YOUTH ROUND UP – March 10th/11th

The U18’s Floodlit team were back in action on Thursday with a double-header against Leighton Town. They drew the first match 1-1, with Max Sato scoring the goal.
The second match Dynamos won 1-0 in another tight game, Kyle Lawrence scoring the winner.

The U18’s Dynamos were in Cup Semi-Final action against league leaders, AFC Lightning. Dynamos took the lead with Jonny Buckthorpe on target but AFC scored to level at the break. George Whall scored a great effort to put them 2-1 up, but Lightning scored in the 83rd minute to equalise. With no more than 30 seconds before it went to penalties, Lightning grabbed a winner from a corner, defeating a very deflated Dynamos team 3-2.

U17’s Youth team had a decent 4-4 draw with 4th placed Chalfont Saints.
Arron & David’s U17’s Colts team started slowly, going 2-0 down inside 15 minutes. However, a spirited comeback saw Alex and Axl score to make it 2-2 at half time. They went on to win 4-2 with a brilliant team performance with Keane and Max adding the winning goals.

Our U16’s EJA team have had a tough season but showed great resilience on Sunday against 2nd place Godmanchester Town. At 3-0 down at half time, the match seemed to have gone, but a great second half saw them grab a 4-4 draw in a super second half display. William Bowes, Billy McMillan, Harry Norman and Levi Nicholson grabbing the goals.
The U16’s Colts lost out 5-2 to Burnham Juniors in their Division 3 match.
In the Hertfordshire Girl Partnership League, the U16’s girls lost out 3-1 in a close match with 3rd place Harpenden Town. The goal came from Courtney Faherty-Fisher.

Matt & Kevin’s U15’s EJA team continue to impress, this time getting a hard fought 2-0 win over Huntingdon Town. They secured the win with 2 late goals from Harry Walker and Colby Brooks and remain top of the table.
Phil’s U15’s Youth were also in a Cup Semi-Final but were undone 5-2 by a decent Marlow Youth team. Another final eludes a Dynamos team…
The U15’s Colts lost out 4-2 in a mid-table clash against Marlow Town in Division 4.

In a very tight Division 2, the U14’s Dynamos got a decent 1-0 win over rivals, Tring Tornadoes which keeps them in the mix for a shot at the league.
Nathan’s U14’s Colts defeated Totteridge 4-3 in a close game and move ahead of them in the league upto 4th now. Great result!

Graham’s U13’s Dynamos were back to winning ways at the weekend with a 3-1 win over Flackwell Heath. They now sit in 2nd place, 1 point behind the leaders with 5 games in hand. Goals from Jacob, Rehan and Jake getting them the victory.
Now in the same division as the Dynamos, the U13’s Youth got a 1-1 draw away at Risborough. Missing a few good chances, the score could have been so different…but they will take the point and move on to next week.
The U13’s Colts were back to winning ways with a 5-1 win away at Chalfont St Peter. In some tough conditions they got victory, mainly thanks to a superb hat-trick from Oliver Sliwinski. The other goalscorers were Himank Tripathy and George Whetter. This match is probably the first ever to have a frog stop play…with the little fella hoping away towards goal, the referee stopped play and Manager, Chris Whetter, rescued the frog and play continued…!!
The U13’s Girls team struggled against a very opposition, losing out 7-0 to Kempston Rovers in the Oxford Girls League.

On a wet and muddy pitch in Prestwood, our U12’s Youth managed to scrap their way to a 2-1 win to keep their season on tract.

Paul & Ben’s U11’s Dynamos got another 2-2 draw, this time away at Tring Tornadoes.
The U11’s Colts faired better as a great team performance saw them get a great 5-0 win away at Pitstone & Ivinghoe.

Toby’s U10’s grabbed 3 wins and a draw against Risborough Rangers in the rain. They scored an impressive 13 goals on the day with goals from Kai (3), Jawden (2), Gaetan (2), Ryan and Manni for the Blue Team. Rhys, Teddy, Jacob and Noah W were all on target for the Yellow team.

Jonny’s U9’s Dynamos had a few missing but still managed to win 2 games and lose 2 games in a tight contest against Tring Tornadoes U10’s. The 11 goals were spread between 4 goalscorers on the day with Trey (4), Toby (3), Freddie (2) and Bailey (2) getting the goals.

It was a mixed bag of results for Daniel’s U8’s at the weekend. Winning 1 match, Drawing 2 and losing 1 against Pitstone & Ivinghoe. Some good positives from the matches with the boys moving the ball around nicely as they settled into the matches.

Finally the U7’s had a tough encounter with local rivals Aylesbury United, losing out in the end in tough conditions.