Under 9's Red Division: AFC Calne ran out 5-1 winners at home to Westbury Youth with goals from Eddie Summers (3), Andrew Cranston and Harry Stewart. Ewan Whelan replied for Westbury.

Under 9's Division Two Devizes Town Youth got their campaign off to a good start in this second round of games following their 2-1 away win against AFC Corsham. Twins Jacob and Thomas Stoner scored either side of the interval for Devizes.

Under 9's Division Three Jonathan Bazley and Daniel Lewis scored for AFC Corsham Leopards in their 2-0 away win against Bradford Town Youth A.

Under 9's Division Four Melksham Park B took a promising 2-0 lead into the second half of their game against home side Bradford Town Youth B but second half strikes from Marcus Bartolo (3), Joseph Groves and Finlay Dewar saw Bradford take all three points with a 5-2 win. Jordan Earley scored both goals for Melksham.

Under 10's Blue Division Melksham Town Youth Saints responded to well to their first defeat in seventeen months with a deserved away win against a good Warminster Highbury side. Melksham flew out of the blocks, racing into 2-0 lead within the first four minutes. On both occasions Rhys Kemish stormed down the left wing providing crosses for Warren Rees to score. Warminster fought back well, forcing Melksham keeper Ben Amor into two good saves. Warminster pressure told as they pegged Melksham back. Following a fluid passing move they reduced the arrears to 2-1 before completing their comeback to send the sides in level 2-2 at half time with goals from Rhys Morgan and Kieren Robson.

Melksham stepped up a gear in the second half, taking the game to their opponents and were rewarded when Calum Demkiv turned in a cross to make the score 3-2. Demkiv went onto complete an impressive hat-trick, securing all three points for Melksham in an entertaining and competitive match.

In a very close game Trowbridge Wanderers took a 2-1 lead at the break against home side FC Chippenham Youth. The second half was as close as the first but Chippenham had the upper hand adding three to their tally with just one reply to finish 4-3 winners. Chippenham saw goals from Nathan Davis and a hat trick from George Gernonn-Reidy.

U10 Green Division Division leaders Castle Combe Colts ran out convincing 12-0 winners in their away game against Trowbridge Town Youth C with goals from Rhys Bethell (4), Liam Parsons (2), Billy Walker (2), Adam Mitchell (1), Callum Belcher (1), Kieren Bell (1) and William Thompson (1) In a much closer game second place Melksham Town Youth Robins stole a 3-2 home win against Bradford Town Youth B. Kieran Hall, Caleb Beale and Evan Jewers scored for Melksham.

Westbury Youth Lions ran out 3-1 winners in their home game against AFC Corsham Jaguars. Oscar Williamson, Josh Gardiner and Caleb Gooderson scored for Westbury.

Under 10's Purple Division Chippenham Town Youth remain one point clear at the top of the table after running out 8-3 winners in their home game against local rivals FC Chippenham B. Jack Utton (3), Ollie Milner (2), Joe Whiteside, George Garraway and Henry Garraway scored for Chippenham Town.

Under 10's Red Division Division leaders Westbury Youth Tigers came close sharing the points with Larkhall Athletic Falcons after a very close game with the teams evenly matched. The score remained goal less at the break but Westbury clinched all three points in the last five minutes with a single goal from Jonathan Kirk.

Marlborough Town ran out 3-0 winners with all goals scored in the second half against visitors Trowbridge Wanderers. Ffion Williams (2) and Jack Houwayek scored for Marlborough.

Under 10's Yellow Division Kyle Smith put Bromham ahead mid way through the first half against a plucky Chippenham Town Youth Yellow. The Yellows responded well and after a couple of near misses scored a deserved equaliser through Niall Beddoe. Bromham goalkeeper Chandler Davidson made two crucial saves early in the second half to keep the scores level. Bromham then capitalised on the strong wind in their favour and three more goals from Kyle Smith and one each from George Paget and Cameron Stevens secured them a 6-1 victory.

Cameron Rawlings stole the show for Mere scoring five of their goals against Marshfield Tigers, final score 6-1. Jake Scott-Mason also scored for Mere with Charlie Chivers replying for the Tigers.

Under 11's Division One Chippenham Town Youth White and Devizes Town shared the spoils with a 3-3 draw. Sam Robinson (2) and Josh Legg scored for the Whites.

Melksham Town Youth Blue ran out 5-2 winners in their away game against Warminster Highbury A with Jon Wootten scoring for Highbury.

