
By Aidan Hopson
Honley dropped two vital points in their race for the Huddersfield District League Premier Division title following their 1-1 draw with Linthwaite Athletic. Doran Jordan scored for Honley and George Greatbatch scored for Linfit.
Cumberworth continued their run of good form beating Meltham Athletic 6-1 with goals from Edward Nightingale (two), Jonathan McKinley, Harry Stubbs, Arron Smith and Ian Ogoli with Liam Carmody scoring for Meltham.
Michael Carter (two) and Alex Vickerman scored for Netherton in their 3-0 win over Kirkheaton Rovers.
Diggle beat Newsome Reserves 5-2 to move up to fourth place with goals from Lleyton Rees (two), Sebastian Wright, Dylan Stringer-Moth and Craig Brown. Dale Myers scored twice for Newsome.
Wooldale Wanderers remain in the relegation zone losing 3-2 to Holmbridge who are now six points clear at the top of the Division. Cameron Wilkey scored twice for Wooldale with Lewis Elsy, Sean Hazelden and Robert Parr scoring for Holmbridge.
It’s extremely tight at the top of Division 1 with the top two both winning. Skelmanthorpe stay top, four points clear following their 5-0 win over Berry Brow A with goals from Jack Woods (two), Lewis Haigh (two) and Chris Calvert.
Linthwaite Athletic Reserves are second with a game in hand and beat St Columba’s 2-0 with goals from Liam Knight and Jacob Woods.
Hade Edge completed their fixtures with a 5-1 win over Heywood Irish Centre with goals from Michael Mabey (two), Isaac Riva, Robert Barker and Ben Dalton.
In Division 2 Bradford United Reserves stay in second place following their 2-0 win over Holmbridge Reserves with goals from Abdulrahman Bashar and Taofiq Suleiman.
Holme Valley Academicals move up to fourth place following their 6-0 win over Meltham Athletic Reserves with goals from Sam Taylor, Connor Berry, Alex Benn, Sam Taylor (two) and Ope Arowolo.
In Division 3 Grange Moor Saints drew 3-3 with Diggle Reserves. Nathaniel Bee, Michael Chapman and Charles Smith scored for the Saints with Paul Wood, Jack Schofield and Sam Joyce scoring for Diggle.
Brook Motors stay second in Division 4 following their 1-0 win at Scissett Reserves. Cartworth Moor move up to fourth place after their 5-3 win over Holme Valley Academicals Reserves with goals from Jamie Longworth, Antony Stringer (two) and Richard Yates (two).
St Columba’s Reserves were hosts to Fenton United who ran out 4-2 winners with goals from Aahil Ali, Usama Habeeb (two) and Antonio Ferra. Chris Stansfield and Ryan O’Neill scored for the Saints.
Holmfirth United remain on course for the Division 5 title following their 5-2 win at Meltham Athletic A with goals from Connor Ellis, Morgan Billy (two), Nathan Oseghale and Jamie Clay.
Slaithwaite United Reserves lost ground in the title chase slumping to a 7-1 defeat at Kirkburton Reserves with Dale Bain scoring their goal.
Ollie Joyce hit a hat-trick for Burton with further goals scored by Henry Bilton (two), Lucas Jowett and Jacob Sykes.
Michael Byrne (two), Peter Leathwood, Jack McGowan and Shane Moore scored for Mount Reserves in their 5-3 win over Collegians IV. Josh Ledgard, Dylan Letremy and Robert Shaw scored for Collegians.
In the Groom Cup Britannia Sports Reserves are in to the semi-finals beating Honley Reserves 3-1 with goals from James Dickinson, Eddy Hamlett and Abu Mohammed. Tom Butcher scored a consolation for Honley.
Mount Pleasant are through to the semi-finals of the Richardson Cup beating Almondbury Woolpack Reserves 5-1. Rob McDowell scored for Woolpack. Ahmed Patel, Hasan Laher and Shaakir Patel with a hat-trick were the scorers for Mount Pleasant.
Huddersfield Laund Hill Reserves are out of the Huddersfield FA Challenge Trophy losing 10-1 to a very strong Berry Brow Reserves team who are top of Division 1 of the Yorkshire Amateur League.
Image by: Huddersfield Hub photographer SEAN DOYLE
