Southwell were outplayed from the start, although losing the toss had a bearing on the outcome.
Southwell were bowled out for 103 by Tom Crosse (3-28) and Eddie Torr (2-20). Chris Holden's 16 overs leaked just 21 runs and included three victims.
The early dismissal of overseas Marc Ellison and a couple of late scalps for Stephen Wright were as good as it got for the visitors after tea as Richard Brooks (45*) and Rob Sutton (42) made hay in the drying conditions.
Notts Unity battled back to win a thriller against mid-table Balderton. Unity posted 166 and the visitors looked well set on 121-2, with Dominic Wiffin striking 59.
However, the spin of Usman Mussafer (5- 39) began to reap rewards and Balderton's middle and late order, with the exception of Jack Beckett (22), panicked.
With two runs off two balls required, Ben Savage had Paul Colcombe caught behind to leave Unity with an outside chance of the main prize.
Belvoir, without the services of the injured Darren Bicknell, move up to third after brushed aside Calverton (96).
The losers struggled all day as left-armer Lee Fazackerley gained his first five-wicket haul for the club.
After the interval it was the turn of Charles Hubbard to shine with a run-a-ball 50.
Both Gedling sides recorded vital victories at the wrong end of the table and their wins ensured that Long Eaton have now been dragged into the dogfight.
In truth, it was an uncovered track that told at West Park, where the home side could only muster 62 against Colliery.
In fact, that total was somewhat of an achievement after Long Eaton had slipped to 27-8 before No.9 Alan Villers showed some stomach for the fight with an unbeaten 29.
For Gedling, veteran Baz Bailey (7-21) was magnificent in exploiting the conditions.
The day was slightly soured for Colliery with news of a comfortable victory for rivals Gedling & Sherwood.
Samrat Sharma was again at the heart of things taking 5-8 as visitors Eastwood slumped to 111 all out with only Adam Leigh (47) showing any resistance.
Sharma (75) needed some help from a couple of vets, Kev Cowlishaw and Alex Norton, who took a couple of wickets apiece. Colliery and Sherwood meet in a fortnight.
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