Ruardean Hill Rangers got back to winning ways in the County League with a 3-0 success at home to Wick on Saturday.

The visitors started well, but never really hurt the home defence and the first real chance fell to Rangers’ Shaun Tingle whose shot from a tight angle went just wide.

On 15 minutes home keeper Steve Bowles pulled of a great save to deny Wick’s Dave Patterson and five minutes later Bowles was in action again, this time keeping out Jake Robertson.

The home side took the lead five minutes before the break, the ball falling just right in the box for Luke Johnson to score.

Edmonds in the visitors’ goal then pulled off a great save from a Kane Fellows header after Dan Mason had crossed the ball on the hour mark.

But five minutes later it was 2-0 to Rangers after Edmonds palmed the ball away following a Fellows shot and Johnson was on hand to finish.

Shaun Tingle then missed a good chance 10 minutes later and just after that Johnson missed a glorious chance to complete a hat-trick.

Ricky Tingle hit the crossbar before Luke Brown, who has been out injured for some time, made it 3-0 after being set up by Luke Johnson.

Stonehouse Town cemented their place in the top four with an impressive 5-2 win at Hardwicke.

Steve Bick gave the home side the lead on six minutes when he headed home but the visitors levelled on 34 minutes when Luke Soule got the first of his three with a shot from just inside the box.

Then a minute before half time, Stonehouse took the lead with a well struck shot from just on the edge of the box from Will Hayward.

Two minutes after the break it got worse for the home side.

Will Higgins handled on the goal line and was shown a red card and Liam Wright netted from the penalty spot.

Luke Soule then took over, netting twice more before Hardwicke gained a consolation in the very last minute when a free-kick from Luke Payne struck the crossbar and Rob Hine was on hand to tap in the rebound.

Frampton United, with games in hand on pretty much every other team in the division, moved up to fifth with a 2-0 win at home to Hanham Athletic.

Ryan Vincent had an early chance for the home side but his shot was well saved. On 20 minutes the home side opened the scoring when Manolo Espada set up Kris Bulley to fire home.

Hanham keeper Ross Britton pulled off a great save to deny Jake Lowe on 52 minutes, but the visitors were still a threat and on 75 minutes Jack Fry missed a great chance to level the score for Hanham.

However, Frampton sealed the points in the 80th minute when Manolo Espada’s cross was headed home by Matt Cook.

Third-placed Broadwell Amateurs closed the gap on leaders Thornbury Town to 10 points with a 2-0 win at Gala Wilton.

Gala did get the ball in the Broadwell net direct from a corner on 28 minutes, but it was ruled out for an infringement on the keeper.

The first half was goalless and the deadlock wasn’t broken until the 64th minute when Paul Manns converted a penalty.

The home side were unlucky when Kyle Bakewell had his header cleared off the line but the visitors wrapped up the points when Liam Thomas chipped the ball over Gala’s keeper on 82 minutes.

Broadwell still have plenty to play for as they have played three games fewer than Thornbury, whose game at Little Stoke was postponed.

County League, other results: Henbury 1 Lebeq Utd 1; Southmead CS Ath 1 Patchway T 8.