Friday feeling for cool Coxhoe

In the first half Coxhoe, who try to arrange a match at the UniBond League venue every year, failed to reproduce their emphatic early season form but they still managed to go in two goals to the good at half-time.

Liam Short and Michael Owens grabbed the two goals, before Whitburn pulled one back. As the scoreline suggests the half was a close one with goalkeeper Tom Orton kept busy.

But after the restart Coxhoe's class shone through and Short added a second before John Dodd - the club's new signing from Brandon - Paul Hanett and Shane Gavin completed the scoring. Nathan Ward, Daniel Jones and Ben Raine all enjoyed good matches for Coxhoe - who have now won nine out of nine games.

Manager Bobby Orton said: "It was a fantastic night with a big crowd and we would just like to say thank you to Spennymoor for the night. The owner of the club Benny Mottram, manager Tony Lee and secretary Brian Bouchan were brilliant and it's thanks to them that we had such a good night."

Coxhoe entertain Seaham Red Star on Sunday at Coxhoe Leisure Centre, kick-off 1pm.

Shotton Hall

Shotton Under-16s defeated Easington School 2-1 in the quarter-final of the County Cup last Saturday. Goals from Steven Brown and Graham Lacey took the team through to a semi-final place against Hylton Redhouse from Sunderland. If successful, the final is due to be played on Saturday December 6 at Chester-le-Street.

Children In Need

Students at Shotton Hall School excelled themselves in raising over £2,000 for Children in Need. A day of activity included various sponsored events, collections, lunch time disco and non-uniform fines. Acting Head Teacher, Ken Taylor, was very proud of both students and staff in the way in which activities were organised and run enabling the school to pledge £2,000 to Children in Need.

Celebration Evening

Over 250 parents and guests attended Shotton Hall School's annual awards evening on Wednesday, 26th November. Awards were distributed for outstanding work and effort in all subjects as well as sport, the arts and for attendance. Special awards were presented to outstanding students from last year based on their GCSE results. Kelly Watt was last year's top pupil.

Teesside Junior League

Marton kicked off and immediately went on the attack looking for goals, the home side held out until midway through the first half when Johnston drilled the ball into the bottom corner to put the visitors 1-0 up. Johnston added a second soon after finishing off good approach play from Carroll and Tymon.

The home side didn't let their heads drop and started to battle their way back into the game and on the stroke of half time got their reward scoring from a corner, the ball ending into the back of the net after a goal mouth scramble.

From the restart the Marton pressurised the home goal only to be denied by some outstanding defending and solid goal keeping, but the defence were finally beaten when Rowney cut in from the left wing to lift the ball over the advancing keeper.

The outstanding Johnston then added goal number four, picking the ball up in midfield and running across the pitch before unleashing an unstoppable shot from 25 yards into the top corner to complete his hat trick. Henderson was very unlucky not to add to the score, the home keeper making a great save and then soon after he was brought down inside the box and to every body's amazement the Ref turned down the penalty appeal! Redcar wouldn't be denied and came storming back to score again, the home striker forcing the ball over the line from two yards to finish the scoring in an untidy scrappy match that was more about hard work than pure football. Notable performers for Marton were Johnston, Worton, and Hill.

Willington Boys Club

Willington Boys under-11s gave their best performance of the season in beating East Boldon 8-1 in the Russell Foster Junior League on Sunday, with Jordan Roberts and Alex Hird both scoring hat-tricks.

Craig Elliott and Steven Vigo got the other Willington goals. Jonathan Grainger was Man of the Match.

In a Premier Division clash, Willington under-15s had to settle for a 3-3 draw away to Durham City after leading 3-0 at one stage, Durham equalizing deep in injury time. Nicholas Elliott (2) and Adam Comby were the Willington scorers with Joe Fairish Man of the Match.

Apollo Doors Gateshead Youth League

Leam Rangers Y maintained their position at the top of the U11 division despite being held to a draw by Low Fell M.

Blackfyne put nine goals past Blaydon who failed to reply as Sam Taylor, Rob McConnell and Alex Dodd each scored a hat trick.

A brace of goals from Joe Wilson earned Whickham Fellside Y a share of the point when they entertained Stocksfield while Felling and Whickham Fellside G were involved in a 12-goal thriller which ended 6-6. Chris Grudie hit a couple of goals for Felling while James Harrison rifled four goals for Whickham.

Two goals from Sam Hardy eased Beamish to a 3-1 victory at Ryton and both Swalwell and Leam Rangers G struck nine times.

Michael Groogan (4), and Chris Burns (3) scored most of the goals in Salwell's 9-1 victory at Consett B while Leam Rangers G hit Consett R with a 9-0 defeat.

Lewis Johnson recorded a hat trick in Winlaton's 5-1 defeat of Redheugh.

In the U12 section, Daniel Payne was another player to score three times as Beamish ended 4-1 winners against Winlaton.

Rick Fenwick (4) and Jake Day (3) led Low Fell to a 9-0 home success against Blaydon but goals were less plentiful when Prudhoe Town and Ryton figured in a 1-1 draw.

Kyle Churchside struck twice for Consett but his side had to be content with a 3-3 result when they entertained Leam Rangers.

In the U13 section Washington Oxclose are just two points adrift of leaders Leam Rangers Y after they saw off the challenge from Swalwell by a margin of 3-1.

