HIGH Wycombe failed to dent Swanage and Wareham's 100 per cent league record so far in Powergen South West Division Two East despite giving their hosts an early scare.

After falling behind to an early penalty, Wycs stunned their hosts by taking the lead through an Ian Thompson try which was converted by full back Toby Radford.

But Swanage hit back to lead 10-7 at half time and they extended that to 20-7 at the end after Wycs had lost Simon Gaster with a cut eye.

Wycs play host to Bournemouth tomorrow at Kingsmead.

In the same division, Marlow moved up to fourth in the table with an impressive 18-5 win at Keynsham.

Marlow last visited Keynsham in 2003 when both teams were in South West One and they lost 39-7 on that occasion.

But Marlow's confidence grew as they inflicted some good early pressure on their hosts.

It paid off when Ewen Hunter kicked to touch on the Keynsham five metre line. A text book throw from Garvan De Bruir to Jaksa Lovreta at the back of the line out was secured by Dan Gillespie and the pack drove over the try line for Gillespie to score. Hunter again used the breeze to convert the try and Marlow were 7-0 up after five minutes.

Hunter then added two more penalties to stretch the lead to 13-0 before half time.

Both teams began the second half with a man in the sin bin and Marlow managed better with Chris Ellis scuttling over to score his first try for the club.

Keynsham hit back with a try of their own 15 minutes from time but it amounted to nothing more than a consolation score.

Marlow entertain Oakmedians tomorrow (ko 3pm).

Amersham and Chiltern marked the opening of their new clubhouse in style with a 37-7 win over Olney on Saturday.

They produced their best performance of the season to go on a five-try romp in the Southern Counties North League encounter.

Charlie Griffiths and Paul Thompson both touched down in the first half as A&C turned round with a slender 12-7 advantage.

But they stepped on the gas in the second half not giving Olney a single point and ran in three more tries from debutant Andrew Robinson, Gez Rowland and colt Sam Portland.

Amersham and Chiltern are now looking for a repeat performance against bottom-club Slough on Saturday.

Beaconsfield toppled league leaders Grove with a battling performance which moved them up to fifth in the Southern Counties North League table.

Grove went into the match boasting a proud record of three straight wins but they could not keep that going as they ran into an in-form Beaconsfield side.

Becky ran in five tries, all of which were converted by Nick Tappin, as they became the first side this season to inflict a defeat on Grove.

Becky will now be hoping for more of the same when they make the trip to Chipping Norton tomorrow.

Beaconsfield go into the match sitting one place higher in the table than local rivals Amersham & Chiltern.

Drifters slumped to their fourth straight league defeat of the season when they went down 32-7 to Milton Keynes last Saturday.

The Farnham Common-based side are now second from bottom in the Berks, Bucks & Oxon Premier Division and will be looking to kickstart their season when they entertain Oxford tomorrow (ko 3pm). But they will need to make a better start than they managed last week when they found themselves trailing 22-0 after just 25 minutes.

They briefly threatened a revival when James Cotter converted a try from debutant back row player Richard Ngoyi before half time, but they couldn't maintain it after the break and Milton Keynes stretched their lead.

l High Wycombe Rugby Club's second team lost 73-0 at Ealing in a friendly fixture, while the club's third team went down 24-0 to Reading. The fifth team had success though. They notched a 45-12 win over Bracknell though.