Division One Youth League Round 9 Review
Club Championship
Blacktown Spartans have a lead of ten points on the table after they earned ten points at eighth placed Springwood while Gladesville Ryde Magic are in second place even though they could take only four points from fourth placed Fraser Park who also took ten points from their Round 4 catch-up matches with Hills United on Sunday.
Camden Tigers are placed third, four points further back after they earned only five points from sixth placed Mt Druitt Town Rangers and Sydney University are fifth following their haul of thirteen points from last placed Stanmore Hawks.
Hurstville City Minotaurs are occupying seventh position after they split the points at seven apiece with ninth placed Rockdale City Suns and Hills United bagged ten points from their visit to Hakoah, an outcome that leaves the clubs at tenth and eleventh respectively.
Grade 13
Gladesville Ryde Magic lead the competition table by one point after they played out a 1-1 draw with Fraser Park who used their share of the spoils plus the points from their 5-0 Round 4 catch up match with Hills United to move up one place to fifth while Sydney University also moved up one spot when they were 3-0 winners over last placed Stanmore Hawks.
Camden Tigers jumped from fourth to third with a 3-0 win over eleventh placed Mt Druitt Town Rangers while Blacktown Spartans slipped from second to fourth when they were held to a 2-2 draw by Springwood who dropped back a place to sixth.
Hurstville City Minotaurs rose one spot to seventh when they played out a scoreless draw with tenth placed Rockdale City Suns and Hills United jumped from tenth to ninth when the were 1-0 winners at Hakoah who went from seventh to eighth.
Grade 14
Blacktown Spartans have a lead of two points at the top of the table after they produced a 4-0 victory over Springwood who dropped from seventh to eighth while Fraser Park flew from fifth to second with a 3-0 win over Gladesville Ryde Magic who slipped back four places to sixth. However, Fraser Park did not do quite so well in their Round 4 catch-up game with Hills United when they lost 1-0.
Mt Druitt Town Rangers maintained third spot when they battled out a 2-2 draw with Camden Tigers who have dropped a place to be fifth and Hurstville City Minotaurs moved up two places to fourth with a 2-0 victory over tenth placed Rockdale City Suns.
Hills United had picked up the first of their two weekend wins when they had a 3-0 result over last placed Hakoah on Saturday and that helped them to jump two places to ninth while Sydney University move up one notch to seventh with a 3-2 success over Stanmore Hawks who dropped from tenth to eleventh.
Grade 15
Blacktown Spartans have a lead of five points at the top of the table thanks to their 4-0 win over Springwood who slipped back one spot to seventh and Fraser Park moved up one place to second with a 3-0 win over tenth placed Gladesville Ryde Magic and a 1-1 draw with Hills United in Round 4 catch-up action on Sunday.
Hurstville City Minotaurs slipped back one place to third when they were 3-0 winners over eleventh placed Rockdale City Suns and Hakoah moved to fourth with a 2-0 victory over Hills United who drooped from eighth to ninth.
Camden Tigers dropped a spot to fifth when they were beaten 2-0 by Mt Druitt Town Rangers who raced from tenth to eighth while Sydney University fell back one place to seventh after they defeated last placed Stanmore Hawks 1-0.
Grade 16
Mt Druitt Town Rangers took the lead on the table when they were 3-2 winners over Camden Tigers who slipped back one place to tenth while Stanmore Hawks dropped one place to be second after they lost 1-0 to eighth placed Sydney University.
Fraser Park soared form seventh to third with a 3-0 success over sixth placed Gladesville Ryde Magic and then a 2-1 win over last placed Hills United I the Round 4 catch-up match while Hurstville City Minotaurs slipped from fourth to fifth when they went down 1-0 to seventh placed Rockdale City Suns.
Blacktown Spartans are in fifth place following their 1-0 loss to ninth placed Springwood and Hakoah and Hills United remained at eleventh and twelfth respectively after their match ended at 2-2.
Grade 18
Gladesville Ryde Magic are the competition leaders by a margin of four points after they posted a 4-1 win over seventh placed Fraser Park who downed Hills United 1-0 on Sunday while Camden Tigers remained in second spot following their 1-1 draw with Mt Druitt Town Rangers who moved up one place to third.
Blacktown Spartans slipped back to fourth when they were 3-0 winners over last placed Springwood and Sydney University held onto fifth position with a 1-1 draw with eighth placed Stanmore Hawks.
Hills United are still ninth after their 2-1 win over eleventh placed Hakoah and Rockdale City Suns remained at sixth when they were 3-1 winners over tenth placed Hurstville City Minotaurs.
-By Barry Davis