RELEGATED Stourport men's firsts hope to bounce straight back to the top flight - but admit it could take time as they blood a host of new players.

Since their relegation from Division One to Division Two North, they have lost goalkeeper Stu Hendy to Old Loughtonians, Dave Westhead to Beeston, Ben Senior to Bournville and Dave Westhead-Goode, who has joined Bridgnorth as player-coach.

New Stourport coach Steve Floyd has raided his former club Bournville for replacements with Luke Edwards and keeper Ben Dudley arriving, while they have also snapped up Chris Griffiths and promoted Luke Carless from the seconds.

They host Harrogate at 12.30pm on Sunday.

Newly-promoted Stourport Ladies firsts begin their Midland Conference campaign with a trip to Wellingborough on Saturday.

Captain Holly Lashford's girls booked their place in the division with a play-off victory over Bournville at the end of last term.

Stourport Ladies seconds got their Worcestershire Division One season off to a winning start by beating Tenbury firsts 3-2.

In a frantic final 10 minutes, Stourport twice came from behind with Nicky Beasley, Wilma Marton and player of the match Kate Bailey firing them to victory. The seconds visit Harborne thirds on Saturday.

Stourport Ladies thirds had to settle for a share of the spoils in their 2-2 draw at Bromsgrove seconds in Worcestershire Division Two.

They came back twice through Lucy Homes and Kara Sunburk and host Badesy at 12.30pm on Saturday.

In Worcestershire Division Three, Stourport Ladies thirds suffered a 1-0 defeat at Upton despite having 95 per cent of the play.

Fran Baron was the star performer for the thirds, who bid to bounce back at home to Kings Heath seconds at 11am on Saturday.

l KIDDERMINSTER Ladies' romped to their biggest victory in more than 20 years as they hammered Worcester thirds 8-0 in their opening match.

Kay McDonald, Rebecca Cotton and Kate Jones all bagged braces, while Joanne Parker and Rachael Wills also scored.

Jones, who was denied her hat-trick by the post, was voted player of the match. Kidderminster Ladies visit Malvern on Saturday.

l Kidderminster men's firsts warmed up for their coming Coaching Solutions West Midlands Premier League campaign with a 4-2 friendly win over Kings Heath firsts. Chris Barton, Matt Edwards, Paul Edwards and Joe Sorrell scored.

They start the season at Walsall on Saturday.

After missing out on promotion to Midlands Division One by just two points last season, Kidderminster will be hoping to secure their passage to the higher level this time around.

A 6-0 friendly defeat for Kidderminster seconds at their Kings Heath counterparts was hardly ideal preparation for their season which starts away at Walsall on Saturday.

The thirds were also beaten in their final friendly, going down 5-0 to Kings Heath thirds. They will be hoping to do better when their season gets under way at home to West Bromwich on Saturday.

An 11-0 thrashing for the fourths at Kings Heath fourths sees them entering their their first match at home to Droitwich at a low ebb on Saturday.