SALISBURY Juniors under 14s clinched their third consecutive league championship by beating nearest rivals Clarendon 5-0.

Juniors started strongly, taking the lead through a Jack Aldridge strike from outside the box.

After Salisbury missed a number of chances to extend their lead, Clarendon fought back but the Juniors defence dug in to survive the onslaught.

Jesse Cutts scored a great solo goal to kill off the tie and, with Clarendon beaten, he went on to double his tally, Ben Brown also notching a brace in the dying minutes.

Fordingbridge Town under tens eased to a 7-2 win over basement boys South Wonston.

'Bridge raced into a 3-0 lead with goals from Ben Moseley, Daniel Pain and man-of-the-match Kit Ingram.

In the second half, Pain completed his hat-trick and there were also goals for Jack Deakin and Jonathan Murphy.

Amesbury Sports gave Testway Youth under 14 champions-elect Bishops Waltham a scare, going ahead through James Henry, only to eventually succumb 8-2 to the prolific scorers.

Alderbury under 13s maintained their 100-per-cent record in Testway League Division One with a 3-1 victory at Littleton.

James Martin, Josh Mullett and Finn Drury were on target.

A brace apiece from Drury and Martin saw Alderbury reach the final of the Nadder Valey League's WC Stokes Cup, at the expense of Durrington Rangers.

They now face Devizes Town in the final at West-ern Way on May 1 after Town defeated Bemerton Heath Harlequins 3-1.

Peter Fletcher gave Harlequins the lead and the visitors equalised just before the break.

With minutes to go, the game looked to be heading for extra time but Devizes scored twice late on to secure their passage to the final.

Salisbury City under nines now hold a ten-point lead at the top of the table, thanks to a 6-1 win over Laverstock Lions.

Sam Bailey and Sam Dolan scored twice apiece, with Alex Ferguson and Bradley Walton completing the scoring.

Newly-crowned under tens champions Clarendon Juniors beat Rouge Raiders 4-0 thanks to goals from Ryan Stapely and Sam Butler-Sloss and a Harvey Fortis double.

10:14am Thursday 10th April 2008

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