Cases brought before Watford, St Albans and Hatfield Magistrates’ Courts include:

Graham Henry Bennett, 55, Thriftfield, Hemel Hempstead. Threatening behaviour in Hemel Hempstead on March 18 during eight-week sentence, suspended for 12 months, for assault and possession of a kitchen knife in Bellgate shops, Hemel Hempstead. Sent to prison for six weeks and fined £50.

John Joseph Wickens, 25, Livingstone Walk, Hemel Hempstead. Failed to provide a breath specimen at Hatfield Police Station on March 30. Driving while disqualified and without insurance in Long Lane, Mill End, Rickmansworth, on March 29. Driving car that had been taken without consent of the owner in Wensleydale, Hemel Hempstead, on March 29. Drink driving with 92 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath while disqualified and without insurance in Knightsbridge Barracks area, London, on September 17. Limit is 35. Stole alcohol and cigarettes worth £125.35 from Wine Rack, Harpenden High Street, with an accomplice on October 8. Stole cigarettes belonging to BP Petrol Station, Breakspear Way, Hemel Hempstead, on April 1. Stole a case of beers worth £10 from Tesco in Hemel Hempstead on March 21. Stole various items worth £19.06 from Martin McColl in Hemel Hempstead on April 21. Stole a crate of lager worth £8 from Tesco on March 24. Did not pay for £27.16 of petrol on May 24 and £20.11 of petrol on April 11, 2013, in Hemel Hempstead. Sent to prison for 26 weeks, banned from driving for three years.

Jason Lee Peake, 26, Herons Elm, Northchurch. Drink driving with 80 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath on the A41 bypass, Bourne End, on April 10. Limit is 35. Fined £280, £85 costs, £28 victim surcharge and banned from driving for 41 months - to be cut by 41 weeks if course is completed by October 11, 2016.

Robert James Duncombe, 25, Varney Close, Berkhamsted. Drink driving with 62 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath on the A41 bypass, Hemel Hempstead, on April 10. Resisted police officer and possession of one wrap of cocaine in Hemel Hempstead on same day. Limit is 35. Fined £950, £85 costs, £40 victim surcharge and banned from driving for 40 months - to be cut by 40 weeks if course is completed by September 17, 2016.

Dinesh Lalji Sudra, 54, Gate Croft, Hemel Hempstead. Breached a restraining order in Hemel Hempstead on April 8. Conditional discharge for 12 months, restraining order to not go to Hemel Hempstead address until April 23, 2015, £15 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Josh Mel Mallaburn, 22, Boxted Road, Hemel Hempstead. Failed to surrender to custody at St Albans Magistrates’ Court on January 13. Fined £120, £85 costs and £20 victim surcharge.

Emmet John Stanley, 32, Cobb Road, Berkhamsted. Did not have any vehicle insurance in Berkhamsted on October 15. Fined £175, £110 costs and £20 victim surcharge.

Denise Maria Locke, 43, Squires Ride, Hemel Hempstead. Did not have any vehicle insurance in Hemel Hempstead on October 10. Fined £200, £110 costs and £20 victim surcharge.

Darren Alastair Eric Gordon, 34, Claymore, Hemel Hempstead. Stole two bottles of fragrance worth £68 from Asda, Hemel Hempstead, on February 3. Fined £75, £85 costs, and £20 victim surcharge.

Paul Parker, 50, Gable Close, Abbots Langley. Fraudulently sold a car with a false MOT to make £405 for himself in Watford on July 18. Drove off without paying for petrol worth £50 in Elstree on July 11 and worth £62.38 in Watford on June 22. Put under curfew for eight weeks to stay at home between 8pm and 6am every day, to be monitored by electronic tag, must complete 150 hours of unpaid work in next 12 months, ordered to pay £462.38 in compensation, £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Daniel Ross South, 19, Sempill Road, Hemel Hempstead. Failed to attend work placement on March 16 and March 23 in breach of court order. Fined £75 and £85 costs.

