Bedale Athletic stretched their unbeaten run in the Camerons Teesside League to six matches with a 4-3 win at Carlin How who fell behind after only 20 seconds, Russell Edwards on target.

Carlin How were then shocked when Paul Taite made it 2-0 after 16 minutes. Twenty minutes later Jason Draper pulled a goal back.

On the hour Draper made the match all square, but in the 75th minute Adam Bramley, with his 16th of the season, made it 3-2 and a minute later Taite struck again with his 14th of the season to give Bedale a 4-2 lead.

With six minutes remaining Draper struck with his hat-trick goal, his sixth for Carlin How since joining from Whitby Town Reserves, for whom he scored 11 goals, giving him to 17 for the season and the leading league scorer.

Cargo Fleet kept the pressure on leaders Acklam Steelworkswith a 3-0 home win over Grangetown Boys Club, taking the lead against the champions when John Patterson put George Pain away and he ran on to open the scoring after five minutes.

Mark Wilson's free kick 20 minutes later found Pain who scored at the second attempt.

In the second half, Fleet withstood the Boys Club fight-back and in the 70th minute, Pain broke away and looked to be on course for a hat-trick but was fouled in the box by a Grangetown defender.

Ray Teasdale scored form the resulting penalty to keep the gap between themselves and Acklam SW to seven points and gained revenge for their early season meeting when the Boys Club won by a similar scoreline.

Fishburn Park followed up their 4-0 win over New Marske with a 6-0 home win over visitors Stokesley Sports Club. After an even first half-hour, Fishburn took the lead in the 35th minute, through the previous week's hat-trick hero Duncan Marson. Five minutes later Alan Price made it 2-0 with his first goal for Fishburn since joining from local rivals Whitby Town Reserves.

A minute from half-time Lee Found added a third. Marson added a fourth 10 minutes intothe second-half and secured his second successive hat-trick in the 70th minute. Five minute from the end Found struck his second of the game

Guisborough Town Reserves fell to their third consecutive defeat, beaten 4-1 at home to leaders Acklam Steelworks. Mark Wheatley gave Acklam a 29th-minute lead, his first Acklam goal. Three minutes later Charlie Agiadis made it 2-0, but shortly afterawards Agiadis was sent of for foul language at the referee.

This did not stop Acklam as and added a third five minutes later through Steve Burns. In the second half the home side pushed forward but were struck on the break when Dean Talukder scored his second for Acklam since joining from BEADS. In the 78th minute the home side were awarded a penalty from which Darren Coyne scored his sixth of the season.

Hollybush United went on a holiday goal spree against luckless BEADS, running up their highest score of the season, a 10-1 win.

Earlier in the season BEADS lost by a record score of 19-1. Things started badly for the visitors when Darren Ward scored a quick-fire hat-trick with goals in the 5th, 10th and 15th minute, his first goals for the club.

On the stroke of half-time, Mark Thompson made it 4-0. Four minutes into the second half Paul Norton gave the visitors a glimmer of hope when he scored to make it 4-1 but a cruel own goal by David Dunn in the 54th minute made it 5-1.

On the hour Thompson added his before Ian Kirkbright made it 7-1 in the next minute. Thompson completed his hat trick from the penalty spot after 70 minutes and Garry Smithies added a ninth before Mark Thornton took his tally to seven with five minutes remaining to complete the rout.

New Marske Sports Club gained revenge for an early season 4-0 defeat by visitors Whitby Town Reserves, winning 3-1.

Paul Richter gave the home side the lead after seven minute when a penalty was awarded. This was the only goal of an even first-half.

In the second period the home side took a two-goal lead in the 56th minute through Michael Magor with his first of the season. The visitors struck back and in the 75th minute Paul Graham, with his second consecutive goal, pulled it back to 2-1.

But with five minutes remaining Chris Young sealed the revenge win with cracking 20 yarder.

Thornaby completed the double over basement club Mackinlay Park with a 3-0 win in a rather one-side match which saw the woodwork deny the home side throughout the match.

Darren Miller gave the home side a 15th-minute lead and Darren Fixture added a second on the stroke of half time. After the breal again the woodwork, poor finishing and some good goalkeeping kept the score down until the last minute when a first of the season from Colin Stevenson made it 3-0.

The meeting of Thornaby YC and Nunthorpe Athletic usuallyresults in a tight and hard game. The Youth Club, failed in their revenge bid after a 3-0 defeat early in the season, beaten 4-1.

The first half was very even with Nunthorpe taking the lead on the stroke of half time when Andy Southern headed home a right wing cross. On the hour Neil Holdsworth bundled the ball home for an equaliser.

The match remained even until the 65th minute when Phil Pinkney gave the visitors a 2-1 lead and ten minutes later Pinkney increased the lead with his second of the game and 12th of the season.

The Youth Club tried to get back into the match but with five minutes remaining Ben Thomson broke clear and secured the points with his third goal in consecutive games to seal win which keeps third-placed Nunthorpe on the trail of the two teams above them, with games in hand.

Wolviston Reserves have had a poor start to their first season in the league but have reached the last eight of the Durham County Trophy after a 4-3 away win over Spennymoor Quinns Inn.

Leading scorers (league and league cup): 17 - J Draper (Carlin How), (11 for Whitby Town Res); 16 - A Bramley (Bedale Ath); 14 - P Taite (Bedale Ath), G Hamilton (Cargo Fleet); 12 - G Pain (Cargo Fleet), R Teasdale (Cargo Fleet), M Say (Carlin How), G Hyde (Nunthorpe Ath), P Pinkney (Nunthorpe Ath); 11 - S Smith (Hollybush Utd), M Allen (Thornaby YC); 10 - D Lawson (Acklam SW), M Walker (BEADS), R Scott (Carlin How), W Gredziak (Richmond Town), D Fixture (Thornaby); 9 - D Marson (Fishburn Park), S Thornton (Hollybush Utd), P Boldison (Nunthorpe Ath); 8 - D Mobberley (Acklam SW), M Robinson (Beadle Ath), P Graham (Whitby Town Res); 7 - S Boyle (Acklam SW), S Burns (Acklam SW), A Oliver (Acklam SW), K Solomon (Carlin How), D Lamb (Guisb Town Res), M Thompson (Hollybush Utd), M Thornton (Hollybush Utd), L Doughty (Nunthorpe Ath), 6 - P Jewitt (Cargo Fleet), G Smithies (Hollybush Utd), D Coyne (Guisborough Town Reserves), D Wilson (Richmond Town), 5 - N Agiadis (Acklam SW), P Edwards (Cargo Fleet), J Smith (Fishburn Park), I Kirkbright (Hollybush Utd), P McCrone (Nunthorpe Ath), R Shaw (Thornaby).