December opened with the latest round of matches in the Chris Sear Memorial Competitions.

In Group A of the Chris Sear Cup goals from Spencer Cove and Louis Michael gave Lanthorne a 2-0 win against 19th Hole to reach the knockout stages of the competition. Windmill reached the latter stages in style with a 7-0 win over Lesters Athletic, Sonny Newman hitting a hat trick and two each for Johnny Symaka and Joshua Wood. Another side into the quarter finals are Hussar after a 6-1 win against Frames United, David Greig and Danny McGovern scoring twice each with Steven Ball and Steven Lennon scoring one apiece. In Group B there were twelve goals as Kings United beat Macies 8-4 to advance to the quarter finals, Danny Martin and Zack Thomas both getting hat tricks. TWS Cramptons confirmed their place in the last eight with a 3-0 win over Counting House, Oliver Sexton getting all three goals. Red Arrows kept alive their hopes of qualification by beating Monkton 6-2, Steven Godden and Lukasz Olubek both scoring two goals each.

In the Chris Sear Memorial Shield Group A, FC Inter Westgate maintained their 100% record with a narrow 3-2 win over The Vale, Daniel Draper, Luke Sanderson and Joe Drury all on the scoresheet for Inter Westgate whilst David Crane scored both for The Vale. A hat trick from Paul Jarman and two from Gene Vizzard helped Westgate Social Club to a 5-2 win against Thanet Athletic. A solitary Will Latter goal gave Franklins a 1-0 win against Prince Albert as they recorded their first win to keep their chances of qualifying alive. In Group B, Shrimpos stay on course to reach the last eight after a 6-1 win against Aussie Arms, Gareth Rushton with a hat trick in the victory. Northwood moved up to fourth in the table after goals from Joseph Jordan and a Michael Moore brace gave them a 3-2 win against Holman Carpentry. The points were shared in the match between Sandwich Town and Westwood as it finished 1-1, Dan Hamer netting for Sandwich with Marc Beresford getting the Westwood goal.