by MALCOLM PRATT
 
Ashbrooke  Belford House gained ample revenge for an early-season defeat at  the
hands  of  local rivals Silksworth when they enjoyed a six-goals romp  with  the
Colliers on Saturday.
 
Steven  Smith's side were on the back foot from the kick-off. Dale Wells  headed
past  Anthony Mustard after just five minutes and in the 20th minute  Silksworth
suffered a double blow.
 
Gary  Tyzack  was sent off and Peter Benson converted the penalty. Worse was  to
follow  and  when  Tommy Dobbing's team were awarded a  second  spot-kick,  once
again Benson made no mistake.
 
Just  before  the interval Paul Robertson made it four and  although  Silksworth
did  not  concede another goal for 40 minutes, late strikes from Chris  Charlton
and  Martin  Deacon,  with  the goal of the game,  sent  Ashbrooke's  fans  into
raptures.
 
Belford  House  moved into fifth position and Ryhope CW's lead over  Scarborough
Town is now 10 points after their game at Guisborough Town HC was called off.
 
The Seasiders though, with three games in hand on the Wearsiders, had their work
cut out before defeating lowly Windscale.
 
Joel  Ramm  was  a first-half scorer but when Nathan Cook was sent  off  on  the
hour, Scarborough were forced to defend.
 
Windscale  failed to make the best use of their chances and Josh Greening  fired
in  a  second  goal for the home side. The Cumbrians also went down  to  10  men
with the dismissal of Ryan Fitzwilliam just before the end.
 
Jarrow  did  the leading pair some good when they surprisingly routed  third-top
Cleator Moor Celtic in Cumbria.
 
Christopher  Moore  and  Tony Ord each bagged a brace of goals and  Liam  Clarke
also struck in a decisive 5-0 victory.
 
Teesside  Athletic,  who together with Scarborough and Easington  Colliery  have
applied  for  promotion, enhanced their chances with an easy victory  at  Coxhoe
Athletic.
 
Billy  Millington,  Dale  Mendum and James Kesterton just about had  the  points
secured at the interval and late in the game, Mendum was again on target.
 
After  conceding  a 10th-minute lead to Shaun Gregory, who has just returned  to
Wolviston,  Boldon  CA produced a spirited second-half fight-back  which  earned
them a 3-1 victory.
 
Chris  Robertson  levelled  and after Shaun Heads put the  South  Tynesiders  in
front, Michael Meek added to his goal-scoring exploits.
 
Hartlepool  won the bottom two clash at Willington by a comfortable 5-2  margin.
 
Daniel  Corbett  (2) and Kyle McDermott had them three goals up inside  half  an
hour.  Dane Irving (pen) struck for the Hall Lane team but Corbett completed his
hat-trick before the interval.
 
Anthony  Davis  took his team's total to five and although Scott  Hastie  struck
late  in  the game, his goal was no more than a consolation for  Willington  who
now trail Pools by five points.
 
Ryan  Rivis  bagged a brace of goals in Kirkbymoorside's 2-2 draw with  Annfield
Plain whose marksmen were Dominic Elliott and John Clarke (pen).
 
In  addition  to Ryhope's game being postponed, Houghton Town's fixture  at  New
Marske was also called off.