After going undefeated all last season it came as a bitter pill to swallow for Boarhound to taste defeat in their first match of the new campaign after losing 4-3 to Club AZ.
Nathan Hulley opened the scoring for Boarhound before Lee Anderson crashed in a superb equaliser. Not to be out done Simon Gibbons restored the home side’s advantage with a spectacular volley but Club AZ came back to level the came at 2-2 with Omar Lampety finding the net.
Gibbons grabbed his second of the match and Boarhound’s third in the second half but Lee Anderson equalised before scoring the winner and completing his hat-trick.
Old Alts East made it two wins out of two with a 2-1 win against Cheadle Hulme. Marco Carlochi notched his second goal of the season with Nick Scholes adding a second for the visitors. Rob Jackson made it two goals in two games for Cheadle.
Handforth secured their first win of the season with a 9-2 success against Poynton Village. Sam Marshall’s brace proved incidental as Jordan Ecclestone led the way for Handforth scoring three with Stephen Dootson and Joe Reidy adding two a piece. Kyle Skaratt and Stuart Naylor both scored once.
Mary Dendy cruised past eight-man Wilmslow Sports 13-0. Man of the match Lee Sproats scored a hat-trick as did striker and captain Matt Morris. Chris Scarle grabbed two and there were further goals from debutant centre half James Monaghan, Anthony Yates, James Curbishley, Matt Stott and Josh Wilkinson.
Poynton Nomads got their season off to a great start with a 6-2 victory at Old Alts A. There were two goals apiece from Stuart Johnson, Tom Gaskell and man of the match Nish Joshi.
Poynton Kings made it two wins from two games after thrashing Juno 6-0 at Woodford Rec.
They now stand top of the table. In this form they look like potential title contenders and in man of the match Jordan Griffiths they have a match winner. He scored twice but Kings are strong all over the pitch this season and there were further goals from Dave Brindle , Adam Ledgar , Kieron Nolan and Ed Haslem.
