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Adam balances A-levelsand scoring centuries Young keeper proves multi-tasking is not a problem

WHOEVER it was who claimed that men cannot multi-task has obviously never metMiddlesex’s brightest youngplayer.

Adam Rossington – who playedhis club cricket for Eastcote lastyear – his first in the MiddlesexAcademy – has been juggling pre-season training with final prepara-tions to sit his A-levels in businessstudies and IT in June.

And this after he spent the winterstarring for the England U19s ontheir tour of Sri Lanka.

Yet it seems the 17-year-oldwicketkeeper batsman is more thanhappy to rotate swotting boundariesand books for as long as it takes.

He said: “I’ve got quite a bit onmy plate at the minute but it is nottoo bad. School is quite good atallowing me to come and playcricket and giving me time to train.

“The main thing is to get theexams out of the way and then pickit up from there. Obviously I stillwant to play cricket while theexams are going on, but really pushon once they have all finished.”

Rossington, who made his debutfor Middlesex under nines aged justsix, has shown more than once hisability to thrive under pressure.

He made 161 on his debut forMiddlesex seconds last season andmade 113 against Sri Lanka’s bestyoung spinners in the first Testmatch in Galle this winter.

He admits the latter was aninnings which gave him a massiveshot of confidence.

He said: “It was a great feelingto score 100 in the sub-continent ona turning pitch. I had done a lot ofwork before I went away against theturning ball, so it was nice to get inthe runs early.

“It was a good batting pitch,quite slow, but offered quite a bitfor the spinners. As it dried out itdid seem to turn a lot more.”

There is no doubting the young-ster’s ambition as he stated last yearhe wanted to be in the Middlesexfirst team by the end of the 2011season.

And he knows with JohnSimpson and Ben Scott ahead ofhim in the wicketkeeper stakes, it isruns like those in Galle which mayearn him a call up.

He added: “Obviously I would like to challenge the wicket-keeping boys, but Simmo andScotty are two very good players.

“If I can’t get in as a keeper, I’vegot to score enough runs to warranta place as a batsman.”

Rossington made the perfect startto that quest with 111 in the seconds’ one-day win overHertfordshire on Sunday.

Harefield aiming to be the best in EuropeHAREFIELD Academy’sbasketball team are aiming tomake giant strides in the comingyears after a promising debutseason at national level, writesWill Dubey.

The head coach at Harefield,Jack Majewski, has visions ofestablishing the institute as oneof the best basketball academiesin Europe after a creditable firstcampaign.

The newly formed LondonUnited claimed notable scalps onthe way to a fifth-placed finish inthe league, beating nationalchampions Westminster Warriorsand runners-up ReadingRockets.

Perhaps an even better

achievement came at senior level,with youngsters from TheHarefield Academy helping thesenior team finish sixth in men’sdivision two.

However, the real heroics fromHarefield were saved for the cupcompetitions.

In the National Cup they beata number of division one teamson the way to a narrow semi-finaldefeat to eventual winnersBrixton Topcats, whileHarefield’s showing in thePatrons’ Cup was perhaps theirmost inspiring as they lost innail-biting fashion to HemelStorm 75-72 in the final.

Harefield’s exploits have led tocoach Majewski targeting furthersuccess.

“Our target is to become oneof the best basketball academiesin Europe, that is why we areextensively recruiting new playersfrom the UK and abroad,” hesaid.

Harefield’s desire to emulatetop academies in Europe wasevident when they invited aRussian academy team to play afriendly match as part of theirEuropean tour.

The Russians just came out ontop in overtime – winning 103-97– but the match demonstratedjust how far The Academy hascome in a short space of time.

NORTHWOOD Riverside tennisclub starlet Rishi Wijeratne (pic-tured) came under the watchful eye of the UK’s top talent scout this week.

The nine-year-old, already on theLTA’s AEGON Future Stars pro-gramme, impressed the associa-tion’s head of talent management,

Andrew Lewandowski, at thenational talent ID finals inRoehampton.

Lewandowski said: “Rishi hasperformed really well and shownlots of ability across a number ofdifferent tasks, testing qualities

including athletic ability, speed, co-ordination and agility and he hasa real natural talent and love for thesport.”

