WINDERMERE hosted Wigton on Saturday in their Cumbria League fixture but they gave the visitors a toasting on the pitch, eventually winning 8-2.

Helen Telford fired Windermere into an early lead by converting a Carol Quill cross and, spurred on by this success, the home side exploited every bit of the space they were given to play some excellent attacking hockey.

Sarah Whitehead scored a second goal at the end of fine solo run, then added another goal before relentless pressure saw Jane Jackson crack home a cross from the top of the D.

Windermere's fifth goal of the first half came when Carol Quill raced down the right wing, took the ball into the D and slammed it into the back of the net.

Wigton responded with a break just before the half-time whistle from which they managed to pull a goal back.

They then scored a second by repeating the move after the restart before Winder-mere's defence really began to pull together Helen Parsons, Fiona Wood, Alison Spiby and Phillipa Jones then worked well together to keep the Wigton forwards at bay for the remainder of the match.

Newcomers to the Cumbria League squad Laura Howarth and Layla Quill showed promise in their debut outings for the team and Sarah Whitehead went on to complete her hat-trick, while Jane Jackson and Carole Quill added second goals to their tallies.

Despite not getting in on the goal rush, Katie Hoyle and Shona Taylor battled relentlessly in midfield and the final scoreline truly reflected Windermere's dominance.

n ULVERSTON broke their win-less spell in the Cumbria League with a 3-2 victory over high-flying Ambleside.

A positive start from Ulverston brought a well-worked goal as Steph Richards, Rachel Smith and Sue Hool combined to send Lynn Fitzwilliam away down the left wing before her defence-splitting pass picked out Natalie Gill to shoot past the keeper.

Gill was Ulverston's player of the match and they welcomed back Charlotte Regan and Ruth Going back from college for the week.

Ambleside began to show their ability, linking well to test Ulverston keeper Julie Bowes, who made several important saves, but Ulverston suffered a blow when Kate Wright, who was battling hard in midfield, was sinbinned.

In the second half Ambleside played a bit more like themselves and were rewarded with a penalty corner after ten minutes. From this, sisters Janet Faulkner and Sue Conway combined for Conway to strike the final shot past the defence.

Within five minutes Conway had put Ambleside into the lead when she collected the ball just inside the circle and with plenty of time fired in a smartly struck shot. Going behind was a spur to Ulverston, who hit the post from a short corner before Fitzwilliam scrambled the ball over for their second goal.

Then from another short corner, Kate Wright's shot was deliberately stopped on the line by an Ambleside player's foot and Fitzwilliam scored the winning goal from the resulting penalty flick.

n KIRKBY Stephen stayed at home on Saturday, to face Dalston in a Cumbria League match.

Kirkby started forcefully, and took the lead early when a cross from Mel Earl was deflected off the Dalston keeper.

Two further goals came in the first half.

One was a superb effort from Lisa Potter which brought a fine save from the Dalston keeper only for Sarah Bowman to follow up and slot it away.

The other came from Ruth Lawler's excellent top-of-the-D strike.

Kirkby, who were fielding five junior members, continued to play a controlled game, and Claire Sproat scored her first goal from the narrowest of angles following great play from the midfield.

Dalston battled hard and forced the game to the Kirkby half of the pitch where they won several penalty corners, and forced some brave saves off the line from Mel Earl.

Undeterred, Kirkby replied by claiming their own penalty corner, from which Claire Sproat claimed her second goal.

Dalston, tiring from chasing the game, left spaces and Kim Balmer took advantage to fire home the sixth and final goal.