On the day the goalposts were moved – Strange day with storm Darragh causing a bit of chaos, it was game on as far as Harborne and the M5 were concerned. In the warm up a gust blew the goalposts back about 3ft behind the line, luckily the weather calmed Read more…
Further progress this week with our first clean sheet of the season. Sills created few clear opportunities due the the quality of our defensive 5 with MOTM Mark Hiles playing exceptionally well, stepping in to tackle and intercept and driving us up the right. We were the dominant side and Read more…
A tale of 2 weekends, last Saturday we ran the right process but could not buy a goal, this week, same process, different outcome, and a 3-1 win. Credit all over the pitch, the team were excellent, there is room to improve but our progression is clear. Stand outs were Read more…
A tale of what might have been. The bad part – they scored two and won. The second a two man break, Hampton need that not to happen again. Now the good and there is lots of it. Our play from the back featuring Henry and dad Dom with Eshan Read more…
A tale of half term, with a seemingly endless half term over we had very nearly full numbers to select from and both the 4s and 5’s were able to strenghten this week. In the 5s we gained a fit again Phil Dearden and Jeremy. With Nigel, Mark and Monty Read more…
You just have to love Hockey, there are very few other games where a competitive, close game can have a 14 year old keeper at one end and a 50 year older keeper at the other, but so it was against Sills. With Owen, Owen working hard up front and Read more…
A hard game for the team against a well drilled and organised Khalsa team. With our team drawing heavily on our 5s we lacked the fluidity and age profile that Khalsa were able to bring, but there were many positives to take forward. After a shakey first half and 2-0 Read more…
A case of what might have been for our 4s. We were, for a large part of the game, the much better team. In the fist half we created chances in the D but a combination of very good goal keeping and a strong defence kept us from scoring. They Read more…
A tough day at the office for our young team with only 11 players anda number of players out of position. Droitwich are a full mens side with loads of experience that they used to overwhelm us. But thre are always positives, we scored (well done Craig and Tom for Read more…
Thank you to our umpires Lis and Jake, they did a great job managing a smooth running non contencious match. We went one behind but responded well attackng hard, driven by Craig and Tom from midfield. Logan scored to equalise and then a second goal, this time a neat finish Read more…