THERE was a great start to the new year for Under-10 side Hinton who registered their first points of the season in the HGTA Herefordshire Junior League with a single-goal victory over near neighbours Westfields.

MLC continued to climb the league but their poor start to the season might just have left them too much to do to make the play-off stages.

Bartestree do not appear to have such a problem but will have to repeat performances like the weekend's if they are to make the play-offs. The 7-1 away defeat of Weobley enhanced their cause.

Ledbury Swifts kept top of the table after their close 2-1 win over hopefuls Leominster Minors.

Both the top two teams won in the Under-15 League. Lads Club maintained their 100 per cent record at Ledbury Swifts while Bartestree had a closer encounter against Hay-on-Wye.

FC Phoenix and Lads Club Rovers are creating a gap at the top of the Under-13 Division and both teams won by comfortable margins.

Leominster Minors remained top of the Under-16 Division with a close 4-2 win at Presteigne, while Ledbury Swifts climbed out of the bottom two with a close single-goal victory over Bromyard Town, Watts scoring the all-important showpiece goal.

RESULTS

Under-9 Division: Kington Town 0 Westfields 0.

Under-10 Division: Hereford Junior Dynamos P Wellington P, Ledbury Swifts 2 (Walton, Firth) Leominster Minors 1 (Murphy), MLC 5 (Atherton, Holland, Barnard, Burns, Cleaves) FC Phoenix 1 (Hale), Leominster Minors Colts P Ledbury Swifts Rangers P, Hinton 1 (Gore) Westfields 0, Bromyard Town P Lads Club Villa P, Lads Club Colts 1 (Smith) Sutton Scorpions 1 (Haworth), Weobley 1 (Blandford) Bartestree 7 (Hunt 3, Bayliss, Mokler, Donativo, Talboys), Ross United Services 5 (Rutsch 4, Lyons) Weobley Colts 0, Bartestree Colts P Lads Club P, Orleton P Belmont Hawks P, Golden Valley 1 (Hancocks) Ross United Services Colts 2.

Under-11 Division: Pegasus Juniors 0 Bromyard Town 5 (Macauley, Jones, Guildberg-Allen, Gwynne, Wilde).

Tony Cole Cup second round: Leominster Minors P Ross Town P.

Under-13 Division: Bromyard Town 1 (Wright) FC Phoenix 7 (Edwards 3, Freddi 2, Crum, Brezine), Lads Club Rovers 3 (Evans M, Munro, Evans C pen) Wellington 0, Ledbury Swifts 1 (Boyle) Sutton Scorpions 1 (Lott), Weston P Leominster Minors P, Hinton 2 (Ingram, Markham) Pegasus Juniors 0, Bromyard Town 5 (Davies,Pearson 3, McCauley) Dore Valley 2 (Cole 2), Lads Club Colts 0 FC Phoenix 3.

Under-14 Division: Wellington P Hereford Junior Dynamos P, Longtown P Hinton P, Belmont Celtic 1 (Box) Wellington Colts 0, Ross United Services 10 (Price, McDonald, Harrington 3, Bethel 2, Leverton 2, Tookey) FC Phoenix 2 (Myatt, Bevan), Bartestree P Westfields P.

Under-15 Division: Bartestree 5 (Bishop, Langford, Mifflin, Cross, Horsfield) Hay-on-Wye 2 (Snedden, Pilton), Ledbury Swifts 0 Lads Club 19 (McCoy 7, Harding 3, Hancock 3, Day 2, Symonds 2, Townsend, Reid), Fownhope 3 (Williams, Davies, Adjei) Leominster Minors 2 (Williams, Price), Presteigne 3 (Davies, Richards 2) Orleton 2 (Hodges 2), Pegasus Juniors 0 Bartestree Colts 1.

Under-16 Division: Weston P Belmont Rangers P, Ledbury Swifts 1 (Watts) Bromyard Town 0, Presteigne 2 Leominster Minors 4 (Evans 2, Bowden, Barrel).

