Bitton girls grab derby victory
Bitton Girls Under-15s produced a dominant display to beat local rivals Mangotsfield 3-0.
Shannon Cribb fired their opening goal before a neat passing move set up Georgia Smith to run clear and bury the second goal before the break.
The second half was a feisty affair and it took superb goalkeeping by Harriet Saunders to deny Mangos a certain goal, before Maddie Thomas went up the other end to rifle home Bitton's third and put the game beyond their gutsy opponents.
Two Kelly Leat goals and a Dani Shiner strike gave AEK Boco Under-15s a 3-2 win in a titanic struggle with Backwell Girls.
AEK Boco and Portishead Town fought out a 1-1 draw in a lively Under-16s contest.
Hosts Boco put their opponents under pressure to start with, Julia Farrel hitting the crossbar and Abbi Nicholas shooting narrowly wide.
Carris White also made some rapid raids down the right wing to maintain the pressure until half-time.
Early in the second half, Mollie Stevens finally opened the scoring for Portishead with a superb strike from just outside the box.
But it was Boco who dominated after that and five minutes from the endthey equalised through a cracking Aleesha Chapman shot.
Bristol Ladies Union A Under-11s managed to beat a determined Ashton Girls team 4-1 on the road, despite only having six players to draw on.
Union, who were also without three regular performers, never allowed the disadvantage to affect them as two goals apiece from Lizzie Burton and Rosanna Boxall saw them to a fine victory.
Keeper Louisa Bell pulled off a terrific penalty save in the second half and the remaining players Adie Bailey- Douglas, Eloise Quinlan and Ellie Courtiour, all made valuable contributions to help extend Union's unbeaten start to the season.
Backwell Athletic Girls Under-11s maintained their 100 per cent record with a 6-4 win in an end-to-end encounter with Bristol Ladies Union B.
A purposeful run and strike from Backwell's Lauren Malone was quickly cancelled out by Bristol, but further goals from Imogen Fisher and Ellie Bray put Backwell back in charge by half-time.
A spirited fightback from the Bristol girls saw the game level again at 3-3, but two more strikes from Malone, plus a cool finish by Catriona Coates after a superb run and cross from Fisher, completed a great win.
Determined defending from player-of-the-match Hannah Simms and good all-round performances from Lizzie Johnstone, Carys Hector and Chloe Taylor, meant Backwell ran out worthy winners for the fourth successive game.
Charlotte Gale, Jamie Porter, Ami Montague and Fiona Swartz were the Union scorers.
Frampton Rangers Under-11s gave it their all before going down 4-2 to a good St Nicholas side.
After gifting Saints two first-half goals and conceding a third early in the second period, Rangers embarked on a tremendous fightback.
Chloe Fuller and Chloe Bragg hauled them back into the game with fine strikes and Saints keeper Charlotte Buckley pulled off two great saves to prevent them from equalising.
But despite throwing everything at their opponents, Rangers conceded a last-minute goal to kill off a tenacious comeback.
Keeper Hariye Beydilli played well behind the battling Rosie Williams, Paige Botta and Ellie Todd, while Maddison Buss, Bragg, Fuller, Connie Lanham, Annie Lewis and Lauren Penny worked industriously.
Portishead Juniors Under-11s continued their smashing start to the season by coming through a tough encounter against a strong Frampton B side with a 3-0 win.
The first half finished goalless thanks to good defensive play from Portishead's Rosie Collings, Eloise Hubbard and Phoebe Williams.
Kyla Probert opened the scoring with a superb free-kick after 40 minutes, although it took an amazing save from keeper Aimee Morgan shortly afterwards to keep Portishead in front.
The tightly-marked Chelsea Hill eventually lost her marker to doulbe Portishead's advantage before Sophie Dumine took a quick short corner to Probert, who netted a splendid third goal to complete the scoring.
Rhea Hall performed strongly for the hosts to claim the player-of-the-match honours and linked up well with Emily Smith and Alys Withers in midfield.
Brislington A Under-12s secured their first win of the season with a super performance and 4-0 victory over spirited Mangotsfield.
The winners played some excellent passing football throughout and were rewarded by two goals apiece from Mia Williams and Sophie Allen.
Home keeper Molly Weaving seldom looked in trouble thanks to impressive defensive performances from Charlie Osborne and Leah Perrott.
Wotton Rovers Under-13s fought their way back from two goals down to secure a 3-3 draw in a thrilling match with Thornbury Falcons.
Thornbury snatched an early two-goal lead before Rosanna Blacker hauled Wotton back into the game with a goal just before half-time.
Wotton dominated the second period and Alice Baker equalised with a powerful shot before Rosanna Blacker broke through the Thornbury defence to slot home her second.
Solid defending by Wotton's Leanna Parry and keeper Josie Buist kept the home side at bay until a goalmouth scramble resulted in Thornbury's last-gasp equaliser, the ball being adjudged to have just crossed the line.













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