Matchbeat

Spartan South Midlands League Premier
Leverstock Green v Hertford

Premier Division Cup
Broxbourne Borough v London Colney

Damien Batt has left St Albans to join Stevenage Borough. the 22 year old former Barnet full back was on non contract terms at Clarence Park and started 12 Conference games for The Saints. Disappointed Boss Colin Lippiatt told the St Albans web site "Damien's departure is a massive loss to this club." Lippiatt will now look to strengthen his 16 man squad as the Saints continue their battle against relegation.

London Leopards 90 Teeside Mohawks 71
A DOMINANT second half performance in only their second game since their move back to Wodson Park saw Leopards complete the double over
Mohawks and move up to fourth in the EBL Division One table.
The Big Cats were led by 26 points from Duncan Ogilvie, while Jerrid
Campbell marked his home debut with 18 points and as many rebounds.
Leopards: D Ogilvie 26, C Fowler 20, J Campbell 18, J Ikhinmwin 12, S Salter
5, E Seaman 4, L Noel 3, J Nicholson 2, L Gardner

Nationwide Conference
Morison Gives Borough a Point
Steve Morison's 17th Conference goal of the season gave borough a point in an entertaining clash with promotion chasing Gravesend. Morison finished off Dale Binns cross to give Stevenage an 18th minute lead. The advantage lasted just 5 minutes before former Borough striker Charlie McDonald fired the home side level. Gravesend's George Purcell came closest to scoring after that hitting a post in the second half.
Stevenage:Julian, Beard, Henry, Gaia, Nutter, Nurse, Hughes (Goodliffe 41), Miller, Binns (Cole 75), Oliver (Dobson 69), Morison.

Saints Go Marching On
St Albans followed up the midweek win at Stevenage Borough with a hard fought victory over Halifax at Clarence Park. Lee Clarke and Leon Archer with his first for the club put Saints into a 2-0 lead before Felix Bastiens pulled Halifax back into the game. A Tom Davis side foot restored the two goal advantage. The home side then had to play out a tense final period as Darryn Stamp scored for the visitors with Dean Cracknell receiving a red card in injury time.

Ryman League Division One North

Its been a mixed week for Ware. Beaten 2-0 at Redbridge last Saturday the Blues crushed Flackwell Heath in midweek before crashing 1-0 at home to Wivenhoe this afternoon. Elsewhere the meeting of the top 2 ended goaless as Hornchurch kept their lead over Harlow at 8 points. Enfield Town stay third despite being held at Waltham Forest.

Spartan South Midlands League Premier

Hertford wrapped up their sixth win in a row beating Langford 5-1. Goals from Pablo Ardiles, Nick Marsh, Lee roberts and a Kevin Cooper double did the trick for Dave Greenwood's team. the Blues though failed to close the gap on leaders Edgware who thrashed Colney Heath 6-0. Welwyn Garden City are up to 6th after a 2-1 win over London Colney at Herns Lane. in Division One Hoddesdon recorded their first win of the new year 3-0 over Bedford United.

Herts Senior County League

Buntingford took pride of place crushing Wormley Rovers 10-0 at The Bury. Will Turl notched a hattrick, Mark Wright and Luke Robins scored twice while Matt Turl, Jan Stephens and Liam Beaumont completed Rovers misery. Hatfield Town have now gone three without a win after being held 2-2 by fast improving Standon & Puckeridge. Gary Coley and Darryn Stewart were on target for Town, Matt Robinson and Ross Collins replying for Standon. Joel Mason, Matt Jackson and Grant MacCaree got the goals as Codicote beat Bedmond 3-1. In Division One Allenburys stay third after a 1-1 draw with Chipperfield. Lemsford's poor form shows no sign of stopping after they crashed to their fourth straight defeat 2-0 at Evergreen. Wodson Park also had a bad day losing 3-0 at St Peters. Little Munden won their first in four crushing Loughton 5-1 Tyler Hatherley and Ian Baker scoring 2 apiece Adam Butler grabbing the other. Sandridge Rovers are through to the next round of the Anagram Records Trophy beating Kent Athletic 3-2 but Knebworth who lost 2-1 at London Lions and Hertford Heath who went down 3-2 at home to Whitewebbs are both out of the Centenary Trophy

