Sharpshooter Mark Woodward is fast becoming the one to watch in York parks football.

The 20-year-old from Chapelfields spends his week bricklaying - a career that in itself demands precision, skill and one eye on the finished product - and then transforms into a goal-machine at the weekend for Dringhouses and Severus.

The Leeper Hare hot-shot scored in his tenth consecutive league game for premier division leaders Dringhouses on Saturday - 12 including cup ties - and is already on target to bag another golden boot this time out with T&L Selby in his sights today.

Tomorrow he will be hoping to fire Severus to victory at Hounds in the John Smith's Sunday Morning Football League division one clash.

He said: "I got 44 goals last season and I'm on 19 already this season. It will be hard to beat that but we have got a lot of home games coming up so I will be going for it then.

"I'd like to stretch the run out to 17 games because there's a bloke in the club who has scored in 16 on the trot."

His goals-in-a-match record stands at four for this season, a little way short of the magnificent seven he fired past Wigginton Bay Horse last year.

He added: "I'm lucky because both teams have got good support on the left and right wings. Colin Raynor and Lee Bond get some great balls in to me just outside the box for Dringhouses."

Dringhouses is emerging as something of a breeding ground for up-and-coming striking talent. Joe Gaughan moved to Selby Town and became the top scorer in the Northern Counties East League premier division shortly after leaving Houses.

But Woodward is not planning to follow him up the footballing ladder just yet.

He said: "I've never really been asked to play at a level higher than this. I will just see how it goes and maybe when I get a bit older something might come up.

"At Dringhouses, we've got a great manager in Steve Brookes who has given me the chance to play and is someone to really learn from."

Updated: 10:45 Saturday, January 22, 2005