WIMBORNE Town avoided a banana skin with an emphatic preliminary round triumph at Cowes Sports.

James Stokoe (2). Franklyn Clarke, Mark Gamble and Carl Preston netted as the Magpies cruised through 5-0 on the Isle of Wight.

Steve Cuss's men face South West Peninsula League side Witheridge, a team from two levels below, at home in the next round.

Wimborne return to league action against rock-bottom Bashley in Southern South & West tomorrow (1pm).

Magpies: Harvell, Arnold (Blake, 62), Oliver, Wilson (Costello, 62), Maybury, Johnson, Griffin, Clarke, Stokoe (Elliott, 67), Gamble, Preston. Unused subs: Turner, Randall, Roast (g/k).