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PRUDHOE Youth Club Seniors secured their position as group winners in the Combination Cup after a last minute equaliser saw them draw with Red Row Welfare on Saturday. Heading into the game off the back of another midweek victory – a fine 0-3 win against Wallsend Boys Club where Rob Hayes, Brad Rogers and Arron Fletcher all scored – a late Craig Fairley goal means they now can’t be caught by anyone else in their group. The result means Prudhoe are the first team to qualify for the semi-finals of the Combination Cup, although several of our other teams still remain in contention to book spots too.
Despite being a few points behind several of their league rivals, Hexham are in a good position for when the Northern Alliance Division One season restarts (hopefully) later this year. The Wentworth Leisure Centre based squad – who currently sit fifth in the table - have already faced several of the teams around them after their first 10 games and could have been further up in the standings had the results gone their way. This was the case none more so than in their opening match of the campaign against Haltwhistle Jubilee, where the hosts claimed a 4-3 win with a dramatic last-minute winner after Hexham had pulled back a 3-0 deficit in the second half.
CONTINUING their form from last season, unbeaten Haltwhistle Jubilee are on target for back-to-back promotions. The Jubilee currently sit second in Division One, six points adrift of leaders Prudhoe YC Seniors, but have four games in hand on their rivals. Ten games into their campaign, they remain unbeaten having won nine and drawn one of their games so far and also have the highest goal difference in the division following a string of impressive results. This is no doubt down due to two of the league’s three highest goal scorers,with youngster Aaron Hardy leading the way with 12 goals so far.
THERE is no let up at the top of Division One with the top three all winning their latest fixtures. Leaders Prudhoe YC Seniors, second placed Haltwhistle Jubilee and third placed Cramlington United all picked up maximum points with comfortable victories at the weekend. Haltwhistle made the trip to Wallsend Boys Club and were in trouble as they fell behind after just three minutes. There was no panic from the Jubes, though, and there were on level terms when Jack Barker levelled the scores two minutes later. The equaliser provided a platform for Halty to build on and two goals in quick succession saw them lead 3-1 after 12 minutes, Aaron Hardy and James Charteries finding the back of the net.