SAFE PASSAGE: Salcombe Town (red) are through to the last 32 of the Premier Cup as their opponents are unable to raise a side. (c) MiraclePR
A combination of County Cup fixtures and wet pitches reduced the WBW (Solicitors) SDFL fixture list to six games over the weekend, only one of those in the Premier Division.
That game was at Poole Lane where Plympton Athletic Reserves moved above hosts East Allington United and into fourth spot with a 1-0 win, Carlton Allen the goalscorer.
There were mixed fortunes for SDFL teams in the Throgmorton Devon Premier Cup with two teams progressing to the Third Round. Salcombe Town didn’t have to kick a ball to go through with Boca Seniors unable to fulfil the fixture. Ipplepen Athletic got their shooting boots on as they won 6-2 in a surprise victory over Devon Football League side Ottery St Mary. Ivybridge Town Reserves were also playing DFL opponents and goals from Matt Hill and Kane Steel saw them earn an unlikely extra thirty minutes at Waldon Athletic. But it was the Clarets who progressed after they won the penalty shoot-out.
Broadmeadow STFC and Buckfastleigh Rangers are also out of the competition. Bere Alston defeated Broads 2-1, Chris Bennett with the visitors’ strike, while Rangers crashed out 3-0 at Plympton Athletic.
Ipplepen will be at home to the winners of the Bradworthy versus Tavistock Reserves game in the round of 32 while Salcombe face a tough tie at home to Cronies. Meadowbrook Athletic could face Watcombe Wanderers in the Third Round but first they will need to win their rearranged tie with Hartland & Clovelly.
In Division One, Stoke Gabriel Reserves enjoyed a convincing 7-1 win away at Riviera United and move into the top six. Jack Gilpin, Thomas Leach and Jack Lee all found the net for Chudleigh Athletic Reserves who overcame Kingsteignton Athletic Reserves 3-1 away in the division’s other game.
Galmpton United and Ipplepen Athletic Reserves kept uo their pursuit of Division Two leaders Upton Athletic. The Greens won 3-1 at home to Newton Rovers with Pens enjoying a 7-1 victory at Kingsbridge and Kellaton United.
Newton Rovers Reserves played only their second game of the season in Division Three, losing out 2-1 at Kingsteignton Athletic Thirds.
The Herald Cup kicks off on Saturday and there will be two different teams in the final with both Buckland Athletic Reserves and Kingsteignton Athletic now playing in the DFL. League leaders Torbay Police kick off their cup campaign away at Chudleigh Reserves and there are three all-Premier ties with Salcombe at home to Brixham AFC Reserves, Newton Abbot ’66 hosting Ivybridge Reserves and Ipplepen Athletic travelling to Buckfastleigh Rangers.