Himal Shrestha, 38, Wynchdells, Hemel Hempstead. Failed to disclose bank details to Dacorum Borough Council when claiming housing benefit and council tax benefit in Hemel Hempstead on February 5 and October 15, 2007, and April 20 and May 27, 2009. Fined £400, £250 costs and £40 victim surcharge.

Shrinkhala Shrestha, 33, Wynchdells, Hemel Hempstead. Failed to disclose bank details to Dacorum Borough Council when claiming housing benefit and council tax benefit in Hemel Hempstead on February 5 and November 15, 2007, April 20 and May 27, 2009, and on or about October 24, 2012. Fined £250, £250 costs and £25 victim surcharge.

Adel Hart, 20, Everest Way, Hemel Hempstead. Used a colour TV without a licence at home on January 13. Fined £37, £40 costs and £20 victim surcharge.

Penelope Penny Peacock, 36, Teal Way, Hemel Hempstead. Used a colour TV without a licence at home between December 15 and January 16. Fined £200, £120 costs and £20 victim surcharge.

Joanne Skerman, 35, Barnacres Road, Hemel Hempstead. Used a colour TV without a licence at home between October 5 and November 6. Fined £200, £120 costs and £20 victim surcharge.

Richard Mark Tarbox, 35, Leys Road, Hemel Hempstead. Used a colour TV without a licence at home on January 14. Fined £150, £120 costs and £20 victim surcharge.

Louise Whiter, 34, Tintagel Close, Hemel Hempstead. Used a colour TV without a licence at home on November 4. Fined £37, £40 costs and £20 victim surcharge.

Kathleen Patricia Sutton, 18, Wharf Way, Hunton Bridge. Allowed someone to use a car without insurance or a licence in South Way, Abbots Langley, on January 25. Fined £110, £85 costs, £20 victim surcharge and six points on licence.

Chiltern Harriers won plenty of medals in the first round of the Herts Track and Field Championships.

In the U13 events, two new Chiltern athletes marked their county sprint debuts with excellent results.

Mia Henson ran a PB of 13.85s in the 100m heat and clocked 13.88s to win a silver medal in the final.

Matthew Patterson was also a silver medallist in the 100m with a time of 13.99s, and he added to that with a win in the long jump with an impressive leap of 4.67m.

Bronze medals in the U13 events came from Meadow Thomas and Emily Alderson.

Thomas ran 13.99s in the hurdles, while Alderson ran just outside her best with 2:42.22 in the 800m.

In the 1,500m races there were medals galore for the Chiltern runners. Matt Simpson won silver in the U20 men’s race with 4:21.83, while three Chiltern athletes ran the U17 men’s race.

Jonty Wager-Leigh won gold with a PB run of 4:15.01. In fifth was Toby Smith with a PB of 4:36.74, and Sam Howell was 10th in 4:48.96.

Jake Alderson ran well in the U15 boys’ race to finish fifth in 4:48.89.

Hannah Morton was U17 silver medallist in 4:59.73, while there was a Chiltern 1-2 in the U15 girls’ race.

Sophie Morton won in 4:57.98 and Scarlett Wager-Leigh was second with 5:01.73. Also having a fine run was Charlotte Munn, fourth in a new PB of 5:17.77.

The Camelot U10s signed off the season with a flourish by picking up silverware at the Saracens Development Festival.

They beat Medway 3-1 in the final of the competition in a game played on the pitch at half-time of the Saracens v Worcester Aviva Premiership clash.

Often this season the U10s have been slow starting at festivals, but not this time around, winning the opening match 3-0 against Old Grammarians.

Next up was old foes, the Old Albanians, but they were no match for this Camelot side who came away with a comfortable 4-0 win.

Game three in the pool stages was the toughest, with Marlow twice taking the lead, but each time Camelot battled back, eventually winning the game 4-2. The result meant a draw in the final pool game against Aylesford Bulls would guarantee a semi-final spot.

That place in the last four was never in doubt, and a 5-1 win meant that Camelot qualified with four straight wins, 16 tries scored and just three conceded.

