Happy Wanderers beat Badgers (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)

Happy Wanderers beat Badgers

Robins' Connor Holmes sandwiched by South Marston Saints' Callum Wells and Hayley Shipp Ref: 99232-64NORTH WILTS & DISTRICT YOUTH & MINOR LEAGUE: Under 18 - SWINDON Badgers scored four at home to Chippenham Wanderers and still ended up losing.

James Tinsley, Kieran Randall-Jennings, Danny Masterlarz and Granit Dukawere on target but it counted for little as Chippenham rattled in five.

A Louis Cunningham penalty was enough to see Stratton Juniors beat Cirencester Town by a single goal.

Dan Rodbourne, Alex Parker and Jason Warren scored for Blunsdon in their 3-3 draw with Chalford.

Under 16

Wootton Bassett thumped Cricklade 9-2 on the road with goals coming from Phil Tearle (4), Tom Marchment (3), Alex Pritchard and Will McCurrach.

Greenmeadow were also comfortable winners on their travels, 5-1 at Croft.Goals from Steve May, Josh Henshall and Josh Little put the visitors three up at the break.

Croft responded through a Sam Elwell free-kick but Greenmeadow finished off with two good goals from Ben Rawlings and Max Scholefield.

Shaw won 6-2 at Highworth Juniors, Craig Rogers (2), a Luke Watkins penalty, Tom Holmes, Ian Jude and Matt Povey doing the damage.

Tom Barbieri (2), Azzad Ali and Eddy Sproule netted for Juventus in their 4-1 victory at Lydiard. Ben Woolf hit the consolation goal for Lydiard Youth.

Stratton Juniors cruised to a 4-0 home win over Wroughton B, with Dave Glover, Daniel Sear, Michael Bellinger and Callum Dunn on target.

Wroughton A fared better, beating Ferndale Rodbourne 3-2, but the C team were trounced 10-2 by Kingsdown with Sam Foster grabbing a hat-trick inside 25 minutes. Joe White also hit a treble.

Under 15

The top two sides from last season crossed swords again, with Stratton Juniors B beating Highworth Juniors 3-1 with two fine headed goals from Harry Heath and Steven Keir. Highworth's Taylor Gill then converted a penalty before Keir finished them off.

Two goals from Jake Lloyd and one for Callum Finigan ensured Swindon Soccer Skills picked up all three points in a 3-1 home win over Ferndale.

Three goals from David Bray and another from Jack Moody helped Westlea secure a point in their 4-4 draw with Fairford.

Wade Dixon and Lee Beale were on target for Brunel Boys in their 2-1 win against Bassett with James Terry netting the consolation.

Under 14 - Division 1

Ferndale Rodbourne A thumped Liden Community 11-0. Arron Selby (3), Nathan Gambling (2), Josh House (2) and one each for James Trevers, Nathan Blackford, Gianluca Constabile and Tom Butcher ran riot.

Kristian Trimble scored Malmesbury's only goal of the game in their 3-1 loss at home to Lydiard Youth.

William Greer, Kieran O'Driscoll and Chris Spink were all on the score sheet for Lydiard.

Luke Underwood, Sam Jackson and Oliver Jefferies all scored to pick up the points for Shaw in their 3-1 win over Croft.

In a tight clash at Meadowcroft, Stratton A saw off Old Town United 2-0 thanks to Jordan Clark and Dan Trout.

Under 14 Division 2

Dan Thatcher kick-started the scoring for Stratton Juniors B against Highworth Juniors and then scored a second to open up a gap.

Laith Darhali pulled one back for Highworth before Liam Kearns restored Stratton's two-goal lead.

Highworth replied again through Darhali but Jamie Fennel made the final score 4-2 to Stratton.

Tom Melton-Ruddock and Oumar Balde were on hand again for Swindon Soccer Skills scoring the goals in a 3-0 win against Brunel Boys.

Adam Bedwell scored two in Purton's 4-1 win over Bassett with Josh Harper and Alex Green also helping themselves to a goal each. Alex Taylor grabbed Bassett's only goal.

