Hethersett Athletic

Hethersett Athletic Men’s Saturday have had an average start to their Crown Fire South and Central Norfolk Division Two campaign with a win, a draw and three defeats from their first five games. They kicked off with a 5-2 home defeat at the hands of Sporle with their goals coming from Ricki Allen and Scott Allen . They then drew 1-1 with Nostro (Paul Norman), beat West End 3-2 (Paul Norman, Scott Allen and Gary Davis), lost 1-0 at North Elmham and lost 5-2 at Breckland Wanderers (Nick Simons and James Loughlin). This week Hethersett are home to Breckland Wanderers in the Ben Smith Memorial Cup.

Hethersett Athletic Ladies travelled all the way to Bedford only for their match to be called off due to a torrential downpour. The team has taken one point from its opening two fixtures with a 5-2 defeat at the hands of C&K Basildon (Grace Birchall and an own goal) being followed by a 2-2 draw at home to Braintree (Megan Todd and Emma Mulley).

Hethersett Athletic Men’s Sunday teams met with mixed fortunes as they kicked off their Norwich Sunday League campaigns. The first team visited Heartsease in Division 2B and led for much of the match before losing 4-3. Dom Doggett was on target twice and the other goal came from David Mayes. The Reserves had better luck with a 3-0 win at Wendene in Division 4B with Grant Worthington hitting a brace and the other coming from Jack Raven.

Hethersett Athletic Men’s Saturday were knocked out of the Crown Fire South and Central Norfolk Ben Smith Memorial Cup when they went down 4-1 at Breckland Wanderers in the second round, having had a bye in the first round. Hethersett’s goal came from Paul Grimwood.

Hethersett Athletic Ladies continue to frustrate as they went down to a 3-0 defeat at home to Arlesey Town. So far this season the young Hethersett side has failed to perform to its true potential.

Hethersett Athletic Ladies Hearts got their Norfolk Women’s League campaign off to a winning start with a 6-1 victory at Dereham Town Ladies. Rhianne Brister was on target twice with other goals coming from Vicky Swann, Lisa Ferdani, M. Beckett and an own goal.

Hethersett Athletic Men’s Sunday Reserves went down 3-1 at Drayton with their goal coming from Steven White.

Hethersett Athletic Under-16s got their season off to a winning start with a 5-1 victory over Costessey which saw them playing for most of the game against a packed defence. Matt Cushion opened the scoring with his first goal for the club and last season’s club top scorer Scott Grimes added two more before half-time. Costessey
pulled one back from a corner before Josh Harvey and Charlie Larwood both produced powerful drives to seal the victory.

Hethersett Athletic Under-15s made their A league debut and found Dereham’s aerial threat difficult to contain. Dereham took a 2-0 half-time lead. After the break Josh Denny had a penalty well saved and Dereham scored twice more from close range to run out 4-0 winners in a well contested game played in good spirit.

Hethersett Athletic Under-13s beat Mattishall 3-2 at home with Harry Denny hitting a brace and the other coming from Lewis Fox.

Hethersett Athletic Under-11s got their season off to a fine start with a goal-fest at Jex. Ollie Husband and Max Beckett both hit hat-tricks and other goals in the 11-0 win came from Dan Ward, Cameron Whiting, Daegan Watts, Aiden Standley and Ben Kimberley.

Hethersett Athletic Under-10s lost 2-1 at home to Hillside. The visitors defended for large periods of the game but Hethersett found it difficult to break them down. Hillside scored twice on the breakaway. Nevertheless it was an excellent game of football.

Hethersett Athletic’s senior teams came up with a mixed bag of results at the weekend with both ladies teams winning but all three men’s sides going down.

The Ladies Firsts recorded their first win of the season in beating Woodbridge 2-0 in the Eastern Region Women’s League Premier Division. Victory came thanks to a good team performance and goals from Emma Mulley and Megan Todd. The Ladies Hearts team maintained their 100 per cent league record with a 4-2 home win against local rivals Wymondham Town with Rhianne Brister hitting a hat-trick and Laura Keane also on the scoresheet.