The semi-final was another bruising encounter with Marlow, a tight match that was won 2-1, earning a place in the final in front of the Saracens and Worcester supporters.

The final victory over Medway sealed a fantastic day’s rugby and brought a fitting close to the season.

The Little Hay ladies swept the board when they came out top for the second year running in a National Association of Public Golf Courses tournament.

This year not only did they retain the Mary Forster Bowl, but Little Hay’s second team were also runners-up.

The Mary Forster Bowl is a tournament for teams of three ladies and involved a preliminary group stage between 30 teams from across the country, followed by a grand final played by the top six teams at Abbey Hill Golf Club near Milton Keynes.

Both of the Little Hay teams made it through to the final by winning their group stages.

Winners of the Trophy with the aggregate score of 99 Stableford points were Dorcas Kindinger (captain), Clare Stammeijer and Pauline Manning.

Runners-up with 96 points were Jacky Pearson (captain), Elaine Meagher and Linda Reeve. Chris Marsden, Carol Kent and Linda Cusick had also played in the teams during the group stage.

The ladies also had a success in a friendly match played at home against Harpenden Common, winning by 3 games to 1.

Meanwhile, 17 new members joined in a welcome event at Little Hay.

They met club captain Mick Whelan and past captains Martin Evans and Tony Alford and played 18 holes in order to get familiar with the course.

The best score of the day was a net 69 carded by John Murphy.

Elsewhere, in fine weather, Division One of the Men’s May Medal was won by Ant Monger with a net 70 ahead of Paul Williams, Chris Venner and Ashley Wade, all with 71.

Division Two was won by David Smith (69) followed by Phil Joslin (70) and Ricardo Romita (71)

In the Ladies’ May Medal, the best score of the day was by junior player Emma Shepherd with net 67.

The best adult score was made by Caroline Banks (71) followed by Trish Joslin (72).

Martin Scorsese’s fact-based drama THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (18: Universal) is an exhilarating tale of decadence and debauchery.

It’s the director’s fifth collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio and the closest he has come to duplicating the highs of the eight films he made with Robert De Niro.

DiCaprio turns in a charismatic lead performance as high-flying New York finance executive Jordan Belfort.

He became a multimillionaire in the 1990s through fraudulent share trading and stock-price manipulation and the film charts his rise and fall.

Scorsese assembled an excellent cast, including Jonah Hill and Matthew McConaughey, that keeps the demented momentum hurtling forwards.

DiCaprio and Hill, as Belfort’s larger-than-life sidekick Donnie, create a whirlwind of havoc that recalls the hectic, cocaine-fuelled energy of Goodfellas, but without the brooding, omnipresent threat of violence.

The tone is flat-out black comedy with X-rated laughs, most of them coming from Belfort’s various sex and substance addictions, which perfectly offset the Sopranos-style dialogue.

> That film is not to be confused with the simultaneously released ASSAULT ON WOLF STREET (18: Metrodome), a thriller with a solid cast featuring the likes of Edward Furlong, John Heard, Keith David and Michael Pare.

When Rosie (Erin Karpluk) is diagnosed with a brain tumour, her former soldier husband Jim (Dominic Purcell) decides to cash in his military pension to pay for her treatment.

But his financial advisor tells him much of his money has been lost in bad investments.

Jim borrows money from a colleague and hires an attorney to sue before taking matters into his own hands by going on a spree to kill every man on Wall Street who has abused his power.

> In one of his final roles before his death in a car crash, Paul Walker goes full redneck in HUSTLERS (18: Lionsgate), three tales of grindhouse revenge linked by a small-town pawn shop in America’s Deep South.

Spliced, Creepshow-fashion, with comic-book panels, Walker’s hillbilly meth-addict Raw Dog is joined by Elijah Wood as a serial rapist and Brendan Fraser as a crappy Elvis impersonator who strikes a deal with the devil.

Matt Dillon, Vincent D’Onofrio and Thomas Jane are also in the line-up, but the script is weak and the stories second hand.