HGTA HEREFORDSHIRE JUNIOR LEAGUE

Under-9 Division

P W D L Pt

Ross Utd Serv 10 10 0 0 20

Ledbury Swifts 10 8 2 0 18

Lads Club 10 8 0 2 16

Leominster Minors 11 7 1 3 15

FC Sporting Phoenix 10 5 2 3 12

Dynamo Bartestree 10 5 0 5 10

Bartestree Rangers 10 4 2 4 10

Wellington 10 4 2 4 10

FC Phoenix Sharks 10 4 2 4 10

FC Phoenix Jets 10 4 2 4 10

Hinton 11 2 3 6 7

Kington Town 10 1 5 4 7

Belmont Eagles 10 2 0 8 4

Westfields 11 0 3 8 3

Bromyard Town 11 1 0 10 2

Under-10 Division

Ledbury Swifts 15 14 1 0 29

Ross Utd Serv 15 12 3 0 27

Bartestree 15 12 1 2 25

Wellington 15 12 1 2 25

Hereford Dynamos 14 11 2 1 24

Leominster Minors 15 11 2 2 24

MLC 16 9 3 4 21

Lads Club 12 10 0 2 20

Lads Club Colts 16 8 3 5 19

Leominster Mnrs Colts 15 7 2 6 16

Ross Utd Serv Colts 16 7 1 8 15

FC Phoenix 15 7 0 8 14

Sutton Scorpions 16 6 2 8 14

Bartestree Colts 14 5 3 6 13

Lads Club Villa 15 6 1 8 13

Bromyard Tn 15 5 2 8 12

Orleton 15 5 1 9 11

Golden Valley 16 4 2 10 10

Weobley 16 3 4 9 10

Weobley Colts 16 2 2 12 6

Westfields 16 2 1 13 5

Belmont Hawks 14 2 1 11 5

Ledbury Rangers 14 1 0 13 2

Hinton 16 1 0 15 2

Under-11 Division

Bromyard 10 7 2 1 16

Hinton 10 7 1 2 15

Lads Club 9 7 1 1 15

Ledbury Swifts 9 6 2 1 14

Ross Town 9 6 0 3 12

Wellington 10 5 2 3 12

FC Phoenix Milan 8 5 2 1 12

Bartestree 10 4 3 3 11

FC Phoenix Real 9 4 1 4 9

Leominster Minors 10 4 0 6 8

Weston 9 3 1 5 7

Belmont Dragons 9 1 1 7 3

Golden Valley 9 1 1 7 3

Pegasus Juniors 10 0 2 8 2

Lads Club Colts 9 0 1 8 1

Under-12 Division

Kington Town 10 10 0 0 20

Orleton 10 9 0 1 18

Lads Club Colts 10 8 1 1 17

Credenhill 9 7 1 1 15

Hinton 9 7 0 2 14

Ledbury Swifts 10 7 0 3 14

Lads Club 10 5 1 4 11

Weston 10 5 0 5 10

Kington Colts 10 3 1 6 7

FC Phoenix 9 2 2 5 6

Dore Valley 10 2 2 6 6

Bartestree 10 2 1 7 5

Belmont Falcons 9 2 1 6 5

Fownhope 10 1 2 7 4

Westfields 8 1 0 7 2

Wellington 10 0 0 10 0

Under-13 Division

FC Phoenix 15 11 2 2 24

Lads Club Rovers 12 11 0 1 22

Weston 11 9 0 2 18

Bromyard Town 14 7 1 6 15

Wellington 14 7 0 7 14

Ledbury Swifts 12 6 2 4 14

Leominster Minors 12 6 1 5 13

Lads Club Colts 12 6 1 5 13

Hinton 13 4 1 8 9

Sutton Scorpions 13 2 3 8 7

Pegasus Juniors 13 2 1 10 5

Dore Valley 13 0 0 13 0

Under-14 Division

Bartestree 11 9 1 1 19

Wellington 9 7 1 1 15

Hereford Jun Dyn 9 7 0 2 14

Belmont Celtic 11 6 1 4 13

Ross Utd Servs 10 5 1 4 11

Wellington Colts 10 4 0 6 8

Westfields 8 4 0 4 8

Hinton 10 3 0 7 6

Longtown 11 3 0 8 6

FC Phoenix 11 0 0 11 0

Pegasus Juniors 10 6 1 3 13

Under-15 Division

Lads Club 10 10 0 0 20

Bartestree 11 8 0 3 16

Bartestree Colts 11 7 1 3 15

Leominster Minors 12 7 1 4 15

Fownhope 11 7 0 4 14

Pegasus Juniors 10 6 1 3 13

Presteigne 10 6 0 4 12

Orleton 10 2 1 7 5

Bromyard 10 2 0 8 4

Hay-on-Wye 11 2 0 9 4

Ledbury Swifts 12 0 0 12 0

Under-16 Division

Leominster Minors 10 7 1 2 15

Belmont Rangers 9 6 1 2 13

Hay-on-Wye 11 6 1 4 13

Weston 8 4 1 3 9

Ledbury Swifts 10 4 1 5 9

Presteigne 10 3 2 5 8

Bromyard 10 0 1 9 1