Youth football round-up

Matthew Oliver's hat-trick put the home side 3-0 up by early in the second half before Malmesbury staged a spirited come back to bring the game to 3-2 at the final whistle, with two goals from Antony Packer.

Lavington Bandits gave a good all round team performance to gain a 6-0 home win against Trowbridge Wanderers. Jon Giddings was awarded man-of-the-match award for the home side. Dave Mayland, Joe Botwright (2) and Myles Hickton (3) scored for Lavington.

Under 16s Blue Division

FC CHIPPENHAM remain strong challengers following their 6-0 away win against AFC Corsham.

FC Chippenham were in control for the whole of the match but were held at by bay by J Horne on his debut as keeper for the home side. Kris Beasley (3), Aaron Merryweather, Yan Klukowski and Jerrard Murphy scored for FC Chippenham.

In a mid table clash Shaw and Whitley took all three points and moved up to fourth in the table following their 4-1 home win over Chippenham Town Rangers. Nick Rose scored for Chippenham.

Under 17s-18s Division

DESPITE a poor start there was plenty of opportunity for goals from the Cricklade team against home side Trowbridge FC.

Cricklade ploughed on and were eventual 4-1 winners with goals from Stubbs, Horton, Kennedy and Carter.

Cricklade remain top of the table but hot on their heels are Warminster Town after another convincing home victory. Warminster ran out 5-0 winners against Calne Town Youth with goals from Lee Davidson, Ross Pope (2), Steve Harding and an own goal.

Under 15s Red Division

DEVIZES finished the first half of their home game against Hilperton United Youth 4-1 up and continued to dominate throughout the second half with a further four goals to finish 8-2 winners.

Daniel Baker (6), Owen Burgess and Ray King scored for Devizes, with Paul Robinson and Andy Hill replying for Hilperton.

Amesbury Juniors remain unbeaten at the top of the table following their 13-2 home win against Lavington Bandits. Steve House and Delvin Keane replied for Lavington.

Trowbridge Town had most of the play in the first half of their game against AFC Corsham which ended 1-1 at the break. Corsham took the game to Trowbridge in the second half, finding the target twice more to finish 3-1 winners. Lee Touey (2) and Adam Jones scored for Corsham, with Marcus Faint replying for Trowbridge.

Under 15s Blue Division

LIAM Read scored a hat-trick for Warminster Highbury in their 5-2 home win over Castle Combe Colts. Castle Combe threatened throughout the game but Highbury remained on top. Nick Shuttlewood and Andrew Rideout also scored for Highbury.

Under 14s Blue Division

CHIPPENHAM Town Youth had most of the play in the first half of their away game against ten-man AFC Corsham.

Goals from Richie Stone, Jamie Fyall and Sam Pring saw the visitors lead 3-0 at the break. Corsham put up a valiant effort in the second half ,hitting the cross bar and scoring from a Ross Lye free kick midway through but they could not make their chances count and the game finished 3-1 to Chippenham.

Jack White gave Bath Arsenal the lead in the first half in their away game against Devizes Town Youth. Pat Preece equalised for Devizes with ten minutes left on the watch but a magnificent lob from Tom Purcell in the last minute of the game clinched the three points for Bath.

Under 14s Red Division

WARMINSTER Highbury played their third game of the season and took an early lead through Tom Davie against visitors Calne Town Youth.

Davie then crossed a beautiful corner allowing Steve Lisowski to head in a quick second. Calne pulled one back to make the score 2-1 but a third for Highbury through Scott Laird gave them a 3-1 lead at the interval. The second half was fast and furious from both sides with both teams giving it their all but it was Highbury who put the icing on the cake with Lisowski netting his second to make the final score 4-1.

In their local derby clash FC Chippenham played host to Chippenham Town Rangers, with Rangers taking all three points with a 3-1 final score. Tim Kershaw scored for FC Chippenham.

Under 10s Division One

DESPITE dominating possession and territory early on, Trowbridge Town Youth Reds could not find the back of Chippenham's net, but once the first goal came the floodgates opened.

Mitchell Spackman led the way with five goals, Sam Creedy scored a hat trick on his debut and Daniel Price and Fin Young completed the scoring.

Chippenham hit back with a well deserved consolation goal but the game finished 10-1 to Trowbridge.

Under 10s Division Three

TROWBRIDGE Town Youth Blues got their season off to a belated start with a 10-0 away win over FC Chippenham.

Credit to FC Chippenham who stuck to their task and never gave up.

Under 13s Blue Division

FC CHIPPENHAM started their game against visitors Bath Arsenal without two of their key players, but they put in a spirited effort against a very good and well disciplined Bath side.

