HARWELL Village stretched their lead at the top of Division 1 of the North Berks League with a 3-1 win against reigning champions Ardington & Lockinge.

First-half goals from Matthew Hinchliffe and Adi Junkison put Harwell in control, before Alan Bertram notched No 3.

Although Gareth Fenton pulled one back, it was too late.

Harwell International fought back from a goal down as they beat Drayton 4-2.

Bradley Ritchie fired Drayton ahead, before Harwell fought back through a Mike Yardley double and strikes from James Sherwood - his first for the club - and Tom Baptie.

Gary Sutton bagged a brace as Faringdon Town strolled to a 4-0 victory against Saxton Rovers.

Robbie and Derren Harrington were their other marksmen.

Marcham's hopes of escaping the drop suffered a blow as they crashed 5-1 at Blewbury.

Bryn Ingram (2), Tom Ingram, Danny Cox-Rogers and a 30-yard thunderbolt from Sean Russell brought up Blewbury's nap hand with Luke Westell replying.

Division 2 leaders Crowmarsh Gifford stayed on track for promotion with a 4-2 success against Long Wittenham Athletic.

Paul Hannigan (2), James Ham and Dan Keeler were on target, with player-manager Phil Lynch and Craig Day hitting back for Wittenham.

Grove Rangers moved to third with a 3-1 home win against Coleshill United Res.

Jamie O'Sullivan, Chris Houldey and Dave Stebbings were on target for Grove while Chris Maisey netted for Coleshill.

Lambourn Res won 2-0 against Shrivenham A, with goals from Jason Whalley and Andy Bulloch.

Andy Potter hammered a hat-trick as Botley United won 5-3 against Division 3 leaders Ardington & Lockinge Res.

Andy Humphreys and Ben Taylor got their others, with Chris Pettis (2) and Andy Stickley replying.

A late strike from Richard Evans gave Stanford-in-the-Vale a point in a thrilling 3-3 draw against Faringdon Town Res.

Adam Clay fired Stanford ahead from the penalty spot and although Matthew Hickson levelled, Ben Harrison's strike restored Stanford's lead.

A John Lenik double gave Faringdon a 2-1 advantage which they held until injury time when sub Evans smashed home Jamie Hopgood's cross to salvage a draw for Stanford.

Three goals in the last ten minutes saw Division 4, leaders Harwell International Res fight back from 2-0 down to beat Challow United 3-2.

Strikes from Gareth Eltham and Eammon McGowan appeared to put Challow in control, only for Ben Higgins, Stuart Head and Johnny Eudell to snatch an unlikely victory.

Gareth Cole struck his 19th goal of the season, but missed a penalty as Didcot Casuals Res were held to a 1-1 draw by East Hendred Res.

Neil Crosby showed age is no barrier as the 54-year-old scored one of Coleshill United's goals in their 4-0 win over Challow Res in Division 5.

Ryan Philips, Martin Chivers and Chris Bill were also on target.

OTHER SCORES Div 2: AFC Benson 4 (J Oliver, J Flower, D Polley, A Wright), Sutton Courtenay 1 (P Clark).

Div 3: Warborough & Shillingford 2 (L Dewar, D Hutt), Blewbury Res 1 (D Knapp); Didcot Casuals 3 (J Newport, L Corrigan, S Prior), Benson Lions 0; Childrey Utd 0, Drayton Res 1 (N King).

Div 4: Wootton Res 4 (S Nicholls 2, J Hooker, J Ivey), Long Wittenham Res 3 (A Evans 2, B Collett) Div 5: Faringdon Town A 4 (M Curtis 3, J Tyler), Sutton Courtenay Res 1.

North Berks Cup: Kingsclere 5 (D Cicchetti 3, D Pettitt, S Bartholomew), East Hendred 1.