Junior soccer round-up

Worcester Juniors 3

THE home side gave their opponents a lesson in counter attacking allied to some stout defending and some superb saves from goalkeeper Darren Knuck.

Oliver Wright and Luke Kennedy both scored twice while Luke Gresty, Kyle Holder and Daniel Millward rounded off the seven-goal haul.

United led 3-1 at the interval and were always two goals ahead of the gallant visitors.

Peopleton U-10 3, Evesham Utd 5

A HAT-TRICK from player of the match Robert Andrew helped United to an easy win on their travels.

Adam Styles and Conor Brown also contributed to Evesham's fifth win in as many games.

Evesham Utd U-15 4, Welland Jns 3

LEE Summers had an early effort wiped out for offside before Welland shocked their hosts by taking a 2-0 lead.

United continued to press and hit back courtesy of Dan Huckvale's strike before the break.

A slow start to the second period saw Welland take a 3-1 advantage before Evesham at last assumed command and a Tom Heath treble gave them the points.

Cheltenham YMCA Lions U-11 0,

Badsey Rangers 5

BEATEN just once this season, YMCA proved a tough test for Badsey who rose to the occasion in terrible conditions to record an emphatic win.

Jamie Clarke and James White gave Rangers a two-goal interval cushion as they prepared to face the elements and they showed great resilience to keep their goal intact.

Charlie Stanley opened his account for the club before provider Clarke made it 4-0 with ten minutes left.

Stefan Ellis rounded off the scoring in a match in which Oliver Smith took the player of the match award.

Evesham Utd Juniors U-11 1,

Evesham Utd Robins 5

THE two Evesham sides provided an entertaining clash in the mud with the Robins taking control in the early stages.

Liam Scrivens (2) and Rune Dige gave Robins a 3-0 interval lead before Daniel Hackling reduced the arrears after the restart.

Dige and Joe Smith restored the visitors' superiority on a day when Ben Bearcroft won the player of the match vote.

Pershore Town 1,

Evesham Utd U-13 5

LAST week's game under floodlights turned out to a real thriller despite the final scoreline.

Gareth Wolford scored from close range to give the visitors the lead before Pershore levelled.

Evesham then netted twice against the run of play through David Cole and Daniel Rock and Town resistance was finally quashed as Cole and Wolford made the final score a flattering 5-1.

Evesham Colts U-15 1,

Chelmsley Town 3

AGAINST a side three divisions higher up the ladder, Colts emerged with great credit and it needed a squirming drive on the half-hour to finally breach the Evesham rearguard.

However, Rob Stone deftly nodded in an equaliser from Richard Craig's free kick but Chelmsley took advantage of the elements to add two further goals to take a hard fought victory.

The match ball was sponsored by Chipping Campden High School.

Colts visit Chadwick End this weekend.

Elmley Castle U-10 1,

Littleton Juniors 2

IT took a wonder strike from Matt Smith to separate these two teams and Elmley will count themselves unlucky not to have got something from this game.

The first half was an end to end battle with both keepers seeing a lot of the action but few chances created.

The second period continued as the first and Elmley were finally rewarded when Josh Taylor fired them in front past a helpless Sam Bastow.

Taylor was unlucky not to increase the lead when his shot hit the crossbar and Littleton started to come more into the game.

With 15 minutes remaining a Ben Johns shot struck an Elmley post with the keeper well beaten but the same player then produced another shot which the keeper failed to handle and Ryan Clarke slammed the ball into the back of the net for the equaliser.

With time running out, the ball fell to Smith on the halfway line and his shot flew into the net like a bullet to give Littleton the points.

Drakes Broughton U-13 0,

Vale Youth 7

POOR finishing from the home side left Vale two goals to the good at the interval.

In worsening conditions after the break, the long ball proved the home defence's downfall and keeper James Everett was powerless to act in several one on one situations.

The hosts pushed hard for a consolation but were repeatedly found wanting on the break in a final scoreline that flattered the visitors.

Norton Rangers U-13 10,

Worcester St Johns 0

A SECOND half reduced to just 20 minutes because of the weather was the only thing to halt Norton's goalscoring exploits.

The Saints lost their goalkeeper just before the break, a move that saw Norton volunteer to go down to ten men but it made little difference to the final margin of victory.

Norton slammed nine first half goals past the shellshocked visitors with Ashley Wilkes (4) and Joe Mulrenan (3) the top marksmen.

Player of the match Peter Marquis also got in on the act along with Shane Turley and Tom Bailes.

Peopleton Tigers U-9 3,

Evesham Utd Juniors 2

DANIEL Johnson volleyed home from the edge of the area to give Tigers a lead they kept until half time thanks to keeper Bob Keen's penalty save.

The second half saw Evesham equalise through Jake Hoare, but player of the match Johnson got his second by chipping the keeper.

With Tigers still celebrating Evesham struck through Rory Staite to level at 2-2.

A draw seemed inevitable when Richard Emsley headed in the winner from a high cross.

Salford Warriors U-12 3,

Drakes Broughton Rangers 3

ON a very heavy pitch in pouring rain both teams served up feast of attacking football.

Drakes took the lead from a penalty and led 1-0 at half time.

With the wind now behind them Salford soon took the lead only for Rangers to equalise with ten minutes left.

Salford looked to have the game won when they regained the lead with only four minutes remaining but a fine individual goal from Alex Spencer earned Drakes a last-gasp point.

Drakes Broughton U-13 0,

Vale Youth 7

IN DIFFICULT conditions Vale opened the scoring with a volley from the edge of the area by Mark Bellamy.

Shortly after Chris Aston followed in to tap home a fumbled shot.

In the second half, with the wind behind them, Vale dominated, adding goals at regular intervals. Hawtree netted twice, and Ben Metrovich continued his fine form with a solo effort.

Aston and Bellamy both notched their second goals while at the other end, Richard Perry was in outstanding form at the back and Styles in goal made fine saves to deny Drakes a consolation.

Stratford Colts U-11 0,

Drakes Broughton Rgrs 1

DRAKES secured their first points of the season thanks to a late strike from John Boother.

Victory came courtesy of a fine team effort and the winning goal was richly deserved.