Bristol & District Sunday League
Lebeq’s Tavern Courage were confirmed as champions once again with their undefeated record still intact after a 3-3 draw with runners-up Beaufort. Dominic Holver 2 and Paul Whitelocke appeared to have done enough to win the match, but Justin Cattle replied with a hat trick for the visitors, levelling the scores with an 88th-minute penalty. Easton Cowboys pipped Lebeq’s Tavern Courage Res. to the First Division crown when they won 4-0 at DKL Sports and Lebeq were held in a double fixture by Longreach Athletic. Jason Henry, Ollie Ball, Karim Rendell, and Andrew Hamilton-Dunne scored the vital goals for Easton. Dan Shorney scored in both games and Geraint Rogers for Longreach who lost their first game with Lebeq 4-1but held onto a 2-2 draw in the second game. Stephen Alexander hit a treble, Craig Collins and Patrick Riley one each to see AFC  Redland beat PJ Services 5-3. Dale Leonard and an own goal earned Wizard Wanderers a 2-2 draw with Salmon Solutions. Avon Plate are guaranteed a promotion place from Division Two following Fishponds OB 1-1 draw with Harvester. Tristan Ferguson was on target for the home side. Bristol Sports kept alive hopes of joining them by taking maximum points from a double fixture with Signal Generals, winning 8-1 and 5-1. Alan Powell notched a hat trick, and there was one each for Chris Pearce and Andy Peacock to give Marcliff an exciting 5-4 victory at Longreach Athletic Res. for whom Tom Wakefield, Ben Toby, John Miles and an own goal replied. Brislington (1987) were 2-1 winners over Northville Athletic in the first game of their double header thanks to Paul Draper and Craig Simmons. Paul Woodrow netted for Athletic and was on the mark again as they exacted revenge in the second game, winning 8-1. Scott Warren 2, Mike Hurvey 2, Luke Walker 2 and Ryan Lewis completed the tally. Neil Smith scored for Brislington. John Cush 2, Tom Headford, Phil Butterworth and Mark Herdaman gave Bristol Five a convincing 5-0 victory over Merryweather OB. BAWA are on the verge of taking the Third Division title after trouncing Warwick 9-2 with goals from Aaron Tremlin 4, Steve Connor 2, Ben Moore 2, and Jordan Harvey. Glen Callaghan and Stefan Cole hit back for the home side. Mendip SBW are winning the race to join them, two 1-0 wins over The Squire keeps them second in the table. Chris Attiwell and Wes Barnes were their marksmen. Elite Sats went down 5-2 to Masonic Sports in their double fixture after winning the first game 2-1. Shaun White and Dan Courns saw them home, but Shaun White’s brace in the second match was merely a consolation, as Brian Billings hit a hat trick, Tyson Lock, and Lee Cockle the others for Sports. Dan Franklin scored twice for West Country Utd against Portcullis, sharing a 2-2 draw with Jason Parks and Tom Binstead.