The St Martin’s School pupil was one of 100 children to take part on the day after progress-ing through county and regional qualifying.

Rishi’s a star in the making

by Jon Bathamsport@trinitysouth.co.uk

A chance to learn freeGOLF

TENNIS

CRICKET

BASKETBALL

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EVER fancied taking up golf? Well apioneering club in Rickmansworth is offeringyou that chance.

The author Mark Twain called golf a goodwalk spoiled, but if you have a passion for thefairways and have always wanted to tryswinging a wood or escaping from a bunker,then the Nine of Herts Club in London Roadwants to spend April showing you how.

Open just a year, the club are offering 12wannabes the chance of a free place on one-hours group coaching sessions onDiscover Golf, a coaching programmedesigned to attract complete beginners to thesport.

Discover Golf offers people the simplestpossible route towards becoming a golfer,giving advice on etiquette, rules, and generalgolf club culture, as well as practicalinstruction.

Director of golf Mark Tompkins said: “At Nine of Herts, we are very much of theopinion that you have to start golfsomewhere, and here is the ideal place, as weare very relaxed and welcoming.

“We’re delighted to have 12 places on theDiscover Golf programme to give away to the first people who apply. If it provespopular, we will consider running some morecourses.

“People who are interested in taking up aplace on the programme can relax in theknowledge that they will be with like-mindedpeople, and will have a laugh while learning agreat sport!”

For more information, call Nine of HertsGC on 01923 848 636 or email 9ofH@crown-golf.co.uk.

Clifton edges to winGOLFBARRIE Clifton was the winner ofHillingdon Golf Club’s monthly medal forApril.

Clifton carded a net 65 in the competitionheld over the weekend to finish two shotsahead of runner-up Steve Puhlhofer, withMick Keable (68) in third.

Great Scott, he’s quick

Jamaican rugby league

CYCLING

GENERAL SPORT

SCOTT Holmes was fastest of HillingdonCycling Club’s competitors at the VeteransTime Trialling Association’s London andHome Counties 10-mile time trial last week.

Holmes finished fifth overall in the eventheld on the Great Missenden track, recordinga time of 23.54.

Team-mates Paul Egan (25.09) and GrahamPettitt (25.27) also recorded excellent times.

On a sad note, Graham Weeks was unableto race in what would have been his last eventfor the club before moving to France.

BRUNEL University has played a part in thedevelopment of rugby league in Jamaica afterhosting a four-day course recently.

Not known for its love of rugby, the sportis very much in its infancy at present, butJamaicans, including athletics director,Ventley Brown, attended the first RugbyLeague European Federation’s technicalcoaching strategy course.

Jamaica’s most prominent rugby leaguefigures found the course, covering a widerange of aspects, very useful.

Brown said: “This course will positivelyimpact the standard of our game at both cluband community levels.”

■ IN THE RUNS: Adam Rossington Photo by Action Images

■ TOUGH TEST: Harefield (in blue) tookon a Russian youth team in a friendly

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Ton-up! Sandgate ladstake goal tally past 100And U10s B draw is enough to clinch league two title

SANDGATE U12s ended theirseason in style by taking theirgoals tally past the centurymark.

Conor Bradshaw and AidanBradshaw topped the scoring stakeswith three goals each as Sandgatewon 6-1 and 11-0 in their double-header against Manor Colts at theweekend.

Nathan Rose, Callum Walters,Anelka Evans, Keith Reilly and JoeLongman all scored doubles, withDiesel Clarke notching the othergoal.

Reagan Anstey scored the onlygoal for Manor Colts in the twomatches.

Sandgate U10s B also clinchedglory, with their 3-3 draw againstOld Actonians enough to seal theHayes and Middlesex YouthDivision Two title.

Ruben Gbotta, Zola Cordosa andJames Hanshaw were the lads ontarget.

The U9s A rounded off their sea-son with a win by beating JuniorMeads 3-1 with two from AlexStevens and a goal from CharlieCoshall.

One was enough for the U10s Bthough as a single strike from AjaySondhi secured a 1-0 win overManorcroft United.

