Drewitt holds his nerve from the spot

Lavington lost the reverse fixture 3-1 and looked on course for a second defeat after trailing twice, but they showed real determination to hit back and claim a 2-2 draw.

Brian Duggan gave Rovers the lead in the 35th minute only for Lavington's Darren Thorpe to level five minutes later. Rovers dominated the second half, hitting the woodwork on a number of occasions before Tom Smith put them back in front.

After having what looked a perfectly good appeal for a penalty turned down Lavington's equaliser came from the spot eight minutes from time, calmly tucked away by Simon Drewitt.

Dog and Fox Ashley defeated Trowbridge Harriers 3-0 to hang on to second spot. The Dog's sixth win on the trot was inspired by Mark Gerrish, who put the Bradford side in front in the 40th minute after they had been outplayed by the Harriers.

Ricky Trott beat a host of players before scoring an excellent individual effort to make it 2-0 after 60 minutes, and Steve Roddy killed the game off with his 13th of the season.

Bradford News slumped to their fifth consecutive defeat when losing 2-1 at Maud Heath Sports. Sports scored the only goal of an uneventful first period in the 16th minute when Simon Hillier's flick on was knocked home by Dean Slade.

Slack marking by Bradford allowed Simon Hillier to head Sports' second. Three minutes after the restart and despite Russell Francis pulling one back for the newsmen in the 72nd minute when he chipped home from 18 yards after a mazy run, the visitors were unable to find an equaliser.

Sherston Town's hopes of claiming back to back titles are very much alive following their 1-0 triumph over Corsham Cricket Club, Sherston left it late to with the winner coming in the 88th minute from Andy Wicks.

Second half goals from Martin Little, Marc Lanfear and Sam Gooding earned Westbury Rangers A a 3-0 victory at Hullavington who played all but five minutes of the first half with only ten players.

NORTH Star A's sixth straight win on the bounce saw them bring an end to leaders Colerne's fantastic unbeaten run of nine matches without defeat.

In spite of their 3-1 loss, Colerne still remain in pole position, just ahead of Corsham Centre who claimed a far from impressive 5-2 win over Chippenham Police.

North Star confirmed their improved form of late was not just a flash in the pan as early goals from Pete Thornton and Simon Gardner set them up nicely. Mark Sharrett hit the Star's third with Jake Jefferies bagging a consolation.

A competitive display from Chippenham Police saw them hold Corsham Centre to 1-1 after 43 minutes, but an under par Centre side, missing the the highly influential Craig Gingell, went on to score two late goals to provide a flattering 5-2 scoreline.

The Police, who had lost 10-1 to their opponents earlier in the season, started brighter and played more physical football in an attempt to frustrate a younger, quicker Corsham side.

However, Corsham Centre went 1-0 up on 12 minutes via Michael Higson.

Using their height up front, with Steve Davis and Tim Culling causing problems, it was pressure by Davis that caused Corsham defender Kev Brown to head into his own net on 20 minutes.

Police looked like they could see out the first half on level terms but Corsham's Simon Gray ran through unchallenged to score in the last minute.

With Corsham kicking down the slope in the second half they must have fancied going on to win comfortably, especially when James Lye was left unmarked to finish well and make it 3-1.

The Police dug deep and always looked dangerous on the counter attack and their efforts were rewarded on 75 minutes when Jason Roberts scored a breathtaking lob from 35 yards. But any chance of a shock was over on 80 minutes when the Police keeper Martin Notman dropped a simple cross to Richard Boore to extend their lead. Corsham went on to make it 5-2 through Jon Bartlett.

Holt FC welcomed back star striker Tom Pang after a 112-day ban and he hit four of Holt's goals in their 8-1 victory over Calne Sunday.

Neil Grant, Dave Greenwood, Liam Brereton and 16-year-old Cameron Henley sealed his man of the match performance with a stunning drive from 30 yards after Ben Thomas had put Calne in front.

With Holt in total charge they gave a debut to birthday boy Paul Holmes, who came on for the final 15 minutes to celebrate his 49th birthday.

The Horse & Groom gained revenge over Atworth United for their early season 4-2 defeat and halted a run of three defeats.

Paul Daly returned from a three month lay off to fire the Horse in front, and Paul Bendell gave them a 2-0 interval lead but had United not wasted numerous chances the scoreline may well have been 5-2 in their favour.

Daly curled home a glorious second and when Tim Cross drilled home a stunning effort from 18 yards the game was over for United. Two more efforts from Bendell saw him complete his second treble of the season.

Chippenham Sports & Social Club went down 3-0 at home to Semington Rovers. An own goal after good work from Stuart Donohoe saw Rovers move ahead, Nathan Walker's 30 yard free kick and Dave Castle's strike all in the first period saw Rovers triumph over their old adversaries.

