Oakwell enhanced their Spen Valley League title pursuit with a 4-3 win at fellow high-fliers Wellington.

Johnny Beverley and Rob Ives netted twice apiece as unbeaten Oakwell came from 2-1 down at the interval to claim the win that lifts them above Wellington to the top of the PREMIER DIVISION table.

At the other end of the table, Thornhill United put some distance between themselves and second-bottom opponents Quarry with a 4-1 win.

Aron Kennedy’s hat-trick was the key, backed up by Tristron Kennedy’s goal, while Brad Jackson struck the solitary reply.

Basement outfit George Healey trailed Youth 2000 just 3-2 at half-time but eventually went down 6-2.

S Bhana (2), Khalid Chibbda, Ismail Chibbda, Modsa Raji and Waqas Rehman outscored Nathan O’Reilly and John Brooke.

DIVISION ONE top two Fairbank United and Park could not be separated as they drew 1-1.

Fairbank took the lead just before the interval through Faisal Shabbir but Carl Austin equalised midway into the second half.

Title rivals Marsh were unable to capitalise on this result as BD3 United enhanced their own promotion hopes with a 1-0 win courtesy of Tuseis Arshad’s goal.

Stithy were the day’s top scorers with a 12-1 romp against Savile Town Athletic, having been just 3-0 up at half-time.

Ben Wilson led the way with five goals, supported by Steven Gawthorpe (2), Mark Wilson, Liam Smith, Willie O’Neill, Adam Wadsworth and Mark Brown.

Bottom side Howden Clough picked up a rare point with a 1-1 draw at Norfolk thanks to 16-year-old Ashley Reed’s goal. Qasim Bostan netted for Norfolk.

ALC were 5-3 winners over Oakwell Reserves, who led 2-1 at the interval. Richard McCann, Dayne Walker and Chris Appleyard saw their goals outweighed by Kev Wilkinson, Wes Oliver, Adam Wilson, Nazraan Khan and Khaled Elsayed.

West Bradford Spartans had Calvin Manyange, Danny Davey and Phil Holmes on target as they edged out Inter Batley 3-2, Fateh Laher and Yusuf Dadhiwala replying.