Cup cruise for stylish Waterhead

A SUPERB 32-10 home win over Ince Rose Bridge booked Waterhead under-15s’ place in the last-eight of the Lancashire Cup.

Dominant in defence and attack, tries by Daniel Yates and Jack Cooke, both converted by Ben Whitehead, put Waterhead 12-0 up by half-time.

The pack continued to make inroads after the break, with props Brandon Meanock, Dillon Maders and Daniel Prestwich and second rowers Josh Johnson and Aaron Webb running hard.

Their efforts were rewarded through another try for Cooke, which Whitehead converted for an 18-0 lead.

Ince responded with a score of their own, before winger Ryan Jones rounded off a flowing move to go over in the corner, Whitehead adding another conversion from the touchline.

A converted try for the visitors gave them hope at 24-10, but a strong finish which included a Whitehead penalty and a try by Adam Steeple, again converted, sent Waterhead into the quarter-finals.

The under-nines faced a tough task at Wigan St Patrick’s but responded to the challenge by playing out of their collective skin, before losing by four tries to two.

Wigan set off strongly and scored a pair of first-half tries despite some tough tackling from the likes of Jayden Moxam and man-of-the-match Joe Thewliss.

Straight from the restart, two good drives from Waterhead set up Dane Taylor to sidestep the first line of defence and crash over with three defenders on his back.

Then, Lewis Wighton-Turner broke down the right and fed Keegan Brennan, who sprinted half the length of the pitch to even the scores. With three minutes remaining, the Wigan side made sure of the result but the team were overjoyed with such a strong performance.




West End’s show of spirit



East Manchester Youth League udate

WEST End under-12s are the comeback kings in the East Manchester Youth League.



For the second week running they recovered from going a goal down to pick up maximum points.

This time they had to come from behind to beat league leaders Avro Juniors, who went ahead after 15 minutes.

PARITY

Cameron Pugh’s deft chip restored parity late on in the first half, before Lewis O’Connor’s stunning solo effort with 10 minutes to go clinched victory.

o A JAKE Jackson hat-trick and a Nathan Brookes goal helped Avro Juniors under-13s to a 4-0 win over West End.




Manchester Mini-Soccer League

RESULTS and scores in the Manchester Mini-Soccer League are —



UNDER-NINES: Chaddy End ‘A’ 3 (Lewis Berry, Bobby Faulkner, Marcel Chauhan), Failsworth Rangers ‘A’ 1; Chaddy End ‘B’ 5 (Matthew Horn 2, Callum Linehan 2, Adam Watson), Failsworth West ‘B’ 2 (Gary Jaques 2); Failsworth West ‘A’ 2 (Elliott Murray 2), Northside 3; Heyside JFC 6 ( Sulaiman Sajjad, Adam Dunkerley, Jack Dunkerley, Jack Cocker, Keiran May, Joe Wilson), Moston Valley 1; Heyside Juniors ‘A’ 8 (Saul Milovanovic 2, Callum Marsh 3, Matthew George 2, Alexander Murphy), Moston Juniors ‘B’ 2; Heyside Juniors ‘B’ 2 (Joshua Daubney-Buckley 2), Moston Juniors ‘B’ 1; Boundary Park Juniors ‘A’ 2 (Kyle Bell 2), AFC Clayton 0.

Tameside and District Mini-Soccer League

RESULTS and scorers from the Tameside and District Mini-Soccer League are —

UNDER-NINES: Uppermill ‘A’ 0, Failsworth Dynamos ‘A’ 13 (Sam Brooks 3, Luke Donegan 2, Luke Cooper, Elliott Hogan 3, Tom Wilson 4); Chadderton Juniors 5, Uppermill ‘A’ 1 (Finn Gallagher); Uppermill ‘B’ 1 (Matt Tetlow), Failsworth Dynamos 3; Chadderton Juniors 0, Uppermill ‘B’ 2 (Oliver Keane 2); Failsworth Dynamos ‘A’ 11 (Luke Donegan 4, Elliott Hogan 3, Sam Brooks 3, Harry Evans), Dukinfield Tigers ‘A’ 1.

