In the first round since the Christmas break, Bunnies defeated Gresford by 54 runs to go to 33 points on the table and Stockmans recorded a comfortable 41-run win against Clarence Town to go to 32.

Karuah on 29 points stayed in touch with the top-two teams with a 14-run win against Stroud.

Stockmans skipper David Gillespie led from the front making an unbeaten 76 in his side's total of 8/158 from 32 overs.

Luke Kijko chipped in with 24, Josh Chippindale made 18 and Fletcher Price 14.

Clarence Town were all out for 117, with Kijko the best with the ball taking 4-13 from six overs. Mark Driscoll took 3-38 off five and Price backed up with 2-21 off 6.2 overs.

Bunnies were dismissed for 117 with Gresford's Dane Lawrence (3-19 off seven overs) and Bailey Eldridge (3-21 off seven) both picking up three wickets.

Gresford's batters could not back up the good work of their bowlers being dismissed for 63. Matthew Chesworth with 20 was the only batter to reach double figures.

Trent Page was the star with the bat and ball for Karuah in the hard-fought win against Stroud.

Page top scored with 36 and then took 5-24 off five overs. Colin McCarthy made 26 to be the other major contributor with the bat for Karuah in their total of 109.

Stroud were all out for 96 with Mark Bills taking 2-5 in support of Page's five-wicket haul.

Paterson returned to the top of the Maitland A-grade competition with a comprehensive eight-wicket win against Raworth Rabbitohs.

After dismissing Raworth for 58, Paterson took just nine overs to secure their win with Mitch Morgan 26 not out and Rigby Vane-Wood unbeaten on 22.

Morgan took 4-9 in a man of the match performance, while Brad Bidner took 2-14 and Russell Presland 2-15.

In B-grade, Paterson went down by one-wicket in a thriller against Tarro.

Paterson made 90, but it wasn't enough as Tarro made 9/94 in reply. Rodney Gane top scored for Paterson with 22 not out, while Shaun Presland took 3-30.