A superb team performance from Slimbridge saw them reach the next round of the Bluefin Insurance Brokers Challenge Cup at the expense of Premier League Marlow United, with Paul Carter notching the second Swans Hat Trick in 4 days.

Steve Badham started the scoring for Slimbridge in the seventh minute, swinging a free kick in from the right hand corner of the penalty box. Although Marlow equalised on 28 minutes, the Swans regained the lead on 45 minutes when a similar Badham Free Kick was converted home by Paul Carter.

The same pair combined for the Swans' third goal, Carter volleying home from a Badham corner early in the second half on 52 minutes, and Carter completed his Hat Trick on 71 minutes with a cross cum shot into the top corner to send the Swans through to the next round.

The following fixture changes have been announced -

The Home game against Headington Amateurs, originally scheduled for February 13th, will be rearranged for a date to be advised.

The Home game against Cricklade Town, originally scheduled for February 17th has been moved to February 13th.

The Away game at Cricklade Town has been moved from March 20th to March 13th.

The Away game at Lydney Town is now scheduled for April 5th.

The Home game against Cirencester United is still to be rescheduled.

The Swans regained their place on top of the Hellenic League West with a composed performance at bottom club Launton Sports, courtesy of a Lewis Wilton Hat Trick and a Marvyn Roberts penalty.

Launton, still smarting from a 12-0 defeat last weekend at Cheltenham Saracens, must have feared a similar humiliation as the Swans raced out of the traps on the opening whistle, and netted their first two goals with less than 10 minutes on the clock.

Marvyn Roberts was immediately finding acres of space down the right hand side of the pitch, and three surging runs were to prove the catalyst for the Swans' impressive start. After just 2 minutes, Launton received their first warning as a powerful run from Roberts resulted in a cross which somehow eluded all the incoming Swans attackers, but a couple of minutes later, a similar run down the right hand side paid dividends - this time Roberts rounded the keeper, and pulled the ball back for Lewis Wilton to hammer home past three Launton defenders. 5 minutes later, Roberts made exactly the same run again, this time drawing the Launton defenders, and crossing once more for Wilton to double his tally for the game.

To their credit, Launton picked themselves up, and, marshalled by vociferous centre back Lissetter, started to edge back into the game, but any hopes they had of salvaging something from their disastrous start were dashed on 20 minutes. Lissetter crudely committed himself on the left flank and took Wilton's legs from under him, but Referee Foulks played an advantage. As the ball was crossed by Tustain into the Launton Box, the referee spotted a second infringement, resulting in a penalty being awarded rather than the free kick on the touchline for the original offence. Roberts hammered the ball past Launton Keeper Lacey for the Swans' third goal.

Launton continued to battle, and on another day, Farouk Ibrahim may have had a successful outing, but his efforts continually came up against Richard Workman and Jamie Inch, who both were dominant in the centre of the Swans' defence.

The Swans had a glorious chance to extend their lead further when Wilton found himself through on goal on 38 minutes, but Lacey raced from his goal and made an impressive save to deny him a first half hat trick.

The Swans continued their pressure straight away in the second period - following a sustained period of pressure, Tustain had another good opportunity, but was unable to convert in a goalmouth scramble. The second half was only five minutes old when Richard Workman took a nasty looking knock in a midfield challenge, and was replaced by Assistant Manager Leon Sterling. From the resulting free kick, James had the ball in the net for the home side with a lovely finish following a cross from the right, but was ruled offside.

Wilton continued to search for his third goal - his next opportunity came on 57 minutes when a cross from Dave Evans left the winger with an open goal, but Wilton had strayed offside as the move developed. However, he was not to be denied, and a surging run from midfield through a tiring Launton defence saw him through on goal and finally netting his third on 76 minutes.

With 6 minutes left, Launton pulled a consolation goal back, when a free kick from Lewis McGowan was fumbled by Andy Radford in the Slimbridge goal, and Jon Moore pounced to net the loose ball. As the game drifted towards the close, a pinpoint cross from Tustain presented Manager James Cole, who had come on for Evans, with a great chance to extend the scoring. Despite a valiant dive attempting to meet the ball, and with the Keeper stranded and the goal open, the chance went begging, and the Swans played out the last few minutes to earn a fully deserved 4-1 victory.

Team: Radford, Anson, Cornwall, Inch, Workman (Sterling 50), Tustain, Hine, Wilton, Roberts, Evans (Cole 76), Wellon. Goalscorers Wilton 6, 10, 76, Roberts (Pen) 20

Despite the best efforts of the Cirencester staff, they could not salvage the pitch and today's Division 1 West clash fell victim to the weather. A new date will be announced in due course.

The Club has announced that a friendly game has been arranged against Cirencester Reserves on Wednesday night (February 3rd) at Wisloe Road, Kick Off 7.30pm. The Under 16 side are away at Hardwicke tomorrow (January 31st) in the League Cup, with a 2pm Kick off.

The Swans' opponents in the second round of the Bluefin Insurance Brokers Challenge Cup were decided last night when Marlow United beat Farmborough Reserves on penalties following a 3-3 draw after extra time. The game will be played at Wilk's Road, Flackwell Heath on Tuesday February 9th with a 7.30pm Kick Off.

A stuttering performance by the Swans saw them dumped out of the Challenge Trophy last night by a spirited Hanham side. Hanham took the lead after 14 minutes through Bray, and held the lead until the last 12 minutes of the game when Henry (78) and Roberts (85) seemed to have nicked it for the home side. However a last minute equaliser for the visitors by Owen forced extra time. `The Swans pulled ahead again through Jamie Martin (95), but goals from Burt (111) and Buxton-Blyth (113) fir the visitors settled the tie.

The club has announced that the GFA Challenge Trophy scheduled for Wednesday has been moved forward to tomorrow night, Tuesday 26th January. Kick Off Time remains the same.