Superb St George’s underlined their intention to regain the championship they won in 2004 and 2005 with a comprehensive 3-0 defeat of title rivals Peel at Glencrutchery Road on Saturday.

A hat-trick from Martin Torr sealed an impressive victory to move the Geordies to the summit of OSA Division One.

At the other end of the table, St John’s gained what could be an invaluable win, 3-1 at Ramsey.

Their marksmen were Johnny Holland (two) and Wayne Lisy with John Roberts scoring the Ramsey reply.

That result, coupled with events at Crosby, made it an even more miserable day for rock bottom Marown.

Although they battled well, they went down 4-3 at home to Ayre United after leading 3-1 at half-time.

Marown’s scorers were Neil Withers (two) and Matty Crabtree but a Johnny Cowley hat-trick, plus an own goal, sealed a superb fightback by the visitors.

The in-form Rushen United kept alive their faint Railway Cup homes by defeating Gymns 4-0 at Croit Lowey, thanks to goals from Andrew Moody (two), Paul Jones and PJ Martin.