The Men’s Saturday side were knocked out of the Crown Fire South and Central Norfolk Primary Cup when they went down 8-3 at North Elmham. Scott Allen’s brace took him to joint first place in the club’s all time scoring record on 184 – level with his brother Lewis. Hethersett’s other goal came from James Loughlin.

Hethersett’s men’s Sunday side went down 1-0 at home to Ribs Rovers in the Norwich Sunday League and the reserves lost 8-0 at Salhouse Reserves in the first round of the County Cup.

There were mixed results as well for the club’s young teams. The Under-16 Girls went down 3-1 to Norwich City Greens, but the Boys Under-16s beat Mulbarton 2-0 with both goals coming from Scott Grimes. The Under-14s beat Mattishall 3-0 with goals from Guy Peres, Ashley Gray and Conrad Doggett and the Under-13s drew 3-3 with Wymondham with Harry Denny scoring twice and the other coming from Bradley Tillett. The Under-12s lost 6-3 at New Buckenham (Jack Kirby 2 and Aaron Walker), the Under-11s lost 5-2 at home to Drayton (Ollie Husband 2) and the Under-10s were beaten 4-0 by an excellent Diss side.

Hethersett Athletic bowed out of the County Cup on Saturday as they went down 2-0 at South Creake on another weekend of mixed results for the club.

The Sunday Men’s First team lost 3-2 at Hingham with their goals coming from Andy Milne and Chris Smedmor. The Sunday Reserves had better fortunes, beating Dereham 7-1 with Jacob Mardell, Paul Martin and Nick Benfield all scoring twice and Ben Wright adding the other.

The Boys Under-16s also bowed out of their County Cup, going down 2-1 at home to Heacham with Scott Grimes scoring Hethersett’s goal.

The Girls Under-16s beat Swanton Hornets 5-1. The Boys Under-15s drew 1-1 with Hellesdon (Jack Walker) and the Under-14s drew 3-3 at Costessey (Lewis Baxter, Ed Lawrence and Ashley Gray). The Under-13s lost 6-0 at home to Watton, the Under-12s went down 9-1 at home to Heigham Park (Ollie Hudson-Church) and the Under-10s lost 2-0 at home to Drayton.

Hethersett Athletic Under 15s drew 1-1 with Hellesdon. They were awarded a fifth minute penalty which was converted by Jack Walker. Hellesdon created several chances before the break but could not convert. Hethersett improved in the second half but had to rely on keeper Matty Butcher to make a superb double save. Late in the game a Hellesdon wide left free kick looped into the net to equalise. In the dying seconds another Hellesdon deep cross was bundled into the goal but was ruled out for handball. Butcher, Living, Gordon, Denny and Walker were instrumental in earning Hethersett their first A league point in a hard fought performance.

Hethersett Athletic Ladies are through to the second qualifying round of the Women’s FA Cup after a hard fought 3-1 victory at home to Haverhill Rovers in the first qualifying round.

Two goals from Grace Birchall and one from Emma Mulley saw Hethersett through after extra-time. In the next round Hethersett visit Chelmsford City on 23^rd October.

The team’s league form hasn’t been as bright with their latest result being a 3-0 home defeat at the hands of Billericay Town.

Hethersett Athletic Ladies Hearts’ good run came to an end as they went down 8-1 at Acle United with their goal coming from Hannah Waters.

Hethersett Athletic Girls Under-16s beat Red Rose 8-0 with seven of the goals coming in the second half when the home side changed their tactics to play a more open game. There were hat-tricks for Sophie Rock and Ella Stephenson and one apiece for Sophie Brown and Chloe Hoffman.

Hethersett Athletic Men’s Saturday’s poor league form continued as they were beaten 7-3 at home by Thurton and Ashby. Paul Grimwood was on target twice and the other Hethersett strike came from James Loughlin.

