Canvey-based Island Boys Wolves certainly have nothing to howl about.

For they moved up to third place in the Under-9 Fifth Division of the Bukta South East Essex Mini-Soccer Primnary League with a 3-1 win at local rivals Benfleet Villa.

Two goals from Ben Carter and a Perry Edwards effort gave Wolves the spoils with William Hollingsworth grabbing the Villa reply.

With the season due to finish on Sunday week, the battle for honours in the League is hotting up.

Keeping the wolves from the door - this Benfleet Villa player tries to escape from two Island Boys Wolves rivals

Picture: MALCOLM STOCKWELL

Results

UNDER-EIGHT

Lions East: Rayleigh Boys 1 (Stevens), Ashingdon Boys 5 (Harding 2, Okai 2, Grech); Rayleigh Boys 1 (Price), Trinity Juniors 2 (Burns, Cotgrave).

Lions West: Canvey Orient 1 (Knott), Elmwood Colts 1 (Stevens); Island Boys 1 (Kent), Leigh Rockets 3 (Moxon 2, Cannon 1); Elmwood Colts 3 (Osben, Gardner, Kimmence), Deaneswood Youth 0.

Lions Central: Rochford Town 0, Ekco Whitecaps 2 (Papworth, MacDonald); Rochford Town 2 (Laing , Brennan), Chapman Sands 1 (Cooper).

Tigers West: Canvey Orient 4, Blues Youth 1; Island Boys 1, Canvey Orient 0; Island Boys 3 (Wright2, Colvill), Eversley Boys 0.

UNDER-NINE

Division 1: Canvey Island Youth 1, Benfleet 1; Fairfax Rangers 1, Dons Academy 1; Canvey Orient 4, Leigh Rockets 1; Elmwood Colts 1 (Walston), Gt Wakering Colts1 (Bragg); Canvey Orient 4 (Eustace 2, Slater 2), Premier Athletic 2 (Shelts, Golding).

Division 3: Hullbridge Sports 1 (Blackmon), Rayleigh Boys Lions 2 (Rose, Phillips); Hamlet Court 1, Rayleigh Boys Tigers 1; Rochford Town 1 (Ridpath), Rayleigh Boys Tigers 4 (Clalk 3, Gledhill); Shoebury Boys 0, Westering Tigers 1 (Salmons); Hamlet Court 2, Westering Tigers 1.

Division 5: Benfleet Villa 1 (Hollingsworth), Island Boys 3 (Carter 2, Edwards); Leigh Rockets 5 (Harvey 3, King 2), Ashingdon Boys 1 (Grech); Leigh Rockets (Harvey 2, McIntyre, Harvey 3), Blues Yuoth 2 (Jones, Brand).

Division 6: All Star Colts 0, Shoebury Boys 2 (Brown 2); Kingdown Rangers 1 (Walker), Southend Manor 1(Potts).

UNDER-TEN

Division 1: Ashingdon Boys 1 (Wall), Elmwood Colts 3 (Gardner 2, Hunter).

Division 2: Gt Wakering Colts 3 (Burnell, Hinkley, og), Hawkwell Athletic 3 (Smart, Walker, Carr).

Division 3: Golden Manor 1 (Restorick), Rochford Town 3 (Goodhead, Williams, Webb); Blues Youth C 0, Southend Manor 10 (Pearmain 2, Leeding 2, Frank 2, Wakefield, Barnes, Heard, Carter); Hotspurs 3 (Gray, Wells, Mesher), Leigh Rockets 0; All Star Colts 1 (Wells), Leigh Rockets 2 (Boughtwood, Walker).

Division 4: Ekco Whitecaps 4 (Witts 2, Kavanagh 2), Catholic United 2 (Hayden 2); Fairfax Rangers 2 (Courtenay, Brushett), Canvey Island Youth 4 (Molyneux 3, Kemsley); Ekco Whitecaps 5 (Witts 2, Kavanagh 2,Davison), Catholic United 0.

Division 5: Hotspurs 0, Eversley Boys 5 (Samuels 3, Greenland, Dadd).

Division 6: Fairfax Rangers 2 (Paul 2), Smallgains Colts 7 (Sparkes 3, Foot 3, Bendall).

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