Under 13 Division 1

Brunel Boys lost 5-2 to Stratton Juniors 'B'.

Stratton started strong by taking a three goal lead within 10 minutes of the start. Brunel managed to pull one back just before half time through a well worked goal.

The second half was a much more even affair with opportunities at both ends, but it was Stratton Juniors B took all three points with goals from Aaron Webb (2), Nathan Richens, George Bull and Ben Phillips. Michael Malakides and Liam Ody scored for Brunel.

Shrivenham continued with their winning start defeating last season's Division 1 champions Shaw 4-3. Ollie Waite hit the winner.

Stratton Juniors A beat Liden Community 2-1 courtesy of Jack Gray and Josh McMillan.

Wootton Bassett Town lost 4-2 at home to Ferndale Rodbourne 'A'.

Luke Venn scored in Wroughton's 1-1 draw with Cricklade Youth.

Under 13 Division 2

Maher Ali, Jamie Cherry (2) and a Nathan Fowler penalty earned AFC Swindon a 4-1 win over Purton.

Ferndale Rodbourne B were beaten 5-2 by visiting Lydiard Youth. Lydiard scorers were Nathan Hudson (2), Sam Golding, Daniel Stretton and Matthew Cole.

Fairford B were crushed 16-0 by clubmates Fairford A.

Liam O'Brien bagged seven, George Peare and Ellis Pyzer claimed two each and a goal each for John Watson, Oliver Pitt, James Russell, Dylan Jones and an own goal rounded off the scoring.

Under 12 Division 1

Stratton Juniors beat Lydiard Youth 3-1 with Nathan Lee, Ryan Allen and Jamie Pickford scoring.

Purton lost 5-1 to Old Town United A, Wesley Perry (2), Scott Drew, Jake Manton and Sean Herington netting.

Highworth Juniors A maintained their good start to the season with a 4-1 away win at Uffington. Danny Hale scored Highworth's first before Sam Longman grabbed Uffington an equaliser. Curtis Lever restored Highworth's lead, Hale converted a penalty for his second and Jordi Seago netted to make it four.

Wroughton slipped to their second defeat of the season, 3-1 against newly promoted Greenmeadow who saw goals from Jamie Tuck, Daniel Knight and Shaun King.

Under 12 Division 2

Croft Juniors B won 3-1 at Malmesbury, Conor Trinci, Ben Peterson and Luke Carter scoring.

Wootton Bassett won 9-0 at Ramsbury, Bradley Bancroft (2), Aidan Cressey (4), Ryan Campbell (2) and Jake Sumpter filling their boots.

Jordan Smith bagged a hat-trick for Lydiard, but it wasn't enough as Liden scored five through Ryan Goodchild, Ryan Bragg, Josh Oldland and Christian Robinson.

Under 12 Division 3

Sean Hogan scored twice for Old Town United B, but his side were still beaten 6-2 by Marlborough.

Under 11 North Division

Sam Park, Josh Fowler and Michael Birkinshaw scored for Croft A in a 3-3 draw with Siddington.

Wootton Bassett recorded a far from comfortable 3-1 victory over Lydiard Youth with late second half goals from Nick Buckle (2) and Joshua Shama.

Under 11 West Division

Neil Thakrar and Harvey Scholes put Highworth Town in the driving seat at Malmesbury but the hosts hit back to draw 2-2.

Adam Wooley helped himself to a hat-trick in Old Town's 7-0 win over Highworth Juniors.

Cameron Boydon and Conor Thompson bagged braces.

Louis Maddison scored Purton's winner in the 2-1 victory over Greenmeadow.

Cricklade continued their good start to the season with a 6-1 win against Uffington. Jon McDonald was top scorer with three closely followed by Joe Hilliard who hit two and one for Jack Peare.

Jack Slater, Tim Ogu, Ashley Fox and Vinny Raynor were all on target to help Liden claim all three points away to Lydiard Youth.

Under 11 Central Division

Tetbury opened their home fixtures with a resounding 7-1 victory over Penhill Knights.

A first half hat-trick by Anthony Hillman and second-half strikes from Jack Bromley (2), Charlie Davies and another for Hillman sealed the win for Tetbury.

