Kris Beasley scores for Melksham Town in their 1-1 draw with Devizes Town in the big game at the top of the Mid Wiltshire Div

(picture courtesy of David Giles)

North Wiltshire Division

With a number of teams having already completed their fixtures there was a limited schedule of games in the two Veterans’ Divisions of the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League last week, with three games played in each of the two divisions.

In the North Wiltshire Division, the two teams battling out for the title both picked up comfortable wins on Tuesday night. Two more goals from the division’s leading scorer TJ Bohane plus one apiece from Phil Corcoran and Stuart Hughes secured a 4-0 win for Cricklade Town over Penhill United at Cirencester.

The same night Nationwide were also winning by a four goal margin against Swindon Rovers at New College to ensure the title race would last at least one more week. Leading 3-0 at half time thanks to goals from Neil Snow, Pete Sealey and Andrew Lynham, they added two more after the break from Paul Stonehouse and Radi Mahmuti, with Rovers getting just the one in reply through Craig Kimmens to make the final score 5-1. The win for Nationwide left them six points adrift of Cricklade having played one game more and one point behind second placed Redhouse with two games to go, one against ExIntel and one against Cricklade Town. The situation after this week's round of fixtures is that Cricklade now need just one point from their remaining games to claim the title and will look to do just that on Tuesday night when they entertain Chiseldon at Cirencester. 

After eleven games without a win Royal Wootton Bassett Town ended their season on a winning note with a 4-2 away win at Moredon against Chiseldon. Chris Head led the way with a hat-trick with Steve Shaw getting the other Royal Wootton Bassett goal. Adam O’Keeffe and Ermal Molla with the two Chiseldon goals. Your Sport Swindon were at the game and subscribers can view match highlights by clicking on the Your Sport Swindon logo below.

Mid Wiltshire Division

The big game of the week in the Mid Wiltshire Veterans’ Division was the first meeting of the season between Melksham Town and Devizes Town at the Oakfields Stadium. As expected, it proved to be a tight affair with Kris Beasley scoring for Melksham and Kierron Kiff for Devizes Town as the two teams had to settle for a point apiece following a 1-1 draw. The draw meant that Devizes remained six points behind the league leaders Melksham but with a game in hand. The two sides are set to meet again this coming week in the return match at Green Lane in what is Melksham’s penultimate game of the season, with Durrington to play in their final game of the season. David Giles was at the game and more of David's excellent pictures can be found on the League Facebook Group Page.

On the subject of Durrington, on the same night that both their two key rivals for the title were taking points off each other, they were recording a 4-1 away win at Radstock Town to move to within two points of Melksham Town with two games to play, which are against their two title challengers in an exciting climax to the season in the division. There were four different scorers with Alex Rigby, Shaune Smith, Toby Watson and Jesse Walters all finding the back of the net for Durrington. Durrington are four points ahead of Devizes having played one game more. 

The final game to be played in the division was on Tuesday night at Green Lane when Westbury United recorded their biggest win of the season, an 8-3 victory over Bishops Cannings. Leading scorer Wayne Wheeler added two more to his tally taking his total for the season to 12, Robert Youens also bagged a brace, and there were further goals for Mark Young, Dale Rowland, Thomas Crawford and Adam Casserley.  The three goals in reply for Bishops Cannings were scored by Adam Bewley, Marcus Rossi and Craig Hatton-Pocklington.

Radstock Town were scheduled to play their second game of the week on Friday night away at Warminster Town but they were unable to raise a side, gifting Warminster Town the three points.

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