Jewish News junior review – week eighteen
Sunday afternoon saw the latest round of action played in the Jewish News Maccabi Junior Football…
Division One leaders Alyth Belsize Red fell to their first league defeat of the season – and in fact three years – as two goals from Dani Rubinstein saw Hendon United Blue win the the clash of the top-two 2-1. Max Cutner scored for Alyth.
There was though one win for an Alyth side, as Alyth Belsize Black won 5-1 at Brady Maccabi. Sam Cohen helped himself to a hat-trick, while Ely Tiefenbrun and Jamie Richardson also got on the scoresheet.
The clash of the top-two in Division Two ended in a share of the points as HMH Jaffa and HMH Tel Aviv drew 1-1. Adam Oberlander for Jaffa, while Shimon Sofer scored for Tel Aviv. Elsewhere, Hendon United White claimed their second league win of the season as they beat NWLJ 5-1.
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U10
Both semi-finals of both Cup competitions were played in the U10 age group.
The final of the Minor Cup will be contested by HMH Eilat and Hendon United Green, who beat Brady Maccabi White 3-1 and Brady Maccabi Blue 10-1 respectively. Gavriel Sacks, Saul Norton and Reuben Gordon scored for Eilat.
Hendon United White and HMH Netanya will take part in the Cup Final, having beaten Alyth Belsize 5-3 and HMH Negev 7-1 respectively. Zack Mason and Chase Calvert scored two each for the Whites, with an own goal making it five. Jake Shindler scored twice for Alyth, with Ben Rosenberg also on target.
Noam Tabouche scored a hat-trick for HMH Netanya, while Carlo Madar and Saul Gotkine scored two each.
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Lower down the age groups, there were also three or more goals scored in the following age groups:
U8:
Rafael Hannunah (HMH Eilat)
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