Bere Alston 3, Probus 2

PROBUS will be left wondering what might have happened if influential midfielder Ben Ringrose had not got lost on the way to Bere Alston by following directions that nearly took him to Bude.

It meant that he only arrived in time to take a place on the bench and Probus were already trailing 2-0 before he came on as a second half substitute.

Bere Alston took control with first half goals from Paul Simpson and Chris Bray.

Probus sent on Ringrose in place of Martin Bishop but were pegged back again with Bray grabbing his second goal of the afternoon.

Further changes by Probus saw them finish strongly with two goals in the final ten minutes with the impressive Dan Vincent scoring one and creating another for Sam Bullen.

Probus had enough chances to have earned a point, but missed out in front of goal and suffered their first league defeat in five games.

MoM: Dan Vincent (Probus).

Bude Town 4, St Stephens Borough 2

BUDE, who put up a great fight in their defeat by leaders Torpoint seven days previously, returned to winning ways at home to bottom club St Stephens Borough.

But they had to survive an early scare when Andy Wright gave the visitors the lead after a quarter of an hour.

James Giordani, returning to the Bude midfield after taking a recent break, was always influential as the home side came back into the game. He hit the bar while Bude had a confident penalty appeal turned down before 17-year-old Adam Smith grabbed a couple of goals in quick succession.

Bude continued to dominate and Steve Hackett had a penalty brilliantly saved by Martin Dean before Alan James added a third goal and Smith went on to complete his hat-trick in the second half.

Borough showed some encouraging spirit and their efforts were rewarded when Wright scored his second with a late penalty.

MoM: James Giordani (Bude Town).

Lanreath 1, Bodmin Town 1

BODMIN remain in the bottom two after having to settle for a point from their visit to fellow strugglers Lanreath, who probably felt they had enough of the possession to have taken all three points.

Bodmin were playing their first league match since losing at Torpoint in mid-January and have still only completed 15 matches, which leaves them with six matches in hand over Lanreath, who are only two points above Bodmin.

It remains a tight battle at the bottom with Lanreath, in turn, only three points adrift of Wadebridge with a couple of matches in hand.

Lanreath gave themselves some hope when James Barrett gave them a second half lead and they might well have gone on to collect their first win since Christmas but for some fine work by visiting goalkeeper Gerald Legg.

He kept his side in the game and they rescued a point with an equaliser from Steve Chapman.

MoM: Gerald Legg (Bodmin Town).

St Dominick 2, Elburton V 6

ST DOMINICK faced an uphill struggle when they conceded three goals in the opening quarter of an hour against an impressive Elburton outfit.

It quickly became clear there was to be no repeat of last month's result when St Dominick won 2-0 at Elburton.

The visitors went ahead through Dan Squires after only seven minutes and went on to take control with Squires turning in a man of the match performance with four goals, while there were further strikes from Jacob Smale and Jay Chard. St Dominick had their moments but Luke Kelly and Kevin Blatchford failed to take advantage of their opportunities.

Lee Blatchford pulled a goal back for the Saints with a thunderbolt from 25 yards and the home side had the final say with a goal from Adam McPherson but finished well beaten in what was a bad day at the office.

MoM: Dan Squires (Elburton Villa).

Tavistock 3, Saltash Utd 0

SALTASH are struggling through a lack of fixtures with the visit to Tavistock being only their second league game since mid-December. Now they face a couple of blank weeks before visiting Elburton Villa on March 10.

Even so, they provided sound opposition for Tavistock until the turning point came on the hour when central midfielder Mat Glendinning was sent off after collecting a second yellow card.

Then fellow midfielder Stefan Kelly went off injured and Tavistock took control with Kevin Hatch a constant threat with his lively work on the left wing.

Earlier, Saltash had their moments and Tavistock were fortunate to have Jamie Castle on form in goal.

Tavistock eventually achieved the breakthrough when Ryan Moorhead opened the scoring with Hatch adding the second and Jarryd Kelly wrapped up victory for the home side after rounding off some good work by Sam Shepherd.

MoM: Kevin Hatch (Tavistock).

Wadebridge Town 1, Torpoint Athletic 2

TORPOINT are now 11 points clear at the top of the table but they are being made to work hard for the victories that are keeping them on course for the title.

Wadebridge have a battle of their own as they endeavour to stay above Lanreath and Bodmin and, despite going two-down on the hour mark, they hit back to give Torpoint some anxious moments in the closing stages.

Both Torpoint goals came as the Wadebridge defence failed to deal with corners. Lewis Young took advantage to open the scoring just before the interval and Darren Wills added the second with half an hour remaining.

Credit was due to Wadebridge, however, for sticking to their task with Shaun Cunningham proving a constant threat to the visiting defence.

The home side had some consolation for their efforts ten minutes from the end when 16-year-old substitute Tom Whitehead scored with a fine volley.

MoM: Shaun Cunningham (Wadebridge).

The other premier division match between Morwenstow and Launceston was postponed because of a waterlogged pitch.