Consett Saint Patricks held on to top spot in a 3-0 win over Jesmond Parish Church. Andrew Murray, David Rowe and Rob Nichol knocked in the goals.

Metro Church Sunderland got back to winning ways beating Ryton Churches 3-1, Anthony Ditchburn, Anthony Sedgewick and Gary Thomas for Metro with Dean Swanston scoring a penalty late in the game for Ryton.

Saint Peter's Low Fell completed the top three winning by beating Heworth Christian Fellowship 3-1, Rob Laybourne put St. Peter's ahead with Nick Rowling equalising for Heworth with Barry Ward scoring a pair for the Saints.

Airport Church Newcastle travelled to Jesmond Parish Athenians and picked up their first win of the season. Airport substitute Ben Oliver opened the scoring after an hour. He laid on the second for Ewan McGarrity and got the third himself for a 3-0 win.

Bethshan Christian Centre remain first, going into a 6-1 half-time leader over Lanchester Chapel, Chris Thompson scored four with Craig Eastman and David Longhurst also scoring. Longhurst completed his hat-trick and a goal from Mark Langdown. Lanchester Chapel's Andrew Sword scored twice with Richard Hughes, Peter Olivere and Dean Birkett also scoring for Bethshan to win 9-5.

Jesmond Parish Corinthians took the lead from Shane Hurst with Ben Laing equalising for Yarm Emmanuel. Jamie Church and two goals from Scott Martin gave Corinthians a 4-1 lead. Tim Boyes and a pair from Andy Bell made the full time score 4-4. Saint John's Church Snod's Edge travelled to Monkwearmouth Christians and came away with a 4-3 win. Duncan McCulloch scored a hat-trick with Ray Wilkenson making it four. George Churchill scored twice with Barry Naisbitt getting Monkwearmouth's third. Whitley Bay got two goals in the last ten minutes from Chris Stratford and Mark Wallace to beat Saint Chapel Castington 2-0.

In the Second Division Youth Ministry Team Waldridge had a convincing win over Stockton Baptist Tabernacle to stay top. A hat-trick from David Millen and a goal from Dan O'Hare gave them a 4-0 lead. Jon Coffer and Jon Lines both scored twice and David Young got a goal for them to win 9-1. John Iley got Stockton's lone strike. Another team to score nine goals were Heaton Hearts at Whitley Baptist Church. Martin Patton scored four goals with a hat-trick from Rama K. Dan Burfield and Matt Simpson also added to the scoresheet. Jeff Gibson (2), Tony Roberts and Gareth Ludlow scored for Whitley Bay in a 9-5 defeat.

City Church Newcastle took a 1-0 lead after 45 minutes from Keith Parsons over Middlesbrough Baptist's. Shabab Mankivandi scored twice and Jon Elliot also scored for City to win 4-0.

Richard Robinson (2), Grant Tolley, Duncan McAuley and Jack Steels put All Saints Church Preston on Tees into a 5-0 lead but Paul Gribbon, Ryan Lynn and Dan Meek of Bethshan Athletic scored to bring the match to 5-3. It was too little to late as All Saints held on for their first win of the season.

Tomorrow's FIXTURES: Airport Church Newcastle v Heworth Christian Fellowship; Consett Saint Patricks v Saint Peter's Low Fell; Jesmond Parish Athenians v Metro Church Sunderland; Ryton Churches v Jesmond Parish Church; Lanchester Chapel v Whitley Bay Churches; Monkwearmouth Christians v Yarm Emmanuel; Saint Aidan's Chapel Castington v Bethshan Christian Centre; Saint John's Snod's Edge v Jesmond Parish Corinthians; Bethshan Athletic v Whitley Bay Baptist church; Heaton Hearts v All Saints Church Preston on Tees; Hope House Church Sunderland v Youth Ministry Team - Waldridge; Stockton Baptist Tabernacle v Middlesbrough Baptist's.