Ryan Turner (2), Jake Kitchin, Jake Roffey and Jerome Dobson scored for Westbrook in their 5-2 win over Coleshill.

Matthew Rose was on hand to score two with Max Steadman, Dan Bridgeman and Miles Leggett also scoring in Stratton Youth's 5-5 draw with Shaw.

Under 10 North Division

Ferndale A notched up a 3-1 win over Wroughton A with their goals coming from Jack Clifton and two for Matthew Wood.

Tyler Amos scored two for Bassett and Jack Peake added another to secure a 3-1 win against Greenmeadow.

Jordan Watts was on target with the consolation goal.

Matt Spurles and Connor Vincent were both on the scoresheet in Purton Westbrook's 3-2 home win over Shaw.

Under 10 West Division

Cricklade were three down within 15 minutes at FC Abbey Meads but bounced back to draw 3-3.

Scorers for Cricklade were Thomas Whittaker, Mitchell Meacock and Thomas O'Dell.

Brad Byrom and Scott Garrett earned Swindon Soccer Skills a 2-1 win over Fairford.

A solitary goal from Highworth's Connor Simpson was enough to give them victory over Ferndale Rodbourne B.

Jack Peare and Ryan Jackson helped Stratton Youth claim three points in their 2-1 win over Highworth C.

Under 10 Central Division

A goal from Jack Robinson within the first minute saw Eldene Rangers go on to win 6-0 against Penhill.

Jaeden Pedley netted two more, Ryan King also scored two and Charlie Pugh was on the scoresheet too.

Guy Berwick and Daniel Bradley exchanged doubles in Old Town's clash with Greenmeadow before an own goal gave the latter a 3-2 victory.

The three Liams Collins, Alford and Knapman all grabbed a goal each in Eldene B's 3-1 win at Penhill, with Jamaine Hemmings claiming the consolation.

Two goals from Juris French and one a piece from Chris Dack and Craig Smith saw Eldene B beat Croft B 4-2.

Under 10 South Division

Kieran Jones's brace and one from Ben Fitch saw South Cerney home at Wroughton B.

Matthew Gill (3) and Jordan Wilkins (2) scored in Shrivenham's 5-2 win over Coleshill, Josh Head (2) replying.

Under 9 North Division

Max Passingham and Scott Lees netted in Bassett A's 2-1 win at Highworth Juniors.

In a high tempo end to end game both sides created plenty of opportunities. Swindon Soccer Skills came from 2-1 down at Highworth Town to win 4-3. Goals from Ross Algar, Josh Sawyer, Sam Guy and a fantastic Taylor Hall free-kick for Swindon Soccer Skills.

Under 9 West Division

Two good goals from Jody Melville and one for Ryan Noel saw FC Abbey Meads kick off their season with a 3-2 win against Stratton Juniors who replied through Jack Harris and Curtis Meare.

Ryan Ainscow scored the only goal for Croft A at home to Blunsdon Colts.

Ferndale Rodbourne B had a convincing 9-0 win against Marlborough. Lawrence Rees and Saime Sahin both netted hat-tricks while Leon Mason bagged himself a brace and Callum Bond was also on the scoresheet.

Old Town completed a 7-0 win over Shaw with top goal scorer Charlie Stone getting five, Connor Holmes and Charlie Smith close behind on two each and Sam Thomas picking up a single.

Under 9 Central

Fairford drew 2-2 with Ramsbury. Ryan Dudgale scored a stunning goal to give Fairford the lead. Lee Cowan scored the equaliser for Ramsbury before Fairford again took the lead through Edward Keogh. An eventual own goal by Fairford meant that they would share the points.

Cirencester Town A took home all three points against Ashton Keynes courtesy of goals from Joseph Train, Thomas Luce, Jacob Ashley and Fren Gentil in a 4-3 win.

Under 9 South Division

Swindon Soccer Skills B thrashed Cirencester Town B 8-0. Alex Crozier (2) and Dean Griffin (3), James Cumner and Anto Gerrish sealed an emphatic win.