Tina Hings followed up a short corner striker to give City the lead at lowly Lincoln and Jess Jacobs sealed the three points with a fine individual goal.

City have now overtaken Bourne who slumped to a predictable 4-0 loss at unbeaten leaders Dereham.

March moved up to third place in Division Two North after a hard-fought 2-1 win over Bourne seconds. March beat the same opposition 9-1 earlier in the season, but had to settle for goals from Katie Rodger and Lauren Oakman this time around.

The men's East League resumes in earnest next weekend, but a few teams caught up some postponed fixtures from before Christmas.

A debut goal for Simon Trivett and an Ian Craig strike enabled Bourne seconds to come back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 against Cambridge University 3rds in Division Three North West.

And in Division Seven Simon Laws (2), Ross Ambler (2) and David Haslegrave scored the goals as March fifths beat Rutland thirds 5-3.

City of Peterborough came from 2-0 down to beat Pelicans 3-2 in the Veterans League. Tom Megginson, Ian Kennedy and first-team player-manager Adam Drake were the scorers.

In friendly action Arran Nicholls grabbed a hat-trick as City sixths beat Winchmore Hill seconds 4-3.

Results

Men

NE14 Hockey East League

Division Three North West - Bourne 3rds 2 (Trivett, Craig), Cambridge University 3rds 2.

Division Seven North West - Rutland 3rds 0, March 5ths 5 (Laws 2, Ambler 2, Haslegrave).

Vets League - City of Peterborough 3 (Megginson, Kennedy, Drake), Pelicans 2.

Friendlies - City of Peterborough 2nds 0, Havering 2; City of Peterborough 3rds 3 (Young, Ure, Andrews), Letchworth 1; Winchmore Hill 3, City of Peterborough 4ths 2 (Wadsworth, Bird); Letchworth 1sts 3 City of Peterborough 5ths 3; Winchmore Hill 2nds 3, City of Peterborough 6ths 4 (Nicholls 3, Clarkson); Spalding 2nds 2, March 3rds 3 (Fraser, Boughton, Howsam).

Ladies

NE14 Hockey East League

Premier Division - Old Loughtonians 2nds 0, Wisbech 0.

Division One North - Dereham 4, Bourne 0; Lincoln 0, City of Peterborough 2 (Hings, Jacobs).

Division Two North - Long Sutton 1, Dereham 2nds 1; March 2 (Rodger, Oakman), Bourne 2nds 1 (O'Neill); Norwich City 3, City of Peterborough 2nds 0.

Cambs League

Premier Division League Cup - Huntingdon 0, Wisbech 2nds 3; City of Peterborough 3rds 2, Cambridge City 3rds 0; March 2nds 0, Cambridge University 3rds 3.

Division One League Cup - Bourne 3rds 0, Saffron Walden 5; St Ives 3rds 0, Sawtry 2; Market Deeping 5, Cambridge City 2.

Division Two League Cup - Wisbech 3rds 3, Huntingdon 2nds 0.