Billingham Stars and Sutton Sting played back to back league matches home and away over the weekend with honours even - Sting winning 8-1 at iceSheffield on Saturday and Stars winning 2-0 at home on Sunday.
Whitley Warriors are now in 3rd place in the table after a 1-5 win away at Manchester Minotaurs and Solway Sharks also moved up a place to 5th with a 4-1 home win over Sheffield Spartans.
On Sunday night, Whitley hosted Solway in the second leg of the St Andrews Cup competition, having lost 4-2 away at the Sharks in the first leg a few weeks ago. Sharks won the match 1-0 with a goal in the 10th minute PPG from Craig Mitchell and thus secure the trophy 5-1 overall.
Photo: Billingham Stars 2 - Sutton Sting 0, by Dean Reeve - www.deanreevephotography.co.uk