Lawrence Rovers romp to victory
Lawrence Rovers made certain of finishing top of the Senior Division with a sparkling 6-2 win at Wick Reserves, sparked off by a hat-trick from Daniel Harris.
Kai Holmes, Luke Mathison and Dray Bray were also on target for the new champions, with Ben Burrell and Gary McCreth replying for the hosts.
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Rovers will be aiming to complete a notable double tonight when Downs League outfit Sporting Greyhound provide the opposition in the final of the GFA Junior Cup at Oaklands Park.
The race for second place hotted up with victories for Coalpit Heath and Made For Ever, the only two contenders for minor honours.
Goals from Aaron Fry (2) and Steve Bisp gave the Heath a 3-1 home success against Hanham Reserves, while Made For Ever beat Hallen A thanks to a double from Lee Peacock, which included a late penalty after he was fouled in the area.
Andy Forse and Jason Stiddard both scored for the first time this season in Crosscourt's 7-2 home romp against Nicholas Wanderers Reserves. The pair had been long-term absentees, following surgery for serious injuries.
Martin Cole (3), Rob Lucas and Fabian Fowler completed the tally for Crosscourt, whose team included Kerry Earrey alongside his sons Ricky and Ryan. Jason Radford and Zac Zabec replied for Wanderers, whose line-up included Andy Pallent and his brother Tom, the sons of the match referee Ian Pallent!
Hartcliffe CC remain the only team without a victory after failing to reply to a goal in each half from Mark Ward for Chipping Sodbury Reserves.
Division I leaders Old Sodbury suffered a surprise 2-1 defeat at home to St Pancras. Steve Lyne grabbed the winner for Saints, whose other scorer was Aaron Sherring. Ricky Hemmings netted for Old Sodbury.
That allowed Miners Rangers to close the gap with an impressive 4-1 win at Knowle United. Ben Pearce (2) Adam Cutland and Simon Witheridge scorred for the visitors, with Cliff Baker replying for Knowle.
Roman Glass St George A continued their fine form with a 2-0 home win against Bitton A thanks to goals from Chris Watson and Mike Radford.
The two bottom teams both suffered heavy defeats again. Hartcliffe Reserves crashed 5-1 at Longwell Green Sports A, where Sean Finnegan scored a hat-trick. Stuart Davis and Danny Veale added Sports' other goals.
Shaftesbury Crusade Reserves were demolished 7-0 by Bendix, Joel Hartley leading the way with a hat-trick and Robbie Underwood, Brian Maxwell, Tony Marshfield and Matt Dark also on the scoresheet.
Seymour United Reserves clinched the Division II title with a 2-0 home win against Rangeworthy, who were sunk by strikes from Lee Billingham and Dan Turner.
Nicholas Wanderers A and Fry's Club A fought out an exciting 4-4 draw. Wanderers' goals came from Chris Lawrence, Billy Jackson, Tom Paice and veteran Phil Beake, who netted from 50 yards.
The only unbeaten record in the league came under threat when Division III leaders Eden Grove escaped with a 1-1 draw at home to Broad Walk.
Mark Chidgey fired Eden Grove in front and Aaron Price equalised for the visitors, who also missed several good chances.
"I thought we deserved to win in the second half," said Broad Walk representative Chris Brown.
Warmley Saints kept up their charge for the runners-up spot with a thumping 6-1 win at Tilly Rangers. Ben O'Brien scored twice and his brother Phil added another, while Tom Mitchell, Phil Anstee and Ian Clark were also on the scoresheet. Ian Lewis netted for Rangers.
There was a rare victory for bottom-placed Hillfields Old Boys, who ran out 2-1 winners at home to Frampton Athletic Reserves.
Longwell Green Sports B romped to an impressive 6-1 victory over St Mary's FC Reserves in Division IV. Matt Gitson and Mark Cooper both scored twice, with the other goals coming from Kevin Olly and Ian Twomey.
In Division V, Portville Warriors kept up their title challenge with a 7-0 win at St Pancras Reserves. A hat-trick from Van Gelli and two goals from Gary Hunt paved the way for the victory, with Ted Moulder and Tom Clarke completing the scoring.
Inter the Bloomfield thrashed Greyfriars Athletic A by the same score, with Steven Brock scoring six times and Stuart O'Neill the other.
St George Rangers missed the chance to go joint top of Division VI as they went down 2-1 at home to Roman Glass St George B.
Mark Fey scored for the home side but Lewis McKenzie and Chris Grant secured the points for Roman Glass.







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