Women's Football

Playing against Rutherford Ravens, in a match that was switched to Moor Park, both sides had to contend with a heavy pitch.

Their first match since November, Chester opened the scoring through Rachel Furness, with further goals from Rae Taylor and Natalie Gutteridge before Lisa Humphries scored what was to be The Ravens only goal. Kelly Binns hit her first of the season to give the Cestrians a 4-1 half time lead.

The second half saw CLS dominate with further goals from Rachel Furness, Rachel Weightman (2), Laura Gibbon, Rae Taylor, Rachel Young, and the goal of the game from Vikki Ryder.

But for an outstanding performance from the Ravens' keeper, the scoreline could have been much higher than 11-1.

This Sunday, CLS are back in league action at Moor Park, (2pm), as usual, all are welcome.

Tyne Tees Girls

Youth League

Under-12s

Newcastle 3 v 6 Boldon Girls

Uthe very last minute of this game the result could have gone either way, with Boldon taking an early lead only to see Newcastle reply with a goal from Jane Spoors. Boldon then took a 2-1 lead against the run of play making the score 2-1 at half time. The game continued to be tight but it was Boldon who were taking their chances and scored a further two goals. Newcastle then started to apply pressure and pulled two goals back to take the score to 4-3. as this game entered the final minutes Newcastle missed a penalty and Boldon added two further goals to take the final score to 6-3 in favour of the visitors. A great advert for junior girls football. Scorers for Newcastle were Jane Spoors, Leanne Bower and Elleanor Moran who also took the player of the match award for Newcastle for Boldon Stacey Bonney scored all 6 goals and the player of the match award went to Victoria Sherif.

South Durham Royals 9 v 0 Birtley

South Durham attacked this game from the start but it was 17 minutes into the game before the deadlock was broken with a goal from Rebecca Pattinson. South Durham then put together a good display of passing football and further goals were scored by Rebecca Pattinson and Rebecca Toppin who both scored hat tricks. A special mention to Birtley goal keeper who was awarded player of the match for pulling off some excellent saves and preventing the South Durham girls from scoring more than they did. The other goals were scored by Vicky Wray (2) and Fiona Cantwell (1) with the player of the match award going to Rebecca Toppin.

Under-13s

Newcastle 6 v 0 North Shields Jun.

This was the first game of football for both teams in 3/4 weeks with both teams producing an enjoyable game of football played in cold conditions. The opening 5 minutes saw both sides finding the measure of each other. Newcastle soon got their game together and began producing soom good passing football. Their pressure paid off with a flurry of goals which saw them score 4 before the end of the first period. The second period saw North Shields proving to be very resiliant and far from lying down they demonstrated their enthusiasm and commitment to playing their part in this enjoyable game of football, but were unlucky to see Newcastle score again. North Shields started the 3rd period attacking and creating several opportunities which they were unable to take advatage of. Newcastle continued to create chances themselves but were only able to find the net once more, this was due to Adele Fletcher who was having an outstanding game in goal for North Shields. This was a good advert for girls footballfrom two sporting teams who both demonstrated that there is more to football than just winning. Goal scorers were Lisa Moore (2) Elizabeth Tulip (1) Rachel Kobylukh (1) and (2) for player of the match Claire Stubbs player of the match award for the visitors went to Adele fletcher.

Under-14s

Blyth Town 14 v 1 Newcastle

The game was evenly matched for the first ten minutes but then two quick goals from Michaela Newton saw Blyth attacking the Newcastle goal to make the score 5-0 at half time. Blyth game out in the second half and scored straight after the break. Goal scorers for Blyth were Michaela Newton (6), Ashley Bates (2), Jessica Havelock (2) and 1 each from Carol Ann Hughes, Danny baker, Helen McManus and Amanda Turnbull with player of the match going to Michaela Newton . Sheree Thompson scored Newcastles consolation goal and the player of the match award went to L. Jobson.

Under-18s

Newcastle 6 v 4 Marton

First mention goes to Eddie and the supporters and players from Marton for their sporting attitude and commitment to an excellent game of football. The result could have gone either way when Marton pulled the score back to 4-4but were unlucky when Newcastle scored a further two goals to make the final score 6-4. Goal scorers were Amanda Ross (3), Sarah Coleman (2) and 1 from Holly Perf with the player of the match award going to Sarah Coleman for Newcastle. The Marton goals were scored by Katie Suttron (2) and 1 each for Lucy Martin and Lauren Sedgwick, with the player of the match award going to Lucy Martin.

Lumley Ladies 1 v 4 Boldon

On a hard but playable pitch Boldon went 1-0 in an evenly contested game when the Lumley keper was forced to make a good save but slipped when trying to recover the ball. Lumley tried to get back into the game and went close on a number of occasions but it was Boldon who scored again just before half time to take the score to 2-0 at the break. After the break Lumley continued to apply the pressure and were rewarded with a goal from S. Price, Lumley went close again but were unlucky when the ball went inches wide of the post. Lumley continued to attack but it was Boldon who scored 2 late goals to make the final scoe 4-1 to the visitors. The goals for Boldon were scored by Amy McDonnel (2) and 1 each for Maria Ward and Christina Adamson who also took the player of the match award for the visitors. Player of the match for Lumley went to Sara Duncan.

South Durham Royals

The Under-12 Royals entertained Birtley at home on Sunday and continued their excellent form with a convincing 9-0 victory. Rebecca Pattinson and Rebecca Toppin both scored hat-tricks, Vicky Wray got two and Fiona Cantwell scored one.

Royals put on a good performance from the Birtley keeper while Alex Saunders, Jade White, and Diana Redmond were solid in defence and Stephanie Hartley was not troubled in goal with Helen Morrison working well in midfield, helping attack and defence. A spirited all round performance in which Rebecca Toppin picked up her sixth player of the match award.

* Royals are always looking for players aged nine as well as ladies. Contact Jane Hewitson (01388) 815009, Colin Walker (01642) 785793.