TAYSIDER STOTT IS TOO HOT TO HANDLE

Wanderers ladies and Monarchs men must be pleased to see the curtain fall on stage one of the premier league after their hockey campaigns yielded just one point apiece.

City neighbours Grove Menzieshill men are the only Midland flag-bearers left in the Scottish Cup.

The gap between top and bottom in the Premiership was highlighted when Scottish champions Watsonians ran up an 11-0 victory over Wanderers, ex-grove striker Sarah Jamieson contributing four while Ellie Wilson also made it on to the scoresheet against her former team-mates.

The capital side went five points clear in the title race after a surprise defeat for Clydesdale Western.

Meanwhile, Taysider Ellie Stott was the toast of Watsonians on Sunday when she fired home the only goal of the game to keep the cup holders’ aspirations for another league and cup double on track.

Better news for Midland teams in the national league, where a 1-0 win for St Andrews University over ESM elevated the students into pole position by a two-point margin over their closest rivals.

Perthshire and Grove Menzieshill are fourth and sixth respectively following narrow victories over Granite City and Stirling University, while at Championship level, Dundee’s students eased past ESM’S second squad by the narrowest of margins.

Madras took the opportunity to stretch their lead at the top of Division One with a 3-1 win in their catchup contest against St Andrews III.

Dundee University II maintained their title interest with a 5-0 result over their Stirling counterparts. Kinross posted a 3-0 win over the Grove III youngsters while a single strike saw Monarchs ease past Perthshire II in the Midland League Cup

Monarchs men lost 5-2 to Grange in the Scottish Cup while Dundee Wanderers went down 3-2 away to Kelburne.

Grove Menzieshill remain top of the pile in the National League after a 1-1 draw away to Gordonians before beating Inverness 5-0 in the Scottish Cup.