> The Vietnam War and the protest movement back home are seen through a very soft lens in soapy romantic drama LOVE AND HONOR (12: High Fliers).

Two soldiers – strait-laced Dalton (Austin Stowell) and prankish Mickey (Liam Hemsworth) – get a week’s leave from the war.

Instead of exploring Asia’s brothels, they head to a hippie-filled Michigan, where they pose as deserters and Dalton attempts to discover why his girlfriend Jane – now calling herself Juniper – has given him the heave-ho.

The film’s modest budget wouldn’t matter as much if the director hadn’t cut corners elsewhere, dropping the soldiers into one stock 1960s situation after another.

It’s a lightweight drama full of heavyweight war-is-hell monologues.

A group of 21 swimmers from Tring Swimming Club attended the Level Two Spring Open Meet at Bletchley Leisure Centre – winning 19 medals and achieving 30 personal bests.

Head coach Justin Langford said: “Our swimmers are putting the effort into their training every day. The senior swimmers are taking on responsibility as role models and the performances keep on improving.”

Chloe Woodruff deserves a special mention, missing out on Regional qualifying times for both 100m and 200m back by less than a second.

Club chairman Jo Sansom said: “This shows the potential we have at the club and the rewards our swimmers and coaching staff are getting for all their hard work.”

Brilliant winning performances resulted in six gold, seven silver and six bronze medals.

Gold medals went to Bethany Masters (50 and 100m breaststroke), Nathan Gething (50 and 100m freestyle) and Justin Langford (50 and 100m butterfly); silver medals were awarded to Callum Bullock (50m breaststroke), Nathan Gething (200m freestyle), Robert Jennings (100m freestyle), Bethany Masters (400m IM), Tilly Beckwith (50m freestyle) and Clem Waterhouse (50m freestyle and 50m breaststroke); and the six bronzes went to Callum Bullock (50m butterfly and 50m backstroke), Emma Killin (100m breaststroke), George Thorne (50m freestyle) and Chloe Woodruff (100m backstroke and 400m IM).

Excellent personal bests were also achieved by Brianna Mazey (200m backstroke) and Tilly Beckwith (100m freestyle).

The club welcomes new members of all ages and ability, and more information can be found at www.tringswimmingclub.co.uk

Berkhamsted Golf Club’s Alice Hewson will be teeing off alongside Ryder Cup Captain Paul McGinley and Radio 5 Live golf commentator Andrew Cotter in the Pro-Am at the BMW PGA Golf Championship at Wentworth.

Alice was selected to play in the event after winning the girls’ section of the Daily Telegraph Championship.

Aged 16, Alice plays off a handicap of +1, and will be hoping to impress at Wentworth on May 21.

Berkhamsted Golf Club’s Lesley English said: “All the members of the club send Alice their best wishes.”

“Scheming on a thing, that’s a mirage, I’m trying to tell you now, it’s sabotage…”

Alas there’s not a Beastie Boy to be seen (or even heard) in this limp and stupid ‘action thriller’ that pretty much nails shut the coffin on Arnie’s leading muscle man credentials.

Don’t get me wrong – I’m a big Schwarzenegger fan, and grew up loving his cheesy butt-kicking roles in Terminator, Commando, the original Total Recall and others.

But all good things come to end and if there is any justice in the world, Sabotage should provide a juddering halt after audiences endure the 66-year-old all at sea as leader of an elite DEA tactical team.

Director David ‘End of Watch’ Ayer has made some great cop action thrillers but Sabotage is by far his weakest effort to date.

Arnie is actually the least of the problems. He might look confused as to quite why he’s even there – which isn’t helped by his most used line being “What the f…?” – but there are a couple of moments when his sheer bulky presence works.

The script, however, is DOA and the rest of the cast look as if they have wandered onto the set from another film altogether, seemingly ad-libbing wildly.

Chief offender is Terrence Howard who plays Julius ‘Sugar’ Edmonds – his DEA tag should have been Julius ‘Token Black Male’ Edmonds as he only gets a few lines which are all stereotypical rubbish.