The U13s got the better of a dou-ble-header against Epsom Eagleswith a Frankie Coventry double andgoals from Mo Ibrahim and CharlieCain earning a 4-1 win in the first.

They had to settle for a 3-3 drawin the return meeting though, with

goals from Nathan Minhas, CiaronBrown and Cain.

A Reece Keary strike was enoughfor the U7s to edge out OldIsleworthians whites 1-0, while theU15s beat Yeading 5-3 to win theWest Middlesex and Hayes Premiertitle.

Goals from Mitchell Wiseman,Joel Taylor and ShaquilleHippolyte-Patrick earned a 3-0 winfor the U16s over AFC Wimbledon.

A Sam Beavis hat-trick was notenough for Manor Colts U12s asthey lost out in a nine-goal thrillerwith Hanwell Town B edging it 5-4.

Cowley Youth U8s marched to a3-0 victory over West DraytonExplorers with man of the matchKye Lewis, Lucas Camacho andTaylor Simon scoring the goals.

Three was not enough for the U9sthough, who were defeated 5-3 byManor Youth. Man of the matchDanny Woods, Jay Eady and JohnnyMorrow were all on target.

Alex Harris led the charge for theU11s as they won 6-4 against WestLondon Youth.

Harris struck twice and the other

goals came from Jake Doherty, manof the match Reiss Tuckwell, LiamClothier and Alex Kyriakides.● Cowley Youth are looking for

new players aged between six and11 to play for their club. CallNichola on 01895 449 626 or 07904296 688 for information.

Six points separates clubs in judo contest

by Chris Slavinchrisslavin@trinitysouth.co.uk

YOUTH FOOTBALL

■ LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL: Sandgate U12s and their supporters celebrate Contributed

Mauled by the foxesINDOOR BOWLS

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HAYES AND District Bowls Associationended their season with a heavy defeat awayto Foxhills Club, in Aylesbury, this week.

S Wilson, B Wilson, B Belcher and M Bond got an 18-18 draw in the top match,but all the other five rinks were lost, as Hayeswent down 159-90.

Kendo charity cashMARTIAL ARTS

A RICKMANSWORTH Kendo club helpedraise funds for the victims of the Japanesetsunami in a recent charity tournament.

The Kodokan club raised £1,600 at theevent. A percentage of the money will go tothe Japanese Red Cross tsunami appeal aswell as to the regular charities supported bythe club, the Maggies and Macmillan cancerorganisations.

In the sporting action itself, Kodokan’scompetitors showed up well in a sport derivedfrom the Japanese Samurai warriors, whopractised using wooden sticks to improvetheir sword skills.

There was a clean sweep of medals in thenine-13 age group with body armour asTakumi Yamamoto took gold, ShogoYamamoto the silver and Joshua Dew thebronze, the last also being awarded a specialfighting spirit award.

And in the 14-17 age group there werebronzes for Kie Asano and Kevin Yee.

The family event was won by C Fung,I Kurishita and T Yamamoto.

Kodokan Kendo club practises at ThePrincess Marina Sports Centre, the RoyalMasonic School for Girls in Rickmansworth.● For more information about Kendo and Kodokan UK, visitwww.kodokankendo.org.uk.

Not exactly close...RUGBY UNIONFRIENDLYOld Abbotstonians 110Sudbury and London Springboks 0OLD Abbotstonians’ final league game of theseason was a complete anti-climax afteropponents Sudbury and London Springbokscould not raise a side.

The visitors forfeited the league pointsbefore their hosts ran up a cricket score in a hastily arranged 12-a-side friendlyencounter.

Bradley Buckingham, Neil Gordge, DaveFrancis and scrum half Liam McPhersonwere among those to cross the whitewash asAbbots signed off with more than a centuryon the scoreboard.

■ FANTASTIC TOURNAMENT:The juniors who took part

Contributed

■ GOING FOR IT: Action from the body armourcategory Contributed

■ DIVISION TWOCHAMPIONS: SandgateU10s B Contributed

WITH the London Youth Gamesjust around the corner,Hillingdon’s four clubs staged aspecial U20s tournament lastFriday.

