A BIG weekend of football dished up a loving helping of Wanganui victories.
Devon Homes Wanganui Athletic and the Wanganui City Renovators notched up wins. They was a solitary stain on the region's record by the Wanganui City Reserves as they tumbled to defeat in a high-scoring match in the Western Premiership.
Devon Homes Wanganui Athletic managed to hammer a home a decisive 5-1 victory over the league's current cellar dwellers Red Sox Manawatu Rovers at Skoglund Park on Saturday, gaining a crucial win to keep them at the top end of the table, but with other results favouring the top two sides in the competition, it was not enough to allow them to climb a rung higher on the ladder.
An outstanding performance by Hishi Lama, who bagged himself a hattrick, led the way for the reds, with Richard Saunders and Scott Burney chipping in with goals in what was mostly a one-sided match.
The result would have been more dominant if Athletic were able o convert more of their opportunities in front of goal, and if not for a solitary defensive blunder in the dying minutes which gave the hosts a solitary goal for their dogged determination, the visitors would have finished out the match with a clean sheet.