GOALS from Chris Perry and Joel Langley helped Worcester Men's Firsts end their three-game losing streak.
Worcester won 2-0 at bottom-of-the-table Bridgnorth in the BodyKraft Midlands Premier Division.
In a good start, Perry fired wide and Bridgnorth's keeper produced a series of excellent saves.
But Worcester went into the interval level and needed the spurring team-talk from boss Paul Merrell.
Quickly after the break, debutant Alex Johnson squared the ball past a stranded keeper from a penalty corner for Perry to deflect over the line.
Man-of-the-match Alex Kotlarzewski controlled the midfield with flair and expansive passing.
Kotlarzewski was at the heart of a move which resulted in Langley scoring his last goal for the club before returning home to Australia.
Fine saves from Worcester keeper Chris Thomas ensured they recorded their second clean sheet of the season.
Worcester Seconds cemented their West Midlands Premier automatic promotion place with a 3-0 win over Bridgnorth.
The city side dominated the first-half against their third-placed opponents with Gareth Bannister giving them a well-earned lead. The final touch was lacking though and the second-half became scrappy.
Chris Miles bagged an easy tap-in and Worcester relaxed at 2-0 before Mark Richardson sealed their excellent win.
Worcester Thirds started brightly but fell 5-0 at well-drilled Beeston in the Midlands Premier.
Worcester defended well and counter-attacked well down the right through Chris Simmonds and Simon Dorrell.
But they could not hold out to Beeston's higher quality, ending the first-half 3-0 down.
Worcester kept going and created chances but Beeston's superior fitness told as they bagged two late goals.
Alex Kaoda and Rob Bonham excelled in the visitors' back-line.
The fourths produced a superb display to hold high-flying Nottingham 1-1 in the Midlands Premier.
From the start, Worcester were under the kosh with wave after wave of pressure.
Nottingham's final pass let them down but they took an early lead from a penalty corner which took a lucky deflection to beat in-form keeper Dave Hughes.
Hughes pulled off fine saves and Worcester were awarded a penalty corner which Paul Sharratt took with a venomous shot.
On the rebound, a Notts players deliberately kicked the ball and skipper Phil Jones dispatched the penalty flick to equalise.
Tim Young scored twice as Worcester Fifths beat Stourport 2-1 in a West Midlands Premier county derby.
The first-half dragged on but Worcester maintained dominance despite Stourport waving a number of good drives into the D'.
The second-half was much the same but Young scored two good goals through excellent team support.
Stourport pulled one back with an individual effort.
Josh Kusch scored twice as the sixths won 2-1 at Wolverhampton in South West Division One.
Worcester dominated and Kusch scored both his goals in the first-half with Wolves finding the net too. The visitors missed a hatful of chances in the second period.
Worcester Badgers Pippins won 4-1 against Hampton-in-Arden despite falling behind.
They kept up the pressure to level through Luke Owen and Jake Glass put them in front after a penalty corner.
Matt Ramsay and Tom Allen impressed in the first-half with Ramsay scoring twice after the interval.
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