United win

Hendon Interschools Hendon United A (HISHU A) won the Maccabi Primary League indoor Under 11 five-a-side competition without conceding a goal.

They saw off the challenge of 10 other teams and clinched a place in the final with a 5-0 win over Hendon Hawks. They beat Alyth Belsize B in by the same scoreline in the final.

Hendon Hawks A Tigers beat Hendon Hawks Bears B in an Under Nine Division double-header where Joel Gottlieb was the star of the show.

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Kenton call the shots over Highgate

Goals from Max Gold and Lioz Ahitove kept Kenton Maccabi three points clear at the top of the Under 17 Division with a 2-1 win over
HMH. Daniel Nissenbaum replied.

Nearest challengers Redbridge Jewish Care thumped HIS Hendon United 5-2 with strikes from Ollie Brooks (3), Grant Freedman and David Castle

Under 14 Division leaders HIS Hendon United won a seven-goal thriller against RJC A while Josh Frey, Daniel Kuber and Joseph Woolf earned Stonegrove Park a 3-2 win over Alyth Belsize.

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LML on fire

London Maccabi Lions Under 15s went top of the Watford Friendly League Division Two following a 5-1 win over St. Albans City.

David Smouha (3), Joshua Bloom and Max Wegoda set the team up for Sunday’s League Cup quarter-final against Division One leaders Muswell Hill.

Joshua Burchhardt (3), Jordan Aspis, Marcus Godfrey, Joe Herman and Toby Ollins helped Pinner Under 12s fight back from a goal down to beat Borehamwood Youth Diamonds in the WFL Yellow Division.

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Match abandoned as Lax breaks leg

The JC MSFL Division Three match between Pure Orange Function Band and Zig Zag was abandoned after POFB captain Michael Lax suffered a broken leg following a
challenge from Nick Levy.

With no qualified referee available, Zig Zag manager Neal Cohen took charge but halted proceedings after 42 minutes when Levy’s tackle left Lax with a broken tibia and fibula.

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Bally debut

HORSE RACING Vanilla Bally was this week attempting to become the first Israeli-bred thoroughbred to win a race in Britain. The filly, who until now has been ridden by Arab jockeys, was scheduled to run at Wolverhampton yesterday. Her debut was delayed by a series of colds and having won seven out of nine races in Israel, George Baker, her British trainer, was hoping that she could maintain her winning formula. Find out how she fared in her UK debut by logging on to www.thejc.com.

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Edgy Lions reach semis the hard way

London Lions reached the semi-finals of the Herts Centenary Trophy after beating Wormley Rovers 4-1 on penalties but the HSCL leaders made heavy weather of a game they should have put to bed in normal time.

The officiating throughout was pedantic and at times over-zealous, and given that the game was played in a fantastically competitive manner, with not one bad tackle in the entire 120 minutes, the referee still managed to book eight players and send one off.

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Ricklow hits the jackpot

A superb individual effort from Darryl Ricklow capped a 5-0 win as South Mancunians came from behind to beat Faithfold to move to within a point of top spot in Division One of the Maccabi Masters League.

Adam Barton put Faithfold ahead but Nick Tromans (2), Mark Powell and Barry Abraham added to Ricklow’s strike that saw him complete a run from the halfway line with a chip over the keeper.

Defending champions Brady Maccabi fell behind twice before beating EDRS Stonegrove 4-2. Laurence Myers (3) and Laurence Beck completed the comeback. Mark Kingston was among the EDRS scorers.

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Leeds win

MJSL Leeds JNF J-Uni opened up a 17-point lead at the top of the Joan Collins Premier Division after beating Roy’s Rovers 3-1.

Josh Rubin, Daniel Henig and Paul Harris earned Leeds their 12th win in 13. Tal Marcus replied.

Two goals from Johnny Lapidus steered Manchester Maccabi 4th to a 5-1 victory over Sporting JLGB. Ben Annis, Ben Morrison and Darren Cohen were their other scorers. Jarod Cohen claimed JLGB’s consolation.
Daniel Rose (2) and Marc Zemmel struck as Westdene Reserves beat Republic of Mancunia 3-1. Rick Stark was the Mancunia scorer.

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Haifa lose

Strikes from Lior Asulin and Pablo Bastianini condemned Israeli Premier Division leaders Maccabi Haifa to their second defeat as they were beaten at Maccabi Petach-Tikva.

Shalev Menashe popped up with the winner as title-chasing Maccabi Netanya beat Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Goals from Shay Abutbul and Samuel Yeboah saw Hapoel Tel Aviv maintain their hopes with a 2-0 success against Ashdod.

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