Bell Block Men applied the heat early and never let up before claiming a convincing 15-5 win against Marist in a Taranaki softball men's game at Bell Block on Saturday. BelI Block's first batter Aidan Prestney led the way, hitting a home run and helping his team to an early lead. When Bell Block's Sam Sutherland landed a home run in the third innings his team moved eight runs up.Marist struggled and it wasn't until its last turn at bat that it scored all five of its runs, including a home run by Jahvan Cassidy.Prestney also did his job on the mound, pitching a nice curved and spinning ball that regularly put the ball in the air for his fielders to claim outs. In its second game of the day, Bell Block men headed off Te Atiawa L2-5. Bell Block again shone with the bat, Isaac Hekenui and Anthony Kipa getting home runs and team-mates also putting some good hits to the field. In reply, Te Atiawa's Harley Brown got away a home run at his first turn of bat, but further runs were hard to come by with Bell Block's Anthony Kipa doing a good job on the mound. He picked up five strikeouts and a double play in the second innings with two runners on base to keep the scoring rate down to just one mn an innings. Bell Block Women capped an unbeaten day for the club when proving too strong for New Plymouth Girls' High School, winning 14-2. Bell Block Women were up five runs by the end of the opening innings, ar{ed by numerous fielding errors by Girls' High. Further errors in the second innings put BeIl Block eight runs in front, while the school side went scoreless until the third when it scored its only two runs of the match. Bell Block Women kept their infield tight with Lalaina Bristowe giving up only four hits to the field and having a solid day on the mound. Marama Witehira and Tereina Lichtwark were the top batters for Bell Block Women, both batting in three of their team-mates. Waitara Women defaulted to Spotswood United in the other scheduled match of the round.