Willow Heart Judo Club

played host to near neighboursGrange JC, Harefield JC andHillingdon JC for thetournament as they marked the

first anniversary of moving totheir new sports complex.

After a great competition,with more than 100 competitors,only six points separated the fourclubs – with Harefield emerging

the winners by a single pointfrom Hillingdon.

If anyone is interested intaking up judo they can contactWillow Heart’s coach Neil Roddyby emailing neilroddy@aol.com.

JUDO

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Stand-in keeper’s cleansheet impresses the bossRimell will hold on to the gloves for Reds’ next match

DANIEL Rimell will be handed thegloves once again for Uxbridgeon Saturday after his impressiveperformance as emergencygoalkeeper.

The 20-year-old, who is normally adefender for the reserves, grabbedhis first-team chance with both handsin the 1-0 win over Barton Rovers asa late replacement for number oneMichael Piwonski, who missed thegame because of illness.

And Uxbridge boss Tony Choulessays he will reward Rimell by keep-ing him between the sticks for theshort trip to Beaconsfield SYCOB.

Reds’ assistant boss Paul Millssaid: “We have the goalkeeping situ-ation and first of all what needs to besaid is how well Daniel Rimell did.He was not our first-choice goal-keeper and he was called up at thelast minute.

“He epitomises what we are look-ing for at this football club. This sea-son we have been sold short quite afew times and we can’t speak highlyenough of him.

“If we defended like that in frontof our goalkeeper every week, wewould probably not be in the positionthat we are in.”

Rimell’s performance at one endhelped Uxbridge tame Rovers on

Saturday and a 45th-minute headerfrom Stuart Farrell, following a TobyLittle free kick, was enough to clinchthe points for the hosts.

New striker Jake Lovell, whorecently signed for Reds fromNorthwood, missed a chance to makeif safe for Uxbridge, but Millsbelieves the ex-Hayes and Yeadingplayer will be more of an asset for theclub next season.

“We’ve Jake coming in and two orthree others we would like to speak toover the summer,” Mills added.

“We are definitely looking atbringing young players in, we have alot of lads in our side who have beenfantastic servants and hopefully theywill be here next season, but we thinkthe way to go is with fresh blood.”

Northwood still have work to doto ensure safety in ZamarettoDivision One Central after Saturday’sgallant defeat at promotion-chasersSlough Town.

Northwood were beaten 4-3, withgoals from Ollie Hawkins, KevinWynter and Scott Orphanou notenough to salvage a point for GaryMeakin’s men.

Northwood were due to travel toNorth Greenford last night(Tuesday), with the chance to edgecloser to the points total that willmake them mathematically certain ofsurvival this season.

Meanwhile, AFC Hayes secured ahard-fought 0-0 draw at fellow strug-glers Soham Town Rangers onSaturday.

Squandered lead costs Panthers the title DENHAM United girls PanthersU14s missed out on the HomeCounties title after they squandereda 2-0 lead against Tottenham Youth.

Despite first-half goals fromEmma Kern and Annie Hewitt, aswell as a player of the matchperformance by LaurenCunningham, the Pantherssuffered heartache when their

opponents fought back to claim a 2-2 draw, which was enough to givethem the league championship.

There was similar agony for theU12s, who lost 4-0 to a rampantHampstead side in the semi-finalsof the League Cup.

It was joy for the U15s though asthey wrapped up their title-winningseason with a 2-0 win over

Wimbledon Town FC. A bracefrom Alisha Spivey was enough tosee United finish the campaign instyle.

Meanwhile, Denham WildcatsU14s lost 2-1 to Netheren Falconsafter having only 10 players tochoose from for the match.

● DENHAM United Girls Youthare holding their annual open trialsday on June 11 at The Den, OxfordRoad, New Denham.

Players of all ages from U9sthrough to seniors are welcome toattend the trials that take placefrom 10am to noon.

For information, please call TinaPearce on 07974 755 267.

RUISLIP Rangers U7s Clarets ended theirseason with a flourish by marching to animpressive victory over Harlington onSunday.

