STEP 6 ROUND-UPS

SOUTH WEST PENINSULA

PREMIER Division champions Plymouth Parkway maintained their winning ways with a 1-0 win at ninth-placed Helston Athletic.

Charlie Johansen’s winner left Plymouth 20 points clear of last season’s champions Tavistock who triumphed 6-0 at Godolphin Atlantic.

Third-placed Falmouth Town won 5-0 at lowly Ivybridge Town, while hosts Bodmin Town filled fourth following their 3-2 success against fourth-from-bottom Camelford.

Plymouth Argyle, in sixth spot, pipped rock-bottom visitors Witheridge 3-2.

St Austell won by the same scoreline at mid-table Stoke Gabriel and eighth-placed hosts Launceston lost 3-1 to Saltash United as two first-half strikes from Tom King and a goal from Sam Farrant edged the Ashes home despite Jordan Walton’s equaliser for the Clarets.

EAST MIDLANDS

DAVID GROVES An EIGHT-GOAL demolition of Radcliffe put Dunkirk four points clear of title rivals Teversal, who have a game in hand.

Lee Potts, Steve Chaplin and Oliver Robinson each scored twice, while Lorcan Hickey and Ben Gowing also netted.

Third-placed Selston slipped up in a 2-1 loss at home to nine-man Aylestone. Jason Lee, who scored the opener for the visitors, was sent off on 33 minutes as was Jake Wormleighton seven minutes from time.

Carl Moore had levelled for Selston but Goncalo Santo smashed the winner into the top corner on 53 minutes.

Kevin Morrow scored a hat-trick for Graham Street but they were denied victory against Kimberley by Ellis Evans’s last-minute equaliser. Meanwhile, James Disney struck twice in Stapenhill’s 3-0 win over Barrow and Michael Dunne and Alfie Holland helped Belper win at Gedling.

DAVID LAWRENCE

WEST MIDLANDS REGIONAL

WOLVERHAMPTON Sporting Community have one hand firmly on the title after a 2-0 victory at Hereford Lads Club.

Top marksman Tom Hill settled Sporting’s nerves with a goal after just 55 seconds and then added a second on 35 minutes to take his season’s tally to 43 goals.

Sporting now need just one more point from their remaining four games to be crowned champions.

Third-placed Tividale are the only side who can prevent Sporting from claiming the title after keeping their faint hopes alive with a 4-0 win at Smethwick Rangers, while second in the table Malvern Town also ran out 4-0 winners at Dudley Town.

Neighbours Dudley Sports threw themselves a relegation lifeline with a 6-1 success at Shifnal Town but second from bottom Pegasus Juniors remain in relgation peril after being walloped 5-2 by Wednesfield.

NICK PULLEN