UNDER-10S: Chaddy End ‘A’ 2, (Connor Berry 1 Robbie Wilkinson), Heyside Juniors ‘A’ 0; Chaddy End ‘B’ 1 (Josh Dawson), Heyside Juniors ‘B’ 2; Heyside Juniors ‘A’ 1 (Jamie Ashton), Dukinfield Tigers 3; Heyside Juniors ‘B’ 0, Dukinfield Tigers 4.




Tameside and District Junior League

CHADDERTON FC Juniors under-14s are in flying form in the Tameside and District Juniors League.



They made it eight wins out of eight and at the same time stretched their unbeaten run to 35 games with an emphatic 6-1 win over Tintwistle Villa.

Mike Taylor (three), Zamir Usmaan, Jack Beasley and Tom Shaw scored for Chadderton.




Tameside Sunday League

KAI Steenson (two), Jake Hoyle and Dylan Collinson got the goals as AFC Oldham under-14s swept aside Medlock Rangers 4-0 in the Tameside Sunday League.



The under-16s, with Luke Wood and Jake Jones doing the damage, defeated Moston Valley 2-1.




JOE Burgoyne scored the consolation goal for Chaddy End FC under-14s, who went down 5-1 to Moston Juniors.






Rochdale and Oldham Youth League

DOUBLES from Tom Maloney, Ryan Mason and Sam Haran, plus a Charlie Burton goal, clinched a 7-1 win for Chaddy End FC under-12s over Littleborough in the Rochdale and Oldham Youth League.






LIAM Kelly scored twice for Heyside Juniors under-14s, who fought out a 2-2 draw at home to Chaddy Rangers.






North Bury Junior League

CHADDY Hoppers under-12s Blue were made to work mighty hard for their 3-2 win over Elton Sports Club in the North Bury Junior League.



All five goals were scored in the first half as the wet and windy conditions took their toll after the break.

Elton fought back to draw level on two occasions but it was Hoppers, with an own goal, Josh Lindsay and Dan Ratcliff making up their tally, who scored a decisive third.

Other results and scorers are —

UNDER-NINES: Chadderton Park Eagles 5 (Lucas Kavanagh 3, Milo Garratt-Simpson 2), Bury Amateurs 1.

UNDER-10S: Chadderton Park ‘A’ 9 (Cameron Horner 3, Alex Parker 2, Alex Ralphs, Nick Tavarozzi, Reiss Sims, Nathan McGowan), Marauders 1.




Bury and Radcliffe Youth League

A TOM Keegan effort was to no avail as Chaddy End FC under-15s lost 5-1 to PR Sports in the Bury and Radcliffe Youth League.






Other results and scores —



Chaddy End ‘A’ 0, Failsworth West 5 (Ben Richardson 3, Connor Thomas, Tyler Williams); Chaddy End ‘B’ 4 (Jack Worrall 2 Harrison Snape 2), Failsworth Dynamos ‘A’ 0; Chaddy End ‘C’ 0, Northside 1; Chaddy End 1 (Lewis Oldham), Midway 1; Chaddy End 1 (John Ferguson), Failsworth West ‘C’ 2 (Jayden Gill 2); Failsworth West ‘B’ 10 (Edward Kangah 5, Adam Lomax 2, Nat Partington 2, Jack Biddlestone), Moston Valley 0; AFC Oldham ‘A’ 2, Uppermill ‘A’ 5 (Adam Howarth 3, Danny McGroarty, own goal); AFC Oldham ‘B’ 2, Uppermill ‘B’ 2 (Brandon Halliwell, Dylan Fitzgerald); AFC Oldham ‘A’ 1, Hyde 0; AFC Oldham ‘B’ 4, Hyde 0; Moston Brook 1, Failsworth West ‘A’ 5 (Lewis Wood 2, Adam Lomax, William Lomax, Cameron Lynn); Signol 2, Uppermill ‘A’ 1 (Matt Barlow); Signol 2, Uppermill ‘B’ 4 (Dylan Fitzgerald 2, Brandon Halliwell, Matt White); Heyside Lions 2 (Nathan Jones 2), Signol Athletic 6; Heyside Tigers 0, Signol Athletic 4.




