A PULSATING game between Malpas and Castrol Athletic in the Under 9s Shield finished 4-4 and saw both sides taking turns to gain and lose the lead.

It was an enthralling draw, a fair result, and a game the hoarse supporters will remember for a while.

Will Kitchin, Oscar Welsh, Ben Smith and James Norris scored for Malpas, whose man of the match was Ben Smith.

U9s Cup: Christleton Newscene 3 Chester Nomads 1, Malpas & District Reds 2 (Lewis Neal, Robbie Clark) Vauxhall Motors Astras 3, Vicars Cross Dynamos 0 (MoM Sam Ward) Blacon Youth Whites 1 (Brandon Burrows, MoM Callyn Barlow), Vauxhall 3 JFC Malpas 2, Upton Panthers 7 Saughall 1.

U9s Shield: Upton Pumas 1 Westminster Park Lions 7, Westminster Park Tigers 0 Waverton Rockets 3, Blacon Youth Blacks 2 (Jack Catherall, Brooke Goodwin, MoM Callum Moores) Westminster Park 2, Newton Athletic 3 (Liam Williams, MoM James King-Magee, Sam Lee) AFC Waverton Rockets 1.

U10s: Upton Panthers 4 Helsby 1, Vicars Cross 1 (Dominic Reeves) Blacon Youth 6 (James Lloyd 4, Jack Davies, Liam Roberts), Chester Nomads 3 (MoM Jamie Chadwick, Hassell 2, Baird) Castrol 0, Chester Nomads Colts 4 (MoM Jack Bebbington, Andrew Fox, Joseph Rossiter 2) Waverton Wasps 1, Christleton Newscene 4 Upton JFC Jaguars 0, Malpas 9 (Christophe Fostier, Izaack Lambert, Damon Taylor, Patrick Horrocks, Nick Duffy, Tom Lightfoot) Vicars Cross Dynamos (Colts) 1 (Oliver Weaver), Saughall Colts Blues 2 (James Winskill, Owen Harrop) JFC Boughton 8 (Joe McDermott, Connor Jones, Harry Cunningham, Kieran Atkinson and Jordan Lee), Westminster Park FC Lions 4 (Daniel (3), Mohamed) Hope Farm Hotspurs 1, Hoole Hornets 0 Newton Athletic 5 (Corey Jones, Marc Hardman, Will Hannigan, Tom Ashman), Newton Athletic (Eagles) 1 (Jack Rogan) Vauxhall (Astra) 8, Saughall Colts Blacks 2 (Jamie Downs, Harry Prichard) Westminster Park 1, Vauxhall Zafira 3 Elton 0.