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Friday November 28, 2014
HEAVY WOOLLEN SUNDAY LEAGUE FOOTBALL
Davies stars in Oakwell victory THE WET weather took its toll on the Heavy Woollen Sunday League PREMIER DIVISION last weekend, where only two games survived. Oakwell Motel were the biggest winners as they romped to a 10-3 win over AFC Chickenley. Patrick Davies scored an incredible six goals, Joe Lyttle netted a hat-trick with Jordan Midwood completing the tally as Oakwell climbed to fourth place. Chickenley’s reply came from a Shaun McDaid double plus a Sean Housecroft strike. Woodman Batley Carr climbed to fifth spot after demolishing bottom side Battyeford 9-0. Lee Brook led the way with a four goals, Andrew Pickles and Luke Newsome grabbed a brace apiece, with Greg Snowdon also finding the net for Woodman. Mirfield Town’s march towards the CHAMPIONSHIP title continues as they won 7-0 at lowly Hartshead. Doubles from Kieran Corley and Chris
Meeson, plus strikes from Sam Atkinson, Oliver Rounding and Jonathan Mitchell saw Mirfield maintain their nine-point lead at the top. Scott Love bagged four goals as secondplaced Woodkirk Valley won 7-0 against Birstall St Patricks, with the other goals coming from Chris McGuire, Matthew Moon and Jonny Downey. Mohammed Patel hammered a hat-trick as third place Mount Pleasant won 8-3 at home to Barr Street. Adam Rawat (two), Raees Lorgat, Ismail Loonat and Abdullah Mayet struck Mount’s other goals with Barr Street replying through a Michael Calvert double plus a strike from Lewis Tolson. Fourth-placed Heckmondwike Sports Club suffered a shock 4-1 home defeat to mid-table Marsh. Jason Jeffrey, Jayjay Pickles, Marc Harrison and Marcus Newby all scored for Marsh, with Joe Jagger netting
Heckmondwike’s consolation. Elsewhere, Taylor won 4-1 against bottom side St John Fisher Reserves. Navigation lead DIVISION ONE on goal difference after they won 7-2 at Dewsbury Westside. Ravenswharfe lie second following their 7-4 win over The Yorkshireman. Town Rangers climbed to third after winning 3-2 at Battyeford Reserves. Clifton Rangers enjoyed a 6-1 win at Bay Horse East Ardsley (Kyle Walker) to climb to fourth place. FC Liversedge are five points clear at the top of DIVISION TWO after their 4-2 win at Cobras. Scholes Athletic ran out 8-0 winners against St Ignatius. While Six Lane Ends drop to third place as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Clifton Rangers Reserves. Hanging Heaton Cricket Club eased to a 6-0 win at Batley Irish Nash and Batley Celtics beat bottom side Snowdon 6-4.
SPEN VALLEY FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Hightown end Palestino’s unbeaten start in cup win IN the SPEN VALLEY MEMORIAL TROPHY group stages Hightown Jets pulled off the shock of the afternoon to end Palestino’s unbeaten run. The Bradford side entered the game without a loss in seven league games, but goals from Dale Motlib, Carl Haynes, Matthew Knight, Jordan Midwood and Nathan Clarke ensured the Jets made a winning start by a 5-2 scoreline. Savile Town made easy work of Fox and Hounds Batley to go top of Group B, easing to a 6-1 victory.
Fayyaz Bobat gained the plaudits for an impressive haul of four goals and Waqar Bashir netted a double. Jamie Baulk grabbed Fox and Hound’s reply. In the same group Inter Batley and Howden Clough shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw. Moosa Hafeji netted for Inter but McCauley Clarke’s reply ensured the sides finished level. George Healey moved second in Group A after edging an entertaining game with Norfolk 5-3 thanks to goals from Wolverine Jones (two), Ash Parky, Jack Hincliffe and Courtney March.
Norfolk replied through Eugene Agordo, Ismail Loonat and Said Said. Cleckheaton Sporting’s fortunes didn’t improve in the cup as they were soundly beaten 9-1 at Idle. Mark Hutton scored their only goal of the tie. Mount Pleasant also lost their first game in shield action as they were beaten 4-2 at home to Atheltico. Mohammed Patel and Uwais Hussain both netted for the hosts. • IN the Spen Valley League Smokin Aces endured an entertaining 7-6 loss at Vision in the
Premier Division. Ashraf Navsarka led the way with a hattrick, with further goals from Ahmedullah Bham, Mohsin Adam and Imran Farooq. But it wasn’t enough as the Bradford side ran out winners. Savile Youth faired better as they won their mid-table clash with Marsh 4-1 thanks to goals from Mohammed Amin Patel (two), Looman Polli and an owngoal. Savile United suffered a 6-1 thrashing at the hands of Premier leaders Girlington. Ozayr Makda netted their consolation.
WEST RIDING COUNTY AMATEUR LEAGUE FOOTBALL
Sports win in Wibsey thriller OVERTHORPE SPORTS gained a thrilling 4-3 home victory over Wibsey in the West Riding County Amateur League First Division. Lewis Ward bagged a brace early on, the first a cool finish from close range, the second following some great football from James Wilson and Reece Patterson allowing him to race clear to calmly slot the ball past the onrushing keeper. However, poor marking at a corner saw Wibsey pull one back just before half-time. Overthorpe regained their two goal advantage with Ash Hill heading home from a corner before Wibsey mounted an excellent fight-back with two quick goals. Substitute Sam Sweeney hit the winner with five minutes to go latching onto a through ball and placing the ball in the corner.