Hethersett Athletic Men’s Sunday went down 5-0 at Acle Reserves. Sunday Reserves did better with a 1-1 draw at home to Salhouse Reserves with their goal coming from Josh Wilcox.

Hethersett Athletic Under-16s won 5-1 at Diss. They responded well to last season’s heavy defeat at Diss and this time came to terms with the small pitch with Scott Grimes hitting four, including two excellent long range drives. Hethersett’s other goal came from Ben Smith.

Hethersett Athletic Under-15s went down 5-3 at Taverham. Taverham took a 2-0 lead before Tom Read pulled one back direct from a corner. Taverham scored again but Cain Living pulled it back to 3-2. The teams again swapped goals with Taverham making it 4-2 and Josh Denny putting Hethersett back into it only for Taverham to add a fifth.

Hethersett Athletic Under-14s beat Taverham 3-2 in the League Cup with Ashley Gray scoring a hat-trick. Ashley has become only the 15^th player in the history of the club to complete 100 league and cup goals.

Hethersett Athletic Under-13s beat St Andrew’s 5-4 in a nine goal thriller with five different players scoring their goals. On target were Martin Schiller, Lewis Fox, Trevor Kustrayi, Harry Denny and Bradley Tillett.

Hethersett Athletic Under-12s went down 3-1 at home to Morley with their goal coming from Jack Kirby.

Hethersett Athletic Under-11s beat Toftwood 3-0 thanks to goals from Aiden Standley, Max Beckett and Dan Ward.

Hethersett Athletic Under-10s lost 4-2 to Hillside in the first round of the League Cup. Hethersett’s goals came from Ethan Banks and Will Bussey.

Hethersett Athletic Under-9s have started their competitive season with two wins. They followed up a 4-2 victory over Brooke Adventurers with a 6-0 win over Heartsease which saw Aaron Bradford hit a second half hat-trick. Hethersett’s other scorers were Colby Watts, Paddy Kelly and Mark Attfield.

Hethersett Athletic Ladies team has taken just one point from its last two home games.

A midweek 3-2 reversal at the hands of Thorpe was followed by a 1-1 draw against Barking that leaves the team in the bottom two of the Eastern Region Premier Division. All three Hethersett goals in the two games came from Grace Birchall.

The team will be hoping for a quick reversal of fortune when they visit Chelmsford City this Sunday in the second qualifying round of the Women’s FA Cup.

Hethersett Ladies Hearts put the memory of a heavy defeat against Acle the previous week behind them as they beat UEA 8-4. Hethersett raced into a 5-0 lead before UEA pulled themselves together. Lisa Ferdani scored five, Hannah Waters 2 and Rhianne Brister one.

Hethersett Athletic Men’s Saturday found their form at the weekend to beat Methwold Rovers 5-2 in the Crown Fire South and Central Norfolk League Division Two. Their goals came from Mark Lance, James Loughlin, Paul Norman, Danny Gray and Nick Simons.

Hethersett Athletic Men’s Sunday Firsts went out of the County Cup as they lost 3-0 to Sporting Farmhouse in a match that went to extra-time. Hethersett had their chances but ran out of steam in extra-time as the home side ran in three quick goals. Sunday Reserves travelled to Dilham and went down 4-1 with their goal coming from Paul Martin.

Hethersett Athletic Under-16s went down 3-2 in the league at Watton with their goals coming from Scott Grimes and Tom Calder.

Hethersett Athletic Under-15s lost 3-2 at Fakenham in a match that saw them 3-0 down at the break. A second half change in formation helped them back into the match with Josh Denny and a Jack Walker penalty bringing the score back to 3-2. Hethersett had chances to draw but just couldn’t find a third goal.

Hethersett Athletic Under-14s travelled to Norman and won 3-1 thanks to an Ashley Gray hat-trick – his third in consecutive matches. Gray is the club’s leading goalscorer this season with 11 in five games.

Hethersett Athletic Under-13s beat Norman 6-3 in the League Cup with Harry Denny scoring four. Other goals came from Bradley Tillett and Daniel Mehtab.

