TENBURY maintained their push for promotion to Midlands Four by easing to a 39-0 victory at bottom-of-the-table Stourport.

Tries from Callum Spires (2), Ben Spires, Ben James, Charlie Greig and Craig Parkes ensured a comfortable afternoon on the road for the Palmer’s Meadow outfit with captain Ed Gough supplying three conversions and a penalty.

The success was much needed on an afternoon when rivals Greyhound dented the challenge of Aldridge with a 32-5 victory.

Tenbury fill the second promotion place and are level on points with leaders Market Drayton from one extra match. Greyhound trail by five points and Aldridge nine with an extra game to play.

The next round of fixtures sees Tenbury travel to second-bottom Warley while Aldridge face Market Drayton and Greyhound journey to Chaddesley Corbett.

Church Stretton remain entrenched in a three-team fight to remain in Midlands Four West (North) after a 27-14 defeat at second-placed Barton-under-Needwood.

Samurai trailed by 15 points before hooker Niall Salisbury and centre Jack Titley made a fight of it. Barton regained supremacy but Stretton nearly stole a bonus point late on only for centre Jamie Bates to see his effort ruled out for a forward pass.

A point would have taken Samurai out of the bottom two with Bishop’s Castle & Onny Valley’s match against Bloxwich being postponed.

The regional rivals sit either side of the relegation line with 19 points, just two ahead of bottom club St Leonards who picked up their seventh losing bonus of the season in an 18-15 defeat at Yardley & District.

Bishop’s Castle play one of their two games in hand at home to fourth-placed Aston Old Edwardians on Saturday.