• OVERTHORPE UNDER-11s continued their recent fine form with an excellent 5-3 home win in the cup over Westwood – a team two divisions higher than them in the Huddersfield Junior League. Overthorpe recovered from a shaky start after going 1-0 down and battled back with a double from Harvey Wilson and a Luke Chapman goal to lead 3-1 at halftime having played up the slope. Wilson completed his hat-trick early in the second half from the penalty spot. Westwood almost immediately pulled a goal back and continued to threaten before Luke Chapman got his second score with a brilliant effort with a deft touch from a corner. Westwood completed the scoring with a late third goal but Overthorpe ran out worthy winners with the man-of-the-match award going to Chapman.
BATTYEFORD BELLES progressed to the third round of the West Riding League cup following a 52 win over Castleford White Rose reserves. The Belles set about the second round cup tie with a confident attitude and saw early opportunities for strikers Sarah Taylor and Louise Wardman thwarted by the White Rose keeper. With the introduction of Becky Wiggans and girlof-the-game Alex
Womersley the Belles took advantage, a defence breaking pass from Phoebe Yung put Womersley through to open the scoring. The visitors attempted a fightback but did not anticipate the hosts’ strong defence. Belles keeper Gemma Robshaw was virtually untroubled in the first half after being protected by her defence. The Belles sought to then dominate and a fantastic solo effort from Wiggans doubled the
Albion in relegation battle after Sheffield defeat WOMEN’S FOOTBALL OSSETT ALBION sank deeper into relegation trouble in the North East Regional League Southern Division when they crashed 5-2, at Sheffield Wednesday, and they won’t relish a trip to Doncaster to face Rovers’ Foundation on Sunday. After trailing 2-0 at the break Albion conceded three more in the second half, Annalise Carroll (two), Emily Higgins (two), and Kelly Rushforth scoring for Wednesday, and Albion’s reply with goals from Kim Nallon and Nicky Swift was little more than a consolation. It was League Cup day in the West Riding County League where there was no joy for Division Two side Dewsbury Rangers who crashed 10-1 at the Brighouse Town Development team. This week sees a return to league action for the West Riding League sides and Ossett Town coach Dan Robinson, after a lightning start by his team, will be desperate to see his side rediscover a winning formula and end a run of five successive defeats when they go to Brayton Belles for a Premier Division game. Bradford City A extended their lead over Battyeford to six points in Division Two and should hold on to that when they take on relegation threatened visitors Dewsbury Rangers. Battyeford are expected to maintain their challenge to City when they go to neighbours Norristhorpe, who remain bottom.
Belles get first run out WOMEN’S FOOTBALL BATTYEFORD BELLES UNDER-8s girls played their first competitive games on Sunday after being formed under the club’s development programme. The girls (pictured) took part in their first ever outdoor football gala, taking on teams from across the region. The team which has been created through the club’s new football development program was very excited to be playing competitively for the first time on grass. Head of female football Chris Hoyle said: “The girls played against teams from Rothwell, Castleford and all over the county and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. “It’s is great to see our development section producing such strong teams and we are extremely proud of the girls.” Battyeford Belles are always on the look out for new players from six years to open age, for more information please contact them on 07773 817763 or go to www.battyeford.co.uk/ladies.
Sedge hit by heavy loss NON-LEAGUE FOOTBALL GOAL FEST: Overthorpe’s two-goal hero Lewis Ward starred in his side’s win over Wibsey and inset, under-11s hat-trick scorer Harvey Wilson slides in Dave Jewitt
Battyeford ladies win cup tie as reserves end Farsley’s run WOMEN’S FOOTBALL
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home side’s lead. The second half started as the first had ended with Battyeford on the offensive and Wiggans netting her second after Chloe Shotton’s assist. Alice Bunch combined well with midfielder Jo Currie to gift her a screaming 40-yard shot which the White Rose keeper could only parry into her own net. Hester Longstaff sent Currie through for the Belles’ fifth and sealed the win. Constant pressure saw
the Castleford side gain a free-kick which they duly converted, before a further attack also saw them double their tally. BATTYEFORD BELLES RESERVES ended Farsley’s unbeaten league record in an impressive 20 win on Sunday. After suffering their first defeat of the season against Farsley, Battyeford Belles Reserves had something to prove and the cold and muddy conditions didn’t falter their determination as they started strongly.
The Belles pressured the opposition, giving new goalkeeper Holl a quiet first half with no goals at either end. The beginning of the first half saw Battyeford under attack from the opposition. A quick counter from Battyeford however, and excellent partnership play from strikers Shaw and Power, saw the Belles net their first goal. In the final 10 minutes Battyeford secured their win with a cool finish from Power.
Pickering Town Liversedge
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LIVERSEDGE suffered a 4-0 hammering at Pickering Town on Saturday as their poor league form continued. The NCEL Premier Division side’s losing run has now been extended to four games and they sit just above the relegation places. It took Pickering 29 minutes to find the breakthrough, Joel Ramm finding the space to give his side the lead. Just minutes later Town were in again when Joe Danby fired home his first of the day on 32 minutes. And things went from bad to worse for the visitors as Chris Batchelor made it 3-0 in the 34th minute, in a devastating five-minute spell. The Clayborners did shore up their defence to go in at the break trailing by the same scoreline. But once again it didn’t take Pickering long to find another goal after the restart, Danby racing in for his second and his side’s last on 52 minutes.