GALMINGTON travelled to play high-flying Plymouth Pilgrims in the Regional League on Sunday looking for a fifth successive victory.

A well-contested first quarter saw Galmington hold a narrow 12-11 lead before Plymouth took control to go 29-21 ahead at half-time.

Galmington worked their way back into the match but still trailed by six goals going into the last period.

With goalkeeper Helen Jones excellent in defence and Becky Squire, who moved from wing defence to wing attack for the second half, feeding the shooting circle superbly Galmington gradually eroded the deficit to draw level.

With goals going with centre passes Plymouth then kept taking the lead only for Galmington to equalise. However, a turnover saw Galmington look likely to score the winning goal only for them to unluckily lose possession which allowed Plymouth to snatch a 49-48 in the dying seconds.

On Sunday Galmington entertain Roman Glass who clinched the Regional League Championship last week. The match starts at 1pm at the Vale and all spectators are welcome for what should be an exciting match between the league’s two in-form teams.

In the Somerset League Premier Division unbeaten leaders Trident faced a potential banana skin when they entertained Yeovil’s Babylon but a tremendous first quarter saw Trident build a 15-4 lead to calm any nerves.

Although Yeovil found some form after that Trident continued to play excellently as a team and, with Loxley King impressive at wing defence and Polly Pepperell shooting superbly, they were comfortable winners 56-38.

Hovelands also started strongly against Paulton A to open up a 14-6 lead. To their credit Paulton played well throughout the match but could not make any inroads into the deficit as Hovelands, for whom goalshooter Jade Clarke held her space well and shot accurately, recorded a fine 52-36 victory.

In Division One Claremont appeared to have the upper hand over Swans of Wells from the outset taking an 11-5 first quarter lead.

Swans battled back but Claremont were still 28-24 ahead going into the final period.

However, Swans piled on the pressure to take the lead only for Claremont to respond well to regain it. A tense finish could have seen either team win but in the end the spoils were shared in a 35-35 draw.

Queensway maintained their position at the top of the Division 3 table with a convincing win over Canons. Queensway were only 16-11 in front at the halfway point but with Kate Northcott strong in defence and Heather Manning shooting well at the other end, they pulled away to win 37-18.

Newbarn were unable to do Queensway a favour when they played host to promotion chasing Paulton B.

The visitors’ experience proved invaluable as they were able to control the game from the start and, despite another fine performance from Lydia Reeves, Newbarn were defeated 49-22.