Nationwide Conference
Gravesend 1 Stevenage Borough 1
St Albans 3 Halifax 2

Ryman League Division One North
Ware 0 Wivenhoe Town 1

Spartan South Midlands League Premier
Edgware 6 Colney Heath 0
Langford 1 Hertford 5
Welwyn Garden City 2 London Colney 1

Division One
Hoddesdon 3 Bedford United 0

Herts Senior County League Premier
Buntingford 10 Wormley Rovers 0
Codicote 3 Bedmond 1
Standon & Puckeridge 2 Hatfield Town 2

Division One
Allenburys 1 Chipperfield 1
Evergreen 2 Lemsford 0
Loughton 1 Little Munden 5
St Peters 3 Wodson Park 0

Anagram Records Trophy
Sandridge Rovers 3 Kent Athletic 2

Senior Centenary Trophy
London Lions 2 Knebworth 1
Hertford Heath 2 Whitewebbs 3

Rugby

National League Division Three South
Rosslyn Park 34 Hertford 8

London One
Richmond 60 Old Albanians 0

London Two North
Thurrock 20 St Albans 16

London Three North West
Datchworth 37 Hampstead 15
Welwyn 15 Ruislip 30

Hockey

Womens National South
St Albans 2 Sevenoaks 1

Womens East Division One South
Welwyn Garden City 2 Folkestone 4

Mens East Division Two South
Blueharts (2) 3 Stevenage 3

Basketball

EBL Division One
London Leopards 90 Teeside Mohawks 71
UH West Herts Warriors 87 Worthing Thunder 97

Sunday

Hockey

Mens National South
Old Georgians 7 St Albans 0

Nationwide Conference
Stevenage Borough 1 St Albans 2

Ryman League Division One North
Flackwell Heath 2 Ware 5

Spartan South Midlands League Premier
London Colney v Tring Athletic

Premier Division Cup
St Margaretsbury v Harefield United

Nationwide Conference

Second Half Storm From Borough
Stevenage Borough 4 Cambridge United 1
A second half storm from Borough quite literally blew Cambridge United away after the visitors had taken an early lead. Cambridge went in front with 25 minutes gone when Dean Holdsworth headed home Mark Peters cross. That was enough to send Stevenage in trailing at the break but whatever Mark Stimson said in his team talk it completely changed the game. Jon Nutter equalised for Borough after Dean Hooper handled in the area 10 minutes into the second half. Mark Beard’s right footed drive made it 2-1 with 19 minutes left before Dale Binns drilled home a close range effort to stretch the home advantage. The prolific Steve Morison capping Borough’s comeback by thumping home his 23rd goal of the season with three minutes left.
Stevenage: Julian: Fuller (Hughes): Nutter: Gaia: Henry: Nurse: Miller: Guppy (Binns): Beard: Slabber (Oliver): Morison:

Saints Falling Fast
Burton 1 St Albans 0
Saints crashed to their fifth defeat in the last six games thanks to Aaron Webster’s header a minute before the break. Webster was left unmarked to finish off Keith Gilroy’s corner in a scrappy affair. Matt Hann and Ram Mawra had St Albans best chances but both found home keeper Kevin Poole in good form.
St Albans: Bastock: Seeby (Watters): Elphick: Sangare: Batt: Hann: Cracknell: Ada: Marwa: Clarke (Hakim): Archer (Martin)

Ryman League Division One North
Blues Beaten
Ware have now won just one of their last 5 after a 2-0 defeat at Redbridge which saw Glen Alzapedi's side start to lose ground on the pace setters. The Blues now trail leaders Hornchurch who won 2-0 at Waltham Forest by 21 points. Enfield Town third this morning won the match of the day Steve Velandia's 30 yard pile driver enough to beat second placed Harlow 1-0 in a bad tempered encounter at Barrows Farm.

