Ben’s double Bolsters Dings title march

South West Premier

DINGS Crusaders stretched their advantage at the top of the South West Premier to seven points after their tenth victory from 12 games.

Ben Bolster ran over a brace of tries and kicked seven conversions for Dings as they recorded a 6414 victory over Exmouth in an emphatic nine-try win.

Also on the score sheet

were Gav Curry, Jake Holecombe, Tom Knight, Matt Smith, Marcus Brooker, Aly Duddell, Joe Hawkesby and a penalty try.

Newton Abbot fell further behind the leaders after suffering back-to-back league defeats.

This weekend the challengers fell to a 27-12 defeat at the hands of Newbury Blues.

Joe Pigott, Joshua Bartlett and Daniel Thorne all scored early tries for the Blues as they went 17-0 ahead early on.

Thorne scored a fourth for the bonus point in the second half as his side held on for victory.

Player/coach Glen Dixon scored two tries, four conversions and three penalties as Westonsuper-Mare took a 37-18 victory over Hornets.

A bumper crowd of 1,500 people gathered at The Recreation Ground to cheer their side on to victory.

Mike Hocking scored his fourth try in six games with a brilliant catch and drive try before Olly Streeter finished off a team move involving nine phases of play to clinch the bonus point.

Cleve remain within touching distance of the top two after a 27-20 victory over Lydney.

Sam Talledri, Alex Killbane and Brad Horman were all try scorers as they clinched victory.

Maidenhead sit joint on points in a pack closing in on second place after taking a 28-25 win over Bracknell.

Perry Jansen, Alex French, Dean Blewitt and Mark Darlington all ran over the whitewash during the impressive bonus-point victory.

Third-placed

Bournemouth also remain hot on the heels of Newton Abbot following a bonus point 57-30 victory over Brixham - Joe Rees opening the try scoring after just seven minutes as his side ran riot .

Finally Ivybridge recorded a 28-17 victory at Camborne.