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Dan Young

CORSHAM Centre A kept alive their hopes of claiming a third successive Premier Division title with their second victory inside 48 hours last night.

The Centre, who defeated FC Colerne 7-0 on Tuesday night, followed up that triumph with an 8-0 victory over relegation threatened North Star A to close the gap on leaders Biddestone Social to one point.

The Centre made the perfect start when Craig Gingell put them ahead after three minutes.

Rob Stephens, just back from injury, scored number two in the 15th minute and the third saw Simon Gray score from a one-on-one which these days is as rare as seeing sunshine over the weekend.

A great diagonal ball from James Lye picked out Liam Ralph who powered home number four and Dan Young scored the Centre's 100th of the season when he knocked home number five.

The goals dried up in the second period as North Star put up a brave fight to keep the Centre from scoring but on 65 minutes Tom Lye added number six and with 10 minutes remaining Dan King claimed the seventh.

With time running out inspirational captain Craig Gingell headed home his goal second of the game and the Centre's eighth.

Corsham Centre and Biddestone Social both have three games still to play and next Thursday's battle between the sides could decide the winners of one of the closest Premier Division battles for many years.

Miller Sports 3, Westbury Rangers A 6

PETE Ayton scored a fantastic hat-trick for Westbury Rangers A as they beat Miller Sports 6-3 at the Beeches, Shaw.

And what made Ayton's second three-timer in four years for Rangers even sweeter was that it was scored against Nick Evans, who lines up alongside Ayton for Westbury United in the Toolstation League.

Now Ayton will never let Evans forget the night that he put three goals past him.

Ayton beat Evans from 30 yards with a blistering strike to give Rangers the lead. Marl Lanfear made it 2-0 before Jon Beattie scored his first goal of the season for Miller Sports to reduce the arrears.

A second from Ayton restored Rangers' two goal cushion but once again Miller Sports hit back with Ashley Groves cutting the deficit to the odd goal before the break.

The second half was again bossed by Rangers and Matty Smith gave them a 4-2 lead and this time there was no immediate reply from the hosts as Sam Gooding joined in the fun with his first goal of the season for Rangers to make it 5-2.

But the night belonged to Ayton, who completed his hat-trick and Rangers' half dozen with another exceptional drive from 30 yards that left Evans rooted to the spot as the ball rocketed into the net.

Ashley Groves grabbed his second goal of the game for Miller Sports but it only proved to be another consolation as Rangers returned home to Meadow Lane with maximum points for the 16th time this term as the cemented a third place finish.

The Ship 11, Christian Malford 1

LEE Hayward and his Ship side pulled out all the stops to get their Division One match against relegated Christian Malford at the Stallards, Trowbridge, staged as Hayward and Adam Glover spent a good part of the afternoon removing surface water off the pitch.

As expected the hosts overcame ever-worsening conditions and a spirited Malford side to win 11-1.

Booker Woodford set the Ship on their way and he made it 2-0 soon after.

Woodford went on to complete a hat-trick and Lee Hayward took his tally for the season to 24 with the second three timer of the evening.

Adam Glover bagged a brace, Dave Percival's single took his total for the campaign to 20 and Tom Bonsor and Jack Holdway also scored.

For Holdway it was his first goal for the Ship since his move from Steeple Ashton Rangers earlier this year.

Ben Head scored Malford's consolation.

The victory leaves the Ship needing just one point to win the title, but with a plus 24-goal difference over Potterne they are as good as guaranteed the number one spot.

Crown Cosmos 7, Sutton Benger 0

QUICK thinking from Crown Cosmos player-manager and club secretary Will Kibby prevented them from having to call off their Division Two match against Sutton Benger.

Cosmos were due to host Benger at Green Lane in Devizes but early yesterday afternoon Kibby received news that their pitch was waterlogged and that they would be unable to use it.

With five matches left to play, Kibby realised his team couldn't afford a postponement so a couple of phone calls later he found an alternative venue at Stanley Park, Chippenham, and he was rewarded for his efforts in getting the game played as his team claimed a 7-0 success that saw them close the gap on second placed White Hart Combe to just one point.

Crown Cosmos are now four points adrift of leaders Cooper-Avon but have played two fewer games.

Cosmos raced into a three-goal lead inside the first 15 minutes and at one stage threatened to run riot as they looked for goals to eat into the leaders' healthy goal difference.

Dean Potter scored the first for Cosmos and Benger's Phil Perry's doubled the scoreline when he put through his own net. Potter added number three on 14 minutes, but then the scoring stopped for a while until Nathan Sheridan banged home number four to give his team a 4-0 half-time advantage.

The second period saw Potter score a third to complete a great hat-trick.

David Lloyd also got on the score ahead of Sheridan scoring his second of the game when he drove home from the penalty spot.

Westbury Rangers B 2, Crown FC 1

DEVIZES-based Crown FC blew their chance of finishing in fourth spot in Division Three when they were beaten at Meadow Lane by Dave Griffin's Westbury Rangers B who despite having most of the play only managed to wrap up a 2-1 success.

Both teams were missing a few of their regulars but they were just grateful that the rain that threatened the fixture stayed away long enough for it to be completed.

Rangers took the lead in the eighth minute when a free kick from Simon Higgins free kick was met by Matty Mead, whose header looked goal bound until the ball was hooked off the line. The clearance fell to Neil Gordon who turned the ball back into the net.

Rangers had to wait until the 55th minute before they added a second as following a great cross from Liam Griffith, Gary Tugwell was on hand to knock home his fire goal of the season to give the hosts a two goal advantage.

The Crown were thrown a lifeline after 68 minutes when Ashley Easton deflected a John Oram shot into his own net but although Mark Adamson's side had chances to fashion an equaliser they were unable to find the net again and they left Westbury feeling a little dejected as they were hoping that their final game of what had been a very good season might have brought them their 13th win.

But they will be more than happy with a fifth place finish considering they started the campaign with two defeats.

Riverside Renegades 8, North Star B 0

BRADFORD-based Riverside Renegades closed out their first season in the league with an 8-0 victory over North Star B that took them to the summit of Division Four for the first time this season and if long time leaders Steeple Ashton Rangers fail to pick up a point from their two remaining matches they will be crowned champions.

Max Hepenstall opened the scoring when he netted his first ever goal for the club when his penalty settled any nerves Riverside may have had prior to the game.

Jake Jordan made it 2-0 and a double from Joe Taylor saw him finish the campaign on 36 goals and in line for the division's top scorer of the season award.

Player-manager Lance Davis scored the fifth and sixth goals of the game and a second from Jordan took the score to 7-0 before Davis wrapped up the emphatic victory with his third goal of the night and his 32nd of the season, nine of which have come in the last two games.

9:48am Friday 2nd May 2008

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