Brady Maccabi claimed the most emphatic win of the day as a hat-trick from Aaron Gareh helped them to an 8-2 win over Hapoel Hampstead. Joe Shaw scored twice, with Sam Raphael and Ben Myers also on target.
A hat-trick from Dave Amor, plus Mordy Grossberg’s penalty saw Bocher Juniors come away from Temple Fortune with a 4-0 win. Manager Joel Ucko said: “I thought it was a fantastic performance against a Fortune team who were up for it under their new manager.”
Mill Hill Dons raced into a three-goal lead inside the first half hour through goals from Ben Rodol, Jonny May and Jordan Bayer Goldman, and had to withstand a late fightback from HMH Camden before holding onto to claim a 3-2 victory.
Elsewhere, a treble from Zachary Collins inspired Hampstead Ducks to a 6-2 win at Mill Hill Minyan. Charles Braunstein, Max Gordon and Jacob Wolf bagged their other three. Finally, Beitar Bushey came away from HMB with a 3-2 win.
There was a shock in the semi-final of the Cyril Anekstein Cup as Division One promotion hopefuls Redbridge Jewish Care stunned Premier Division champions-in-waiting Hendon United 2-0. Bailey Brown scored for the victors, with manager Brandon Levene saying: “I couldn’t be prouder of the performance from the boys. The way we worked as a team, stuck to the game plan, fought for every single ball, got up and down the pitch was absolutely incredible. We knew it would be a massive challenge and we were the underdogs but we know that on our day, we can beat anyone. We’ll be underdogs for the final, but if we fight as hard as we did against Hendon, we have every chance of beating HMH in the final and most importantly, we believe we can do it.” Hendon manager Alex Rosenthal saying: “It was a disappointing performance. After conceding a cheap goal from a corner, we were just not clinical enough.”
The one game in the Maccabi Masters League saw Scrabble regain first place in Division One as they beat Temple Fortune 4-1. Fortune took the lead through Ed Lewin, but a Jon Issacs hat-trick, coupled with Andy Miller’s strike, saw them to the win and a three-point lead at the top of the table.
