The first half of the season has finally ended and the standings reflect very few surprises.
From the beginning of the season, when the five-a-side tournament saw Devonshire Colts Minors and Mini-Minors take titles, very little has changed.
In the Bantam Division (under 16) Colts took on PHC at PHC Stadium with no substitutes and without several key players but still managed to defeat the young Zebras 5-0. Aljame Zuill scored three goals and Kevin Hurdle and Julian Francis one each.
Second-placed Somerset had no mercy on Dandy Town and blasted them 11-0 as L.Wilson (four), D.Showers (two) and H.Hunt, D.Dent, Q.Horton, P.Jones and J.Best all scoring one apiece.
North Village matched that by hammering a hapless BAA side 12-0 while at the bottom of the division St. David's came away with their first victory of the season against Southampton Rangers 7-1.
This weekend sees the first round of the knockout cup with St. David's taking on BAA and Rangers playing Wolves.
The Minor Division (under 14) also produced plenty of goals last weekend as North Village shook BAA 14-0 at Bernard Park. Village continue to lead this division by having played two games more than Devonshire Colts. Colts had a good day by beating Paget 8-0.
In another goal blitz, Dandy Town crashed 11-0 to Somerset as T.Smith scored four goals, A.Burrows two, O.Osdaille two and D.Lambert, J.Butterfield and R.Simons one each. There was also a Town own goal in the tally.
In other action, Wolves outscored Boulevard 6-4, Somerset Eagles beat St.
George's 3-1 and PHC blasted St. David's 7-0.
In Mini-Minors A action, North Village maintained their unbeaten record by beating BAA 3-0. Second-placed Devonshire Colts came from one goal down to beat PHC 3-2 on goals from Jahkee Smith and Jamel Blakeney (two).
Third-placed Hamilton Parish beat Paget 10-2 as Dion Stovell hit both Paget goals. Dandy Town and Somerset are tied for fourth and Somerset have only themselves to blame after allowing a nine-man Town team to beat them 2-1 on goals from D.Rogers while L.Trew replied for Somerset.
Boulevard drew 3-3 with Wolves in the other match.
The Mini-Minor B Division saw Village stay on top with a 6-0 win over bottom team PHC. Hotels defeated Somerset 4-1 as Matthew Durrant scored a hat-trick and M.Watson got the other for Hotels.
Wolves, on a four-goal effort by G.Peniston and two from R.Roberts, beat Southampton 6-3. Other action saw BAA beat Boulevard 5-3 and Devonshire Colts edge by North Village Kids 2-1.
There was only one Premier Division match played at Frog Lane had to be abandoned at Frog Lane with Devonshire Colts and North Village tied at 2-2 at the end of regulation time in the John W. Swan Cup.
Because the match started late the referee abandoned it at full time to allow the First Division match between Colts and Dandy Town to start. The replay for this match will be tonight at PHC Stadium (7.00).
The first round of the Bantam KO Cup sees St. David's playing BAA at Shelly Bay and Southampton meeting Wolves at Southampton Oval. Both matches start at 11.15.
BOWLING BOW Pembroke Juniors increased their lead at the top of the Mott's Sportsmen's League last weekend with their 151 -111 win over second-placed Buy & Sell in the night's top match.
Juniors claimed the top team series of 2,706 and second high game of 936 while Buy & Sell rolled the second high series 2,670. Miles Smith of Buy & Sell was the top bowler for the night with his 615 series while he also chipped in with a 223 game in his team's losing cause.
Dean Lightbourne of Pembroke Juniors was second on the honours list with a second-high series and game of 586 and 232.
Third-placed Sparks failed to make any move up the standings when they were beaten 16-11 by mid-table Warwick Reds as Ed White led the winners with his 234 top game and third high series of 579. Sparks had the third high series and game of 2,596 and 935.
Mini Forwarders beat Warwick Whites 18-9 as they rolled a top game of 940 while in the other match Social Club beat bottom team Young Blood 19-8 as Mike Glasgow had a 225 game.
Saturday's schedule: Pembroke Juniors v YMSC; Young Blood v Buy & Sell; Warwick Whites v Sparks; Warwick Reds v Mini Forwarders.
HOCKEY HOC Goals by Gina Evans and Margaret Leonard gave Coca-Cola Cardinals A a 2-0 win over last year's league champions North Village Longtails.
North Village came out aggressively and the entire match was fought hard by both teams before Cardinals scored the goals that settled the match.
Bluebirds drew 1-1 with Cardinals B in the other match on Saturday.
Cardinals scored early in the second half through McPhee and it began to look like Bluebirds were going to get their first loss of the season but once again Ailsa Campbell came through in the last minutes of the game to earn them a point.
On Sunday Police Orioles drew 1-1 with PHC Canaries in the B League with Marcia Ford scoring for Orioles and Janice Maughn for Canaries.
The A League match will be one not soon forgotten as Canaries slaughtered Orioles 10-1, as even veteran Judy Siddle said she cannot remember a game ever resulting in double digits in her 20 years of hockey.
Emma Garon and Rhonda Rawlins scored five goals each while Marcia Ford scored the lone goal for Orioles.
BASKETBALL BAS Tony Williams scored 22 points to lead Dream Team to a 90-21 thrashing of Exiles All-Sorts in Bermuda Basketball Association league play this week at the US Naval Annex.
The All-Sorts were topped in scoring by Lew Matthews who had six points. The other matches, which were played over Monday and Tuesday, were considerably closer. Bank of Bermuda beat Clearly Canadian 62-48, Nationals doubled NAS 58-29 and Somerset Rebels got by Bermuda College 46-25. The remaining fixture saw Tucker's Tees receive a walkover against Titans.
Al Patterson poured in 22 points to pace the bank against Clearly Canadian, who had 12 points from Anthony Peets.
M.Ray scored 16 points for Nationals, Tony Rocker 12 for NAS, Ijumo Hayward nine for Somerset Rebels and Steven Jones 10 for Bermuda College as the other team leaders.