FIXTURES - MARCH 1st -3rd
Tuesday March 1st 2022
Dorset Senior Cup Final
Hamworthy United 1-2 Poole Town (a.e.t.)
Wiltshire Senior Cup Semi Final
Bemerton Heath Harlequins 8-0 Marlborough Town
Premier Division
Shaftesbury 2-1 Brockenhurst
Southampton Senior Cup 2nd Round
AFC Stoneham 1-2 Hamble Club
Wednesday March 2nd 2022
Premier Division
Blackfield & Langley 3-1 Hythe & Dibden
Thursday March 3rd
Southampton Senior Cup 2nd Round
Alresford Town P-P Locks Heath
Another brief round up – and more work for the Fixtures Secretary – as the overall score on Tuesday evening was "The Weather" seven "The Wessex League" four with heavy rain causing the postponement of five matches in the Premier Division and two in Division One.
The only League match played was at Shaftesbury where the home side pushed themselves in to the promotion picture with a best of three goals victory over Brockenhurst. Shaftesbury led one nil at the break before going on to win with strikes from Luke Burbidge and Ben Satterley outweighing one from Joe Chamberlain.
Extra time was needed at the County Ground to decide the Dorset Senior Cup Final after a lasr gasp goal from Hamworthy United’s Jamie Filkins left the scores level after ninety minutes, but with the only goal in extra time going to Poole Town it was the Southern League side that lifted the Trophy.
Hamble Club reached the Third Round of the Southampton Senior Cup with a two one victory at AFC Stoneham courtesy of goals from Clayd Roach and Jamie Ovington, with George Ockwell netting the home consolation.
At Royal Wootton Bassett, Bemerton Heath moved emphatically in to the Final of the Wiltshire Senior Cup with an eight nil defeat of Wiltshire Senior League side Marlborough Town. The two Clubs are only one level apart but the difference was magnified by the fact that Bemerton are very much chasing promotion while their opponents are fighting against relegation. Harry Beckley led the scoring with a hat trick, Jusrin Bennett claimed two and there were singles from Cameron Roach, Ethan Trigwell and Ronan Clancy.
The weather continued to hold sway on Wednesday with just one of the three scheduled matches completed and that, thankfully, a League fixture. A Waterside derby to be precise with Blackfield and Langley defeating Hythe and Dibden by three goals to one at Gang Warily. All the goals came in the first half with Owen Fee (2) and Ali Zintani netting for the home side and Callum Beasley replying for the visitors.
Bemerton will have to wait until next week to find out their opponents in the Wiltshire Senior Cup Final after the semi final between Malmesbury Victoria and Downton at Melksham was called off and the same fate befell the Isle of Wight Gold Cup tie between Newport and Oakfield. Moving a little higher up the footballing ladder Luton Town’s second goal, which gave them the lead for a while in their FA Cup Tie with Chelsea was scored by Harry Cornick who started his career at Christchurch back in 2012/13 where he scored seventeen goals in thirty three appearances before moving to AFC Bournemouth.
