In fact, the leaders had to battle back from a two goal deficit after Sarah Maltby fired Bluebirds into a first half lead, scoring following a pass from a quick free hit, and Gayle Armstrong added a second after the break.

Shuffling their line-up in the second-half, Orioles' persistence paid off as they grabbed a share of the points with late goals from Claudette Sherwood and Georgie Adlam.

The other `A' League match also ended all square with Canaries and Cardinals drawing 0-0.

In the `B' League, new team Swallows maintained their grip on first place with a 1-0 victory over Swifts, Krista Ward scoring her first goal of the season following a sideline hit from Liz Osborne.

Canaries posted the biggest win of the weekend, defeating Cardinals 3-0, with all three goals coming late in the match.

Sam Miller netted from a short corner, then provided the pass for Kerry Quigley to make it 2-0 before Susie White completed the win.

The other `B' game saw Bluebirds edge out Orioles 1-0.

SAILING SLG Tsunami , skippered by Buddy Rego, took the honours in the first of the Bermuda Offshore Cruising Association Fall Series races on Sunday.

Rego opened up a lead through Two Rock Passage over High Energy , captained by Penny Simmons, and Monkeyshines , skippered by John Thompson, which he never surrendered, to take line honours and overall victory on corrected time.

Thirteen boats, straddling four classes, took part in the 18.3 nautical mile race, which was sailed in excellent conditions with a south south west wind of around 16-20 knots.