MID-WILTS YOUTH AND MINOR LEAGUE: BEMERTON Heath Harlequins intensified the pressure on leaders Trowbridge Town Youth by running out 7-0 winners at home to Bath Arsenal in the under 16s Blue Division of the Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News Mid-Wilts Youth and Minor League.
Bemerton's goals came from Joe Sanger (4), Marvin Brown, Jack Slade and Matthew Cox.
Trowbridge Town Youth took a 2-0 lead at the break in their away game against AFC Corsham United, increasing it to 3-0 early in the second half.
Corsham got one back before Trowbridge sealed their win with a fourth to finish 4-1 winners.
Mark Dolman scored for Corsham.
Under 16s Red Division
WARMINSTER Highbury need two points from their last two games to win the title following their 2-1 win away to AFC Corsham.
Liam Reed and Sam Landry scored for Highbury.
Under 15s Blue Division
WESTBURY Youth kept their championship hopes intact with a magnificent home winover previously unbeaten Trowbridge Town Youth.
With the wind with them in the first half Westbury put wave upon wave of attack on the Trowbridge goal but with good defending and poor finishing the teams went in with all square at half time at 0-0.
Mike Perret opened the scoring in Trowbridge's favour early in the second half putting Westbury under pressure and with a string of great saves from Luke Mayne Trowbridge were looking comfortable.
A triple substitution by Westbury saw an immediate result with Dave Thompson poking in the equaliser and Matthew Smith scoring the winner just five minutes later.
Westbury goalkeeper Nathen Tayler then pulled off two great saves keeping Westbury ahead until the final whistle and see them go top of the division.
A very understrength Trowbridge Wanderers ran out with just eight men in their away game against Devizes Town Youth and lost 8-0.
Dan Sloane (3), Jamie Selby (2), Pat Preece, Ashley Grover and Jamie Lawrence scored for Devizes.
Under 15s Red Division
WARMINSTER Highbury took a 3-2 half-time lead in their home game against Durrington Rangers.
Rangers used the wind to their advantage in the second half, denying Highbury and scoring a further two to finish 4-3 winners. Matthew Palframan (2) and Anthony Hotine scored for Highbury.
FC Chippenham strengthened their hopes for runners-up slot with a clear 5-0 home win against Lavington Bandits.
Daniel Clements (3) and Stefan Klukowski (2) scored the goals for Chippenham.
Under 14s Blue Division
CHIPPENHAM Town Youth needed to win their last game by six clear goals against local rivals FC Chippenham to take the title.
Both sides struggled with the bad weather on a heavy pitch but Chippenham Town took the lead in the first half at 1-0.
The second half saw a determined Chippenham Town but at the final whistle they had failed in their mission with only a 4-1 final score to see them finish this seasons runners-up, level on points with winners Trowbridge Town Youth.
Liam Brown (2), Ross McCance and Thomas Ingell scored for Chippenham Town Youth.
Under 13s Blue Division
JACK Gentle had a hand in all nine of Amesbury's goals in their 9-0 away win against Castle Combe Colts.
With defeats for their nearest rivals Amesbury they now move two points clear at the top of the table with a game in hand. Amesbury's goals came from Chris Fower (6), Tom Williams, Scott Atkins and one for Gentle.
Last week's leaders, Trowbridge Wanderers, went down in a surprise defeat away to Chippenham Town Youth. Wanderers took a 1-0 lead at the break but a second half hat-trick for Zak Klukowski and one for Lee Hunt saw the points go Chippenham's way with a 4-1 final score.
Third placed Salisbury Juniors also dented their championship hopes in another surprise defeat, 2-1 away to Trowbridge Town Youth.
Under 12s Blue Division
TROWBRIDGE Wanderers ran out 13-0 winners in their penultimate game of the season away to Amesbury Juniors.
Wanderers' goals came from Skip Ayoub, Ryan Spong (2), Joe Stradling and nine from Declan Harrison.
Substitute goalkeeper Ryan Kubilius was caught napping for Chippenham Town Youth when Devizes took the lead within the first ten seconds. Kubilius redeemed himself with an outstanding performance denying Devizes further goals and seeing his side take the game at 6-1.
Elliott Corp (2), Luke Dibley, Ben Antheney (2) and Callum Smith scored for Chippenham.
Under 11s Blue Division
TROWBRIDGE Town Youth Reds adapted to the wind and heavy pitch better than visitors AFC Corsham but it still took them until midway through the half to take the lead.
Bradley Whitam picked up the ball on the edge of the area, moved in and chipped the keeper. Trowbridge quickly doubled their lead after a cross in was slotted home by Jordan-Lee Gullis.
Early in the second half Otis Young made it 3-0 then Trowbridge eased off and let Corsham back in with a well taken goal from Jordan Murphy. Trowbridge dug in and held on to their 3-1 until the final whistle. The game was marshalled well by man-of-the-match Josh Batstone.
Under 11s Green Division
SHAW and Whitley took a 3-1 lead at the break in their home game against Westbury Youth, but Westbury brought the game level at 3-3 at the final whistle to salvage a point.
Jordan Kirk (2) and Jonathan Cox scored for Shaw with Jake Ross Flynn Precup and DJ Wheeler replying for Westbury.
Under 11s Red Division
BRADFORD on Avon and visitors Pewsey Vale battled with driving rain and gale force winds in their fixture.
Bradford played with the wind in their favour in the first half going in 2-0 up at the break with goals from Tom Hyde and Alex Palmer.
Bradford defended well in the second half to hold on to their 2-0 lead.
In another wind affected game FC Chippenham took a 5-1 lead at the break against local rivals Chippenham Town Youth.
FC held on to their lead until ten minutes from time and thought the points were in the bag when Chippenham Town got back into the game followed by three more to finish all square at 5-5.
Chippenham Town Youth's goals came from Ryan Armstrong, Michael Brewer, Alex Jenkins and Daniel Payne (2).
Melksham Park won their first game since January, running out 1-0 winners away to Devizes Town Youth.
Under 11s Yellow Division
CASTLE Combe extended their lead at the top of the table to nine points following their home game against FC Chippenham.
Castle Combe took the lead in the first five minutes, going on to lead 3-0 at half-time.
FC Chippenham didn't really trouble Castle Come in the first half but came out in the second half full of fight andn scored twice.
Castle Combe replied twice more to regain their three goal lead finishing 5-2 winners. Will Stevens scored both goals for FC Chippenham.
Derry Hill Boys won their first away game in two months by running out 5-3 victors at Westbury Youth.
Westbury played with the wind in their favour in the first half, taking a 3-1 lead at half-time.
Derry Hill capitalised on the wind in the second period scoring four with no reply to finish 5-3 winners. Matthew Calloway and Ashley Gardiner (2) scored for Westbury.
Under 10s Blue Division
AARON Patrick scored for Trowbridge Town Youth in their 1-1 draw against visitors AFC Corsham Jaguars.
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