Whickham Fellside B and Blackfyne drew 2-2 with Tim Hughes scoring both goals for Blackfyne. Whickham Fellside R romped to a 6-1 victory at Winlaton as did Chopwell at home to Consett. Lee Best struck four times for Chopwell. Scott Anderson rifled five goals and Dean Martin three in a 9-0 victory for Leam Rangers Y over Redheugh and a hat trick from Scott Martindale was just sufficient for Rutherford who took the points in their home victory with Leam Rangers.

In the U14 division, South Moor finished 2-0 ahead of Winlaton and Low Fell B edged Leam Rangers 4-3 when Stephen Andrews and Dean Johnson both scored twice for Low Fell.

At U15 level Beamish and Consett drew the only game to be played in the league 5-5. Paul Leach and Craig Paley both bagged a brace of goals for Beamish but the man of the match was Daniel O'Sullivan who hit four goals in the Consett attack.

One tie was played in the Charlie Thomas U15 Memorial Cup and South Moor progressed at the expense of Cleveland Hall when Tony Rutter struck a hat trick.

New County North Durham Youth League

Cleveland Hall have a one point lead at the top of the U16 division following their 8-2 victory over third from bottom Ryton. Dean Tempest struck five times and Daniel Gibson bagged a brace of goals for Cleveland Hall.

Leam Rangers are second and their forwards were also in prolific form at home to Birtley. Liam Grant, Lee Harris and David Hall all scored twice in a runaway 8-0 victory.

Blaydon are joint third with Redheugh after hitting Rutherford 9-2 with three of the goals coming from Liam Bell but Redheugh had to work hard for a narrow 2-1 success at Consett. John Penrose scored the only goal for Consett with Daniel Igo and Mark McGee on target for the Steelmen.

In the U17 section, two games when ahead and there were wins for Consett and Redhouse. A hat trick by Shaun Lockey earned Redhouse the points at Winlaton and enabled them to move into joint second position, sic points behind leaders Redheugh who were without a game. Consett also won by the odd goals defeating Beamish 3-2 when Daniel Bewick scored two of the goals.

County Cups

Hartlepool Crest Boys just had the edge over Consett when they met in the Durham County U14 Cup on Sunday. Pool ended 5-4 winners but Cleveland Hall had a much easier success visiting Durham Dunelm Youth, ended 6-2 in front. Only one goal separated Newbottle from Gateshead Redheugh and it was the Reds who progressed with a golden goal in extra time. In the Durham County U18 Cup, Redheugh defeated Washington by an only goal while Leam Rangers visited Sunderland Ashbrooke Wanderers and won 4-3.

Fairs Software Tyneside Junior League

New Hartley are just a point behind leaders Chester-le-Street after defeating Walker Central 3-1. The home side led at the interval through Grant Kershaw but in the second period, New Hartley took control and claimed three crucial points with goals by Michael Latimer, James Brown and Scott Westaway.

Consett lost 4-3 to North Tyneside College following an exciting game. In the first period Christopher Grayson and Ben Manning netted for the Steelmen with Ian Robson and Ben Corking on the mark for the College.

In the second half, Andrew Westgarth found the net for Consett but a brace of goals from Jeremy Lunveya earned North Tyneside College their fourth win in ten attempts.

There was also a close result when Whitley Bay visited Prudhoe Town and won 3-2. Carl Wilkinson and Gavin Courtney were the Prudhoe scorers.

Durham County Youth Cup

Two ties went ahead in the Durham County Youth Cup on Saturday and both were decided by a golden goal.

Darlington Spraire Lads went through 4-3 at home to Ryhope. Michael Pattison, Kyle Dinsdale and Adam McGuiness were on the mark for the Wearsiders with Martin Sturgeon and John McKie each scoring twice for Darlington.

Redheugh also reached the second round with a golden goal from Leonard when they visited Jarrow St Bedes. Leonard gave the Reds a first half advantage before Stephen Breen took the game into extra time when Leonard scored his second goal. It was Graham McTaggart who was rated man of the match for Redheugh.

Richmond Town Juniors

Richmond U10s played away at Darlington Albion this week and had mixed fortunes. In the first match Richmond took a lead following a header by Nick Armstrong from a James Henry corner. Nick Armstrong got another two in the first half to get a well deserved hat trick and Kevin Robinson put away a through ball to make it 4-0 at half time. In the second half Richmond carried on the domination and got another three goals from Nick Armstrong , Thomas Larder and David Clark. This finished the game Richmond 7 Darlington Albion 0. Nick Armstrong got man of the match in this game. In the second match the defence fell apart and at half time Richmond had let in three goals. Richmond played better in the second half but only got a single goal from Thomas Moore to finish the game 5-1.

Richmond Town U11s played Northallerton for the second week running in the semi - final of the Peter Cole Cup. Northallerton gained first advantage scoring after just a few minutes, but Richmond came back with a run and shot by Ethan Stamp. The second half saw Northallerton again take the lead after a mistake in the Richmond defence. Richmond equalised when William Gardner made a run down the left and squared the ball to Chris Garside who controlled the ball and turned to make the score 2-2. Late on in the game Richmond were awarded a free kick which was half cleared by the Northallerton defence and Ethan Stamp latched onto the ball to shoot past the keeper. In a tense last few minutes Richmond held on to secure a place in the final. Final score 3-2.

Richmond U 14s played at home to Barnard Castle winning 2-0. Richmond dominated. The breakthrough came when Sam Pritchard crossed for Tom Stanwix to beat the goalkeeper from close range. Then Gareth Love secured the points for Richmond with a low 18-yard shot into the bottom corner.