Hethersett Athletic Under-11s visited Wymondham in the League Cup and went down 7-1 with their only goal coming from Ollie Husband.

Hethersett Athletic Under-10s lost 3-1 at home to Firside with their goal coming from Will Bussey

Hethersett Athletic Under-9s maintained their 100 per cent league record with a comfortable 7-0 win over Holy Trinity. Paddy Kelly and Sam Harvey both scored twice and other goals came from Colby Watts, Sam Johnson and an own goal.

Hethersett Ladies coasted into the third qualifying round of the Women’s FA Cup and also made a small slice of footballing history.

They became the first ladies team to play on Chelmsford City’s ground and the setting proved to be to their liking as they beat Chelmsford Ladies 7-0 with some sparkling football that belied their lowly Eastern Region Premier Division position.

Grace Birchall scored a hat-trick, Emma Mulley hit two and Rosie Rutherford and Lauren Bailey were also on target as Hethersett turned on the skill, speed and power to demolish their Essex opponents.

Victory in the third qualifying round on November 13^th would put them into the first round proper of the premier national women’s cup competition. The draw for the next round has still to be made.

“We've made a little piece of history and winning in the style we did has put Hethersett a little more on the ladies football map. It’s also the furthest the club has ever been in the FA Cup and now we are just one win away from the first round proper,” said team manager/coach Chris Bolderstone.

It was also a good day for the Hethersett Ladies Hearts team as they beat Aylsham 5-1 in the Norfolk League. Hannah Waters hit four to become only the sixth player in the club’s history to complete 150 league and cup goals. Hethersett’s other score came from Lisa Ferdani.

The Saturday team scored four in their Crown Fire South and Central Norfolk Division Two game against high-flying North Elmham but were still on the wrong side of a 5-4 scoreline. Hethersett’s goals came from James Rice, James Loughlin, Nick Simons and Danny Gray.

The Sunday Firsts went down 2-0 at home to Hillside Old Boys and the Sunday Reserves lost 3-2 at School House with both their goals coming from Paul Martin.

Hethersett Athletic Under-16s had a good 3-0 win at home to Firside thanks to goals from Scott Grimes, Oliver Kearney and Charlie Larwood.

Hethersett Athletic Under-15s are finding life in the A league tough and they were overpowered by Jex in a 12-0 defeat.

Hethersett Athletic Under-14s beat Hellesdon at home 6-2 with Lewis Baxter and Guy Peres both scoring twice. Hethersett’s other goals came from James Pegg and Conrad Doggett.

Hethersett Athletic Under-11s beat Hellesdon 4-1 with Cameron Whiting scoring twice and the other goals coming from Ollie Husband and Toby Knight.

Hethersett Athletic Under-10s went down 8-2 at Taverham with their goals coming from Akos Csorba and Henry Kemp.

Hethersett Athletic Under-9s lost their 100 per cent league record when they went down 2-1 to Sheringham Baptist. Josh Scott scored the Hethersett goal.

Hethersett Athletic Ladies put in a good performance against Eastern Region Women’s Premier Division leaders Peterborough only to lose by the odd goal of five. Hethersett’s goals came from Grace Birchall and Emma Mulley. This week Hethersett visit Basildon. Hethersett Ladies Hearts beat Red Rose 2-0 in the first round of the League Cup thanks to goals from Hannah Waters and Vickie Swann.

Hethersett Athletic Men’s Sunday conceded a late goal to lose 3-2 at Maid Marian. Both Hethersett goals came from Dominic Doggett. The men’s reserves took a point from a 1-1 draw at home to Costessey Sports with Jamie Wright on the scoresheet.

Hethersett Athletic Under-16s found it tough going against East Coast Wanderers and went down 1-0 in a game of very few chances.

Hethersett Athletic Under-15s travelled to Norman and recorded their first win in the A section with a 5-1 victory. Billy Simmons scored twice and other goals came from Ryan Stone, Josh Denny and Cain Living.