Goals from Riley Burke, James Seagoand Jay Marsh secured a 3-0 victory, withJake Brooks as man of the match.

A hat-trick from Sam Ogundere helpedthe U6s A to a stunning away victory atTFA Totteridge, with a double from KyleNorton and a Bobby McGrath strike.

The U10s A clinched the HarrowLeague title with a stunning 4-1 win overtitle rivals Brunswick, with a double fromJack Allen, a Kyran Worrell strike an an

own goal sealing the title Dan Cresswellsecured the man of the match award.

The U14s A earned a hard-fought 1-1draw with Wealdstone, with a great goalfrom Bartoz Libera Wolciech.

A double from Elijah Hearn helped theU7s A to an impressive 5-2 success overParkfield B on Saturday, with the othergoals coming from Jahrome McCardle,Sam Brown and Lewis Batten. Alex Jameswas man of the match.

It was even more emphatic for the sameteam with a 5-0 win over Bessingby ParkRangers A, thanks to a James double,Brown, Hearn and McCardle.

The U15s girls maintained their posi-tion at the top with Catherine Fahy strikingsix goals in a 7-1 victory over Marlow.Sarah Key netted the other.

Rangers youngsters end with a flourish

by Ryan Waughsport@trinitysouth.co.uk

Back down to earthHAYES & YEADING YTH FC

RUISLIP RANGERSYOUTH FC

ZAMARETTO LEAGUE

DENHAM LADIES FC

FOOTY ROUND-UP

HAYES and Yeading Youth U9s suffered a 4-3 defeat, despite recently clinching the leaguetitle, with a double from Luke Williams and aConnor Goodliffe strike not enough to savethem.

The U10s also lost by the same scoreline,but there was a 3-1 win for the U11s withgoals from Jack Raines, Jack Richards andLaine McAuliffe.

It was a dramatic win for the U13s onSunday as an injury-time winner fromMatthew Marques secured a 1-0 victory overSpartans.

A double from Gibson Pasma, along withstrikes from Luke Gavin and Sam Pergusey,earned a 4-1 win at Forest United for theU14s.

Man of the match Olu Akinsaya struck oneof the goals in a 4-2 victory for the U16sagainst Hanwell Town, with the other scorescoming from Dylan Saib, Ryan Mondiwa andConnor O’Neill.

The U17s suffered semi-final heartbreak inthe league cup as they were knocked out 3-2by Kingsbury London Tigers, with JeffreyTwumasi and Carron Moses Holmes strikingthe goals in defeat.

Hayes and Yeading Youth are looking fornew players for next season in all age groups.Call Paul Raines on 07769 357 969 forinformation.

Ickenham edge itYOUTH FOOTBALLICKENHAM Youth U13s edged a 10-goalthriller against LNER on Sunday, with AlexBell and Robbie Lovitt both striking twice.

Jacob Cook and Peter George were also ontarget in a 6-4 victory, Jay Thorne and Cooksharing the man of the match award.

The U9s marched to a 4-0 victory overHeadstone Manor B with goals from man ofthe match Jack Richards, Alex Sparks, RileyAllen and Matthew Vecchione.

The U8s A had to settle for a share of thespoils in a 3-3 draw with Parkfield, thanks togoals from Sean Alexander, Ben Brownleeand an own goal. Rocco Alessi earned theman of the match award.

There was no unlucky 13 for Manor YouthColts U14s as they earned an emphaticfriendly victory in an inter-club match againsta team from the same age group.

Terry Mitchell struck five and Mason Kingfour, with the other goals in a 13-2 wincoming from Charlie Murray, Ronnie Norris,Eric Osigwe, Ethan Sennett and man of thematch Rees Jones.

A goal from Charlie Evans earned a 1-1draw for Wealdstone A U13s against HarrowSt Mary’s, with Mitchell Rayner man of thematch.

Oscar Smith was on target for the U8s A ina 5-1 defeat to Princess Park, with Ben Freethman of the match.

The U11s B suffered a heavier defeat asthey lost 10-1, with a consolation goal fromCiaran Callaghan and Brandon Coombes asman of the match.

