THE results of the weekends games in the Under-12 Division of the HGTA Herefordshire Junior League went a long way to determining the play-off places.

Credenhill's performance demanded the greatest credit - overcoming Orleton 3-1 and relegating them to third place - while Lads Club Colts moved into second spot defeating Hinton.

This defeat certainly created doubt whether Hinton will make the final stages.

Kington look certain to go into the play-offs in top spot and there would be no betting against them carrying off the championship if they maintain their present excellent form.

Under-16 Belmont Rangers' hopes of championship honours took a major blow when they were defeated 3-2 at home to Ledbury Swifts.

Consolation for Belmont was the home defeat of Leominster Minors, 2-0 to Hay-on-Wye, who moved into second spot level on points with Leominster. Belmont have games in hand over both the leading teams.

The long-awaited Under -11 Tony Cole Cup second round tie finally got played thanks to the co-operation of both teams. There was nothing separating the teams at the end of extra time but Leominster Minors managed to keep their nerve to move into the semi-finals with a 4-2 penalty shoot-out victory over Ross Town.

In the league only one point separates the top four teams, so Hinton could ill afford to drop a home point against fourth-placed Phoenix Milan.

Ross United Services' Under-9 team marched on with a comfortable 6-1 win over Belmont Eagles. Ledbury Swifts had to be content to share the goals with Lads Club, both teams having an excellent chance to make to play-offs. Leominster Minors, in fourth spot, overcame Sporting Phoenix .

In the Under-14 Division Wellington and Hereford Junior Dynamos closed the gap on top-team Bartestree, who where without a game, both teams deserving their wins at FC Phoenix and Westfields respectively.

It would seem that Lads Club Under-15 have their league sewn up after another comfortable win.

Pegasus Juniors moved into third place after their 2-0 away win at Orleton and will be hopeful of maintaining their form and claiming the runner-up spot

Phoenix remain top of the Under-13 Division but it is Lads Club Rovers who are the favourites for the championship, having three games in hand over their main rivals.

Ledbury Swifts maintained top spot in the Under-10 Division after a 3-0 win at Wellington.

All their main rivals won with Leominster Minors bringing a halt to MLC'S fine run.

RESULTS

Under-9 Division: Wellington 3 (Bonella, Skinner, Jennings) Bartestree Rangers 2 (Omelasz, Howes), Lads Club 1 (Wright) Ledbury Swifts 1 (Crichard), FC Phoenix Jets 0 FC Phoenix Sharks 1 (Rawcliffe), Ross United Services 6 (Payne 3, Tumerty 2, Parry) Belmont Eagles 1 (Day), Dynamo Bartestree 2 (Davies, Langford) Hinton 0, FC Sporting Phoenix 0 Leominster Minors 3 (Cornes, Sharp, Brock).

Under-10 Division: Bartestree 2 Ross United Services Colts 0, Sutton Scorpions 2 (Harworth, Calder-Page) Weobley 1 (Blandford), Lads Club Villa 3 (Williams, Went, og) Lads Club Colts 2 (Purnell, Smith), Westfields 1 (Smith) Bromyard Town 0, Ledbury Swifts Rangers 4 (Reid, Pinnell, Bramley 2) Hinton 1 (Hoyle), FC Phoenix 4 (Jones R, Turner, Maguire, Jones T) Leominster Minors Colts 5 (Booth 2, Hillman 2, Ellis), Leominster Minors 2 (Morris 2) MLC 1 (Holland), Wellington 0 Ledbury Swifts 3 (Walton 2, Green), Belmont Hawks 0 Hereford Junior Dynamos 3 (Wildig K, Wildig J, Jones), Lads Club 6 (Burke 3, Sirrell 2, Bakewell) Orleton 1 (Byatt), Weobley Colts 0 Bartestree Colts 3 (Nash, Havard, Price), Ross United Services 4 (Lyons 2, Rutch, Powell) Golden Valley 1.

