Whitby Fishermen and Lealholm Reserves seal promotion to top flight
On Thursday, Whitby Fishermen’s Society Development and Lealholm Reserves, with wins at home to Goldsborough and at Amotherby & Swinton Reserves respectively, secured promotion from the second division of the newitts.com Beckett League.
In the latest Whitby derby hosts Fishermen’s Academy ran into a 4-1 lead by half-time against Goldsborough, the goals coming from Sam Brown and Jack Gale, with a brace from Koby Craig.
In the second half substitute Rhys Kipling added a fifth before a final 10-minute double from Jay Jordan.
On target for the visitors were Ben Duell with two and a Jack Bowden effort.
Lealholm continued their title push with a 3-1 victory at Amotherby & Swinton Reserves.
John Ventress and Sonny McDermott struck for the visitors before Caleb Todd pulled one back for Amotherby before the break.
The second half would see the only goal coming from Lealholm’s Harry Craggs.
West Pier concluded their Division One winning season with a 4-0 victory over Heslerton.
In an end-to-end affair Kasey Clegg scored from 12 yards after winning a Pier penalty midway through the first half, and though Morgan Kendrew came close for the visitors on several occasions the hosts grabbed a second from a corner via player-manager Will Jenkinson deep into first-half injury-time.
The visitors continued in the second half to find a way back into the game but Pier grabbed a third through Josh Welburn.
Kendrew saw an effort beat the keeper but not the foot of the post and inside the final 10 minutes Dan Keenaghan tapped home a fourth signing off Pier’s league campaign.
Thornton Dale finalised their league season at home to Kirkdale with a 3-1 win.
Dale went ahead through Jamie Dennison and on the stroke of half-time James Sawdon made it 2-0 to the hosts.
Kirkdale began the second period much brighter but a Thomas Hepton penalty was saved by keeper Kieran Edmond. Minutes later, a second penalty for United was converted by Finlay Burbidge.
Kirkdale pressed for the equaliser however with a quarter of an hour remaining, James Sawdon grabbed his second of the game & Thorntons third.
West Pier powered to a 6-0 win at home to Thornton Dale in the Gordon Harrison Memorial Trophy semi-final on Tuesday night.
Dec Richardson and John Grayston scored a brace apiece for champions Pier, with veterans Paul Provins, with a brilliant header, and Andy Noon also on the scoresheet.
Pier will face Lealholm Reserves in the final as the villagers booked their place in the Trophy final with a 4-3 penalty shoot-out win against Ampleforth after a dramatic 90 minutes ended in a 4-4 draw.
The goalscorers in normal time were John Ventress and Lucas Theaker with a brace apiece for Lealholm, with Kit Saggers and Callum Smith-Hay adding to a Jack Simpson double.
Over the North Yorks Moors at Danby a keenly contested affair with near neighbours Goldsborough saw the home side two goals ahead at the interval, courtesy of Harvey Clacherty.
Dom Ingham pulled one back for the visitors but Danby held on to make the quarter-finals.
On Wednesday, Fishburn Park Academy won 2-1 at home to Goal Sports in Division Two.
Aaron Locker and Lewis Metcalfe did the damage for the hosts, as Dan Pollard scored what would be a consolation for the Scarborough side.