Hockey: Robarts robs Cambridge of winning run

Two second-half strikes from Tony Robarts, the Bishop's Stortford penalty corner expert, robbed Cambridge City the Adnams Premier leaders, of their 100 per cent record in a 2-2 draw after Gareth Machin and Julian Archer had given City a 2-0 interval lead.

In the North, the leaders Norton, who dropped their first points of the season last weekend, dropped two more in a goalless draw away to Swalwell but with a game in hand lead Formby six points. In the South, where two teams go through to the National League play-offs from the Nastro Azzurro Premier, Anchorians plus Hampstead and Westminster march on.

Second-placed Hampstead won 2-0 against Old Whitgiftians, while the leaders Anchorians had a comfortable 4-2 victory at Richmond.