The results in the Premier Division of the Investec Women's League have started to be more predicable as the teams get back to full strength after the extended post Olympic period.
Champions Leicester visited lowly Slough this afternoon, with Jo Hunter scoring a hat trick in their 0-4 win. Slough stay firmly rooted to the bottom of the table with one point. Leicester keep in touch with the leaders, Canterbury, who are one point ahead of them. Canterbury spiked Surbiton's hope of moving closer to the top, with a single goal from Sarah Kerly. Surbiton remain in third place .
Bowdon Hightown, who have had a promising season, slipped up at Clifton. The home side took a late first half lead through Joanna Leigh, and Hightown had to wait until the last ten minutes for Sally Walton to score an equaliser. Final score 1-1. Bowdon remain in fourth and seventh place respectively.
Reading's season got a bit of a lift when Helen Richardson, Jessica Brooker and Emma Thomas found the net in their 1-3 win at Sutton Coldfield. Both sides have seen a reversal in their fortunes over the last few weeks, with Sutton sliding from second to sixth in the table, whilst Reading have gone from eighth to fifth.
University of Birmingham managed to ease their relegation concerns with an emphatic 4-0 win over Olton and West Warwicks. Olton now occupy the play-off place that was occupied by the university this morning.
The top of the table clash in the East Conference between Sevenoaks and Harleston Magpies, ended in favour of the Magpies 0-2 and they now lead the Kent side by two points. Ipswich keep in range of the top with a 1-2 win at Wimbledon.
Beeston and University of Durham are both on 24 points at the top of the North Conference with a seven point cushion between them and Brooklands Poynton in third place. Beeston's three point came at the expense of Whitley Bay and Tynemouth, who they beat 1-2 away. The University need to score a massive 15 goals more than Beeston to close the goal difference, but they only took a tiny chip out of this with a 2-0 win over Cannock.
Buckingham in the West Conference remain the only side with a 100% record. Jessica Bloom scored all three of their goals in their match at Stourport. Second placed Isca suffered a 1-3 defeat at home to Swansea, and the gap between them and Buckingham has opened up to eight points.
In the Men's Cup, City of Peterborough managed to score all eight of the goals in their 7-1 defeat away at Cannock. The eight goals scored at Surbiton were all for the home side as they qualified for the quarter finals with an 8-0 win over Preston. East Conference Holcombe did creditably well to stave off the Premier Division leaders, Beeston, to lose by 2-0.
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