A John Angus goal and a long-range effort from Alan Brown gave them the victory, and a Martin Tait strike was Alnwick's only reply.

Berwick United Reserves gained their first win of the season as efforts from Jonathan Waugh, Terry James and Michael Lee proved too much for local rivals Berwick Town, whose reply came from Rudy McLeod.

It was Lowick who took advantage of slack play as Andy Burgon and Carl Avery gave them a half-time lead, a second goal from Burgon stretching the advantage. Rothbury hit back with two John Angus goals and a Stephen Rennison effort.

However, they still found themselves trailing at half- time as visitors Alnmouth United came back to net three times.

In the second period, Alnmouth made sure of the points with two further strikes.
Ryan Taylor (2), John Breeze, Lewis Conroy and Stephen Carey were Alnmouth's goalscorers.

Bradley Welch and Matt Crane had given the home team the lead, but two goals in the final half-hour from Ryan Lillico and Ben Young saw Belford preserve their unbeaten League record.

Elsewhere, Craster Rovers did themselves a favour as strikes from Stephen Watson, a David Hogg penalty and a Bryan Murray finish gave them victory at Hedgeley Rovers, whose single scorer was Mark Watson.

Alnwick Town Reserves and Shilbottle were level after normal time. Two extra-time goals saw Alnwick through, while Ashington Athletic made the trip to Berwick worthwhile by netting six times in the victory over Berwick United Reserves.

It took extra time before Lowick went through at the expense of Bedlington Terrier Reserves.

Tom McPherson, Stuart Foreman and Shaun Hogg had given them a half-time lead with John Angus and Craig Sutton adding two more after half-time.

Jodi Brown and Teherul Alom were on target for Acklington.

Neville Laidler was goalkeeper for Rothbury in the North Northumberland League from his late teens up until his mid 20s, when he was forced to give up the game following a biking accident.

Pauline Roberts and Aaron and Emma Laidler with the Rothbury team gathered round the seat

Neville, who lived at nearby Thropton throughout his life and worked at Northumberland County Council in the education accounts department, died suddenly following a heart attack last July, at the age of 47.

At Acklington, the home side took a three-goal half-time lead thanks to efforts from Richard Lemon, Jody Brown and Eric McKevitt. Alnwick hit back after half-time with a Neil MacFarlane hat-trick plus a Neil McFall goal.

Acklington picked up their first win of the season thanks to two goals by Eric McKevitt and single strikes by Aaron Redpath, Wayne Robinson, Richard Lemon and Dell Sawes.

However, it was not all one way as Berwick United Reserves hit back with a Chris Falconer hat-trick and a Michael Robinson goal.

Four goals from Jackie Angus, three by Craig Sutton and single strikes by Stuart Foreman, Alan Brown, Michael Ord and Scott Rennison saw the home team net 11 times.

Berwick Town put in a better performance, but still lost out to Shaun McKay and Kyle Kennedy efforts for Shilbottle.

Two goals each from John Angus and Michael Old and one apiece from Shaun Hogg and Craig Sutton made up the Rothbury total, with Berwick's reply coming from Martyn Cornish.

Two Michael Grieves goals and one apiece from Mark Sharples and Daryll Gibson were enough for Bedlington Terriers Reserves, at Acklington with Dell Sawss and Aaron Redpath replying.

Two goals in the first 10 minutes from George Scott and John Packer saw Rothbury Res ahead at home to Hedgeley Rovers, but the visitors hit back to take the points thanks to efforts from Mark Forrest, Stephen Shendon and Daniel Havelin.

Leading the way in Division One were Lowick United, who netted eight times without reply.

Exceptional riding by Rose McKie on Midsummer, Olivia Leyland with Blue View and sisters Jenny and Diana Wrangham, riding Fernhill by Design and Nampara Flight, clinched first place in the intermediate jumping competition.

Joe Hale, from Rothbury, won the under-12 and the under-14 category while his brother Jack Hale won the under-18 class.

In the adult competition, John Harrington, from Bewaldeth in Cumbria, won the 11-and-a-half stone and under class.

Both the 13-and-a-half stone category and the all weights classes were won by Richard Fox from Heathersgill, near Carlisle.

Eventual winner Andrew Beattie heads the breakaway group into Cambois

The event started from Rothbury, going over the Billsmoor climb in the opposite direction - and it was left to Gosforth RC's Beattie to climb away from the 60-strong field and take the first prime of the day.