RIVER Smith’s double helped Ringwood Town return to winning ways as they registered a 4-0 victory over Sydenhams Wessex One rivals Folland Sports.
Ringwood bounced back from the previous week’s defeat at Shaftesbury to chalk up a fourth win in their past five games.
Peter Richmond-Cole and Lee Vint were also on target as seventh-placed Ringwood joined AFC Stoneham and Tadley Calleva on 57 points.
Christchurch were left kicking themselves after being held to a 1-1 draw by struggling Andover New Street.
Loyd Cole was on target for Priory but a goal from Ollie Yates cost them two precious points – with promotion rivals Laverstock & Ford going down 1-0 against Weymouth reserves.
Goals from Danny Vickers and Brett Denham condemned New Milton Town to a 2-0 defeat against Tadley Calleva at Fawcett’s Field.
Prolific marksmen Steve Smith and Mark Ford were both on target in Hamworthy United’s 3-1 win against relegation-threatened Verwood Town in the Premier Division.
Smith’s double took his tally for the season to 22, while Ford notched his seventh goal in as many games as Hammers stopped the rot following three defeats on the trot.
The Potters, eight points adrift of safety with six games remaining, replied through Martin Smith as they were condemned to a seventh successive defeat.
Kevin Foreman scored for Poppies in their 2-1 reverse at high-flying Blackfield & Langley with Harry Jackson and Jamie White netting for the Watersiders.
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