Wingfield had both Stuart Powell and Mark Hodgkinson sent off in their 6-1 defeat at home to Winsley.

Mike Little led the scoring with three, Chris Birleson, Nick Ridout and Luke Harfield shared the others with Mark Barnett replying for the losers.

CHRISTIAN Malford stretched their unbeaten run to 11 after battling out a 1-1 draw with AC Soho.

Soho, who have come under attack for their indiscipline, let their football do the talking which made for a great game. After a goalless first period Marcus Young put Soho ahead from the penalty spot, but Malford's equaliser came ten minutes later from the unlikely source of Jamie Munns.

Spencer Sports are sitting pretty at the top of the pile as their 4-1 win over Biddestone Arms saw them open up a four-point gap on the chasing pack.

Kevin Woolford's tenth minute opener for Biddestone was cancelled out by James Taylor midway through the half. With half time approaching Spencer gained the lead when Gary Neate netted for the second time in as many games. Further goals from Taylor and Royston Aust saw Spencer home to their 11th win of the season.

Southwick Sports remain on the tails of the leading clubs following their 5-0 triumph at Corsham Park Rangers. Chris Fardell gave Southwick the lead but it was substitute Steve Jackson that made sure the points would be returning home with the villagers.

Jackson came off the bench at half time and had an immediate impact, putting Southwick two-up minutes after the restart.

Jamie Moth added number three before Jackson struck for a second time. Liam Brown finish things off with his first goal since November.

A Dave Jenkins winner deep into injury time allowed Parsons Nose to claim a 3-2 win over Steeple Ashton, who threw away a 2-1 advantage.

Ashton fell behind to a Darren Whiting goal, but an Adam Sheppard double put them 2-1 to the good before Dan Reeves' 43rd minute strike restored parity for the Nose.

After seven minutes of added timeJenkins struck to earn Nose, who were indebted to keeper John Wiltshire, their win in injury time.

Blue Circle suffered an eighth successive loss, but in going down 6-4 at The Crown Devizes it ended the home sides four-match losing streak. Two penalties from Graham Deveney, plus goals from Wayne Bristow and Martin Hemmens, who also had a penalty saved by Dave Lock, were not enough for the Circle who fell to goals from Tim Wootton (2), Niall McLean (2), Mark Vowdary and Leigh Wells.

Nick Still hit King Alfred's consolation against Sutton Benger for whom their 4-1 victory over the bottom of the table side should be enough to ensure their survival. Nick Slade and a hat trick from James Pope saw Benger to their important win.

A WELL taken hat-trick from Jason Harford earned leaders FC Bradford a 3-0 success over North Star B, which maintained their one point advantage over Kings Arms (Trowbridge) at the top of the table.

White Horse FC and Bradstone Rovers were involved in a seven-goal thriller which saw the Horse prevail 4-3 in the end after they surrendered a 4-0 lead. Gary Perrett, an Andy Dunt own goal after James Bagnell's shot was deflected in, Mark Pugh and Chris Turk put Horse in charge.

But Bradstone hit back twice before the break through Alex Wells and Rob Lymath, and despite second half chances no further goals came until the 88th minute when Gary Lovelock crashed home Bradstone's third.

Both Virgin Mobile and Sir Audley's Arms boosted their hopes of gaining automatic promotion places at the expense of respective opponents Old Road Tavern and Somerford FC.

Virgin's goals came from an Ian Standing hat-trick and Justice Ofosu-Apeasah who claimed the other two in a 5-0 win.

Sir Audley took their chances in a 3-1 victory, Dave Nolan and Luke Gullick providing a two-goal cushion which was halved by Chris Yeo. But Nolan made sure of the Audley win when he crashed home a superb 25 yard free kick.

Classic FC, who were reduced to nine players following two injuries, crashed to Westbury Rangers B 5-2 thanks to Lee Griffin (2), Steve Wyatt, Richard Wyatt and an own goal.

COOPER Avon continued their revival with a comfortable 5-1 defeat of local rivals AFC Melksham.

Goals from Ryan Cross, Carl Mather (2), Shane Thornton and Andy Morrison put them in command before Doug Stewart headed home Melksham's late consolation.

Matt Hillman's second goal of the season was all that was needed to separate Plough and AFC Pilot.

Bar OC stayed top of the table with a convincing 6-0 win against KSM after four goals from Andrew Webster along with one each for Danny Powell and Pete Swales.

Rowde Dynamos are just one point away from an automatic promotion place after their 3-2 win over Fascia Graphics, who twice lead through Mark Smith and Darren Legg.

But an own goal, and two goals in the space of four minutes from Jamie Mullens earned Rowde a seventh win on the trot. Springfield defeated nine-men Wanderers 10-0 with goals from Tamlyn Goodrich (2), Matt Oliver (3), Scott Fleming, Chris Andrews (4).