Alice Russell (South Berks) 
Alice Russell (South Berks) 
Alison Eatwell 
Bryony Woods on the charge 
Bryony Woods gets stuck in 
Emilie Smith (South Berks) 
Emilie Smith (South Berks) 
Sonning Ladies 2s v South Berkshire Ladies (white shirts) 
South Berks score 
Sonning shoot in the rain 
Sonning Ladies 2s v South Berkshire Ladies (white shirts) 
Sonning Ladies 2s v South Berkshire Ladies (white shirts) 
South Berks find the net 
Jemima Simpson (South Berks) 
Kelly Hancock (South Berks) 
Captain Kelly Hancock celebrates
GOALS from Alice Russell, Sarah Kelly and Kelly Hancock guided South Berkshire Ladies to a season-opening win away at neighbours Sonning 2s in Trysports Premier 1.
Berks, who finished fifth last season and have a new coach in Mark Robinson, broke the deadlock when Russell deflected a Bryony Woods shot into the net.
A brilliant save from Yellie Powley-Williams preserved the lead, allowing Kelly to double the advantage, firing in from a tight angle.
And the 3-0 win was sealed when captain Hancock dribbled past two defenders before flicking past the goalkeeper.
In the same league, SONNING LADIES 1s marked their return to the Trysports Premier with a 5-0 thrashing of Slough 2s.
Freshly-relegated after a difficult campaign up in the South Clubs’ Division, Sonning returned in style with a comfortable win on the road.
Down in Division 1, goals from Emily Yorke-Goldney and Caz Bickley could not prevent a 3-2 defeat for SOUTH BERKSHIRE 2s at Abingdon.
SONNING 3s got off to a winning start, edging past Amersham and Chalfont 1-0.
Lower down the pyramid there were wins for SOUTH BERKSHIRE LADIES 3s and SONNING 4s, but SOUTH BERKS 4s and SONNING VETERANS were beaten. SONNING LADIES 5s drew 2-2 with Bicester 5s in Division 6.
The men’s season begins in earnest this weekend but the MBBO Regional 1 campaign did get underway with SONNING thrashed 9-1 at Chiswick.
Newly-promoted Sonning were given a rude awakening with Ian Gallagher netting their consolation goal.
