Echo reporter
WALDRIDGE Park sealed a second successive
promotion, routing bottom club Burnmoor JFC 10-0.
Adam
Campbell Bell produced an excellent finish in off the post, following a fine
passing move in just the second minute, and Waldridge never looked back.
The
home keeper made a series of great saves, but Steven Dobbing ran into the box
and rounded the keeper to tap in for 2-0. Bell scored his second from Chris
Rooney’s pass, finding the top corner, then Chris Days beat the onrushing
keeper to a through ball and slotted home.
Bell
completed his hat-trick from Dobbing’s pass to make it five by the interval.
Bell
and Dobbing each netted twice on the restart, then man of the match Bell took
his tally to six late on.
Dubmire
WMC saw their relegation confirmed by a 4-3 defeat at home to West Rainton.
Mark
Liddle, James Gardiner and Jed Croft had Dubmire three goals up, giving them
the chance of staying up, but Rainton stormed back to win, thanks to strikes
from Graeme Brenkley and sub Adrian Dawson.
Stephen
Donkin starred in vain for Dubmire, with Andrew Hope outstanding for Rainton.
Bishop
Middleham clinched their survival with a hard-fought, scrappy 1-1 draw at New
Brancepeth WMC.
Middleham
managed to weather the storm with some top quality goalkeeping and defending
and were unlucky not to be awarded a penalty when John Steel was brought down
in the area.
Middleham
held firm until a right-wing cross was finished off well by Ricky Box, but
keeper Stephen Heslop’s man-of-the-match performance inspired the visitors and
they levelled when Jake Pearson tapped home a corner to guarantee their
survival. Ryan Wilkinson starred for Brancepeth.
Houghton
Wild Boar All-Stars edged a 1-0 home victory over Langley Park Rams Head.
The
match was stalemate until the 80th minute when Houghton’s Dean Clark was
upended in the penalty area and Liam Lusk neatly put the resulting kick away.
In the last minute, a high-flying lunge from Dan Moses brought down Houghton’s
Dan Brotherton and saw him red-carded. Craig Fletcher shone for Boar, with Michael
Barker best for Langley.
Hetton
Lyons CC produced an irresistible performance to hammer title rivals Brandon
Sports Club 9-1 to move eight points clear in the Premier Division.
Lyons
dominated from start to finish and were clinical in front of the goal against a
depleted Brandon side, who could not cope with the attacking threat.
Robbie
Bird enjoyed a day to savour, hitting four goals, backed by doubles from Max
Stoker and Conor Winter, while sub Jack Pounder also notched. John Kidd fired a
late consolation for Brandon.
Houghton
Comrades climbed into second place after demolishing bottom club Coxhoe WMC
6-1.
Doubles
from Joe Calvert and Callum Munro led the way for Comrades, with Gary Davison
and man of the match David Vincent also on target, while David Whitehead
responded.
Sacriston
Cricket Club drew 2-2 in an entertaining clash with Sherburn Village, with
Gavin McCormack and sub Rob Draper netting.
Hilda
Park enjoyed a bright start when Jonathan Yip was fouled in the box and Chris
Cuthbertson converted the penalty, but visitors Newton Aycliffe WMC hit back
well to run out 6-2 winners.
Aycliffe
levelled from the spot then went ahead right on half-time. Aycliffe extended
their lead to 4-1 before Marc Smith produced a Bergkamp-like finish to give
Hilda a lifeline.
The
visitors, whose marksmen were Lewis Wing (3), Kieran Megran, Liam Cooper and
Rob Moncur, finished strongly to hit two more goals.
Chester
Britannia completed their First Division campaign with a disappointing 1-0
defeat at home to much-weakened Ferryhill Dynamoes.
The
loss sees them sit in second place on 39 points, with only Washington Cross
Keys capable of denying them promotion.
Midway
through the first half, a raking through ball from Callum Walton found Reece
Marshall, who slotted the ball past the keeper. Britannia pressed hard for a
late leveller, with a little bit of luck and some magnificent saves by visiting
keeper Ryan Farley, denying them.
Washington
Cross Keys, with six games still to play, won 3-1 at Ouston Cherry Tree, who
had Mickey Ross on target with a consolation free-kick after falling three
goals behind in the opening 15 minutes. Ouston also missed a penalty.
Champions
Chilton WMC roared back from three goals down to lead 4-3, but Sacriston WMC
scored a late equaliser on the break to grab a point.
Man
of the match Vinny Gash plundered a treble for Chilton, with Kurt Pickford also
notching,.
Third
Division leaders Washington Cricket Club moved five points clear thanks to a
hard-earned 1-0 home win over Framwellgate Moor WMC.
Jonathan
Grainger’s strike proved the differene between the sides, with Philip Ingram
and Jack Rutter the respective star men. Washington are five points ahead of
second-top Pelton Crown, but their rivals have four games in hand.
Ferryhill
Community Hub and Kelloe WMC shared the spoils in a4-4 thriller.
Daniel
Lowe, Steven Carruthers and Steven Ferguson (2) struck for understrength
Kelloe, while two-goal Nathan Wall, Michael Couch and Dan Gilyeat responded.
Hetton
New Inn proved too strong for a hugely depleted Pittington side, who produced a
big improvement on their previous performance but are glad to see the end of
their season. Star man Josh Hugill struck for Pittington.
Houghton
produced an impressive display to hammer hosts Newton Hall Jovial Monk 9-2 in
Division Four, moving five points clear in third place.
A
mixed first half saw Houghton take the lead with a Lee McBeth penalty on 11
minutes, after a foul by Dan Surtees, only for Newton Hall to rally.
Liam
Oudnie equalised on 25 minutes, from a Matt Williamson cross, then they went
ahead 10 minutes later as David Wile crossed for Williamson to produced a neat
finish. McBeth levelled by the break, then Houghton went from strength to
strength on the restart, going on to hit seven unanswered goals.
McBeth
completed his hat-trick a minute into the second half before James Carmen added
a fourth and sub Andrew Brooke got in on the act with a brace.
McBeth
was not finished, though, and he completed a second hat-trick in the final 15
minutes, netting on 75, 85 and 88 minutes. Levi Scott was man of the match for
his efforts in midfield, while Chris King got the nod for Monk.
Chester
Garden Farm RAR revelled in an astonishing 12-goal haul from Ryan Johnson as
they ruthlessly dismissed High Shincliffe Avenue 15-3.
Dan
Johnson added a double, with Jordan Gibson also on target for the
table-toppers. Garden Farm lead second-top Durham County by three points, but
their rivals, who were without a game last weekend, have two matches in hand.
Fencehouses’
great performance saw them ease to a 3-0 win at Washington Jays. All three
goals came in the first 25 minutes.
David
Finch, star man Grant Craig and Dan cummings bagged the vital goals.
Bowburn
beat visitors Chester-le-Street AFC 3-1. Bowburn took the leads in the 54th
minute with Lee Jennings finishing from close in. Chester’s Miller Fletcher
equalised, but Bowburn regained the lead when Andrew Dunn converted from the
penalty spot.
Daniel
Crisp set the seal on Bowburn’s victory with a shot from outside the area.
Quarrington
Hill took command early in the second half to outgun Witton Gilbert Travellers
Rest 4-1 after a tight first period. David Calcutt notched for Rest.
