SWINDON Spitfires sailed through to the Wiltshire Cup final with an impressive 6-1 win over Melksham Town.

Right from the start, Spitfires dominated and were 1-0 up within the first minute as Karyn Coombs popped the ball into the area, the Melksham defenders failed to clear and Morgan Whittaker fired home.

Good work from Emma Skinner then found Hayley Huckin to make it 2-0, although Melksham soon pulled a goal back against the run of play.

This spurred Spitfires into action again and good passing play from Debbie Rose, Coombs and Huckin found Katie Wadey in the box and she side-footed home.

Two minutes later, Spitfires’ fourth goal arrived as Sammie Smith delivered a good ball to Skinner and the keeper fumbled her header through her legs and into the net.

It was Smith who helped create Spitfires’ fifth on the half-hour as her long ball released Wadey, who beat the defence before slotting into the net.

Melksham soaked up the Spitfires pressure in the second half and the sixth goal did not come until the 70th minute as Whittaker jinked through the middle and let fly with a great strike for her second goal.

Spitfires will now meet Swindon Town Ladies in the final.

Spitfires Development were unable to repeat last week’s 4-0 defeat of Highworth Town as they were held to a 2-2 draw.

The game started at a high tempo, with Spitfires breaking the deadlock when Amy Mathews received the ball on the left and played in Hannah Gulliver to turn and shoot pass Vanessa Eve in the Highworth goal.

Highworth’s Kerry Walklett and Spitfires Mya McKnight were locked in an interesting battle in midfield and Walklett managed to get some space midway through the half to help bring her side level. She played in Hannah Dalgleish, who shook off a challenge from Freyja Stevens to score past Lisa Matthews.

The rest of the half was end-to-end, with both keepers having to pull off some fantastic saves.

The second half started at exactly the same tempo, although it was again Spitfires who drew first blood through Mathews’ solo effort.

A lack of concentration and mistimed challenges by Spitfires then allowed Highworth to equalise again, with Alex Baker and Sarah Rayworth combining to feed Dalgleish for her second of the game.

Spitfires United extended their unbeaten run and opened up a five-point gap at the top of the table with 5-0 win over Marlborough Town.

However, it took United a long time to settle and they did not open the scoring until 33 minutes in when Louise Norden found herself with room on the left and a solo run allowed her to power a shot into the top corner.

Claire Morton’s well-timed pass allowed Norden to the lob the keeper for her second soon afterwards, and it was 3-0 before half-time as Morton’s corner was headed home by captain Zofie Stepien.

In the second half, United changed the team around but still had control of the game. They scored their fourth when Morton’s through ball fell kindly to Bristow, who slotted home.

Spitfires soon had another chance as a Marlborough defender handled in the box but Georgia Leonard’s penalty was tipped over the top.

United did get the ball in the net from the subsequent corner but the effort was ruled out for a foul on the keeper.

Spitfires finally did get their fifth goal six minutes from time as Leonard’s cross found Carla Compton, who fired home, and Norden looked to have completed her hat-trick before the final whistle only for her shot to trickle past the post.

Wootton Bassett Ladies slipped to a narrow 1-0 defeat away at second-placed Almondsbury UWE in the Gloucestershire County Women’s League.

Bassett, who were unbeaten in the previous five games, could not find a way through the physical Almondsbury team and after being denied two clear-cut penalties it was clear it was not going to be their day.

Both teams started strongly but Bassett struggled to play their usual passing game on a very sticky pitch. The Almondsbury players reacted quicker to loose balls and it was not long into the first half before they took the lead.

Bassett kept working hard to get the ball down and they pressed well for much of the second half, creating plenty of chances, although they could not find a goal to show for their efforts.