The half-time score was 2-1 to Bath after FC let in a late goal. The second half was end to end, with Bath winning the midfield battle and coming out 5-2 winners. David Jenkins (2), Aaron Priestly (2) and Jamie Campbell scored for Bath, with Mark Nolan and Mark Bowsher, with a tremendous free kick, replying for Chippenham.

Trowbridge Wanderers were leading 8-3 against home side Calne Town Youth when ten minutes into the second half Calne goalkeeper Andrew Windsor was taken to hospital for stitches to his knee. Calne battled on but the visitors took the points with a 10-3 final score line. Ross Crichton, Luke Bennett and Matthew Lewis scored for Calne.

Liam Brown (3) and Joe White (2) scored all five goals for Chippenham Town Youth in their 5-0 home win against Westinghouse Youth.

Ashley Palmer put Melksham Park ahead in their game at AFC Corsham. Corsham were up to the challenge and were level at the break with a goal from James Warner. The second half continued on an even keel but the home side took all three points with a goal from Emilio Mudrak to finish 2-1 winners.

Under 12s Blue Division

AMESBURY Juniors continue to head the division following their 7-4 away win against Chippenham Town Youth.

David Brown (2) and Jamie Harlow (2) scored for Chippenham. The game was refereed well by Keith Brown.

Trowbridge Wanderers moved up to third following their 9-0 away win against FC Chippenham.

Castle Combe Colts took a 2-0 lead into the second half of their game at Trowbridge Town Youth. The second half evened out with both sides scoring one each for the game to finish 3-1 to the visitors. Danny Talbot scored for Trowbridge.

Under 12s Red Division

A GOOD footballing display by Pewsey in the first half saw them take a six goal lead against White Horse Juniors, with James Guthrie netting a hat trick and Tom Durston netting twice.

Durston scored a hat-trick in the second half following a good run of play from Pewsey. White Horse scored a consolation goal from the penalty spot 15 minutes from the end which saw Pewsey finish 10-1 winners.

Jacob Rogers scored two goals for Bromham in the first half in their home game against AFC Corsham. Corsham moved up a gear in the second half drawing level before taking the lead at 3-2. Rogers scored a third to finish the game at 3-3.

Josh Morgan scored for Castle Combe Colts in an even game against visitors FC Chippenham 2nds. Castle Combe's missed penalty seemed to spur the visitors on and they finished 4-1 victors. Bradley Taylor (3) and Jack Tyzack-Smith scored for Chippenham.

Shaw and Whitley took a 3-2 lead against Chippenham Town Rangers early in the second half but ten minutes from the end Chippenham drew level and then went on to finish 4-3 winners. Sean Hughes and Ben Head (3) scored for Chippenham, with Ollie Woodland (2) and Dan Moore replying for Shaw & Whitley.

Under 11s Division One

FC CHIPPENHAM played Warminster Highbury in what on paper was their toughest test of the season so far.

Chippenham were up for the challenge and produced by far their best performance of the season. Using the full width of the pitch they played the ball around confidently and were rewarded in the first half with a fine strike from close range by Jamie Penton and a long-range effort from Thomas Taylor.

Despite seeing very little action Kent Kauppinen made a fine save just ahead of the half time whistle to keep the score at 2-0 and avoid giving the opposition any momentum.

The second half continued very much in the same vein despite kicking up hill and with the midfield and defence giving them little opportunity to get into any rhythm, Chippenham were able to keep a close grip on the game.

Their efforts were consolidated with a 25 yard swerving effort from Luke Webb as he for once found the energy to get past the half way line and with the time running out Daniel Webb cut in from the left to hit a stunning shot over the goalkeeper to seal Chippenham's victory at 4-0.

Under 11s Division Three

SAM Cox broke the deadlock mid-way through the second half for AFC Corsham in a very close game against White Horse Juniors.

White Horse threatened throughout the game when a momentary lapse from Corsham saw the visitors through in the dying minutes to end the game all square at 1-1.

FC Chippenham were unable to contain visitors Green Baize Youth, with Green Baize eventual 14-2 winners. Jack Paish (2), Ashley Taylor, Jordan Brown (6), Sam Packer (2) and a hat-trick from Adam Bedwell, who normally plays in goal, wrapped the game up for Green Baize, with Nick Harrison and Jack Freegard scoring for Chippenham. Green Baize have now played three, won three with 34 goals to their credit.

Under Nines Division One

GEORGE Forester scored for FC Chippenham in their 1-1 draw away against Trowbridge Wanderers.