A bare Logica XI coped with the heat of both sun and pressure and won their must-win final game of the season in some style. A quite breath-taking first 45 minutes saw them race into a 4-0 interval lead in front of their home fans at the Stade. Some predictable getting back of that breath allowed Old Sergeant to pull a couple of goals back after the break, before Fernando's emphatic header ensured that the Supreme Groomo would avoid relegation for the seventh season running.

This best performance of the season by some distance was undoubtedly a collective team effort, with all eleven players making significant contributions, but four Logica stars caught the voters eye. Paul Banoub was the motivational force before the game, and his pride in the club shone through under the blazing April sun as he battled for all he was worth. Two quite brilliant strikers's goals - the first a lethal finish, the second a classic poacher's snaffle - set Logica on their way. But perhaps Logica's fourth goal, created by Banoub after he persevered to rob a defender and unselfishly set up Abbott, best personified the big number nine's team ethos.

In just five appearances in his first Logica season, Jamie Heath has impressed the coaching staff in a variety of positions, mainly up front and out wide. But in this most vital of games, he was asked to play in the middle of the park and turned in a brilliant match-winning performance. His unflagging defensive work was somehow combined with ceaseless support of the attack as he regular made runs beyond his strikers. Heath was at the hub of many of Logica's best moves, and his first goal for the club was secured with an unstoppable strike from the edge of the box.

Not far behind this pair on the leader board was Nick Chetty. His most eye-catching moments came in a forwards role after returning to the fray following an ankle injury. A number of pacey breaks relieved the mounting pressure for Logica, and it was his run and quick-thinking from the resulting corner that created Logica's clinching fifth goal. But it was some less spectacular work in the first half which probably made an even bigger contribution to the win when his tireless tracking and tackling helped Logica establish a strangle-hold.

And on a day when the Supremo had to shuffle the only 11 cards dealt to him, Nich Fazel also earned some justified plaudits in co-ordinating an unfamiliar back line from the very unaccustomed position of centre half. His perfectly timed sliding tackle on a galloping Sergeant in the first half epitomised the mood of the Logica team in this memorable victory.