HEREFORD moved a little further away from the drop zone in De Cymru and Marches 1 of the Davis Wood League with a crushing 7-1 win against basement club Cleevillians.

"It was a good performance and a well-deserved win," said skipper Mark Allen.

Hereford's man of the match was Dan Makaruk, who scored four times in the conclusive victory.

Richard Brown opened the scoring but poor marking allowed Cleevillians to level almost immediately.

Makaruk then scored four times, two either side of half-time, before Will Steel scored Hereford's sixth from a short corner.

Matt Walker rounded off the scoring from a pass by George Veltom.

In De Cymru and Marches 2, Ross had to rely on a second-half comeback to give some respectability to the scoreline at Cardiff 5th after falling 4-0 behind at the break.

Tom Walton's cross was bundled in as Richard Jennison challenged at the near post and Will Pettifer chipped the keeper for a second.

But despite pressure from the visitors, Ross were unable to fight back.

In the Conference North, Leominster slipped back to third place after losing 3-2 at West Wilts, who leapfrog into second.

Leominster were a goal adrift at the interval but equalised when Rob Goodman latched on to a Josh Watkins reverse-stick cross.

A short corner was forced over the line to restore the home side's lead but, also from a short corner, Harry Ellis levelled again with a fine drag-flick.

West Wilts bagged a fortuitous winner when a cross was deflected past keeper Matt Styles by Leominster skipper Yon Saunders' stick.

It's now 11 wins from 11 for Hereford 2nd in Severn 2 of the West Clubs' Women's League after a 3-1 success at local rivals Ross-on-Wye.

Pippa Pearson, Tia Taylor and Lucy Debenham were on target as Alice Steel turned in a player-of-the-match performance.

It was not such a happy day for Leominster in the North Division with the Herefordshire side battered 9-0 at leaders Marlborough.

A weakened Leominster side trailed 6-0 at the interval and, despite chances for Liz Ranft and Nina Emery and a player-of-the-match performance from Chloe Reynolds, Marlborough added three more without reply in the second half.