Darlington Spraire Lasses: Spraire Under-13s battled boldly but were unable to get the better of a strong Blyth side losing 6-1 at home.

Blyth took an early lead in the first minute with a neatly taken goal. Joanna Dinsdale made some fine saves throughout the game earning her the girl of the match award, Laura Spence and Sophie Lineton had to work hard in defence to hold back the towering Blyth centre forward.

Spraire came close to equalizing with Laura Gowling and captain Rachel McKnight both hitting the side netting. Laura Gowling clawed a goal back in the first half but it was not enough to stop Blyth taking the points.

Darlington Spraire Lasses Under-16s turned on an excellent display of skills and teamwork to defeat Rutherford.

Darlington were in control from the kick off after a few missed chances Danni Shutt struck the first blow latching on to a superb pass from Claire Moses tapped the ball past the Rutherford keeper. The second goal came with another cross from Claire Moses to Danni Shutt running in to place the ball in the left hand corner with her left foot. With Rutherford in disarray a run down the left hand side by Claire Moses and the defence opened up and Claire took the third goal. Seconds before half time Kathryn Clarke scored a brilliant fourth goal when she saw the goalie off her line and accurately chipped from the half way mark.

The second half started with the efforts of the Darlington defence Stacey Crang, Laura Mather and sisters Rachael and Rebecca Brabbs foiling any hint of attack from a determined Rutherford. Throughout the game they took possession of the ball and linked well with the forwards turning defence into attack. It was from a clearance collected by Danni Shutt that the fifth goal came when she trickled the ball through the fumbling fingers of the Rutherford keeper to complete her hat trick. At the other end of the pitch the safe hands of the Darlington keeper Chloe Atkinson were forced to make some fine diving saves and a dive at the feet of the Rutherford Centre Forward saved what looked to be a certain goal.

Kathryn Clarke carved her way through the opposition with a jinking run to take the last of the Darlington goals.

With four minutes remaining Rutherford scored a consolation from a corner followed by a scramble in front of the goal mouth.

Final score was Spraire Lasses 6, Rutherford 1.

Playing against the league leaders Spraire Lasses Under-10s matched Newcastle in every position, keeping the score goalless after ten minutes.

Newcastle scored two goals before half-time and another five in the second half to make the final score a 7-0 win for Newcastle.

The new side played well against a team that has been together for a long time.

Playing against North Shields, Spraire Lasses Under-10s put a lot of pressure on with Rebecca Millard putting the ball in the penalty area from corners and throw-ins created plenty of chances.

The first goal came from a corner. Rebecca played a good ball in and Rachael Fletcher scored a good goal from inside the penalty area.

In the second half Spraire Lasses continued to push forward. Rebecca Millard played a ball out of defence straight into the path of Nicola Hookway who took one touch and scored a well taken goal to make the final score a 2-0 win.

Claire Shields had an outstanding game in goal. Other squad members were: Amy Marshall, Emily Iveson, Gayle Wray, Beth Weller, Lucy Whit, Leah Allinson, Stephanie McCabe.

Durham County Council Mini Leagues

East Durham Cadets and South Durham Royals each scored ten goals without reply in the Under-12 section on Saturday, defeating Consett Badgers and Cleveland Hall A respectively.

Blyth, Newcastle, Wearmouth and Middlesbrough all netted ten goals in the Under-10 section, again all keeping clean sheets.

Form sides Boldon and Darlington Spraire Lasses both won in the Under-16s.

Results: Under-10s: Newcastle 7 Spraire Lasses 0; Cleveland Hall 'A' 0 Blyth 10; Boldon 8 Cleveland Hall 'B' 0; Wearmouth 9 Consett Badgers 0; North Shields 0 Lumley 7; Middlesbrough 10 Langley Park 0; North Shields 0 Spraire Lasses 2; Blyth 4 Boldon 2; Cleveland Hall 'B' 3 Cleveland Hall 'A' 1; Consett Badgers 0 Newcastle 10; Langley Park 0 Wearmouth 10; Lumley 0 M'brough 3.

Under-12s: Consett Badgers 0 South Durham Royals 10; Boldon 2 Trimdon 3; Cleveland Hall 'A' 0 Cleveland Hall 'B' 4; Consett Blackfyne 5 North Shields 0; Langley Park 0 East Durham Cadets 10; Trimdon 10 Consett Badgers 0; Cleveland Hall 'B' 0 Boldon 2; Langley Park 1 North Shields 8; East Durham Cadets 10 Cleveland Hall 'A' 0; South Durham Royals 3 Consett Blackfyne 0.

Under-16s: Boldon 8 Consett Badgers 2; Rutherford 1 Spraire Lasses 6.

South Durham Royals

The Under-12s' first match saw goals from Vicky Wray, Jade White, Phoebe Temple, Amy Fletcher, Kelly Gibson, Fiona Cantwell, Lauren Rickens lead to a resounding victory over Consett Badgers. Their second match was a much closer affair with Consett Blackfyne competing for every ball. Royals were always the better footballing side and goals from Vicky Wray, Fiona Cantwell and Kelly Gibson giving them a 3-0 victory.