Under-11 Division: Hinton 1 (Jones) FC Phoenix Milan 1 (Lane), FC Phoenix Real 7 (Lynch 3, Spencer 2, Ridley, Gulley) Golden Valley 0, Belmont Dragons 0 Leominster Minors 3 (Bowden 2, Davies), Ledbury Swifts 6 (Morgan 4, Ford 2) Bartestree 2 (Price, Davies), Wellington P Lads Club Colts P .

Under-11 Tony Cole Cup, second round: Leominster Minors 1 (Davies) Ross Town 1 aet (Leominster won 4-2 on penalties).

Under-12 Division: Hinton 0 Lads Club Colts 2 (Preece, og), Belmont Falcons 0 Kington Town Colts 0, Kington Town 15 (Dyer, Davies 2, Brazier 3, Anning 2, Nicholas 3, Penrose 2, Adams 2) Wellington 0, Lads Club 2 (Owen, French) Westfields 0, Ledbury Swifts 3 (Critchard 2, Davis) Weston 1 (Hanson), Bartestree 4 (Thomas 3, Craig) Fownhope 0, Credenhill 3 (Stubbs, Harry, Iggulden) Orleton 1 (Collett), FC Phoenix 5 (Griffiths 3, Thomas, Smithers) Dore Valley 3 (Sparey 2, Smith).

Under-13 Division: Lads Club Rovers 3 (Munro 2, Rumball) Weston 0, FC Phoenix 3 (Crum, Brezine 2) Ledbury Swifts 1 (Almonds), Dore Valley 2 (Atkinson, Cole) Lads Club Colts 5 (Maggs, Clark, Prosser 3), Bromyard Town 3 (Davies, Pearson, McCauley) Pegasus Juniors 0.

Under-14 Division: Belmont Celtic 5 (Box 2, Trumper, Daw, Smith J) Hinton 1 (Flemming), Westfields 1 (Burley) Hereford Junior Dynamos 8 (Powell M 2, Bowkett, Birch, Watson 2, Powell J 2), FC Phoenix 0 Wellington 8 (Gillespie 3, Palmer, Pugh 2, Davis, Powney), Wellington Colts 2 (Fisher 2) Ross United Services 3.

Under-15 Division: Orleton 0 Pegasus Juniors 2 (Sabel, Price), Leominster Minors 1 (Rees) Presteigne 4 (Richards, Morgan, Hoare 2), Lads Club 9 (McCoy 3, Hancock 2, Harding, Day, Darlington, Gundy) Fownhope 0 .

Under-16 Division: Bromyard Town 3 (McGivern, Morris 2 pens) Presteigne 6 (Morgan 3, Boundford, Jones, Dyer), Belmont Rangers 2 (Jenkins 2) Ledbury Swifts 3 (Carless, Rutherford, og), Leominster Minors 0 Hay-on-Wye 2 (Warren, Macnamara).