Hethersett Athletic Under-14s beat Norwich United 6-2 at home with Ashley Gray and Ed Lawrence both scoring twice. Other strikes came from Sam Rix and Conrad Doggett.

Hethersett Athletic Under-12s went down 10-1 at Garboldisham with their goal coming from Jack Kirby.

Hethersett Athletic Under-11s scored their second 11-0 win of the season as they comfortably saw off the challenge of Taverham. Ollie Husband scored a hat-trick and Cameron Whiting and Max Beckett both scored twice. Other Hethersett scorers were Dan Ward, Ben Lacey, Daegan Watts and Tom Yeomans.

Hethersett Athletic Under-9s beat Surrey Chapel 2-1 with their goals coming from Sam Johnson and Colby Watts.

Ten teams are in action this weekend with the main attention being at Wroxham on Sunday where the Ladies take on Enfield Town in the third qualifying round of the FA Cup. The visitors are well-placed in the South-East Counties League so it will be a major achievement if Athletic make it through to the First Round Proper. Action kicks off at 1 p.m.

November 28th

Hethersett Ladies moved out of the Eastern Region Women’s League relegation zone with a solid 1-1 draw at home to third placed Bedford. Hethersett have under-achieved in the league this season despite good runs in the Women’s FA Cup and Norfolk County Cup. Their goal against Bedford came from top scorer Grace Birchall.

Hethersett Ladies Hearts visited Waveney in the league and came away with a point from a 2-2 draw. Their goals came from defender Polly Tarrant and an own goal.

Hethersett Girls Under-16s struggled to find their goal touch at Aylsham and went down to the only goal of the game which came in the first half.

Hethersett Men’s Sunday are still looking for their first point of the season in Norwich Sunday League Division 2B after going down 6-1 to high flying PL Rangers. Hethersett’s goal came from Steven White. Hethersett Sunday Reserves lost 7-2 at Chapelfield with both their goals coming from Paul Martin.

Hethersett Athletic Men’s Saturday side found their scoring boots to beat Gressenhall Reserves 9-2. Rikki Allen hit a hat-trick and Danny Gray a brace with Hethersett’s other goals coming from James Rice, Gary Davis, Mark Lance and Paul Norman.

Hethersett Athletic Under-16s beat Salhouse 4-1 in the league with Ollie Pfeiffer scoring twice and other goals coming from Scott Grimes and an opponent.

Hethersett Athletic Under-15s visited Spixworth in the League Cup and were taken to penalties after a thrilling 4-4 draw. Hethersett took an early lead through Tom Wyatt and Jack Walker added two more as Spixworth also scored at regular intervals to make the score 3-3 at the end of normal time. Spixworth took the lead in extra-time but Billy Simmons took the game to penalties with a spectacular lofted cross shot. Hethersett won the penalty shoot out 4-1 with Jack Walker, Billy Simmons, Tom Read and Ryan Stone all on target. Hethersett keeper Matt Butcher made some fine saves throughout the match.

Hethersett Athletic Under-14s went down 3-0 at home to Norman. The Club’s Under-13s were also beaten – 5-3 at Norwich United – with their goals coming from Daniel Mehtab, Lewis Fox and Josh Lacey.

Hethersett Athletic Under-12s went down 5-4 in their League Trophy second leg at home to New Buckenham but went through 10-7 on aggregate. Hethersett’s goals came from Jack Kirby, Lewis Harris, Tom Anderton and Aaron Walker.

Hethersett Athletic Under-11s visited Dereham Town in the league and won 4-1. Ollie Husband hit a hat-trick and the other goal came from Ben Lacey.

Hethersett Athletic Under-10s visited Mattishall and failed to score again, going down to the only goal of the game.

December 5th

Hethersett Athletic had a disappointing weekend with only three victories and 10 defeats from their 13 matches.

