Blakemore and Carrington fire TNT to cup triumph
There was precious little charity on show as an in-form RC TNT outfit hit the goal trail.
RC proved too strong for hosts Littleton Arms as they romped to a 9-1 Charity Cup first round success.
Hat-trick duo Ellis Blakemore and Marc Carrington led the way with Nick Arnold (two) and Luke Bradley also netting.
AFC Cheslyn Hay also breezed through on the back of a 6-1 win at home to Yates Sports with Cameron Osbourne bagging a hat-trick.
In round two of the competition, Miners United needed penalties to edge past Harrison FC.
The tie had finished 3-3 after extra-time. Miners’ tally came via Joe Cartwright (two) and Jack Chatting while Harrison replied through an own goal, Connor Meeham and Shaun Walker.
Ridware Oak dug deep to secure a 3-1 extra-time win at Bridgtown Rangers in the Staffs Challenge Cup.
Tom Wright, Jack Turner and Joe Murphy struck for the away side with Joe Hindley netting for Rangers.
Sporting Burntwood came out on top of a thrilling Ron Terry Cup clash with Samson Blewitt.
Two goals from Tony Allsop and singles from Ethan Ellis, Craig Ellis and Reg Smith saw Sporting to a 5-4 win.
Jamie Murphy (two), Wayne Durnall and Jamie Tomkinson scored for Samson.
Martelle McInnis and Liam Cowell netted to see Elms past Wolves Sporting.
Victoria progressed after beating Brereton Social 3-1 – Lee Charles (two) and Ryan Whether were on target.
There were plenty of goals in the first round of the Aero Taxis Cup.
AFC Essington led they by putting eight without reply past Sports Bar.
Sam Davis and Josh Bruton bagged hat-tricks with Matt Bryan notching twice.
The tie between Hen House and Five Ways served up 11 goals with visiting Five Ways scoring seven of them through Luke Shail (two), Liam Martin (two), Jon Cox, Mark Stokes and Hayden Nash.
Josh Tolley (two), Stuart Evans and Sam Causton replied.
BB FC also hit seven, but kept a clean sheet away to Winding Wheel.
Ryan Garratt was the star with a hat-trick. Anthony Ison, Gurtes Dosanjh, Chris Moore and Jordan Speed added the others.
Bridge Inn’s Stuart Stanley was another man who notched a treble in his side’s 5-1 triumph at AFC Windmill.
Jake Connor and Luke Thurstance joined him on the scoresheet.
Beld Road beat Brereton Lion 2-1 to move to the top of the Premier Division.
Cresswell Wanderers lead the way in Division One after winning 3-2 at Norton Canes. Luke Evans (two) and Rhys Potts scored their goals.