HGTA HEREFORDSHIRE JUNIOR LEAGUE

Under-9 Division

P W D L Pt

Ross Utd Servs 11 11 0 0 22

Ledbury Swifts 11 8 3 0 19

Leominster Minors 12 8 1 3 17

Lads Club 11 8 1 2 17

Dynamo Bartestree 11 6 0 5 12

Wellington 11 5 2 4 12

Phoenix Sharks 11 5 2 4 12

Sporting Phoenix 11 5 2 4 12

Bartestree Rangers 11 4 2 5 10

Phoenix Jets 11 4 2 5 10

Hinton 12 2 3 7 7

Kington Town 10 1 5 4 7

Belmont Eagles 11 2 0 9 4

Westfields 11 0 3 8 3

Bromyard Town 11 1 0 10 2

Under-10 Division

Ledbury Swifts 16 15 1 0 31

Ross Utd Servs 16 13 3 0 29

Bartestree 16 13 1 2 27

Hereford Dynamos 15 12 2 1 26

Leominster Minors 16 12 2 2 26

Wellington 16 12 1 3 25

Lads Club 13 11 0 2 22

MLC 17 9 3 5 21

Lads Club Colts 17 8 3 6 19

Leominster Colts 16 8 2 6 18

Sutton Scorpions 17 7 2 8 16

Ross Utd Servs Colts 17 7 1 9 15

Lads Club Villa 16 7 1 8 15

Bartestree Colts 15 6 3 6 15

Phoenix 16 7 0 9 14

Bromyard Town 16 5 2 9 12

Orleton 16 5 1 10 11

Golden Valley 17 4 2 11 10

Weobley 17 3 4 10 10

Westfields 17 3 1 13 7

Weobley Colts 17 2 2 13 6

Belmont Hawks 15 2 1 12 5

Ledbury Rangers 15 2 0 13 4

Hinton 17 1 0 16 2

Under-11 Division

Hinton 11 7 2 2 16

Ledbury Swifts 10 7 2 1 16

Bromyard Town 10 7 2 1 16

Lads Club 9 7 1 1 15

Phoenix Milan 9 5 3 1 13

Ross Town 9 6 0 3 12

Wellington 10 5 2 3 12

Phoenix Real 10 5 1 4 11

Bartestree 11 4 3 4 11

Leominster Minors 11 5 0 6 10

Weston 9 3 1 5 7

Belmont Dragons 10 1 1 8 3

Golden Valley 10 1 1 8 3

Pegasus Juniors 10 0 2 8 2

Lads Club Colts 9 0 1 8 1

Under-12 Division

Kington Town 11 11 0 0 22

Lads Club Colts 11 9 1 1 19

Orleton 11 9 0 2 18

Credenhill 10 8 1 1 17

Ledbury Swifts 11 8 0 3 16

Hinton 10 7 0 3 14

Lads Club 11 6 1 4 13

Weston 11 5 0 6 10

Kington Colts 11 3 2 6 8

Phoenix 10 3 2 5 8

Bartestree 11 3 1 7 7

Belmont Falcons 10 2 2 6 6

Dore Valley 11 2 2 7 6

Fownhope 11 1 2 8 4

Westfields 9 1 0 8 2

Wellington 11 0 0 11 0

Under-13 Division

Phoenix 16 12 2 2 26

Lads Club Rovers 13 12 0 1 24

Weston 12 9 0 3 18

Bromyard Town 15 8 1 6 17

Lads Club Colts 13 7 1 5 15

Wellington 14 7 0 7 14

Ledbury Swifts 13 6 2 5 14

Leominster Minors 12 6 1 5 13

Hinton 13 4 1 8 9

Sutton Scorpions 13 2 3 8 7

Pegasus Juniors 14 2 1 11 5

Dore Valley 14 0 0 14 0

Under-14 Division

Bartestree 11 9 1 1 19

Wellington 10 8 1 1 17

Hereford Dynamos 10 8 0 2 16

Belmont Celtics 12 7 1 4 15

Ross Utd Servs 11 6 1 4 13

Wellington Colts 11 4 0 7 8

Westfields 9 4 0 5 8

Hinton 11 3 0 8 6

Longtown 11 3 0 8 6

Phoenix 12 0 0 12 0

Pegasus Juniors 10 6 1 3 13

Under-15 Division

Lads Club 11 11 0 0 22

Bartestree 11 8 0 3 16

Pegasus Juniors 11 7 1 3 15

Bartestree Colts 11 7 1 3 15

Leominster Minors 13 7 1 5 15

Presteigne 11 7 0 4 14

Fownhope 12 7 0 5 14

Orleton 11 2 1 8 5

Bromyard Town 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 11 7 1 3 15

Hay-on-Wye 12 7 1 4 15

Belmont Rangers 10 6 1 3 13

Ledbury Swifts 11 5 1 5 11

Presteigne 11 4 2 5 10

Weston 8 4 1 3 9

Bromyard 11 0 1 10 1