The city side beat Watton 3-2 at Bretton Gate thanks to goals from Lou Wright, Pippa Meakin and Michelle Collins, who has returned to club from Loughborough Students.

It wasn't such a good day for the other local teams at this level, especially newly-promoted March who went down 8-0 at Colchester. Wisbech were held to a draw by St Ives and Bourne were beaten 3-1 at Saffron Walden.

City seconds went down 2-0 at Lincoln in their first Division Two North West fixture, but City thirds picked up a point in their opening Cambs Premier Division match at Cambridge South. Sorcha Brivio-Stone scored the City goal.

Pam Jacobs and Charlie Hagues were on target as City fourths beat March seconds in the Cambs Division One League Cup competition.

Daniel Shirley bagged a hat-trick in the first 10 minutes for March men in their friendly with Norwich Dragons, but it wasn't good enough to secure a win as a 5-3 half-time lead turned into a remarkable 7-7 draw by the final whistle! Matt Bamford, Josh Birt, Ryan Wright and Adam Graham scored the other March goals.

Craig Petrie scored both goals as City of Peterborough seconds beat Ipswich seconds 2-1, while Elliott Stevens also scored twice as City thirds won 4-2 at Northampton Saints.

Young James Fisher was outstanding as City fifths beat opposition from Saints 3-1. He scored twice with Harry Cutforth completing the scoring.

The men's East League and National League seasons start this weekend.


Results

Ladies

East League

Division One North - City of Peterborough 3 (Wright, Collins, Meakin), Watton 2; Colchester 8, March 0; Wisbech 1, St Ives 1; Saffron Walden 3, Bourne 1.

Division Two North West - Long Sutton 0, Cambridge City 2nds 4; Lincoln 2, City of Peterborough 2nds 0; Bourne 2nds 3, Gainsborough Roses 2.

Cambs League

Premier Division - Cambridge South 1, City of Peterborough 3rds 1 (Brivio-Stone); Huntingdon 6, Wisbech 2nds 0.

Division One League Cup - City of Peterborough 4ths 2 (Jacobs, Hague), March 2nds 1.

Division Two League Cup - Wisbech 3rds 3, Rutland 6; Bourne 3rds 1, Market Deeping 2nds 4.

Men

Friendlies - City of Peterborough 2nds 2 (Petrie 2), Ipswich 2nds 1; Northampton Saints 2nds 2, City of Peterborough 3rds 4 (Stevens 2, Ure, Young); Market Deeping 2nds 2, City of Peterborough 4ths 1 (Ferguson); Northampton Saints 3rds 1, City of Peterborough 5ths 3 (Fisher 2, Cutforth); Lincoln 2nds 1, City of Peterborough 6ths 2 (Anderton, Doyle); City of Peterborough 7ths 3 (Allen, Wilson, Herbage), Northampton Saints 4ths 1; Norwich Dragons 7, March 7 (Shirley 3, Wright, Graham, Bamford, Birt); March 2nds 2 (Wallis, Betts), Saffron Walden 1; March 3rds 1 (Triggs), Saffron Walden 3rds 3.