The battle for the men's Super 5s title is wide open at the halfway stage after City of Manchester completed an important 11-7 victory over reigning champions Cheltenham at Lancaster today.
It meant that Lancaster, Manchester and Cheltenham go to the next weekend at Luton on 23/24 January level on points at the top, each with three wins from four games.
Manchester were always in control against Cheltenham after taking a 4-1 lead in the first period. Their goals were shared by Joe O'Regan (3), Dan Paddon (2), Robert Simpson (2), Guive Shafie (2), Barry James and Tom Hadley. Photo (by Trevor Hyde): Guive Shafie (White 12), himself a former Cheltenham player, fires one of his goals past Sam Legge.
In today's other Super 5s match, Invicta beat Bristol Central 11-9 to collect their first points. Three goals by Callum Bailey earned Invicta an early advantage which they maintained all the way through.
In Championship 1, Sheffield made it four wins out of four - but only after a titanic struggle with Polytechnic. Poly pulled up from 7-4 down to 7-7 at one stage and then recovered from 10-7 down with two late goals by Lorenzo Cacciola. But Sheffield held out for the points at 10-9, with Chris Armstrong on target five times.
Phil Powell (3), Jordan Elliot (2) and Peter Farkas (2) led the scoring for Solihull in a 10-4 win against Worthing.
Manchester were always in control against Cheltenham after taking a 4-1 lead in the first period. Their goals were shared by Joe O'Regan (3), Dan Paddon (2), Robert Simpson (2), Guive Shafie (2), Barry James and Tom Hadley. Photo (by Trevor Hyde): Guive Shafie (White 12), himself a former Cheltenham player, fires one of his goals past Sam Legge.
In today's other Super 5s match, Invicta beat Bristol Central 11-9 to collect their first points. Three goals by Callum Bailey earned Invicta an early advantage which they maintained all the way through.
In Championship 1, Sheffield made it four wins out of four - but only after a titanic struggle with Polytechnic. Poly pulled up from 7-4 down to 7-7 at one stage and then recovered from 10-7 down with two late goals by Lorenzo Cacciola. But Sheffield held out for the points at 10-9, with Chris Armstrong on target five times.
Phil Powell (3), Jordan Elliot (2) and Peter Farkas (2) led the scoring for Solihull in a 10-4 win against Worthing.
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