LEADERS Winsley were beaten by closest rivals Avebury as the Division Two title race was thrown open once again on Saturday.

Winsley failed to chase down 173-9 that was set up by Charlie Redmayne’s 55.

Nick Gerrish hit an unbeaten 53 for Winsley, by Rob Gater’s 4-41 saw them fall 19 runs short of their target.

Biddestone 2nd remained in touch in third with a low-scoring win over Bradford on Avon.

Despite being dismissed for just 137, Biddetsone fought back to bowl their opponents out for 125, James Howells taking 3-15.

Joe Dufosee smashed 156 and Akash Sarawat 50 as Warminster 2nd amassed 368-6 against Beehive.

The Southwick side were well short in reply, finishing on 211-8 as Mike Spong scored 59.

Swindon United Churches recorded a comfortable 104-run win at Beanacre & Melksham to move out of the relegation places.

The centrepieces of their 230-3 were Matt Runkel’s 80 from 101 balls and 79 from 68 balls from Danny Hunt.

Facing a difficult chase, bottom of the league Beanacre started brightly through Dan Carpenter (9) and Matt Hunt (21) before losing a couple of wickets.

Pete Hayward smashed his way to an impressive 57, which included 12 boundaries, but Churches turned to leg spinner Deba Saha, who grabbed four wickets for 11 runs to turn the tide.

The Beanacre tailenders put up stubborn resistance as they eventually succumbed to 126 all out.

Division One

ROYAL Wootton Bassett strengthened their position at the top of the table as neighbours Nationwide House did them a huge title favour by beating nearest challengers Bear Flat.

While Bassett romped past Corsham 2nd by 10 wickets, House inflicted a five-wicket defeat on Bath side Bear Flat, who were restricted to 173-7 as Joe Perkins took 4-29.

Nick Clarke (55 not out) and Jon Clarke then took House to their target in the 44th over.

Bassett romped to success at home, bowling Corsham out for 116 as Jack Paish took 4-16.

Tendai Maruma’s unbeaten 87 was the highlight of a flawless run chase, which reached the target in the 25th over.

Miles Copland’s unbeaten 48 guided third-placed Lacock to a six-wicket success over Box, who were dismissed for 127, Jonny Page scoring 46.

Keith Millett took 6-34 to ensure Beckington finished 56-runs short of fifth-placed Urchfont’s 222-7 in their meeting.

Division Three

COLLINGBOURNE’S Archie Scott (108 not out) and stand-in skipper Owen Sheppard (71) put on 116 in their side’s 286-5 against Seagry, who lost early wickets in reply.

Angelo Moretti then plundered 90 runs from 10 overs and, with the support of Mike Hunt (45), the pair put on 126 for the fourth wicket before the introduction of Jarrod Price changed everything.

He took two wickets in his third over then the important wicket of Moretti for 79 in his fourth, finishing with five wickets.

Seagry finished on 176-8 from their 45 overs as Price ended with figures of 5-27.

Division Four

CHIPPENHAM maintained their unbeaten record with a nine-wicket thumping of bottom side Corsham 3rd.

Richard Mockford’s unbeaten 46 anchored Corsham’s 150-9 in which Adam Sullivan took 4-28 but an opening partnership of 141 in 119 balls between G Prudhoe (88 not out) and J Humphreys (56) did more than enough to help Chippenham to victory.

Goatacre remain on their tail in second spot as they inflicted a similar defeat on Spye Park.

Elliot Townsend (46), Michael Duboulay (45) and Pete Ellis (40) helped Park to 239-7, but unbeaten scores of 95 and 75 from Mark Hunt and Tom Cutler, plus Joe Tillyer’s 55 guided Goatacre to their target.

Division Five

CHIPPENHAM’S third team are also top of their division after easing to a nine-wicket triumph over Wilcot, who were dismissed for 60 with Chris Hallett taking 5-13.

Combe Down stayed on the pace as they were three-wicket victors over Nationwide House, who reached 180-9 courtesy of Matthew Hyde’s unbeaten 79, Andrew Hulbert taking 3-26.

Down lost a wicket to the first ball of their own innings, but a 69-run stand between Tom Hulbert (44) and Andy Hulbert brought them to 71-2 after 15 overs Wickets in successive balls for John Reivers brought Nationwide back into contention as the run chase was checked before Hulbert (94 not out) carried Down to a winning 181-8, the decisive runs coming from a majestic six over long off.

Division Six

LEADERS Burbage & Easton Royal had Russ Buck’s unbeaten 91 to thank for their six-wicket victory over Potterne 4th as they reached the target of 191-7.

David Russell struck 139 not out for Potterne.

Fourteen year old Jake Small struck 46 not out in vain as Heytesbury & Sutton Veny 2nd came up 17 runs short of their pursuit of Swindon B’s 149 all out.

Division Seven

NICK Patel’s 64 guided Burbage & Easton Royal 2nd to an eight-wicket win over closest rivals Purton 2nd in their meeting.

Purton were dismissed for 124, Jon Street taking four catches in the innings and Burbage reached their target inside 27 overs.

Division Eight

SAHIL Basandrai scored 88 and Srikanth Raya 39 in Trowbridge A’s 224-9 against leaders Highworth, for whom Sam Dixon took 4-35.

It proved a winning total as Highworth came up 10 runs shy, despite 65 from Ryan Allen, 62 from Paul Squires and 52 from Mark Wilson.

Third-placed Lacock were three-wicket winners over Box 2nd after successfully chasing down 184-2, Matt Harding with 38.

Division Nine

STRUGGLING Marlborough 3rd gave their cause a boost as they beat their Westbury counterparts by four runs.

Ed Puddick (84 not out) and Graham McDonald (41 not out) shared a 99-run fourth-wicket partnership in Marlborough’s 193-5 and, despite 44 from Jason Steele, Westbury ended on 189-7.

U13 player Josh Davies excelled on his league debut for Buscot Park 2nd, taking 6-36 to help restrict Wanborough 2nd to 223-8 in their meeting as Edgar De Sousa scored 54.

But the Buscot reply was ended on 96 as Jacob Chilcot took 4-23 to ensure a Wanborough win by 127.