Hethersett Athletic Ladies visited high-flying Stevenage Borough in the Eastern Region Premier Division and were desperately unlucky to go down to the only goal of the game. Hethersett Athletic Men’s Sunday Firsts met the same fate as they lost 1-0 to table topping Moles Rest despite giving a fine display.

Hethersett Athletic Men’s Sunday Reserves beat Dilham 1-0 at home with Jake Mardell scoring their goal. The only other club team to win were the Under-10s who beat Dereham Town 3-0 thanks to goals from Akos Csorba, Henry Kemp and Will Bussey.

Hethersett Athletic Men’s Saturday team went down 8-0 at Sporle. The club’s Under-16s lost 3-0 at Norman, the Under-16s Girls lost 4-2 at Norwich City Greens (Sophie Brown and Sophie Rock), the Under-15s lost 8-0 at Thorpe, the Under-14s went out of the County Cup, beaten 7-4 by Clenchwarton (Ashley Gray, Sam Rix, Matthew Pummell and James Pegg), the Under-13s lost 3-0 to Norwich United, the Under-12s were beaten 8-2 at Morley (Aaron Walker and Ollie Hudson-Church) and the Under-11s lost 6-2 at North Walsham (Aaron Standley and Dan Ward)

December 12th

Hethersett Athletic youth teams produced some excellent results at the weekend with pride of place going to the Under-11s who hit double figures at home to Jex. Ollie Husband scored four and Max Beckett 2. Other goals in the 10-0 victory came from Cameron Whiting, Ben Lacey, Aiden Standley and an own goal.

Hethersett Athletic Under-10s visited Hillsdie and came away with a 3-1 win thanks to two goals from Henry Kemp and one from Sean Murray.

Hethersett Athletic Under-14s beat Wymondham 2-1 with Ashley Gray scoring his 19^th of the season and Guy Peres also on target.

Hethersett Athletic Under-16s beat Costessey 6-3 courtesy of a hat-trick from Scott Grimes and other goals from Tom Calder, Tom McDonagh and Lewis Sanders.

Hethersett Athletic Under-15s lost 9-0 at Dereham Town and the club’s Under-13s went down 4-2 at Mattishall with their goals coming from Trevor Kusiriyi and Daniel Cook.

Hethersett Athletic’s men’s teams all suffered defeat at the weekend with the Saturday side going down 3-0 at home to Yaxham, the Sunday firsts losing 5-1 at home to league leaders Moles Rest (Sam Brooks) and the Sunday Reserves going down 2-1 at Salhouse Reserves (Jack Rushden).

Hethersett Athletic Ladies Firsts travelled to high flying Arlesey Town in the Eastern Region Women’s League and lost 4-0. The Ladies Hearts team had better fortune and kept up their title hopes in the Norfolk Women’s League with a 5-2 victory.

December 19th

Hethersett Athletic Under-13s put in a poor performance to lose 5-1 at home to Wymondham. Hethersett were without six key players due to injury and unavailability and poor defending allowed Wymondham to take the lead and by half-time Athletic were 3-0 down despite the half being fairly even. Hethersett had no cutting edge. Wymondham increased their lead within five minutes of the second half. Bradley Tillett, Jasper Williams and Josh Lacey worked tirelessly but Wymondham made it 5-0 before Hethersett were awarded a late penalty for a foul on Lewis Fox. Daniel Mehtab scored from the spot for a consolation goal. Bradley Tillett was man of the match for another outstanding performance. All other Hethersett Athletic games were called off due to unfit pitches.

January 9th

Hethersett Athletic Men’s Sunday notched their first point of the season with a 3-3 draw at Ribs Rovers in Division 3B of the Norwich Sunday League. Blair Luther-Veitch, Will Cook and Henry Dyson were on target. Hethersett stay firmly rooted to the bottom of the league but further improved form could give them a chance of avoiding relegation.

Hethersett Athletic Men’s Sunday Reserves beat Drayton 1-0 at home with Jake Mardell scoring the only goal of the game.

