Jasmin Coleman (6) and Amy Potter (5) led the scoring as Exeter finished an undefeated women’s Division 2 campaign with an easy 20-2 defeat of Welsh Wanderers at Haberdashers today.
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The Devon side will be joined in Championship 1 by Rotherham Metro, Liverpool Liver Birds, City of Bristol and Mid Sussex Marlins. Welsh Wanderers, Sheffield Stingrays and Birmingham go to Championship 2.

Photo (Trevor Hyde): Amy Potter scores one of her goals against Welsh Wanderers. 

Otter staged a tremendous rally in the final two minutes to steal a 9-8 victory over Coventry in women’s Division 1 at Haberdashers today (13 November).

When the final period began, the teams were level at 6-6. Two strikes by Vicki Hawkins then edged Coventry into an 8-6 lead before Mhairi Nurthen and Katy Cutler equalised. Then, after a flurry of time-outs, Rebecca Mulcahy netted the Otter winner - with just one second remaining!

Hucknall scored seven goals without reply in the second quarter – by Cara Dunsbee (4) and India Wilkinson (3) - on the way to a 14-7 win against Caledonia.
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Runaway leaders City of Manchester once again emphasised their overall superiority, hammering Tyldesley 25-7 and then Sheffield Sharks 26-8 at East Manchester. Liverpool Lizards ensured a place in the Super 5s with a 21-15 victory over Tyldesley. 

Photo (Trevor Hyde): Otter's Rebecca Mulcahy (white cap) is challenged by Vicki Hawkins, of Coventry. 

Exeter retained their unbeaten record in women’s Division 2 at Haberdashers, defeating City of Bristol 15-8 today (13 November). 

Later, Exeter withstood a late rally from Mid Sussex Marlins to clinch another win - 14-12. Nyah Tomlinson (4), Jasmin Coleman (3) and Lucy Chard-Maple (3) were the leading scorers. 

Bristol improved their chances of a top five place – and progress to Championship 1 – by beating Welsh Wanderers 10-3.

​Rotherham Metro made certain of Championship 1 progress by defeating Liverpool Liver Birds 10-6. The division’s leading scorer, Emily Crossley, took her tally for the season to 26 with a four-goal contribution.

Cheltenham and City of Manchester effectively secured their passages to the men’s Super 5s with further wins today.

The remaining places will be fought over when the Division 1 finale takes place at Coventry on 27/28 November – with none of the remaining six teams completely out of contention.

It was another routine day for Manchester at Matlock, where Dan Paddon scored five in a 13-3 defeat of Solihull. Cheltenham beat Welsh Wanderers 14-6 at Aldershot.

Closest game of the day saw Invicta defeat Polytechnic 11-9. Early in the final period, Invicta led 10-6. Poly then rallied with goals by Sergio Schiaffino, Nick Hock and Pedro Stellet before Callum Bailey’s third goal eased Invicta’s nerves 1.13 from the end. 

Photo (Trevor Hyde): Tom Curwen in action for Lancaster at Matlock.

Tyldesley began the final weekend of men’s Division 4 action at Matlock without a single point – but ended up (only just) taking fifth place and therefore qualifying for Championship 3 in the New Year.

Success was achieved thanks to a big win over York City on day one, followed by three more points today – from a 10-8 defeat of Sheffield Dolphins and a nail-biting 12-12 draw with Bridgefield.

Tyldesley looked comfortable against Bridgefield as hat-tricks by Oliver Rhodes, Adam Toone and Neil Williams secured a 12-10 lead a minute from the end. But Bridgefield scored through Jacob Graham with 43 seconds to go; then Alex Sanders equalised with just 13 seconds left.

​At Aldershot, Southampton beat the British Army 14-4 to complete a perfect Division 5 campaign – seven wins out of seven. They progress confidently to Championship 3 alongside Rotherham Metro, whose goalkeeper George Jackson scored twice in the last minute of a 21-13 win against Newport, the Army, Newport and Tyldesley. Sheffield Dolphins, York City and Bridgefield go to Championship 4.

Photo (Trevor Hyde): Tyldesley's Chris Rhodes (left) and Robert Bond put Will Tomlinson under pressure in the big win over York City.

Cheltenham made it four wins from four matches in men's Division 1 when they followed up a 10-7 victory over Polytechnic with a thrilling 10-9 success against Invicta at Aldershot today.

Invicta trailed 3-1 early on but recovered superbly to lead 8-5 at the start of what proved to be an action-packed third period. That prompted a Cheltenham revival as they pulled up to 9-9 with a breakaway goal by Will Rayson, who scored again shortly afterwards.

There were no more goals. A highly-charged final quarter produced just one exclusion and three time-outs.

Later, Welsh Wanderers pulled off a remarkable 14-13 victory over Polytechnic, scoring six times without reply in the fourth period. 

Meanwhile, at Matlock, champions Manchester scored five without reply in the final period to see off Sheffield 12-4. Lancaster's 18-12 defeat of Solihull featured an outstanding nine-goal contribution from John Pratt.

In men's Division 4, Newport improved their hopes of a top five place when a goal in the last second by Matt Veale salvaged an 11-11 draw with the British Army. Southampton maintained their 100 per cent record from six games, beating Rotherham 12-5. Charles Roberts' four goals took his tally for the season to 31.
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At Matlock, Tyldesley's Addison Brown scored nine as Tyldesley outplayed York City 17-4 for their first win of the season. Bridgefield also notched their first victory - 12-7 against Sheffield Dolphins. 

Photo (Trevor Hyde): An almost cap-less John Pratt on the way to scoring nine for Lancaster against Solihull.