Author: gowertonhockey

A tough game for the ladies this week.

First half started off very defensively, with the girls not able to get out of their defensive half for the first 15 minutes. However, after much battling the girls made a break through and ventured into the opponents D which resulted in a goal from Nicola Tucker, giving the ladies the confidence they needed. The first half continued very defensively with Cardiff medics having plenty of opportunity to score. After many short corner opportunities Cardiff were successful in securing a goal, making the half time score 1-1.

After a constructive half time talk the ladies started the second half confident and strong, demonstrating good team work. The hard worked paid off with another goal from Nicola Tucker. This boosted the teams sprits. However, Cardiff medics soon secured another goal taking the score to 2-2. Despite the outstanding defensive work demonstrated by the girls, especially the back line, the girls were unsuccessful in stopping Cardiff from securing a 3rd goal, making the final score 3-2 to Cardiff medics.

I would like to give my Captains player to Rhiannon Simms for her outstanding defence during the whole game, committing to every tackle and stopping several short corner straight strikes.

I was fortunate enough to secure Man of the match voted by the opponents.

Captain’s report

Another good game for the ladies.

The first half seemed very frantic but the girls started off strong, managing to keep the structure and attack with confidence resulting in a goal from Nicola Tucker, taking us 1-0 up at half time.

After a constructive half-time talk the girls remained confident and demonstrated this on the pitch, continuing the good performance from the first half. After much battling Cardiff were successfully in scoring a goal which came from a volley of one of their forwards. Despite the great efforts from the girls and number of opportunities the girls were unlucky in conceding a second goal resulting in the score being 1 all at the full-time whistle.

I feel the score doesn’t reflect on the outstanding efforts and team work from the girls, as they kept the standard high throughout.

Final Score was 1-1

A brilliant first game for the ladies today. We came away with a 2-1 victory over Kington, giving us a good start to this season. The standard of play was amazing and both teams gave their all, the game could have gone either way but we were the lucky ones claiming the win. Each player played awesomely and was really committed to the game. There was excellent team work displayed thought the game and set plays looked strong, showing that the dedication the girls show in training is paying off.

I would personally like to congratulate Rhi our goal keeper for having a stormer of a game, Rhi was very nervous at the start of the game having not played in goal for a long time but was fearless on the pitch.

I would also like to congratulate Cath our centre midfield for gaining the well deserved man of the match title, she had a strong game and committed to every tackle, she read the game well and encouraged the girls well.

Thank you to Amy who unfortunately couldn’t  play today but still came along to support the girls and help with substitutions and finally thank you to all that played today you should all be proud!