, Abbie Simpson, Elaine Anderson and Naomi Benson.

Team and scorers v Shropshire Warriors: Naomi Jenkinson 11, Isabel Hannity 10, Courtney Shaw 9, Georgia Gayle 7, Sirena Sampson 4, Naomi Benson 4, Patricia Ogunmakin 4, Abbie Simpson 4, Katie Burgoyne 4, Elaine Anderson 3 and Jessie Dooley 2.

Four of the team, Mairead Faulkner, Isobel Hannity, Courtney Shaw and Sirena Sampson represent Yorkshire Girls at Lilleshall this weekend.

Former Hatters star Lisa Hutchinson returns to the city in January with the Great Britain team for a crucial European campaign. She's currently playing in Spain ... but there's a downside.

Find out what it is in next week's Telegraph.

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