HELSTON put in a fine performance to beat in-form Dobwalls at home on Saturday.

The home side came quickly out of the blocks and were rewarded when Hugh Howlett scored in the 17th minute with a good finish, before Dan Lawrence evened things up before half time.

Athletic once again came out full of intent in the second period, and Hugh Howlett again made the pressure tell, heading home for his second of the match ten minutes after the restart.

Dan Stidwell was brought down in the area shortly after, Mark Goldsworthy scoring the spot kick to increase Helston’s lead.

Dobwalls never gave in though, and Matt Hawes scored a spectacular goal to set Helston nerves jangling, but Mark Goldsworthy coolly slotted home to put the result beyond doubt.

Helston manager Sid Taylor said: “We felt we didn’t get the rub of the green in the game and the referee was quite hard on us throughout the game. We had an early penalty shout when Mikey Davis was pulled down from behind. The problem is the inconsistency of referees.

“We worked on a new system and the lads are getting used to playing with each other, and we’re playing better football and creating more chances.

“There were not as many goals as I would have liked. We scored four but we also missed three or four other chances.

“We got off to a quick start, as we asked the players to do, but Dobwalls started bright and even in the second half they never gave in and got back in the game. They were well organised and on a good run, It was very physical and a potential banana skin.”