Men’s Division One North leaders Loughborough Students won again but were made to work hard by hosts Harborne. Tom Thorne scored twice for Harborne but these sandwiched three Loughborough goals, from Joe Cotton (2) and Jack Webb. A 3-2 win means Loughborough are four points clear of Brooklands MU who came home with a 5-2 win from the short trip to Deeside Ramblers. Birmingham University also won a local derby, 4-3 against Olton & West Warwicks with captain Alfie Weaver netting a 68th minute corner to secure the points. Lindum stay ninth after a 3-0 loss at Nottingham University and Stourport are a point behind them. Stourport drew 3-3 with Durham University, Si Claris scored all three including a last gasp pc conversion, however they still trail Durham in eighth by seven points.
Reading stay seven points clear at the top of Division One South. They beat Havant 4-1. Nearest rivals Indian Gymkhana defeated Team Bath Buccaneers 7-3. Bath however climbed out of the relegation zone on Friday evening thanks to a 6-1 defeat of Bristol University in a rearranged match. Bristol dropped to ninth and couldn’t bounce back on Sunday losing 3-0 at home to Old Loughtonians. Bottom of the table Canterbury were beaten at home in a Kent derby by Sevenoaks.
Conference North sees Timperley with an eight points advantage in pole position. They travelled to local rivals Didsbury Northern and won 6-2 with Dominic Ashley scoring two of their goals. Leeds, in second, defeated bottom of the table Wakefield 5-3 to take the Yorkshire derby honours. After their 2-2 draw with Durham University 2s ninth placed Ben Rhydding moved to within a point of Brooklands MU 2s who lost 3-1 at home to Doncaster. Above them Sheffield and Oxton drew 1-1.
Its tight at the top of Conference East where Spencer remain in pole position but have London Wayfarers and Surbiton 2s in close company. Spencer needed a last-minute goal from Jonny Parke to earn a point in a 3-3 draw with Old Cranleighan. OCs needed points at the other end of the table and led 2-0 and 3-2 at various times, all of their goals coming from Miguel Ralha. Spencer’s dropped points mean that Wayfarers joined them on 28 points thanks to a 4-2 win over bottom of the table West Herts. Surbiton 2s missed out on going top on goal difference as they were held 2-2 by Tunbridge Wells, They almost missed out on any points needing a late equaliser, Scott Evans scoring in the 69th minute. Bromley & Beckenham won 2-0 at Wimbledon 2s and Hampstead & Westminster 2s also won away, 2-1 at Brighton & Hove.
Repton are six points clear at the top of Conference Midlands. They came out on top with a 2-0 win at Nottingham University 2s. Second placed Chelmsford maintained their challenge beating Cambridge City 6-3 with doubles for Freddie Smith and David Agar. Bottom of the table Harleston Magpies ended a six-match losing streak with a 2-1 win over Banbury to give them hope of avoiding the drop. They are three points from safety and trail Birmingham University 2s in ninth by a point. Birmingham drew 3-3 with St Albans.
The Tristem brothers helped Conference West leaders to a 10-0 win over Isca. Ed scored four and William three as they kept up a five-point advantage over Clifton Robinsons. Clifton won 5-3 at Exeter University 2s with Ben Stone netting a hat-trick. At the other end of the table Reading 2s narrowed the gap to safety after a 2-1 win at bottom of the table Team Bath Buccaneers 2s. The South Coast derby went the way of Chichester who beat Fareham 3-1. Ashmoor won 2-0 at Oxford Hawks
DIVISION ONE NORTH TOP SCORERS
Simon Claris (Stourport) 25
Ghazanfar Ali (Deeside Ramblers) 12
Zak Buck (University of Nottingham) 10
Sam Dixon (Lindum) 10
DIVISION ONE NORTH CLEAN SHEETS
Yuvraj Singh Bhuhi (Loughborough Students) 4
Jamie Butler (University of Nottingham) 2
Tom Marshall (Brooklands MU) 2
DIVISION ONE SOUTH TOP SCORERS
Joe Naughalty (Sevenoaks) 18
Charlie Ellison (Reading) 12
Vlaccheslav Paviuk (Havant) 12
DIVISION ONE SOUTH CLEAN SHEETS
Jack Tranter (Old Loughtonians) 3
Peter Holdbury (Team Bath Buccaneers) 2
Rory Mylroi (Sevenoaks) 2
Chris Wyver (Reading) 2
CONFERENCE EAST TOP SCORERS
Connor Poulain (Tunbridge Wells) 11
Sebastian Shaw (Spencer) 11
Adam Flett (Brighton & Hove) 9
Morgan Males (Surbiton 2) 9
CONFERENCE EAST CLEAN SHEETS
Matthew Cady (Bromley & Beckenham) 3
Lekan Ogunlana (Hampstead & Westminster 2) 3
Alex Rooney (London Wayfarers) 3
CONFERENCE MIDLANDS TOP SCORERS
Muhammad Irfan (Barford Tigers) 13
David Agar (Chelmsford) 12
Cameron Cooke (Norwich City) 12
Adam Dixon (Repton) 12
Myles King (Harleston Magpies) 12
CONFERENCE MIDLANDS CLEAN SHEETS
Ambrose Davis (Repton) 3
Will Powell (Banbury) 3
Simon Dolan (Norwich City) 2
James Stock (Chelmsford) 2
CONFERENCE NORTH TOP SCORERS
Will Musgrave (Ben Rhydding) 14
Ethan Price (Oxton) 14
Matt Gibson (Doncaster) 12
CONFERENCE NORTH CLEAN SHEETS
Robert Turner (Timperley) 4
Alexander Findlater (Sheffield) 3
CONFERENCE WEST TOP SCORERS
William Tristem (Guildford) 18
Ed Tristem (Guildford) 13
Cameron Baker (Guildford) 12
Ben Stone (Clifton Robinsons) 12
CONFERENCE WEST CLEAN SHEETS
Conal Blackwell (Guildford) 5
Chris Bristow (Chichester) 4
Paddy Walton (Ashmoor) 4