Under 11's Division Two AFC Corsham started their game very strongly using the wind to their advantage against visitors Biddestone. The pressure soon resulted in Biddestone's Nathan Todd heading into his own net. The game stayed very even until James Robson levelled the scores just on half time. The second half was again very even with chances at both ends until finally James Robson slotted the ball through the Corsham goalies legs to get the winner.

In a very fast and entertaining match to watch Melksham Park took an early lead before Larkhall Athletic got into the game. As the game went on Larkhall pressed the Melksham defence and were rewarded with an equaliser following a through ball from Kurt Dun for Caleb Collins to finish. As the game went on Melksham began to get chances but were thwarted by a finger tip save from goal keeper Toby. Larkhall continued to push forward and were eventual 4-2 winners. Joe Lyndsay (2) and Jamie Smith also scored for Larkhall.

Under 11's Division Three Frome Collegians ran out 6-2 winners in their away game against FC Chippenham with goals from Sam Byrone (2), Lewis Perrett, George Walker, Edward Curtis and Sam White.

In their first game in this second round of games Castle Combe take first place after running out convincing 13-1 winners at home to Warminster Highbury B. Castle Combe saw goals from Harry Timmins (4), Josh Bright (4), Jack Sanderson (2), Ryan Jenkins (1), Nicholas Anscombe (1) and Sam Hill (1).

Under 11's Division Four Derry Hill took a 4-0 lead into half time against Melksham Town Youth Reds with goals from Joe Williamson (3) and Marcus Frost. In the second half Melksham now playing down the slope laid siege to the Derry Hill goal but Derry Hill's defence lead by Greg Bell held firm to keep them at bay. Five minutes from time Kieran Glennon broke away to lay on Joe Williamson's fourth giving Derry a 5-0 win.

Worton and Cheverell continued in their rich vein of form with a good win over Trowbridge Wanderers. Worton opened the scoring with Joshua Hatcher looping the ball over the Wanderers keeper closely followed by Elliott Hopkins slotting home a through ball. With the score at 2-0 Trowbridge hit back with a fine effort only to be parried round the post by Worton Keeper Ben Marshall. Trowbridge did get a goal in the first half through continued pressure to make the half time score 2 - 1.

The second half started well for Worton with Jack Pearce scoring to make it 3 - 1. This was closely followed by Ben Jenks scoring to make it 4 - 1. Trowbridge again hit back and scored to make it 4 - 2. At this point the game could have gone any way with Trowbridge starting to pile on the pressure.

The game was finely decided by a marvellous piece of individual skill from Elliott Hopkins. The ball was crossed to Elliott, who controlled the ball on his chest and volleyed the ball into the back of the net. At 5 - 2 there was no way back for Trowbridge. With a good all round team performance by the Worton players, man of the match went to the player who stepped down due to Worton having too many substitutes Cameron Garbutt.

Bradford finally got their second series off with an entertaining 6-2 victory over Mere FC. Mathew Gillow's hat trick and goals from Charlie Coghlan and James Hopgood were the product of an all round team performance which once the Christmas cobwebs had been blown away saw some good open football being played by both sides.

Under 11's Division Five Bradford took an early lead after three minutes against visitors Bromham following a good throw in from Fin Aubrey which put Gus Wright through on goal. The game settled down with both sides having lots of possession but Bradford extended their lead after fifteen minutes through Callum Yates.

The visitors started the second half strongly, putting Bradford under lots of pressure. Slightly against the run of play, Gus Wright scored Bradford's third following a great pass from Ollie Clayton-Smith. Wright then completed his hat-trick with a shot into the roof of the net from an acute angle.

Bromham then got back into the game with two quick goals but could not capitalise on this platform. Wright scored his fourth goal and Callum Yates scored near the end to making it 6-2 to Bradford.

Despite having a depleted squad Bromham put up an excellent show and should be congratulated for their whole hearted performance U12 Blue Division The match between Chippenham Town Youth White and F.C. Chippenham A played at Stanley Park in the U12 Blue League ended 12-0 to Chippenham Town. Goals were scored by Cameron Fisher, Adam Gerrard, Cory Minniey (2), Harry Myles (2), Ryan Peck, Ben Pring, Liam Sunderland (3) and an own goal.

