It was a day for some really crazy results in the Investec Women's Premier Division this afternoon.
Possibly the craziest was the 11 goal encounter at Bowdon, where Bowdon Hightown played University of Birmingham. 3-3 at half time, four second half goals from Tina Cullen (2), Sally Walton and Natalie Wray gave the home side a 7-4 win. It was also a good day for the clubs beneath them, with Slough overcoming Olton & West Warwickshire 5-2, and Sutton Coldfield pulling off a surprise win at home to Clifton. Clifton found themselves trailing 3-0 at half time as a result of two goals from Jane Sixsmith and a goal from Sarah Mills, but managed to pull three back in the second half to finish the match 4-3.
Leicester jump from fourth to second after beating the leaders, Reading, 3-2 at home, with a goal from Lucy Brown and two penalty corner strikes by Crista Cullen. Down in Kent, Canterbury got their campaign back on track with a 5-0 win over lowly Cannock. The Staffordshire side have now played eight games without a point, and with a goal difference of -32.
At the top of the East Conference, Surbiton and St Albans remain neck and neck. Surbiton improved their goal difference with a 4-1 win over Oxford Hawks and stay top, whilst St Albans overcame Ipswich 2-1. The situation is similar in the North Conference, where Beeston and Wakefield Bradford are both on 17 points separated on goal difference after Beeston drew 2-2 at home against Louhgborough Students. They swap places with Wakefield Bradford, who lost away to Brooklands Poynton.
In the West Buckingham still enjoy a substantial lead, but they dropped their first points this afternoon when they could only draw 4-4 at Isca, after a second half rally by the home side. Staines drop to bottom after going down 6-3 to fellow strugglers Firebrands.
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