Spartan South Midlands League


Herts Senior County League
The weather again caused havoc to the programme. Of the games that did survive in the Premier Division Standon & Puckeridge's revival continued as they beat Elliott Star 4-3. Ricky Antoine and Anthony Miles scoring two a piece lifting Standon out of the bottom three for the first time this season. In Division One Allenburys are up to third thanks to a Mark Dredge goal which was enough to beat Croxley Guild. No joy for Little Munden who continue to struggle the latest reverse coming at Buckhurst Hill where they lost 4-2. Sandridge Rovers are out of the Herts Centenary Trophy after a 2-1 defeat at Sun Postal, Chris Wickens got Rovers goal.

Nationwide Conference
Burton 1 St Albans 0
Stevenage Borough 4 Cambridge United 1

Ryman League Division One North
Redbridge 2 Ware 0

Spartan South Midlands League Premier
Hertford 3 St Margaretsbury 0
Langford 1 Welwyn Garden City 1

Herts Senior County League Premier
Buntingford P Codicote P
Standon & Puckeridge 4 Elliott Star 3

Division One
Croxley Guild 0 Allenburys 1
Little Munden 2 Buckhurst Hill 4
Wodson Park P Evergreen P

Herts Senior Centenary Trophy
London Lions P Knebworth P
Hertford Heath P Whitewebbs P
Sun Postal 2 Sandridge Rovers 1

Hockey

Mens East Division Two South
Stevenage 1 Broxbourne (2) 6

Womens East Division One South
Gravesend 3 Welwyn Garden City 1

Basketball

EBL Division One
UH West Herts Warriors v Coventry Crusaders

Sunday

Hockey

Mens National Division South
Old Georgians v St Albans

FA Trophy
Borough Take Advantage of Maddox Red
Stevenage 3 Leigh RMI 1
Stevenage Borough progressed to the next round after finally shaking off Leigh RMI. A Red card for Leigh's Mark Maddox half way through the second half proved the major turning point. At that stage the teams were locked at 1-1 after Jamie Slabber's opener for Borough had been canceled out by Mark Mcauley. Stevenage though made their one man advantage pay Steve Morison firing home his 20th and 21st goals of the season. Morison deflected Dale Binns shot home after 68 minutes before finishing off Craig Dobson's pass with six minutes left.
Stevenage: A Julian - B Fuller, R Henry, S Gaia, J Nutter - C Dobson, A Miller, M Beard, J Nurse - J Slabber, S Morison. Substitutes: D Potter, L Oliver, D Binns, H Deen, T Sealey.

Ryman League Division One North
Blues Stay in Touch
Ware kept in touch with the pacesetters after taking their current run to eleven games with just one defeat. The Blues latest point came in the 1-1 draw at Tilbury Steve Horsey scored Ware's goal with 3 minutes remaining while Glen Alzapedi gave a debut to new signing Scott Neilson. Elsewhere leaders Hornchurch beat third placed Enfield Town 3-1 while Harlow stayed 4 points off he pace winning 2-1 at Witham.

Spartan South Midlands League
There's no change at the top as leaders Edgware, second placed Leverstock Green and third placed Hertford all won. The Blues thrashed Ruislip Manor 7-1 to take their season tally to 75. Lee Roberts notched a hattrick, while Kevin Cooper and Phil Goss grabbed a brace. Colney Heath shared the points with Biggleswade United drawing 1-1 while St Margaretsbury have now scored just 3 goals in their last 6 games following a 0-0 draw with Holmer Green at the Recreation Ground. In Division One Hoddesdon's first outing of 2007 ended in a 3-1 defeat at Brache Sparta.