In a very entertaining game Melksham Park came close to taking some points by twice taking the lead in the first half against home side Devizes Town Youth. Bradley Hill scored twice to level the score 2-2 at the interval .Man of the match Jamie Weir put Devizes ahead before Hill completed his hat-trick. Melksham kept attacking and scored late on to make it 4-3 to end an excellent game of football. Lewis Pearce (2) and Jonathan Mead scored for Park.

Under 12's Green Division's Two Goals each from Liam Wootten, Sam Hall and Kieran Hard saw Castle Combe Colts run out 6-1 winners at home against Bradford Town Youth. Ben Fielding replied for Bradford while Jacque Gernon Reidy was solid in Combe defence.

Westbury started slowly against Worton and Cheverell but found form to take a 3-0 lead at the break. After the interval Westbury increased their lead to 8-0 but the Worton side never let their heads go down and were rewarded with two goals for their efforts from Jack Francis and Robert van den Bergh. The gamed played in good spirits and well refereed. Westbury saw goals from Callum Evand (3), Drew Adams (2), Dan Precup, Charlie Burgess and Josh Cartwright.

Frome Collegians took a 3-1 half time lead against AFC Corsham before going on to finish 6-3 winners. Zeb Devey-Waterhouse (2), John Chambers (2), James Howard and Jack Biddiscombe scored for Frome with Aaron Ward-Baptiste, Alfie Cross and Zak Carson replied for Corsham.

UNDER 12'S RED DIVISION In a close game Chippenham Town Youth Blue ran out 4-3 winners away to Larkhall Athletic. Larkhall saw goals from Bradley Weeks, Charlie Noad and Daniel Marriott.

Westbury Youth B and FC Chippenham played out an entertaining game at Redland Lane, which despite the comprehensive score line was a fairly evenly matched fixture. Westbury started the stronger with their midfield linking up well but were unable to make the most of a number great of chances in the opening ten minutes. The opening goal of the game came against the run of play from FC Chippenham's Micah Tate. This helped settle Chippenham who quickly doubled their lead on fifteen minutes through Tom Cook. Both teams continued to make chances, with Chippenham scoring further goals from Dan Brown and Max Wyatt to lead 4-0 after twenty minutes. Just before half time Westbury finally got on the score sheet through a fine strike from Paul Eddington. The second half saw both teams continue to create chances leading to further goals for Chippenham from George Davis (2) and a second for Brown, with Jordan Bishop replying for Westbury for a final score of 7-2 to Chippenham.

In was a pleasant change to have sunny morning and both teams contributed to a good game on a sticky pitch. Playing with the slope and the wind at the backs Marshfield started the stronger against home side Melksham Town Youth Reds and struck the woodwork three times before Jeremy Bond opened the scoring. Marshfield added two more goals in quick succession from Josh Gammie and Alex Tierney. Goals for Melksham either side of half time evened out the match but Marshfield finished strongly and added further goals from Sam Boorman, Josh Gammie (with a fierce shot) and Jeremy Bond, surprisingly with his left foot!! The match was sportingly played by both teams.

Under 13's Blue Division It was difficult for the Amesbury to play their usual flowing style of football on Calne's tight pitch and the long grass limited their passing and control. However they still managed to overwhelm their opposition who, at times, belied their lowly league position as they had a fair amount of possession. Tyler Brockway started the goal cavalcade after five minutes putting a Conor West cross past the Calne keeper and two minutes later another West cross saw Jake Chambers hit a great strike from twenty yards to double the Blues lead. Joey Barnwell scored the third in the fourteenth minute as the visitors took control of the game and Harry Beckley added a fourth just before the break with a sweet volley after a defensive mistake had left him unmarked in the area. The second period saw pretty much one way traffic as, at times, the Blues laid siege to the Calne goal. Some stout defending from the Calne centre back Scott Read managed to keep the score down as the home side kept their heads up despite the Blue onslaught. Barnwell scored his second just after the break after a great move on the right resulted in Nathan Nightingale putting in a superb ball into the box which was not cleared by the beleaguered home defenders. Joey then hammered the ball home from the edge of the box. Despite the Blues pressure Calne kept going forward and they were rewarded for their efforts when Conor Harrington was adjudged to have raised his boot too high and fouled a Calne forward in the area. It seemed that the home side might score from the resultant penalty but Blues keeper Tommy Smith had other ideas and he pulled off a magnificent save, going down to his left to smother the kick. Barnwell completed his hat trick in the forty-sixth minute before Josh Wightman scored the seventh beating Beckley to the ball and bundling it home at the far post after a Nightingale corner had evaded the Calne keeper. Barnwell then scored his fourth goal and the Blues eighth in the fifty-fifth minute with a well taken header from yet another Nightingale cross. Beckley then volleyed home number nine before Rory Johnstone headed in Chambers corner just before the end to complete a resounding win for the Blues. With goal difference possibly being a factor in the outcome of the title this season, this was a welcome return for their efforts.

