VAUXHALL Motors continued their upturn in form when they won 2-0 at home Christleton in West Cheshire League Division One on Saturday.

Tom Craig and Ben Smith found the net for Motors, for whom it was their third straight success.

Basement boys Ellesmere Port (Ryan Nicoll 2) were unable to build on their morale-boosting draw with Hale as they went down 4-2 at home to Blacon Youth Club.

Willaston (Trevor Worsley, Peter Rutter, Jamie Gardiner, Graham Edge) recorded a superb 4-1 win at home to Helsby in Division Two.

Ellesmere Port Reserves (Chris Brown 2, Mark Lynch and Sean Crosbie) won 4-2 at Hale Reserves in the Division Three Shield first round.

But Capenhurst Villa Reserves lost 2-0 at Redgate Rovers.

Capenhurst Villa (Phil Strapp, Louis Walters) booked their place in the second round of the Wirral District FA Senior Cup with a shock 2-1 success at home to Cammell Laird Reserves on Saturday.

Woodlands Santos (Robbie Griffith, Mark Hampson, Richard Carpenter) survived a scare to win 3-2 at home to Peacock 09 in the Chester & District League Tom Gerraghty Memorial Trophy first round on Saturday.

Whitby Athletic, 4-1 away to Bronze Social, and Ellesmere Port 3rds, 3-2 at home to Birkenhead Town also progressed.

Ellesmere Port Town won 5-1 at Seven Stiles in Division Two.