High-fives for House



OLDHAM schools suffered mixed fortunes in the ESFA Match! Under-12 Schools’ Cup for Boys.



Crompton House enjoyed an emphatic 9-0 victory against Urmston Grammar (Manchester) in their second-round clash.

Royton and Crompton didn’t fare as well, going down 4-3 to Wilmslow High School (Wilmslow), while Our Lady’s are also out after suffering a 5-3 reverse against Ashton-on-Mersey (Manchester).

Radclyffe scraped into round three with a narrow 1-0 win against St Bede’s College (Manchester), but Hulme Grammar School crashed out after they were beaten 6-1 by Wellacre Technology College (Manchester).

In the ESFA Premier League Under-14 Schools’ Cup for Boys, Our Lady’s School suffered the agony of a penalty shoot-out exit against Archbishop Beck Catholic College (Liverpool).

All square at 3-3 after extra time, they lost the spot-kick decider 6-5.

Radclyffe School hit five against Stretford High School, but they still went out as the Stretford outfit smashed seven in reply.




Oldham Girls League



Rockettes wreck unbeaten record



UPPERMILL Rockettes under-16s inflicted a first defeat of the season on R.O.C.S in the Oldham Girls League.



Lucy Hurst set the ball rolling for Rockettes midway through the first half, before a Jenny Irwin strike doubled their advantage.

And Irwin sealed a 3-0 success after converting a Natalie Jones pass.

R.O.C.S still top the table, but their lead has been cut to three points.

The under-11s are in second place — a point adrift of leaders Heyside Angels Inter — after a 3-0 win over Oldham Athletic Girls. Katie Lockwood (two) and Ellie Saxon got the goals.

The scoreline flattered Rockettes as their opponents played some neat football without being able to test the ’keeper.

Ellen Bergin scored twice before half-time to put the under-13s in command against Oldham Athletic Girls.

Keeley Scott halved the deficit but Rockettes, with Kiera Royales driving her team-mates forward at every opportunity, dug deep to run out 4-1 winners. Megan Ashton and Jayme Butler-Jones got the other goals.




R.O.C.S are riding high in the under-14s division.



They had Megan Jackson (two) and Lauren Steel on the scoresheet in a 3-1 defeat of previous pacesetters Heyside Angels.




LUCY Shaylor, with four goals, led the way for Heyside Angels Clarets under-16s, who registered an 8-0 win over Upper Rockettes IIs.



Lauren Parkinson (two), Anna Golding and Sarah Fitton got the others.

Under-13s Clarets remain in touching distance of Harpurhey United after a 4-0 defeat of Curzon Ashton — Bethany Mellor (two), Kelly Ward and Emily Shaylor were on target — and Danielle Partington struck four times for under-13s Angels Inter in a 6-0 victory over second-bottom Rochdale. Sophie Montgomery and Sophie Chester made up the tally.

Natalie Giblin scored the consolation goal for under-12s Angels, who lost 4-1 to mid-table rivals Droylsden.

Under-11s Angels Inter dropped their firsts points of the season — they had won their previous four matches — when they were held to 1-1 draw by Harpurhey United. Jade Hughes got Heyside’s goal.

Alicia Stretton was the toast of Angels Clarets under-11s. She helped herself to a hat-trick in a 3-0 defeat of Curzon Ashton.




OLDHAM Athletic Girls under-12s were beaten 2-0 by Chadderton Park while the under-16s, thanks to a Ashley Ellems hat-trick and a Yasmin Deane double, picked up a point in a 5-5 draw against Droylsden Juniors.



Other results and scorers are —

UNDER-10S: Heyside Angels Navys 6 (Ella Rigby 3, Lavinia Whitehead 2, Caitlin Patterson), Hurpurhey United 0; Heyside Angels Whites 2 (Emily Pennells, Hannah Ransome), Moston Juniors 4.