Lumley fail double test

Lumley failed in their bid to complete a double when they went down to Ryhope in the final of the Jarrow Roofing North-East Durham Youth Cup.

Ryhope, who are also in contention for the championship, ran out 3-2 winners with goals by Len Boscher, Jake Scott and Martin Mowbray.

Lumley have a 12-point lead over Jarrow St Bedes and have a 13-point advantage over Ryhope, but both of their rivals have played two fewer fixtures.

Washington Dunlop will play Herrington in the final of Sunderland Eye Infirmary Cup. Dunlop produced their best performance of the season defeating Hebburn 6-1 after establishing a four goals interval lead.

Dunlop, who are bottom of the table minus three points after having nine points deducted, romped home after Phil Ingram, Campbell Demsey, David Armstrong and Ian Watson converted first-half chances.

Although Stephen George pulled a goal back for Hebburn, Dunlop went nap when Ingram again found the net and afterwards Chris James scored his side's sixth goal.

Herrington were more tested in their semi-final tie against Jarrow St Bedes although they eventually won by a 3-1 margin. The only goal in the opening half went to Herrington's Mark Briggs and in the second period Robert Houghton and Kyle Dinsdale made it three for Herrington while Jarrow's only reply came from Paul Kelly.

New County North Durham Youth League

Birtley still have a commanding ten-point lead over Blaydon and the sides have played the same number of games in the Under-16 division.

Neither side was on league duty at the weekend when two fixtures were played. Beamish suffered a 5-1 defeat at the hands of Leam Rangers for whom Seb James and John Storey scored twice.

A hat-trick from Craig Milburn was the feature of Blackfyne's 6-2 success at Rutherford.

Blaydon met Redheugh in the semi-final of the league shield and it was the Reds who reached the final with a 4-2 victory. George White bagged a brace of goals.

In the Under-17 division Leam Rangers have a two points advantage over Blackfyne and Blackfyne have played one additional fixture.

Leam Rangers were held to a 1-1 draw by Felling in the weekend programme. Robert Houghton scored for Leam and Anthony Thompson for Felling.

Of the four games to be played three ended in 1-1 draws. Wear Valley and Swalwell also shared the points with Daniel Haddon on target for Wear Valley and Gary Andrews for the visitors.

A goal by Tommy Fox earned Prudhoe Town a point in their home game with Blaydon for whom Ricky Walton replied.

West Denton saw off the challenge from Consett by a 2-0 margin when John Pendlebury and David Fryer both hit the target. While in the semi-final of the Under-17 league cup Redheugh defeated Montagu 4-2.

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Chester-le-Street, who have completed their programme, have a three-point lead over Walker Centre, but their rivals have three games in hand. Redheugh are also in contention despite being six points adrift of the Cestrians since they too have played three fewer fixtures.

Only one game went ahead on Saturday when New Hartley recorded their eighth win of the season defeating Whitley Bay 2-0. David Hope scored in the first period and after the break he was again on target helping to inflict a fifth defeat in 12 outings for Whitley Bay whose position in the table has been made worse since they have had six points deducted for infringements.

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Two games went ahead in the Under-11 division and there were big wins for Felling and Hebburn Reyrolle. Andrew Chaters scored no fewer than six times and Philip Foster twice in Felling's 9-2 defeat of Leam Rangers, while Hebburn Reyrolle ended 5-0 ahead of Winlaton.

Chopwell won the Under-12 division league cup with an only goal during the second period of extra time from Mark Fitzpatrick who finally penetrated the Blackfyne defence.

In the league there was a big win for Leam Rangers G at Blaydon where David Riley rifled a hat-trick. Darryl Hall scored twice for Blaydon.

Darryl Scott was another player to score on two occasions in Winlaton's 4-1 defeat of Consett and in the other fixture Whickham Fellside B just edged Beamish with an only goal by James Radcliffe.

In the Under-13 section Redheugh went to Low Fell B and won 4-1 when Adam Ewart scored a couple of goals. Robert Allen (3) and Stephen Martin (2) were the principal scorers in a 7-1 victory for Leam Rangers over Blackfyne.

Redheugh won the Under-14 division league cup defeating Blaydon 1-0 and it was Scott Swanson who was the scoring hero.

One game was played in the league and Whickham Glebe had the better of Consett by a 3-1 margin.

In the Under-15 division Leam Rangers sent Rutherford crashing to their 15th defeat of the season when they finished 6-0 winners as John Sherlock and Michael Kennedy each bagged a brace of goals.