Harefield United U12s marched up tosecond spot in the table with an emphatic 4-1win over Princes Risborough, thanks to goalsfrom man of the match Napoleon Katumba,and strikes by twin brothers Jiwan and KaranSoar and Alex Bartnik.

Bessingby Park Rangers U15s beat Magix1-0 with a goal from Kevin Irikefe.

■ GIVE US A HUG: Boss Tony Choules (left) gives Daniel Rimell some words ofencouragement before the Barton game Photo by Colin Evans/www.kapture-it.com

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Hawkins not interestedin full-time managementTemporary boss is happy to see out rest of the season

STEVE Hawkins will stay on asHillingdon Borough manageruntil the end of the season, butinsists he is not interested in afull-time job.

Hawkins stepped into the breachwhen Boro were left in the lurch byGary Meakin’s defection to neigh-bours Northwood three weeks ago.

However, although his stay willonly be a temporary one, it will giveBoro some breathing space in whichto find a permanent replacement forMeakin.

Hawkins said: “I can 100 per centdefinitely say I am not interested inthe job full-time.

“I have already been managerhere once, between 2000 and 2002,before moving to North GreenfordUnited, and I don’t want to go back.

“It’s not that I think I’m betterthan the club or think I should bemanaging at a higher level, it’s justthat I’ve been there and done italready.

“I’ve kept in touch with the clubsince I left and come down togames, especially when my son wasplaying and they asked me to helpout, but that was it.”

Hawkins was certainly left with amammoth rebuilding task afterMeakin left, taking his backroom

staff with him, along with sixHillingdon players.

Hawkins said: “It’s certainly beena busy few weeks. Nine players intotal left when Gary did, leaving mewith only seven, and that was fourdays before the transfer deadline!

“In my first four games we hadpretty much four completely differ-ent sides out. We have been calling

in favours from other clubs, whohave helped us out.”

Ironically, two players whoplayed with Meakin at the nowdefunct Bedfont FC last season havebeen brought in on dual registration,Hendon winger Aaron Morgan andWalton Casuals defender LiamHind.

However, not even Hawkins’

reinforcements could prevent Borocrashing out of the MiddlesexSenior Charity Cup in last Tuesday’s3-0 home semi-final with HanworthVilla, who won it thanks to a LeviKing hat-trick.

Borough suffered a 3-2 defeat atSt Margaretsbury on Saturday withgoals from Ethan Hughes and HarrySmart.

Impressive Hayes win keeps Haylock happy

RYMAN PREMIER DIVISIONHendon 0Wealdstone 1WES Parker’s second-half goal ended a run ofthree successive defeats for Wealdstone atHendon on Saturday.

The defender struck with a header to settle agame with a distinctly end of season feel to it,lacking the intensity normally associated withskirmishes between neighbours.

Stones began brightly enough with a shot from

Callum Martin stinging the palms of Greens’keeper James Reading after 10 minutes, while 60 seconds later Peter Dean’s effort hit the sidenetting.

Much of the rest of the half was a tale of mishitor misdirected passes by both sides, but visitingkeeper Jonathan North was finally employed on38 minutes when he tipped over a fiercely struckfree kick from Hendon’s top scorer Belal Aite-

Ouakrim. Dean went close on two occasions ashalf-time approached, but it remained goalless atthe break.

On a day of little creativity the deadlock wasbroken on 50 minutes from a set piece.

Dean lifted a corner into the 18-yard box,where Parker rose highest to loop his headerbeyond Reading.

Stones had chances to kill the game off Dean seeing a shot blocked after he wasunselfishly set up by Gavin Massey, while Martin

saw his shot from the edge well saved byReading.

And as Hendon left gaps in search of a leveller,Massey again got the back line to tee up LeeChappell, but the Stones’ skipper fired widewith the goal gaping.

Gordon Bartlett’s men might have paid forthose misses late on when Aite-Ouakrim tookaim from the edge of the area, but North was onhand to palm the shot away and seal a morale-boosting win.

BLUE SQUARE PREMIERHayes and Yeading 4Mansfield Town 0GARRY Haylock was delighted tosee his side put four past Mansfieldwithout reply after fearing a repeatof January’s capitulation againstRushden and Diamonds.

