FIVE second-half goals saw Havant and Waterlooville beat Barnstaple Town 6-0 at Mill Road tonight.

The victory put Havant, of Blue Square South, top of group four in the Joma 2010 South West Challenge Cup.

They will meet Shrewsbury Town, the group three winners, in Saturday's semi-final at Elmore.

While not outplayed to the extent they were in Monday night's 10-1 defeat to Doncaster Rovers, Barnstaple found it increasingly hard to deal with the pace of Havant.

With more quality on the final ball, the visitors could easily have doubled their lead.

Despite dominating the first half, Havant had to settle for the one goal they scored inside the opening four minutes.

It was a simple but well-executed effort, Craig Robson heading a long throw by Jon McDonald into the top corner.

Jamie Pow, the Barnstaple goalkeeper, saved from Bobby Hopkinson when the Havant midfielder's first touch let him down, and Liam Sewell who nodded a corner towards goal.

Pow's easiest save came from Havant's best opening, in the last minute of the half.

Steve Ramsey and Sewell were all on their own in the penalty area after beating the offside trap, but the ball got stuck under Ramsey's feet and his shot, when it eventually came, had all the menace of a back-pass.

Barnstaple's one chance of the half fell to Ryan Turner when a Havant header went astray, but with the ball running away from the young striker, he was unable to get any power into his shot.

As in the first half, Havant got an early goal in the second.

Ten minutes in, Hopkinson, who raised his game in the half hour he played after the break, fed a smart ball to Sewell on the right wing and then headed the cross past Pow.

A minute later, Hopkinson had Pow scrambling to tip a long-range shot wide.

On 65 minutes, Pow made a fine save from Hopkinson at point-blank range, but Ramsey was there to tap in the rebound and put Havant 3-0 up.

Like they had in the first half, Barnstaple could create only one opportunity in the second 45 minutes.

Again it fell to Turner. His mis-hit volley was cleared off the line by Hopkinson and Andrew Rogers headed the rebound into the goalkeeper's hands.

Havant added three goals in the last quarter of an hour.

Substitute Mustafa Tiryaki skimmed a superb first-time shot into the bottom corner, Sewell half-volleyed home at the near post and Robson fired in after a Sewell cross had deflected off Ricky Marinaro.

Following their 5-0 win over Doncaster on Wednesday, Havant march through to the semi-finals as the tournament's top scorers and the only side yet to concede a goal.

With teams being awarded two points for scoring in a defeat, one goal would have seen Barnstaple finish level with Doncaster.

Instead, they had to settle for three points, with Doncaster, who left North Devon this morning, on four.

A Tom Bradshaw goal two minutes from time gave Shrewsbury a 1-0 win over Rushden and Diamonds at Torrington's Vicarage Field tonight.

Bradshaw was only attempting to close down a Rushden defender as he cleared. But the ball rebounded off his foot and flew past goalkeeper Tony Roberts.

Shrewsbury top group three with six points. Rushden and Ilfracombe finished on four.

Barnstaple Town: Jamie Pow, Ashley Baker (Joe Pryce 69), Ross Jones, Steve Shore, Danny Harris, George Swain (Jay Goddard 69), Andrew Rogers, Ricky Marinaro, Ashley Thomas (Tom Gladwin 60), Shane Tolley, Ryan Turner. Subs not used: Jamie Skinner, Stan Paxton.

Havant and Waterlooville: Nathan Ashmore, Jake Newton, Jon McDonald, Paul Hinshelwood (Ian Selley ht), Sam Pearce, James Tyrell, Ben Johnson, Bobby Hopkinson (Mustafa Tiryaki 74), Liam Sewell, Craig Robson, Steve Ramsey (Sammy Igoe 82). Subs not used: Adi Aymes, Aaron Howe.