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The County Leagues...

Gloucestershire League
Two of the top three teams met each other on Sunday and it was Pucklechurch Sports who
were 4-1 winners over Longwell Green, to leave themselves four points behind leaders
Olveston Utd. Poppy Coles, Tammi Haynes, Adele Hooper and Sophie Sweet all scored a goal
apiece for Pucklechurch, with Kylie Allen replying. Bristol & West meanwhile hit form with a
7-1 victory against Bishop's Cleeve. Imogen Kusen led the scoring with a hat-trick whilst Beth
Clatworthy added two, Sarah Rouse and Emma Cove also finding the net whilst the visitors'
consolation came from Leonie Gough.
Tuffley Rovers have made a swift return to the top of Division Two, thanks to a 2-1
success away to City of Gloucester whose goal came from Katie Carrington-Stait.
Cirencester Town stepped up their challenge with a narrow 3-2 win against Red Falcon
Club, Amy Bains netting twice and Lizzie Parry the other with May Hawkins and Claudia
D'Angelo replying.
It was a good day for Bradley Stoke in Division Three, as they opened up a lead of
three points by winning 2-0 against second placed Bristol Ladies Union Development.
Natalie Lewis and Hollie Shone scored the goals for Bradley who were further boosted by the
news that Whitchurch & Bristol, the other team which had started on level points with them,
saw their winning run brought to a halt with by a 2-1 defeat at Kingswood Women. Connie
Watt and Paige Todd scored for Kingswood after Sarah Fernando had put Whitchurch ahead.
Scarlett Goodman (2), Ellie Brockton, Jade Didcott and Beth Lester were on target for
Downend Flyers Res in their 5-1 victory over Tewkesbury Town and Olveston Utd Res
returned to winning ways with a 3-0 success away to Winchcombe Town, courtesy of a goal
each from Paige Fowler, Abby Shipway and Danielle Lusmore.
Greater London League
The only match to take place in the Premier Division on Sunday saw Headstone Manor move
up to third place with a 4-2 victory against Enfield Town 3rds. Katie Phillipson, Camilla
Sameur, Ellie Walsh and Aimee Shaw all scored for Headstone, with Enfield's replies coming
from Claire Huggins and Fahren Fraser.
Chelsea Orridge-Golding, Fiona Moloney and Aurelia Peterson Rajalingam were all on
target for Division One North leaders Actonians Ladies Res in their 3-0 win over Brentford
B. The win keeps Actonians two points ahead of Queen's Park Rangers Res who beat Tower
Hamlets 4-1, with Jessica Francis-Weir and Amelia Halawi each scoring twice. Despite a brace
of goals from Lily-Rose Dyer, third placed Camden Town Blues were held to a 2-2 draw by
East London Ladies for whom Simone Folkes and Katherine Gee scored. Shanice Thompson
was on target for Luton Town Res in their 1-1 draw against Hackney Res, who replied
through Ana Cuadrado Conde.
There was a change of leadership in Division One South, where South East Parakeets
went to the top of the table with a 2-0 victory over South London Women, Holly Learmouth
scoring both. They lead on goal difference from UCL Academicals who won 3-1 away to
Ashford Town (Middlesex) B with goals from Eleanor Lock (2) and Paulina Diaz-Barriga.
Paula Milla and Rebecca Rylott accounted for the goals as Balham Panthers won 2-0 against
Tooting Bec.
Sheffield & Hallamshire League
After a sluggish start to the season, Dronfield Town moved up to third in the Division One
table after they overturned a half time deficit to win 5-3 at Sheffield Wednesday Res. All
Dronfield’s goals came in the second half, from Kris Humble (2), Ruby Burns, Annabel Davies
and Becky Hill.
Handsworth Development are running away with things in Division Two, where
they extended their 100% start to nine games thanks to a 5-0 win over Wickersley Youth.
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