A HANDFUL of Stratford Alliance strugglers picked up welcome wins last weekend.

Journal Premier Division pair, Henley Forest and FISSC, both collected maximum hauls to leave Bidford stranded at the bottom. The basement side were 8-1 victims of Henley for whom Neil Jones bagged a hat-trick.

FISSC, meanwhile, had a brace from Keith Irons and one from Marco Pace to thank for the demise of reigning champions Shipston Excelsior, who could only manage replies from Paul May and Steve Righton.

Claverdon recorded only their second Herald Division One triumph as they put a dent in the promotion hopes of Redditch Borough.

Even runaway leaders Need-lemakers were given a shock as they were held 2-2 at Spartak Park only to see their advantage at the summit increased courtesy of Redditch's reverse.

Quinton and Campden Town Reserves propelled themselves two places up the Cutler Division Two table after welcome wins.

The former defeated Ilmi-ngton Revolution 4-1 with James Bunn's brace the icing on the cake, while Campden had two goals from Dave Cooke to thank for a 2-0 win at Shipston.

There's no change at the top following easy wins for Alcester Lions and Badsey United Reserves, who found the net 13 times between them. Tony Hooper (Lions) and Badsey's Ian Haynes both scored hat-tricks.

United's senior side held leaders Campden Town 3-3 with Nick Stanley on target twice. Tom Helbert hit two for the hosts as both sides who moved ahead of Bretforton OB, who went down 1-0 at Malvern Town in the Worcestershire FA Junior Cup.

Results

Journal Premier Division: Campden Tn 3, Badsey Utd 3; Henley Forest 8, Bidford 1; FISSC 3, Shipston Excelsior 2.

Herald Division One: Stratford Spartak 3, FISSC Res 2; Tysoe Utd 3, Long Compton 1; Spartak Park 2, Needlemakers Lions 2; Claverdon 3, Redditch Boro 0.

Cutler Division Two: Alcester 2000 1, Alcester Lions 7; Shipston Excelsior Res 0, Campden Tn Res 2; Badsey Utd Res 6, Henley Forest Res 0; Quinton 4, Ilmington Rev 1.

Fixtures for Saturday

Journal Premier Division: Badsey Utd v Badsey Rgrs, Bretforton OB v FISSC, Campden Tn v Henley Forest.

Herald Division One: Needlemakers Lions v Long Compton, Redditch Boro v Spartak Park, Stratford Spartak v Tysoe Utd.

Cutler Division Two: Ilmington Rev v Alcester 2000, Henley Forest Res v Campden Tn Res.

Nursing Home Cup preliminary round: Shipston Excelsior Res v Quinton, Claverdon v FISSC Res.