IN one of two draws in the Devon Football League this weekend, Bere Alston United shared the spoils with Ottery St Mary.

The pairs were locked together with a goal apiece at the half-time turnaround and it was 2-2 by the time that the final whistle blew.

This draw looks all the more important when you consider that Plymstock United enjoyed a 5-1 win at Newtown in a battle of the bottom two. Plymstock are now above Elmore and only behind Bere Alston on goal difference.

It is a narrow grouping in the bottom four with Newtown only slightly adrift.

Elsewhere in the DFL, Alphington won 4-1 at home against Plymouth Marjon, Boca Seniors beat Beer Albion 3-0, Budleigh Salterton edged out Dartmouth, University of Exeter scored six at Ipplepen Athletic and Thorverton and Appledore drew 1-1.

Next up, Bere Alston head to fourth-placed Topsham Town on Saturday, March 21.