Division One Youth League Round 7 Review

There are still a few matches to be caught up and that will give us a much clearer picture of what is happening.
Club Championship
Blacktown Spartans are still holding down the number one spot on the table with a lead of four points thanks to the six points they earned from their clash with Sydney University who took nine from the day and then added four more on Sunday in Round 4 catch up action against Hurstville City Minotaurs. However, that was not enough to stop Uni from dropping back one place to sixth.
The Minotaurs had taken five points from Fraser Park on Saturday and their share of Sunday?s spoils was seven points but they still fell back from fourth to fifth while Fraser Park found that their dividend of eight points on Saturday and another eight points from Sunday?s Round 5 encounter with eleventh placed Hakoah was enough to help them to soar from seventh to fourth.
Camden Tigers remained at third after they grabbed ten points from Saturday?s meeting with tenth placed Stanmore Hawks and then added eight points from their Round 4 catch up matches with Gladesville Ryde Magic who had bagged thirteen points from their visit to eighth placed Springwood on Saturday. The combined total for the weekend was sufficient to keep Magic at second.
Rockdale City Suns moved up one place to ninth when they earned eight points from their visit to Hakoah while Hills United pocketed nine points from their encounter with Mt Druitt Town Rangers, an outcome that has left the Brumbies at the foot of the table but which allowed the Rangers to move up from eighth to seventh.
Grade 13
Gladesville Ryde Magic took the lead on the table when they were 2-1 winners over sixth placed Springwood on Saturday and then they downed third placed Camden Tigers 1-0 on Sunday while Blacktown Spartans slipped back to second when they were beaten 2-1 by Sydney University who added a 3-1 win over eighth placed Hurstville City Minotaurs on Sunday and that helped Uni to move from sixth to fourth.
Camden Tigers are still in third position after they were held to a scoreless draw by eleventh placed Stanmore Hawks while Fraser Park dropped from fourth to fifth when they had a 0-0 draw with Hurstville City Minotaurs and then they repeated that scoreline on Sunday against seventh placed Hakoah who were 1-0 winners over the ninth placed Rockdale City Suns on Saturday.
Hills United followed up last week?s draw with their first win, a 2-0 result over Mt Druitt Town Rangers and that helped the Brumbies to climb one place to tenth while it left the Rangers at the foot of the table.
Grade 14
Blacktown Spartans have a lead of three points at the top of the table after they came up with a 4-1 victory over Sydney University who have tumbled from third to eighth following their 5-1 loss to Hurstville City Minotaurs on Sunday. Gladesville Ryde Magic are still placed second after they were held to a scoreless draw by eighth placed Springwood on Sunday and then Magic suffered a 2-0 loss to Camden Tigers on Sunday.
The Tigers have moved from sixth to third after they also downed tenth placed Stanmore Hawks 3-2 while Fraser Park have zoomed from ninth to fourth with a 3-0 result over Hurstville City Minotaurs on Saturday and then a 5-0 victory over last placed Hakoah on the following day. The Minotaurs came up with a 5-1 result over Sydney University on Sunday but they still fell back one place to fifth.
Mt Druitt Town Rangers dropped back a place to sixth despite their 2-0 win over eleventh placed Hills United and Rockdale City Suns went up two places to ninth with a 2-1 result over Hakoah.
Grade 15
Blacktown Spartans took their competition lead to five points when they defeated Sydney University 2-1, a result that caused Uni to drop back from third to fifth when they lost 3-1 to second placed Hurstville City Minotaurs on Sunday. The Minotaurs were also 1-0 winners over third placed Fraser Park who were then held to a scoreless draw by seventh placed Hakoah
Camden Tigers went from seventh to fourth with a 2-0 victory over last placed Stanmore Hawks, followed by a 1-0 win over eighth placed Gladesville Ryde Magic who had beaten sixth placed Springwood on Saturday.
Hakoah were held to a 1-1 draw by eleventh placed Rockdale City Suns while
Hills United were 3-2 winners over Mt Druitt Town Rangers, an outcome that took the Brumbies from tenth to ninth and dropped the Rangers from eighth to tenth.
Grade 16
Hurstville City Minotaurs have a lead of one point on the table after they were held to a 1-1 draw by tenth placed Fraser Park on Saturday and then they played out a 1-1 draw with Sydney University on Sunday.
Unbeaten Stanmore Hawks moved from fourth to second thanks to a very solid 7-0 win over Camden Tigers who have plummeted from sixth to eleventh following their 1-1 draw with Gladesville Ryde Magic on Sunday.
Mt Druitt Town Rangers fell from first to third when they suffered a 2-0 loss to Hills United for whom that was the first three-pointer for the season and it has instantly moved them from last to ninth.
Blacktown Spartans dropped back one place to fourth when they were beaten 2-1 by Sydney University who are in sixth spot while Gladesville Ryde Magic remained at fifth after they downed last placed Springwood 2-0 on Saturday and then they played out a 1-1 draw with Camden Tigers on Sunday.
Rockdale City Suns climbed three places to eighth when they were 1-0 winners over seventh placed Hakoah who defeated Fraser Park 2-1 on Sunday.
Grade 18
Gladesville Ryde Magic maintained the competition lead with a 4-0 win over Springwood on Saturday and a 1-1 draw with second placed Camden Tigers on Sunday. The Tigers had produced a 5-0 result over eighth placed Stanmore Hawks on Saturday while Blacktown Spartans dropped to third when they were beaten 2-0 by sixth placed Sydney University.
Mt Druitt Town Rangers downed last placed Hills United by the odd goal in five while Hakoah and Rockdale City Suns played out a 1-1 draw, a result that saw the Suns fall back to fifth and kept Hakoah at tenth.
Fraser Park went up four places thanks to a 3-1 victory over eleventh placed Hurstville City Minotaurs and then a 5-1 win over Hakoah.
-By Barry Davis