SOUTHAMPTON City made the most of home advantage to chalk up their first win of the season in the Southern Men's League Division 4 West.

Near to full strength in every department apart from the throws, City led from the start and stayed there thanks to strong performances in both the track and jumping events.

Andy Young and Colin French returned from holiday to score a heap of points and, as always, tireless team manager James Martin led by example by competing in seven events.

Youngsters like Toby Burroughs, Richard Boyes and Russell Osborn were also in sharp form as City's hard work this season finally came to fruition.

"Everybody performed well and finally we had the result that reflects the club's potential," summed up Martin.

Although the afternoon was fine to start with at Southampton Sports Centre, it ended in a downpour so fierce that the discus competition had to be abandoned.

Match result: Southampton City 145, Chiltern 128, Isle of Wight 96, Winchester & District B 81, Wimborne 69.

Southampton City performances - 100m: A 1 J Martin 11.8, B 2 T Tran 12.7

200m: A 2 T Burroughs 24.5, B 1 J Martin 24.4

400m: A 1 T Burroughs 53.7, B 1 R Wallube 54.7

800m: A 1 R Osborn 2.00.4, B disqualified

1500m: A 1 R Osborn 4.18.8, B 2 S Phillips 4.36.7

5000m: A 3 A Bada 16.28.9, B 4 S Torrence 20.24.3

3000m steeplechase: A 3 G Westley 11.23.0, B 1 C French 11.54.1

110m hurdles: A 2 C French 20.7, B 2 G Westley 22.4

400m hurdles: A 2 C French 63.6, B 1 N Jackson 65.4

4x100m relay: 1 Southampton City (French, Martin, Burroughs, Tran) 47.4

4x400m: 1 Southampton City (Burroughs, Jackson, Osborn, Wallube) 3.40.6

High jump: A 1 R Boyes 1.70, B 1 J Martin 1.55

Long jump: A 2 J Martin 5.98, B 1 A Young 5.77

Triple jump: A 2 A Young 12.10, B 1 J Martin 11.67

Discus: Abandoned due to wet weather - points shared.

Hammer: A 4 C French 15.27, B 4 A Young 14.78

Javelin: A 1 A Young 42.66, B 1 C French 40.24

Pole vault: A 1 J Martin 3.60, B 1 R Boyes 2.80

Shot: A 3 A Young 9.06, B 4 T Tram 6.11