Devizes Town remain second in the table following their 4-2 home win against AFC Corsham. Josh Thompson, James Dunford and John Webb (2) scored for Devizes.

In a rearranged fixture Warminster Highbury took all three points with a 3-2 win against visitors Bradford Town Youth. James Collett, Dale Bard and Luke Harper scored for Highbury with George White (2) replying for Bradford.

U13 Green Division Jack Noden was the only goal scorer for Trowbridge Town 2nds as they struggled to compete against a hard battling Worton & Cheverell side who took the game at 7-1.

Westbury maintained their 100% home record with a 5-2 victory against Melksham Town Youth Red in an entertaining match. An early goal from Jack Hayward saw him slot the ball past the keeper and Ashley Hargreaves increased the lead with a thirty yard screamer. Melksham's pace awarded them two goals late in the first half through Charlie King and Jack Gattiker. Nathan McCafferty cleared off his line as Melksham's pressure intensified. Two goals from Kai Bingham increased Westbury's lead and fine defending from Lewis Sparey, Tyler Rodwell and Joe English kept Melksham at bay. James Harrison put the result beyond doubt in the closing minutes for Westbury to finish 5-2 winners.

A first half hat trick from Cameron Dewar gave Bradford Town Youth a 3-1 lead against home side Malmesbury. A closer second half saw both sides increase their tally for a final score of 5-3 to Bradford. James Thorn and Matt Hale scored second half goals for Bradford with Anthony Woolcock (2) and Ryan Wodecki replying for Malmesbury.

Marlborough Town took a 1-0 lead at the break in their away game against Bromham. Bromham equalised after the interval through Craig Askew before Marlborough found the winner in the final seconds of the game.

Under 13's Red Marshfield Juniors thought they had it in the bag leading 3-1 with just ten minutes to go against home side Chippenham Town Rangers. Chippenham piled on the pressure scoring three quick goals to snatch the game with a 4-3 win. Sam Clarke scored all four for the Rangers with Harry Bowen, Jack Ashton and James Kembrey scoring for Marshfield.

Under 14's Blue Trowbridge Town Youth made the most of their chances in the first half against home side Bradford Town Youth White taking a 2-0 lead at the break. An even second half prevailed with both sides adding two to their tally for Trowbridge to take the game at 4-2. Aaron Partick (2), Alex de Silva and Joshua White scored for Trowbridge.

Under 14's Green Division A hard fought encounter saw Trowbridge Wanderers take the lead against Devizes Town when an excellent free kick from Lewis Smith bought a great save from the keeper only for debutant Cory Smitherman to tap in. Liam Smart added a second through a great run and pressure on the keeper. Devizes fought back in the second half and scored through Allie Little but were thwarted by some fine saves from Wanderers keeper Leo Kovacs. Final score, 2-1 to Wanderers.

Joe Noonan gave Trowbridge Town Youth 2nds the lead from the penalty mark against home side Chippenham Town Youth. Jack Parlor increased Trowbridge's lead before the break. Two second half strikes from Scott Ingram with no reply gave Trowbridge a 4-0 win.

Under 14's Red Division Bromham started the better of the two teams pressuring Castle Combe from the first whistle. Ex Combe Player and Bromham Striker Jack Taylor was in fine form and shot from twenty yards just over the bar after two minutes. In the third minute after skipping past two Combe defenders Taylor shot into the top right hand corner again from twenty yards putting Bromham 1-0 ahead. Castle Combe rallied after the initial shock and after the ball was whipped in to the far post Combe man of the match Jack Fraser managed to get on to the end of the cross just knocking past the Bromham keeper.

Both teams were evenly matched and played some very attractive football in a tense match but it was Jack Fraser who was there again after thirty-three minutes to head in at the back post from a corner from Luke Simpkins. Combe pressed again before half time and Combe midfielder James Lakey was on the end of a Sam Woznaik long throw in to head past the Bromham keeper to go in at half time 3-1 up.

