MAN of the match James Berry, Morgan Handley, Mac Johnston, Luke Charlton, Ciaran Hughes and Sam Gorniak got the goals as Under 9s Red Division pacesetters Upton Pumas won 8-0 at home to Elton Youth (MoM – Luke Hobson) on Saturday.

Chester Nomads (David Mitchell ; MoM – Charlie Feet) drew 1-1 at home to fellow title chasers Newton Athletic as Blacon Youth Tigers (Ciejay Hodgkinson; MoM – Kieran Morgan) won 1-0 at home to Upton Panthers (MoM – James Halliwell).

Westminster Park Panthers (Ollie Parr; MoM – Arthur Devaney and Daniel Kefford) edged their Blue Division clash 1-0 at Blacon Youth (MoM – Jack Challoner and Jack Sconce) as table-toppers Christleton Newscene (Harvey Jones, Joe Bowlder, Will Goodwin, Dan Malone, Ben Lawrence) won 5-1 at home to Vicars Cross Dynamos Colts (Dane Clark).

Helsby (Alex Molyneux 3, Max Williams 2; MoM – James Davenport) were 5-2 winners at Westminster Park Lions, for whom James Worthington (2) shared his side’s MoM award with Alistair Taylor-Cartwright.

Vicars Cross Dynamos (Patrick O’Brien, James Pickering, Alex Craig, Harry Owen-Johnson 2; MoM – Alessandro Cecere) triumphed 5-2 at home to Malpas & District Blacks (Louis Richardson, John Wheeler; MoM – Leo Mertakkas in the Green Division, while in the Yellow Division, there were successes for leaders Waverton Jets and Vicars Cross Rangers.