Premier gap closes

The weather put a kibosh on games out of town, barring the game at Galabank, and with Moffat out of action the chasing pack were looking to apply some pressure at the top of the Premier. Normandy Star hosted Nithside with both sides harbouring title hopes but needing full points to continue to have them. In a ding dong encounter it was Normandy who held the upper hand with Mark Cravens, Jordan Muirhead , Paul McCann and Tommy Goss on target with Jordan Barker scoring twice and Jason Kirkwood also finding the net for Nithside in a seven goal thriller. Five Arches Bombers travelled to Annan and the 3G surface suited their style as A Tam Coles brace and goals from Russell Jardine and Graeme Maxwell put the hosts to the sword.. Hole in the Wa hosted Scaur and climber above them in the table with a convincing win thanks to a Dale Talaszko double, Islam Kadyrov and and an own goal. Dumfries Athletic took the lead against Palmerston Colts with an early Lewis Lamb goal but the colts roared back to lead 5-1 at half time thanks to a Greig Lawrie hat trick and goals from Darren Kerr and Axl Menlove. Ali Baird pulled on back fro Dumfries, but Craig Kerr quickly made it 7, Dumfries pulled another back through Ewan McLellan but Colts finished the stronger and Greig Lawrie and Craig Kerr found the net again as well as a double from a trialist. In the only first Divsion match played Ruthwell Rovers picked up three points at the expense of Sands. Luca Pagani opened and finished the scoring with John Dalgliesh also grabbing a brace in between for Rovers.