The rest of the ill-fated team – it seems that they are being taken down one by one by a psychotic drug cartel after stealing $10 million from them – include the usually OK Sam ‘Avatar’ Worthington as James ‘Monster’ Murray as well as Joe ‘Grinder’ Phillips (Joe Mangeniello), Eddie ‘Neck’ Jordan (Josh Holloway), Max ‘Pyro’ Roberts (Max Martini), ‘Smoke’ Jennings (Mark Schlegel) and Lizzy Murray (Mireille Enos). All of them look suitably embarrassed to be there, and Enos in particular hams it up as if her life depends on it.

Sabotage is also unnecessarily nasty in places, which doesn’t sit well with the crass jovial tone banter tone of most of the dialogue.

What’s more, it boasts the worst car chase ever committed to screen and one of the limpest ‘climactic’ showdowns of all time.

Sabotage leaves no loose ends but is the cinematic equivalent of being repeated punched in the face by a angry imbecile.

Unsurprisingly, the advice is to avoid if possible.

A record number of 200 triathletes took part in the RAF Halton Sprint Triathlon to raise money for Rennie Grove Hospice Care.

Competitors included a mix of novice and experienced triathletes, all eager to challenge themselves with a 300m pool swim, followed by a 21k road cycle and a 5k run.

The fastest finisher was a member of the GB Junior Triathlon Squad, Kieran Lindars from Aylesbury.

Kieran, 17, is in his third season as a triathlete and stormed home in 52 minutes and 27 seconds – nearly two and half minutes faster than any other competitor.

First across the line for the ladies was Elaine Garvican from Waltham Cross, who completed the course in 59:07.

Joining the elite athletes were a large number of people participating in their very first triathlon, including Louise Brookes from Berkhamsted.

Having run the London Marathon before for Rennie Grove, Louise found the cycle element of the triathlon the hardest.

She said: “I was pleased to get to the run because I did find the cycling very tiring, but it was a really friendly local event and I would definitely do it again.”

Andy Jones from Hemel Hempstead took part in last year’s event and decided to sign up again this year. He also persuaded his 19-year-old son Noah to join him.

Andy did plenty of training before the event and managed to beat his son home.

“It was brilliant,” said Andy, “It was friendly, fun and very well-organised.”

Rennie Grove event organiser Clair Evans added: “This was the third time we have run the Triathlon at RAF Halton and it was definitely the best.

“It was really exciting to reach our maximum number of participants for the first time and there was a fabulous atmosphere on the day with a great sense of camaraderie amongst the competitors.

“I would like to say a massive thank you to Corporal Matthew Nowicki who has organised the race side of things for the last three years.

“Unfortunately as Matt is now serving in the very north of England, this is the last one he will be involved with but we very much hope that the event will continue next year.

“Thanks also go to everyone at RAF Halton for allowing us to use the facilities and to all of the cadets and fabulous Rennie Grove volunteers who helped marshal and organise the event on the day.

“We hope to raise £10,000 from this event which will fund one of our specialist Healthcare Assistants for six months, providing much needed support for local patients and their families.”

The next Rennie Grove Hospice Care event is the Ashridge Trail Half Marathon on Sunday, June 22. To find out more, please visit www.renniegrove.org/ashridgetrail

Tring Tornadoes United U14s returned home with a trophy from their bank holiday tour to Weymouth.

Managed by former Premier League referee Graham Poll, the squad of 14 boys travelled down to the south coast and played exceptionally well, scoring 16 goals and conceding only three in their five matches.

Unfortunately they finished as runners-up in their group to the eventual winners which meant they did not qualify for the final.

The Tring boys were, however, awarded the trophy for their sporting attitude across the entire age group.

The squad, with goals scored in brackets, was: George Hill (5), Chris Butler (4), Will Darraugh (1), Harrison Woods (1), Matt Cowan (1), San Copleston (1), Lee Hatch (1), Matt Cato (1), Isaac Munt (1), Luke Priestley (GK), Harrison Ambrose, Ryan Higgins, Will Alexander and Harry Poll (captain).