Hethersett Athletic Ladies visited Thorpe in a local derby in the Eastern Region Women’s Premier Division and came away with a point from a goalless draw. Ladies Hearts had another good win – 4-0 at home to Dereham Town.

Hethersett Athletic Under-16s continued their winning ways with a 5-1 victory at Mulbarton with Scott Grimes hitting another hat-trick and other goals coming from Tom Calder and Charlie Larwood.

Hethersett Athletic Under-15s found the going tough at Hellesdon and came away on the wrong end of an 11-0 scoreline.

Hethersett Athletic Under-14s won a highly competitive game against Watton 4-3 with Ashley Gray scoring twice and other goals coming from Matthew Pummell and Ed Lawrence.

Hethersett Athletic Under-11s recorded a comprehensive 9-0 home win over Dereham Town with Ollie Husband hitting four and other goals coming from Max Beckett (2), Ben Lacey, Daegan Watts and Toby Wright.

Hethersett Athletic Under-10s were involved in a close encounter at Drayton in a match that could have gone either way but which the home team won 2-0.

January 16th

Hethersett Athletic Sunday First team have been presented with a new set of training tops by club sponsors Park Farm Hotel.

The team are photographed with the new tops before Sunday’s game at home to Hingham which ended in a disappointing 2-1 defeat. An even first half ended 1-1 after Dominic Frost had cancelled out an early Hingham goal. The visitors scored the only goal of the second half, however, to take the points.

Note – The photographs show the team before the match against Hingham and also Chris Thirtle and coach Neil Luther with one of the new tops.

Hethersett Athletic Sunday Reserves continued their run of good form in the Norwich Sunday League Division 4B with a 3-1 victory at Wendene. Jack Rushden scored twice and the other Hethersett goal came from Jake Mardell.

Hethersett Athletic Men’s Saturday found promotion chasers Castle Acre Swifts too strong for them as they went down 7-0 in a match that saw the home team keep their 100% league record.

Hethersett Athletic Ladies suffered a disappointing defeat when they were knocked out of the County Cup 3-1 at Taverham. Hethersett’s goal came from Grace Birchall.

Hethersett Athletic Ladies Hearts had to settle for a point from a 2-2 draw at home to Coltishall Jaguars. Hethersett’s goals came from Polly Tarrant and Hannah Waters.

Hethersett Athletic Under-15s gained an early lead at home to Fakenham thanks to a Jack Walker strike before Fakenham replied with a penalty. Matthew Butcher produced another fine performance in the Hethersett goal but had no chance with what proved to be the winner for the visitors just before the break. Hethersett failed to trouble Fakenham's keeper in the second half but defended much better than of late.

Hethersett Athletic Under-14s came back from Wymondham with a 7-0 win. Conrad Doggett and Ed Lawrence both scored twice and other Hethersett goals came from Sam Rix, Guy Peres and James Pegg.

Hethersett Athletic Ladies Hearts team are in second place in the Norfolk Women’s League Division One after a 3-0 win in the local derby against Wymondham. Lisa Ferdani was on target twice and Hethersett’s other goal came from Rhianne Brister. Hethersett Athletic Ladies first team’s match at home to Stevenage Borough was called off due to a waterlogged pitch.

Hethersett Athletic Sunday Reserves made it four league wins in a row with a 3-2 home victory over Spixworth Reserves. Hethersett’s goals came from Jack Rushden, Paul Martin and Jamie Wright.

Hethersett Athletic Men’s Saturday came up against a strong Northwold Sports and Social in the first round of the Crown Fire Ambulance Cup and went down 5-2. Hethersett’s goals came from Rickie Allen and Matt Molloy.

Hethersett Athletic Under-16s beat Watton 2-1 thanks to goals from Scott Grimes and Charlie Larwood.

Hethersett Athletic Under-15s went down 7-0 at Taverham and the Club’s Under-14s lost 3-2 at Watton. Hethersett’s goals came from Ed Lawrence and Lewis Baxter.

