In Full

It was a great weekend for Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead Hockey Club, especially for the ladies’ section, whose four teams all won.

It was another busy period for the Berkhamsted Sunday Football League sides at the weekend.

Berkhamsted eventually had a comfortable 5-1 win over South Park in their FA Trophy debut in front of a good home crowd on Saturday.

High-flying Tring Athletic were without a game on Saturday, but continued their winning run in midweek when beating Stotfold 2-1 at home in the second round of the Dudley Latham Memorial Premier Division Cup.

Leverstock Green advanced to the second round of the FA Vase after a comfortable 3-0 win against Essex Senior League side Sawbridgeworth Town in Saturday’s first-round tie at Pancake Lane.

Kings Langley went down 5-0 at lowly Wimborne Town on Saturday in their first action for a fortnight.

Berkhamsted SC were back in National League Action at the weekend, with an exciting denouement seeing the club snatch second place overall.

Resurgent Hemel Town won for the fifth time in a row when defeating Truro City 2-1 on Saturday after defender Ismail Yakubu netted an 82nd minute winner.

Berkhamsted Swimming Club had another packed weekend with many of their swimmers competing in two meets inside the county while another was representing the county in Sheffield in high-level competition.

The last time Hemel Storm and Worthing Thunder met was in the final of last season’s national playoff final with the Sussex side winning out.

The start of the season for competitive gymnasts is under way and Hemel’s Sapphire club took part in the Herts County Competition in Stevenage recently.

The men’s October medal competition took place at Little Hay GC on Sunday with Mick Whelan winning Division One.

Langley Tennis Club in High Woodhall Lane, Hemel, is hosting a charity day on Saturday, November 3, where ex-professional and British Davis Cup representatives Barry Cowan and Alex Slabinsky will be on hand.

It was a great weekend for both of Berkhamsted & Hemel Hemsptead Hockey Clubs top teams with the ladies’ 1sts winning a local derby against West Herts 7-1 and the men’s 1sts winning 5-2 over Cheshunt.

High-flying Tring Athletic came through a tough seven days with maximum points from their three games, culminating in a 3-1 win at Arlesey Town on Saturday.

Berkhamsted got their fourth consecutive win in steady rain at their Broadwater home on Saturday.

Forward Jonathan Lacey of Leverstock Green has been selected in a 16-man squad by manager Paul Fairclough for an England FA XI ambassadorial visit to the Falkland Islands

Kings Langley Ladies U18s cruised into the next round of the League Cup after crushing Hoddesdon FC 11-1.

A storming second-half performance from Chalfont Saints which Berkhamsted Raiders Blues under-14s couldn’t respond to condemned the Blues to their first league defeat in 13 months when they were beaten 4-1 at the weekend.