On Sunday, the squad will travel to Burnham FC for their last match of the season – a cup final against Risborough Rangers.

Hemel Aces U15 Wasps had the winning ticket in the penalty shoot-out lottery as they beat St Albans City North in the West Herts Youth League Cup final.

St Albans started the game brightly and deservedly took the lead midway through the first half.

However some superb goalkeeping from Ryan Wilson and stubborn defending from Andrea Nwagbara, Lewis Fisher, Daniel Potticary and Alex Merrill kept the Wasps in the game.

Captain Connor James was leading by example, putting in a sterling effort across the pitch, but Aces could not create any clear cut chances for goal machine Jack Blair.

The second half continued in the same vein until Blair was brought down in the box and Merrill smashed home from the spot.

The game then began to swing Aces way but it eventually ended 1-1 at the final whistle.

After a hard fought game, extra-time proved fruitless and the result came down to the lottery of penalties.

Both teams missed their first two spot kicks before Nwagbara and Fisher put Aces in command, leaving goalkeeper Wilson with the final kick to secure the trophy to cheers from his team-mates.

Meanwhile, in their second year in the Mid Herts League, the Aces U14 Lions have won the Premier Division title with three games to spare. They also reached the final of the Mathew Blease Memorial League Cup.

Everybody needs good neighbours and if they happen to be over 50, it could make selling your property less traumatic.

A poll by Saga Home Insurance reveals that more than 80 per cent of people in Eastern England asked say the condition of a neighbouring property is important when house hunting.

And it seems the over 50s make the best neighbours, because they are less likely to let the neighbourhood go to the dogs.

The survey shows that younger people are more prone to letting their property become an eyesore, with peeling paint, collapsing fences and bin bags dumped on top of an unkempt garden.

Of the various eyesores that put Eastern England residents off making an offer on a house, rubbish in the front garden topped the list, followed by dismantled cars, overgrown gardens, unkempt lawns and any evidence that the property owner keeps lots of pets.

The survey found that more than four fifths of over 50s throughout the UK say that they like to keep their front garden tidy and they put a lot of effort into doing so.

A quarter of these constant gardeners say they mow their lawn once a week, compared to just eight per cent of under 50s.

They are also less likely to have peeling paint, fences in need of repair or rubbish strewn over the front lawn. Regionally, of people in Eastern England asked, 27 per cent say they mow the lawn once a week, making people here among the most houseproud in Britain.

In comparison, just two thirds of 25-34 year olds say they like to keep their front garden tidy, they are eight times as likely to have rubbish in their garden as over 50s and one in ten have fences in need of repair.

Other front garden frights people admit having includes dumped furniture, building materials and garden gnomes.

Saga Services chief executive Roger Ramsden said: “The over 50s seem much more house-proud than younger generations, which is good for their neighbours and the area they live in.

“The Saga generations are keen gardeners and clearly believe that first impressions count, it appears that keeping your bushes trimmed has kerb appeal and lifts house prices in your neighbourhood.”

A former Tring Tornadoes youngster has been snapped up by Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur after attracting interest from a number of top clubs.

Fin Lawless, 8, was first scouted at the age of five and has had a string of clubs including Spurs, Arsenal, Chelsea, Queens Park Rangers and Watford tracking his development.

Brookmead School pupil Fin – who prefers to play left or right midfield – has trained with the Spurs and Watford pre-academy elite teams for the past two years and last year trained with the Arsenal academy.

He agreed a pre-contract with Spurs in October and officially signed on Saturday at White Hart Lane with club legend Ledley King.

Fin trains four times a week at the same state of the art training facility in Enfield that the first team use. He said: “I’m so happy to have signed for Spurs, they have made me feel so welcome and the coaching really helps me to develop my game.

“I can’t wait for the new season to start!”

Fin was presented to a sell-out crowd at White Hart Lane on Sunday before the game against Aston Villa and was interviewed on the big screen before doing a lap of honour with his team-mates.