Hethersett Athletic Under-12s had another good win with an 8-1 victory over Dereham Wanderers. There were hat-tricks for Jack Kirby and Taylor Morris and Tom Anderton and Lewis Harris were also on the scoresheet.

Hethersett Athletic Under-11s beat Toftwood 3-0 thanks to a hat-trick from Ollie Husband, taking his total for the season to 27 and making him the club’s top scorer.

Hethersett Athletic Under-10s were beaten 7-1 at Friside with their only goal coming from Sean Murray.

Hethersett Athletic Sunday Firsts have found luck against them this season. They have amassed just a single point in Norwich Sunday League Division 2B but been beaten by the odd goal in eight of their 15 league games. It was a case of déjà vu as they came up against promotion chasing Acle Reserves and went down 2-1 with their goal coming from Sam Brooks.

Hethersett Athletic Ladies Firsts are through to the next round of the Eastern Region Women’s League Cup, a trophy they have won in three of the last four seasons, following a 2-1 victory at home to Braintree Town. Hethersett goals came from Abigail Charlton and Grace Birchall.

Hethersett Athletic Saturday continued their disappointing season in the Crown Fire South and Central Norfolk second division with a 5-1 defeat at the hands of Methwold Rovers. Hethersett’s goal came from Paul Norman.

Hethersett Athletic Under-16s beat Firside 7-2 with six different players on the scoresheet. Tom Calder scored twice and other goals came from Josh Harvey, Ollie Pfeiffer, Max Tarrant. Charlie Larwood and Scott Grimes.

Hethersett Athletic Girls Under-16s found Norwich City Yellows too strong for them and went down 6-0.

Hethersett Athletic Under-15s never gave up but found Jex far too strong for them and came away on the wrong end of a 14-0 scoreline.

Hethersett Athletic Under-14s visited Hellesdon and came away with a 4-0 win. Ed Lawrence found the net twice and other scorers were Lewis Baxter and Ashley Gray.

Hethersett Athletic Under-13s drew 2-2 at home to Norman with their goals coming from Josh Lacey and Harry Denny.

Hethersett Athletic Under-12s have a mountain to climb in the second leg of their League Trophy Quarter-Final after losing the first leg 6-2 at home to Weeting.

Hethersett Athletic Under-11s visited Hellesdon and came away with a 3-1 victory thanks to goals from Cameron Whiting, Max Beckett and Dan Ward.

Hethersett Athletic Under-9s beat St John’s 9-0 in the Norwich Christian League. Aaron Bradford hit a hat-trick and there were two goals each for Sam Johnson, Mark Attfield and Sam Harvey.

Hethersett Athletic Men’s sides turned out to be draw specialists at the weekend. The Sunday Firsts played out a goalless draw at Poringland Reserves, the Sunday Reserves ended up 2-2 at home to Windmill Elite (Ben Wright and Jack Rushden) and the Saturday side drew 3-3 at Breckland Wanderers with their goals coming from Andy Foster, Ricki Allen and Gary Davis.

Hethersett Athletic Ladies Firsts visited Braintree and came away on the wrong side of a 5-3 scoreline. Hethersett’s goals came from Megan Todd, Grace Birchall and Abi Charlton. The Ladies Hearts had a solid 3-0 League Cup win over Waveney with Hannah Waters scoring twice and Stacey Annison also on the scoresheet.

Hethersett Athletic Under-16s beat Wymondham 4-2 thanks to two goals from Scott Grimes and one each from Max Tarrant and Tom Calder.

Hethersett Athletic Under-15s went down 6-0 at Lakeford while the club’s Under-13s lost their League Cup quarter final 12-3 at Drayton despite a hat-trick from Harry Denny.

Hethersett Athletic Under-12s went down 10-0 at Weeting in the second leg of their League Trophy Quarter-Final. Weeting won the tie 16-2 on aggregate.

Hethersett Athletic Under-14s visited Mattishall and won 6-3 with two goals each for Ed Lawrence and Guy Peres and one each for Ashley Gray and Sam Rix.