In other games there were similar 2-1 victories for Blackfyne in their home game with Stocksfield and Redheugh who entertained Consett.

Norton and Stockton Ancients

Norton Under-8s won 2-0 to Coulby Newham on a bone hard pitch. Both teams played entertaining football with Norton opening the scoring when Aiden Cattermole ran through and finished smartly. Cattermole added another in the second half when his crisp drive from the edge of the box found the bottom corner. Man of the match was Josh MacDonald who hit the bar and Norton just missed a penalty late on.

Norton Under-8s won again when they played North Ormesby, opening the scoring in the first two minutes of the match. North Ormesby hit back with two goals before half time, but man of the match, MacDonald, levelled things within five minutes of restarting and from his corner that deflected in, Norton went 3-2 up. Liam Woodhouse then added a fourth from long range before North Ormesby reduced things. Both teams played well and contributed to a highly entertaining match. Final score was 4-3 to Norton.

A last minute goal by S Taylor saw Norton Under-15s clinch their third league win in a row. They beat Leven FC 1-0 in a game where both sides missed a number of chances where a draw would probably have been a fair result.

With the pitch being very hard, it was difficult to play quality football, but both Norton Under-17 and Whinney Banks played well and produced some good passing moves. Norton edged the game with two well taken goals by Marcus Laing. This match meant that Norton moved up the League another place. Final score was 2-1 to Norton.

The Under-17s also played a local derby with Wolviston which was a very competitive game to say the least. Wolviston opened the scoring with a magnificent goal from 25 yards before going on to open up a three-goal lead before half time. Norton got back in the game with Asif making it 3-1, then 4-2. Unfortunately, injuries to two players meant virtually playing with ten men and Wolviston deservedly won the game 5-2.

Auckland and District EBAC Youth League

Three teams will contest the finals of the three cup competitions associated with the Auckland and District EBAC Youth League. As usual, all three finals will be held at Spennymoor United's Brewery Field.

Bishop Auckland Under-18s will play Coundon & Leeholme juniors in the league cup final on Saturday, May 3 (3pm). Bishops will then meet holders Willington in the Lady Eden Hospital Cup final on Bank Holiday Monday, May 5 (3pm). Willington, who won all three cups last season, will then defend the South West Durham Presidents Cup in the final against Coundon & Leeholme on Saturday May 10 (3pm).

Willington Boys

Uplayer Christopher Hutton suffered a broken leg in the game just after scoring four goals in his side's 6-0 victory at home to Durham County Boys in a midweek Russell Foster Junior League game last week.

"It was just an unfortunate accident," said Willington manager Robert Lee, "Christopher was having a magnificent game, he had just scored his fourth goal when he was in a collision with their goalkeeper and twisted badly as he went down, breaking his leg in two places. It was a pure accident."

Hutton returned to Willington this season but has mostly played for them after starting with Willington as an eleven year old. Daniel Lee and Craig O'Brien were the other Willington scorers. Hutton and Lee were named joint man of the match for Willington.

Later in the week, Willington Under-16s beat visitors Jarrow St. Bedes 7-2 with Stephen Danby scoring a hat-trick. The other goals came from Lien Howe, David Jackson, Matt Walker and an own goal. The win keeps Willington in second place in the table.

The Under-16s then beat visiting South Shields 8-0 with goals from Jackson (2), Danby (2), Howe and Craig O'Brien. Dan Lee was man of the match.

Willington Under-14s drew 1-1 at home to Redby. Nicholas Elliot got the goal, Craig Alston was man of the match.

* Robert Lee would like to hear from players wanting to join Willington Under-16s, Under-17s or Under-18s for next season. The Under-18s play on a Saturday, the others on Sundays. Lee can be contacted on (01388) 747 323.

Darlington Allstars

The Under-9s took on Coulby Newham away in a re-arranged fixture. The Allstars worked hard in this league match and came away with the points. The final score line was a well-deserved 2-1 victory with Bradley Simpson (2) and man of the match Adam Jackson scoring.

In the friendly, the Allstars continued their successful performance with a 4-0 victory. Bradley Simpson, Danny Wheldon, James Szoboszlai and Callum Roddy all scored with Steven Husband man of the match.

The Under-11s were away to Billingham Town in the league and drew 2-2 with Josh Knox and man of the match Lee Gibbon on the scoresheet.

The Under-8s played two league matches against Hartlepool Premier and in the first match the Allstars kept Hartlepool to a 0-0 draw with man of the match going to Jonathon Burn. The Allstars found it hard to contain this strong Premier team in the second game which ended in a 4-0 defeat. Burn was again named man of the match.