Herts Senior County League
Hatfield Town will be glad to see the back of Whitewebbs. Town went down for the third time this season to the Enfield outfit losing 3-2 with Gary Coley and John Mcgrandles getting the goals. Hertford Heath dropped out of the top three going down to a Paul Scanlon goal at Codicote. Sandridge Rovers stay fifth after a 0-0 draw with Knebworth while Standon & Puckeridge won the basement battle with Bushey Rangers. Bradley Ratcliffe and Anthony Miles got the goals as Standon put together back to back wins for the first time this season. In Division One Wodson Park took their unbeaten run to 4 matches winning the local derby at Allenburys 2-1.Buntingfordd's game against Hadley in the Aubrey Cup was postponed.

Halifax have won the race to sign Stevenage Borough striker Daryn Stamp. The Shaymen agreed a 2 year deal when York City said they would not pay a fee for Stamp who had been on loan at KitKat Crescent earlier in the season. Stamp was originally signed by former boss Graham Westley and fell out of favour with new manager Paul Stimson after the signing of Steve Morison in the summer.

FA Trophy
Stevenage Borough 3 Leigh RMI 1

Ryman League Division One North
Tilbury 1 Ware 1

Spartan South Midlands League Premier
Colney Heath 1 Biggleswade United 1
Ruislip Manor 1 Hertford 7
St Margaretsbury 0 Holmer Green 0

Division One
Brache Sparta 3 Hoddesdon 1

Herts Senior County League Premier
Codicote 1 Hertford Heath 0
Sandridge Rovers 0 Knebworth 0
Standon & Puckeridge 2 Bushey Rangers 1
Whitewebbs 3 Hatfield Town 2

Division One
Allenburys 1 Wodson Park 2
Buckhurst Hill P Little Munden P
Loughton P Lemsford P

Rugby Union

National League Division Three South
Hertford 24 Cinderford 30

London One
Old Albanians 20 Haywards Heath 12

London Two North
St Albans 18 Eton Manor 16

London Three North West
Enfield Ignations 0 Datchworth 5
Hampstead 10 Welwyn 14
Stevenage Town 23 London New Zealand 20

Hockey

EHL Mens Indoor Division One
Barford Tigers 3 St Albans 3
St Albans 1 Robinsons 8

Womens East Division One South
Burnt Ash 1 Welwyn Garden City 1

Basketball

EBL Division One
Worthing Thunder 123 UH West Herts Warriors 111

Sunday

Basketball

National Trophy
Manchester Magic v UH West Herts Warriors

Herts Senior Cup
Welwyn Garden City P Barnet P

East Anglian Cup 2nd Round
Hertford 2 Clacton 1

Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division Cup
London Colney 2 Chalfont St Peter 0

Nationwide Conference
St Albans 1 Northwich 3
Stafford Rangers P Stevenage Borough P

Ryman League Division One North
Ware P Ilford P

Spartan South Midlands League Premier
Broxbourne Borough P London Colney P
Hertford P Harefield United P
Langford P St Margaretsbury P
Royston P Colney Heath P
Tring Athletic P Welwyn Garden City P

Division One
Hoddesdon P Sun Postal Sports P

Herts Senior County League Premier
Bedmond P Codicote P
Buntingford P Bushey Rangers P
Standon & Puckeridge P Knebworth P
Wormley P Sandridge Rovers P

Division One
Buckhurst Hill P Lemsford P
Chipperfield P Wodson Park P
North Mymms P Little Munden P
Park Street P Allenburys P

Angram Records Trophy
Hertford Heath P Hadley P

Rugby Union

National League Division Three South
Lydney 21 Hertford 8

London One
Guildford 14 Old Albanians 29

London Three North West
Imperial Medicals 3 Stevenage Town 22
Vauxhall Motors 5 Datchworth 10
Welwyn 19 Enfield Ignations 0

Hockey

Mens National South
St Albans 8 University of Birmingham 5

Spartan South Midlands League Premier
Edgware 2 London Colney 0
Kingsbury v Colney Heath

Nationwide Conference
Stevenage Borough 3 Aldershot 2
Woking 1 St Albans 2