FORDEN United showed their dominance by disposing of former champions the Grapes in a resounding 9-4 victory.
Tony Meredith scored three goals, but was outdone by Mike Cockram with a four goal blast while Graeme McGill and Vinnie Davies were also on target. The Grapes replied through Marc Salvati, Craig Scott, Neil Lloyd-Jones and Duncan Davies goals.
The Crown kept up the pressure with a 6-1 win at Churchstoke Reserves, with goals from Andrew Lloyd, Gareth Rowlands, Lee Jones, Neil Evans, James Langford and Kevin Pugh cancelling out Sasu Kofi’s goal.
The Elephant Llanidloes trounced the Bell Hotel 6-0 to climb to third in the table, with goals from Neil Pugh, Adam Nottingham, Daniel Hind, Luke Jones, Jamie Davies and Will Dodd.
Pink Elephants savoured a 4-3 win over Unicorn Caersws with Leon Williams and Haydn Jones netting braces apiece.
Adam Farrington, Neil Evans and Gareth Bean were on target for the Unicorn.