The score line flattered Castle Combe at this point as both teams were well matched. Bromham pressed for the first few minutes of the second half and but for the safe hands of the Combe keeper Matthew Baines could have got a goal back. Combe however won another corner and Jack Fraser was on hand again to head past the Bromham keeper for his hat-trick (his first for the club) and Combe's fourth goal. It was end to end football but Combe managed to keep the Bromham strike force at bay and in the twenty-first minute Combe striker Matt Stevens with great link up play from co striker Luke Simpkins managed to slot past the Bromham keeper taking their score to 5-1. Bromham were not finished though and five minutes from time they picked up the ball in midfield and lobbed the Combe keeper who left it thinking is was going wide taking the final score back to 5-2.

Warminster United Youth ran out convincing 12-0 winners away against Chippenham Town Rangers with goals from Tristan O'Hagan (4), Michael Hutchinson, Kye Kelso, Daniel Hillman (2), Shaun Marlow (2), Matthew Hyde and Phil Curtis.

Jack Walton gave home side Amesbury Juniors 2nds the lead in their sporting game against Bradford Town Youth. Second half goals from Ashley Gooch and Domonic Fairclough earned Amesbury a 3-0 victory. Gooch was named as Amesbury's man of the match.

Trowbridge Wanderers ran out 4-2 winners in their home match against Westbury Youth 2nds with goals from James Knott, Matthew Ling, Liam Humphries and Nathan Osbaldeston.

Under 15's Blue Division County Cup Under 15's Green Division In their local derby game home side FC Chippenham took a 2-1 lead at the break against Chippenham Town Youth increasing their tally to 3-1 with just ten minutes to go. Town rallied bringing the scored level before stealing the game in the dying minutes with a fourth goal. Danny Eskins, Edward Bunte and Josh Hodges scored for FC Chippenham.

After taking a 1-0 lead against Westbury Youth 2nds, Melksham Town Youth Red found themselves on the wrong side of a 5-2 final score. Aaron Chalice and Lewis Heathcote scored for Melksham.

Castle Combe Colts move up into third place after running out 2-1 winners away to Melksham Town Youth Blue. Paul Cuthbertson scored for the Blues.

Under 15's Red Division A hat trick for Tom Shergold and singles from Ryan Greenlands, Nick Roderson and Ben Ryder gave Trowbridge Town Youth a 6-1 home win against Chippenham Town Rangers.

Under 16's Blue Division A clinical first half strike from Matthew Smart gave AFC Calne all three points in their home game against Bath City Youth.

Sean Walker scored the only goal of the game for Bradford Town Youth against Melksham Park.

Trowbridge Town Youth move seven points clear at the top of the table following their 4-1 home win against AFC Corsham. Rob Smith, Seven Hulbert and Jamie Jordan (2) scored for Trowbridge.

Under 16's Red Division A very good game was played in great spirit between the two evenly matched teams of Worton and Cheverell and Westbury Youth. From the start the game flowed from end to end as both teams sought to assert their dominance. The tackles were hard, but fair; the passing accurate and incisive. On nineteen minutes some good work from James Jenkin who fed the ball through for a fast advancing James Cracknell who then made no mistake and slotted the ball home to put Westbury one up. Westbury's defence held firm as Worton sought to get back into the game with the momentum swinging one way and then the other. Then on thirty-eight minute Westbury won a free kick out on the left side of the pitch. Jonathon Tribick sent in a fine free kick to the near post, James Cracknell made good contact with his head to flick the ball on and Callum Russell forced the ball over the line to put Westbury two up.

The second half started with a prolonged period of good Worton pressure, which meant that the Westbury defence had to work hard and concentrate to keep them out. A good performance from Westbury goal keeper Adam Fisher also contributed to the clean sheet. As the half wore on Westbury were able to make the odd foray forward and in the fifty-fifth minute they increased their lead. Jonathon Tribick chased down a seemingly lost cause and kept the ball in play, he then pulled the ball back across and it found its way to and advancing James Cracknell who made good contact and the keeper was beaten. Despite being three down Worton never gave up and a good performance from their keeper helped to keep the score at three. The game was refereed well by Duncan Allsop.

Warminster United dropped points for the first time this season but remain unbeaten after sharing the spoils with visitors Amesbury Juniors in a two all draw. Beau Blakeman and Joe Martin scored for Warminster.

Under 17's/18's Division Castle Combe Colts continue to dominate this division following their 8-1 win against Marlborough Town. Jack Barrow scored for Marlborough.

3:14pm Monday 28th January 2008

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