North Berks League round-up by Andy Wells

Midfielder Chris Pettis got married on Saturday morning and then pulled on his boots to help East Hendred to a 7-2 win over Division 1 strugglers Harwell Village in the afternoon.

Neil Thimbleby scored six for Hendred, with another from Matthew Launchbury making it a double celebration in the evening at the club.

Andy Burton struck the winner for Long Wittenham as they moved joint top on points with Shrivenham following a 3-2 win over Blewbury.

Eric Mark had earlier scored twice for Long Witten- ham.

Benson strengthened their title aspirations as they cantered to a 4-1 win over Saxton Rovers Res.

Teddy Carter got two goals, with Matthew Prince and Ali Rodriguez also netting.

A Paul Jordan header gave Stanford-in-the-Vale a 1-0 home win over Hanney United, who missed a second-half penalty.

The Division 3 title looks to be heading west as Shriven- ham Res notched their 12th league win of the season, with an emphatic 8-0 drubbing of Stanford Res.

Rob New scored three goals, with Stuart Clark (2), Tim Price, Marc Pugh and Chris White completing the scoring.

**OTHER SCORERS

Division 3: Faringdon Tn Res 4 (J Lovegrove, L Moss, S Huggins, og), Uffington Utd 1; Lambourn Sports Res 4 (S Reeds 2, D Boucher, C Read), Buckland 0.

Division 4: Sutton Courtenay Res 7 (V Cooper 3, B Geddes, S Hendy, W Bolton), Botley Utd Res 2 (C Palin, S Martyn); Warborough Res 4 (B Peach, S Bayliss, G Rudman, S Clay), AFC Wallingford A 5.

Division 5: Buckland Res 2 (D Bradbury, R Beasley), Coleshill Utd Res 7 (J Willis 4, A Fila, S Blake, M Bungay pen); Marcham Res 3 (T Barrett, W Costar), East Hendred Res 3 (J Fisher 3).