Three more members of Hemel Town’s 2013/14 championship winning squad have committed to stay at Vauxhall Road.

Defenders Shane Blackett and Manager’s Player of the Year Kieran Murphy have signed for the Tudors until the summer of 2015, while Young Player of the Year Kyle Connolly has signed a two year deal.

This follows the news last week that Hemel had retained most of this season’s victorious squad.

For the second time in as many weeks, Hemel Stags were involved in a tightly fought contest that kept the crowd on the edge of their seats as they went down 22-14 to York City Knights.

Ben Dent scored a pair of tries as York kept pace with Hunslet Hawks at the top of the Kingstone Press Championship One table.

However, it was the Stags who made the stronger start, with a 13th-minute try from Michael Brown giving them the lead.

A forceful run by Chris Clough, a former York player, made good ground before he produced a superb offload to Brown who sprinted 40 yards to score.

Barry John Swindells missed the conversion but he made amends with a penalty kick to give the visitors a 6-0 lead after 32 minutes.

But York hit back with tries from Dent and Lee Paterson and a Ben Hardcastle goal to go into half-time 10-6 up.

First, man of the match James Saltonstall broke free of his tackler before running 80 metres and passing outside to Dent to finish the move.

Soon afterwards, Paterson forced his way over for the hosts, and Hardcastle added the two points as the half-time hooter went.

However, an Evan Simons try and a pair of goals from Swindells saw the Stags retake the lead.

Simons sold an outrageous dummy and scooted over the chalk, while Swindells was his usual reliable self with the boot.

But tries from Ben Dent and Adam Dent, along with a pair of conversions from Ben Reynolds, saw the City Knights home and left the Stags to rue what might have been.

Hemel Town U14 Whites have been crowned WHL Senior League Cup champions after beating Harpenden Colts Pirates 3-1 in the final.

The Whites took a while to get started but two quick goals – one lovely overhead kick from Zion Yoseph and another from Gary Dowling – put them 2-0 up at half-time.

Mason Davis added a 35-yard free-kick to make it 3-0, and a late goal from Harpenden could not prevent the Whites from recording a well deserved win.

In the league, meanwhile, the team have secured a top-four spot in Division One after beating Kings Langley 8-2.

The Hemel goals came from Davis (3), Dowling (2), Yoseph (2) and man of the match Jake Dowton.

To find out about joining the Whites, call manager Darren Elmer on 07761 276200 or email darren.elmer@ntlworld.com

Berkhamsted FC finished their 2013/14 campaign at the end of season awards evening.

The first team were 5th in the SSML Premier Division and reached the Premier Division Cup final.

The club’s top scoring record of 43 goals in a season was equalled by Connor Calcutt who retained the Golden Boot.

The supporters voted next highest scorer Josh Chamberlain as their player of the year and the players voted versatile Jamie Gavin as their man of the year. Manager Mick Vipond‘s selection was centre-back Ed Canham.

Clubman of the Year was chairman Steve Davis.

Kieron Turner was top scorer for the reserves, as well as development manager Joe Sweeney’s Player of the Year.

Alfie Osborne won the Players’ Player award, while Jay Caines and Jake Arch won the U18 prizes.

The Hemel Hempstead Leisure Leagues champions were crowned last week – and they have made a flying start to the new campaign.

Puyol Pants Down celebrated an enviable 24 points from a possible 28 to take the title, and they were once again on winning form in their contest with Fat Dads in the second week of the new season.

With Ryan Clancy and Craig King both netting hat-tricks for the champions, there was no shortage of goals in the game.

In fact, their opponents were also dangerous on the attack and James Lasbrey scored a hat-trick of his own. Despite numerous spectacular saves from loan signing and man of the match Szabi Tapaszto, the Dads were forced to accept defeat, after a valiant display from all players.

The Fellowship were in action against old rivals Hemel Elite this week, who wore their pristine white away kit in a sporting gesture to their red top rivals.