The Hayes and Yeading boss waspleased his men came into thedressing room three goals to thegood at half-time but was mindfulof throwing away the points in asimilar fashion to United’s 3-3 drawwith the Diamonds earlier in theseason.

He said: “We played Rushden and

Diamonds here this season at 3-0 upwith 20 minutes to go and drewthree each – two points lost. What Isaid at half-time was we must keepa clean sheet. I don’t care about any-thing else but I want a clean sheet.

“Earlier in the season we playedsome great football but we couldn’tkeep a clean sheet. Last week wedefended really well, this weekwe’ve defended really well. It’s apleasing performance, I’m not sureit’s our best of the season but it’scertainly pleasing.”

Free-scoring midfielder BradleyPritchard gave Hayes the lead afterjust 11 minutes as he guided aheader into the top right hand cornerof David Grof’s net.

Ten minutes later and it was twowith Elliott Buchanan sweepinghome a perfectly weighted crossfrom on-loan Crawley Town fullback Sam Rents.

Buchanan then sent United intodreamland with a venomous volleywhich cannoned in off the post afterPeter Holmes had beaten the offsidetrap.

Mansfield gave themselves aneven bigger mountain to climbbefore the break when Paul Connorwas dismissed for raising an arm.

And despite Haylock’s fears theStags posed no second-half threat,only finding the net with 10 minutesremaining as Tyrone Thompsonbizarrely put past his own keeper.

Stones end three-game losing run with derby day win at Hendon

by Tim Streettimstreet@trinitysouth.co.uk

HAYES & YEADING FC

HILLINGDON BORO’ FC

WEALDSTONE FC

■ TOUGH FEW WEEKS: Daniel Barrance holds up the ball during last Tuesday’s Middlesex Senior Charity Cup defeat Photo by Matt Grayson UX050411mghihan04

Crucial points droppedHILLINGDON FC

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MIDDLESEX COUNTYFOOTBALL LEAGUEDIVISION ONE WESTLPOSSA 0Hillingdon 0HILLINGDON’s titlehopes suffered aserious blow onSaturday as they wereheld to a goalless drawat lowly LPOSSA.

The visitors struggled for openings againsttheir relegation haunted hosts, and thoughleaders Chiswick Homefields also drew ontheir travels to Kensington Dragons, it meansHillingdon are six points adrift in the titlerace with just three matches left.

Danielle Denyer had their only effort ofnote in the first half with a header from AndyBell’s free kick, which was saved by themailmen’s keeper.

Hillingdon were more dominant after theinterval with debutant Nic Prior (pictured)producing a man of the match performance inmidfield. And it was Prior who came closestto a winner, shooting just wide at the end of afine run.

Meanwhile, the reserves also drew 1-1 atSandgate.

HAYES & DIST SUN LGEPresident’s Cup: Firm Foundations 2Premier Sports 0.Premier Division: FC Yiewsley 2 ChiswickAlbion 0; Larkspur Rovers 0 NortholtRangers 1.Division One: Brentford St George’s 0Spartak 2010 1; Old Southall 5Harmondsworth FC 1; Perivale 2 HayesEnd Wanderers 4.Division Two: Featherstone Legends 1Northolt Manor 4; Royal Park 0 The Dolphin9; Ruislip Rovers 2 Acton Central 4.Division Three: Yeading Lane 6 Manor 0.Division Four: CB Hounslow United 3rds 6Parkway 3; Load of Hay 4 Cowley United 6;Unity 4 West Drayton Explorers 3.Division Five: Northolt Shepherds 4Greenford Gaints 3; S S Hounslow 1 The Victoria 2; UB6 United 1 HanwellChargers 4.

