Crawford and Bench on target as Long men claim the Itchington derby day honours

There is still everything to play for in Division One of the Tracey Thomas Leamingtin & District Sunday League after Long Itchington took the honours in the Itchington derby.

The Long men travelled to Bishops Itchington and secured a 2-0 win thanks to goals from Sam Crawford and Oliver Bench.

Leamington Hibs secured a hard-fought 2-1 win over Wellesbourne Wanderers, with all the goals scored in the final 20 minutes.

Jack Avery put Hibs ahead only for George Bryan to net an equaliser seven minutes later.

But with 10 minutes remaining, it was Hibs who won it thanks to Liam Blake.

In Division Two, Kenilworth & Cubbington Sporting were 2-1 winners at HRI Harbury.

Craig Setchell was on target for Harbury, but it was Sporting who sealed the victory.

There was a five-goal thriller as Hampton Magna nicked a 3-2 win at Khalsa B.

Magna shot out of the blocks with Aaron Dickens scoring twice inside the first 15 minutes, but Khalsa fought back and it was all square by the break as Cameron Hill and Marino Peixoto netted.

With 15 minutes to play, Adam Trinder popped up with the winner for Magna.

In Division Three, Real Barston and Ettington Rovers played out a 1-1 draw.

Dale Parke scored to give Ettington the half-time advantage, but it was cancelled out by an own goal.

Chadwick End stayed on course for the Division Four tiel as they saw off Stockton Reserves 5-2.

Josh Dixon sent them on their with a goal after just five minutes, and they were 4-0 up by half-time with Dixon scoring a second and singles for Rhys Edwards and Tom Embleton.

Tristan Bending pulled one back for Stockton on the hour but Tom Coyne promptly went back up the other end and scored a fifth for Chadwic ahead of Charlie Mills grabbing a second consolation for Stockton.

Southam United Reserves are still in the title mix after they secured a 4-3 success against Balsall & Berkswell.

It was 2-2 at the break with Damien Goring and Owen Reeves on target for Southam and Jonathan Ley and Kian Donegan replying for the Hornets.

Reeves got his second nine minutes after the re-start before Riley Birch made it 4-2 with 20 minutes to go. Ruben

Oliveira got a late consolation for the Hornets in the last minute but it was too little, too late.

Luke Sangha struck first to give Midland Rovers the lead in their clash with Wellesbourne Wanderers Development, but it was to be a false dawn.

Sam Seaborn replied a minute later before Jake Faulkner put Wanderers in front a minute before the break. George Everitt sealed the points for Wellesbourne on the hour.

In the midweek fixtures, all played in Division One, Bishops Itchington hammered Cubbington Albion 8-2.

There were late consolation goals for Albion, from Reid Payne and Jamie Bull, but it was all over by then.

Ed Kostiuk led the way for Bishops with a hat-trick, Dexter Robinson scored twice and Craig Watkin, Jamie Simpson and Joel Bennett all got one apiece.

Long Itchington squeezed past Leamington Hibs 3-1 thanks to efforts from Jake Aldidge, Sam Crawford and Joe Tambini, with Connell Farrell getting the Hibs’ reply.

Khalsa enjoyed themselves as they buried Wellesbourne Wanderers 5-1.

Josh Mann to put Khalsa in front on two minutes, and Dali Varaich and Aaron Sahota amde it 3-0 before James Michael Pomeroygot one back for Wellesbourne.

The second half saw Khalsa extend the advantage with goals from Harry Budd and Manjinder Dhaliwal.