As expected, the match was a closely fought throughout and there was little to separate the sides at half-time; The Fellowship boasting a narrow one goal advantage.

Elite player/manager Chris Wyatt was pivotal for his side as he saved countless efforts on target from Pete Nightingale and Fellowship player/manager Andy Jeffreys.

It was Jeffreys who proved the difference between the teams as he scored two on the night, including the all-important winning goal.

Meanwhile, Chicken Kiev led by four goals to one at half-time this week, in their tie with improving Exeter Gently.

A hat-trick from Rupert Dan and a sweet strike from Mark Purcell helped Exeter fight back in the game, but this was only to be cancelled out by two Kiev goals from John Durcan, as well as the goal of the night from fellow striker Joe Boggins. Kiev took the points, winning 7-4.

Elsewhere, Nice To Michu were in action against experienced outfit Butterflies FC this week.

Danny Roberts was once again on form for Nice To Michu; he played some excellent football and scored most of the goals for his team.

Butterflies continued to press their opponents’ defence but they could not overcome the goals already conceded and Nice To Michu celebrated the 12-9 victory.

Hello Boss continue to entertain in the league and this week was no exception, as they managed to fire home four goals in their match against Norfolk & Chance.

Unfortunately for them, man of the match James Kirby played superbly for Norfolk; his clever skills, acute passes and endless energy enabled his team to take the advantage. The match finished 10-4 in Norfolk’s favour.

Last season’s Championship winners, Fred West Ham, played past runners-up and newly promoted AEK Hemel. The match was more one-sided than anticipated as Fred West were clearly fatigued and they found it hard to gain any momentum in the game.

AJ Boyer converted two for AEK, as did man of the match and team captain, Jack Evans. Fred West will look to address the 4-1 defeat next week as they face Fat Dads.

Have You Got It played Exeter Gently in a very closely contested points match this week.

Asa Foster was reliably accurate in front of goal, scoring several himself, as well as assisting his team-mates.

The match finished 7-7 and was a very fair reflection of both teams’ performances. Exeter will want to build on this and should take a number of positives into their tie next week with The Fellowship.

If you’re interested in joining the league as a team or an individual player, call regional manager Gary Connell on 07983 225566.

A magnificent season for Leverstock Green Ladies Whites was finished off in style as they completed the league and cup double.

Having already clinched the league title, the Whites dug deep in extra-time to beat Flitwick Ladies Whites 2-1 in the League Cup Final.

The Whites looked all at sea in the opening 15 minutes as nerves seemed to take hold of the entire team,but gradually Levy began to get a foothold in the game and a bruising first half finished goalless.

The second half saw Levy kick down the slight slope and they really took the game to Flitwick.

Ellen Salter began to torment them down the left flank, but it was Flitwick who took the lead against the run of play from a long range free-kick after 65 minutes

Shortly afterwards, Cally Salter saw a free-kick crash off the crossbar and Ellen Salter was also unlucky to see a long range shot tipped onto the woodwork.

Levy surged forward with wave after wave of attack and, after 82 minutes, the referee awarded a penalty for handball. Ellen Salter duly stepped up to convert the spot kick to send the game into extra-time.

The first half of the added period remained goalless, and the game seemed destined for penalties.

However, in the 118th minute, Pru Squires-Adams gathered the ball on the halfway line and fed Natasha Sherriff who ran fully 35 yards before dispatching a clinical finish to clinch a dramatic victory for her side.

Levy manager Kevin Salter said: “This truly was a squad performance requiring each and every player to wring every ounce of remaining energy to get the job done.

“All of the girls were heroes today.”

Tring Athletic FC will finish the season at their Annual Club Presentation Evening on Friday.

Each of the Tring teams will crown a Players’ Player of the Year and Manager’s Player of the Year, and the Supporters’ First Team Player of the Year will also be revealed.

The evening is an opportunity to celebrate the season and thank all those who have worked hard on behalf of the club.

The club bar opens at 7pm and sponsors, supporters, players, former players and friends are all welcome to attend.

The presentation will start at 8pm.