FIXTURESSATURDAYBlue Square Premier: Hayes and Yeadingv DarlingtonRyman Premier: Wealdstone v BillericayTownZamaretto Division One Central: AFC Hayes v Biggleswade Town;Beaconsfield SYCOB v Uxbridge;Northwood v AylesburySpartan Midlands Premier: BiggleswadeUnited v Hillingdon Borough; HarefieldUnited v Oxhey JetsTUESDAYBlue Square Premier: Hayes and Yeadingv Gateshead UnitedZamaretto Division One Central:AFC Hayes v Arlesey Town; Northwood vWoodford UnitedSpartan Midlands Premier: HillingdonBorough v Chalfont St Peter

■ DELIGHTED: Garry Haylock Photo by John-Patrick Fletcher

GARRY Haylock has hailed theemergence of Elliott Buchananas Hayes and Yeading’s unlikelyrelegation saviour after hissuperb debut season atConference level.

The 21-year-old striker endured aslow start to his Hayes and Yeadingcareer after making a giant leapfrom Southern League football withSlough Town, and struck just twogoals before Christmas.

After starting the season in theshadow of then top marksman BenWright, injury and a loss of formsaw Buchanan playing reserve teamfootball.

He also had to cope with thedeath of his father in January.

However, he is now Hayes andYeading’s main man up front, with14 goals in all competitions.

Hayes and Yeading boss Haylocksaid: “We always felt that it wasgoing to be after Christmas that hecame to the fore. He played atSlough Town last year, so he hascome in from three levels below andhe is playing very well.

“It has taken him a while to getinto the pace of the games but whenwe lost Ben, it meant we had tothrow him in, which wasn’t right forhim. Now he is in form we thoughtwe’d get more out of him, and he’son fire at the moment.”

Buchanan, who made only onebrief appearance as substitute in his

first stint at Conference level withStevenage Borough three years ago,says he is thriving on the responsi-bility of keeping Hayes and Yeadingup after his double blast in the 4-0win over Mansfield.

His resurgence has also meant hehas had to rethink his pre-seasontarget of 10 goals.

“To be top goalscorer wouldmean a lot to me. I’ve said 15 is arealistic target before the end of theseason. I set that number a couple of

months ago. I think I am about oneaway from that now so I might pushit up a bit.

“It has definitely helped me sinceI have been starting. I knew thatonce I got a bit of consistency Iwould score goals. So I am justhappy to be starting and scoring.

“I think we should be safe if wecan grind out one more victory. Themomentum would take us and wecould push on. I am leading the lineup top at the moment and if I can

keep this scoring run going thenhopefully it will help us to stay up.”

Meanwhile, Haylock could face agoalkeeping selection dilemma forthe visit of Darlington on Saturday.

Shane McWeeney came in for the Mansfield game in place of LeeHarrison, whose wife had gone intolabour, but the latter will be back in contention for Saturday, as willDelroy Preddie, who has returned tofull training after a hamstringinjury.

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Buchanan toHayes’ rescueStriker’s scoring run could help them stay up

Suspension maylead to ban forUnited’s AshbyHAREFIELD UNITED FC

HAYES & YEADING FC

HAREFIELD United’s Steve Ashby maynever play for the club again after he wasgiven a temporary ban from football forallegedly attacking a referee.

The midfielder has been issued with aninterim suspension order (ISO) and hewill be subject to a Middlesex County FAhearing next month after Harefield’srecent match against Sandhurst wasabandoned as a result of the incident.

Ashby is alleged to have made contactwith his head with referee Robert Wasafter he was sent off during the match inthe Suburban League for HarefieldUnited reserves.

Harefield secretary Ray Greenconfirmed that his registration with boththe Spartan League and Spartan SouthMidlands League has now been cancelled.

But he added: “Until it goes to thecounty FA and gets heard and all the factsare put into the case, then there is notmuch more we can say about it.

“But if it is proven that he has donesomething that warrants that punishment,then he will not be playing for the clubagain.”

Middlesex FA chief executive PeterClayton has confirmed that Ashby will besuspended from all football until hishearing takes place next month, on a dateyet to be confirmed.

Meanwhile, Harefield United’s firstteam boosted their hopes of survival inthe Spartan Midlands Premier with a 2-1win at Broxbourne Borough on Saturday.

Liam Sonner’s 18th-minute strike forHarefield was cancelled out by JuniorAdedye in the second half, but an AlexBolt own goal nine minutes from timehanded the visitors all three points.

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