WEAKENED Bromyard Town paid the price for sloppy defending in a 3-2 defeat at Heath Hayes in the West Midlands premier division.

HEATH HAYES 3, BROMYARD TOWN 2

Play was fairly even for the first 20 minutes but the visitors were 2-0 down by half-time after poor pieces of defending.

Within a minute of the restart, Bromyard's Andy Cartwright reduced the arrears. But inexperience from young players, conceding free-kicks in dangerous areas, gifted the hosts another goal.

Town dominated late on, getting a second goal when Mark Atkinson's cross was headed in by Craig Malins.