Carew 1st XI 3 Whitchurch 1

Without Smith as a target man up front, Kendrick moved up and soon found himself on the scoresheet picking up a ball on the half-way line from a Whitchurch error and skipping past the Whitchurch sweeper to round the Whitchurch 'keeper and put the Rooks 1-0 up.

Carew seemed to camp in the Whitchurch half for long periods, with Williams being electric down the right wing, but despite several short corners and shots on goal, it was just before half-time that Kendrick got his second to put the Rooks 2-0 up at the interval.

Bowles, Head, Johnson and Ferguson came under pressure right from the start of the second half as Whitchurch pressed to get back in the game, but indiscipline from the travelling side saw several green cards shown and two off on yellow cards.

Carew could not take advantage of their numerical superiority and infact Whitchurch seemed to play better with only nine men!

With Moseley, Mason, Pritchard and Cole starting to get back on top in the midfield and with a devastating run, Mason put the Rooks into a 3-0 lead with an individual goal.

A lack of concentration near the end of the game brought the Rooks 'keeper Thomas into the game for almost the first time, but he was unable to stop a deflection to give Whitchurch the goal they had been pressing for.

Team: S. Kendrick (C), L. Thomas (GK), D. Ferguson, O. Johnson, D. Head, M. Bowles, G. Cole, E. Williams, J. Mason, T. Pritchard, S. Moseley.

Umpires: J. Wheeler and B. Wheeler.

Carew 2nd XI 1

Llan and Caerphilly 2

Carew 2nds found themselves with more than 80 per cent of the ball in their first home game of the season, but were unable to penetrate the experienced Llan and Caer defence.

Fine performances from Ian Baker at sweeper, P. Baker at right back and Chris Doona at left back set the standards.

Zac Cole, Dale Pearson and Joel Meredith, all under 15s, had particularly good games in the midfield, with youngster Andrew Baker supporting the veteran Martin Fieldhouse up front.

With Hall and Clements controlling the midfield, the ball was spread around the pitch to cut the Llan and Caer defence apart.

Several short corners were stopped or deflected from goal as Carew pressed for the opener, but it was Llan and Caerphilly who were to win the first half.

Despite being starved of ball, it took only two break aways by the visitors forwards to see Llan and Caer take a 2-0 lead into half-time.

Carew turned around determined to get on the scoreboard. Clements picked up the ball on his own 22-metre line, running the full length of the pitch through the entire Llan and Caerphilly team only to see his shot on goal just go wide.

More short corners, more free hits outside the circle, but still the goals did not come the Rooks way until Fieldhouse latched on to a rebound off the 'keeper.

Carew now pressed for the equaliser and were almost caught out as the visitors took advantage of hitting on the counter attack.

Ian Baker made some crucial interceptions and tackles, with goalkeeper Ferguson, who had been rarely troubled in the second half, pulling off vital saves.

Team: M. Clements (C), D. Ferguson (GK), I. Baker, P. Baker, A. Baker, M. Fieldhouse, A. Hall, C. Doona, J. Meredith, Z. Cole, D. Pearson, B. Wheeler.

Umpires: S. Lunn and D. Miller.