Berry Brow four points clear

BERRY Brow went four points clear of 6th placed Skelmanthorpe with goals from Liam Dobson (four), Ben Dobson, Wayne Shooter, Joe Brennan and Richard Hanvey in an 8-1 win.

Fothergill and Whittles moved above Scholes with a 6-0 hammering and Shepley drew 3-3 with Diggle.

Hat-tricks from Kieron Mayall and Nathan Eastwood and further goals from Stephen Greer and Nathan Mayall saw Heywood Irish Centre extend their lead at the top of division 1 to ten points.

In the reserve section division 1 Linthwaite Athletic moved up to second beating Britannia Sports 4-0.

In division 2 Holmbridge drew 1-1 with Scholes and Holme Valley Academicals beat Scissett 4-2 with a brace each from Milo Kelly and Simranpal Punia, Lewis Gill and Liam Thurlow scoring for Scissett.

Berry Brow A took the runners-up spot in division 3 with a 3-0 win over Netherton and during the week beat Cumberworth A 4-1 with goals from Raymond Chingombe, Wayne Shooter, Stephen Njenga and Luke McLoughlin. Skelmanthorpe beat Linthwaite Athletic A 1-0 and in the battle of the bottom two clubs Mount narrowly lost 5-4 to Wooldale Wanderers.

Dalton Dynamos A extended their lead at the top of division 4 by beating Berry Brow B 6-0.

In the Groom Cup semi-final, a Toby Farrington goal was not enough for

Meltham Athletic as they lost 2-1 to Moorside whose goals were scored by Jason Evans and Tom Walsh.

In the other Groom Cup semi-final Scissett came from behind to beat Wooldale Wanderers 2-1 with goals from Chris Johnson and Timothy Smeaton.

In the Richardson Cup semi-final, Deon Simmonds and Drey Marren scored for Newsome at they beat Berry Brow 2-1 with Joe Wilson scoring for the Brow.

In the other Richardson Cup semifinal Linthwaite Athletic, with a goal from Chris Blakely, squeezed past Cumberworth in a 1-0 win.

Deighton Reserves are through to the final of the Huddersfield FA Trophy with goals from Dominic McDonald-Wester and Hayden Webster in a 2-1 win over Linthwaite Athletic Reserves.

On Easter Monday Paddock Cricket and Bowling Club hosted both Barlow Cup semi-finals.

In the morning game Scholes entertained Newsome and Newsome won 4-1 with goals from Doran Jordan (two), Devonte Gayle and Steven Marshall. Sam Thompson scored the consolation for Scholes.

In the afternoon game Netherton, with goals from Michael Carter and Joel Harrison, narrowly lost 3-2 to Heywood Irish Centre whose goals were scored by Nathan Eastwood (two) and Kieron Mayall.

The Barlow Cup Final will be played at the Stafflex Arena home of Shelley FC on Tuesday, May 3, kick-off 7pm.