After doubt whether the pitch would be fit to play, the sun had thawed it by lunch time, and the game was on. Slazenger had a good start and had several early chances against the Lincoln side, but Lincoln had come for a win. Pushing hard, it was the visitors who secured an early.
Slaz fought back and drove at the Lincoln defence, putting 2 goals in within the following 5 minutes. The home team continued to have a strong first half, settling into the game with some great movement and distribution, netting a third before the break. Lincoln were demoralised and never seemed to fully recover after missing some really good chances that would have kept them neck and neck.
The second half was wrapped up with the score line of a 5-3 win. Slaz could have capitalised further, but the temptation to dribble replaced the flowing, passing hockey from the first half.
Man of the match was Isaac Fisher with another involved and consistent game, but excelled at getting stuck in for some goal stealing. Andy Fisher created some good play in the second half, to give slaz some nice movement and keep Lincoln at bay.
Goal scores were Isaac Fisher 2, Richard Tuddenham 2, Dan Perry 1. Slaz continue their promotion battle with an away encounter at Chapeltown 2nd’s next week.
Slazenger had been monitoring the snow situation on the Rotherham pitch on the Friday and it looked like the game was going to be cancelled. Despite the Rotherham website confirming the cancellation on the Saturday the match went ahead. Slazenger unfortunately had several of their key players missing due to injury (Smithy and Rudgey), availability (Hayles) and unforseen circumstances (Hobbsie) – this seemed to upset the team dynamics and Rotherham were allowed to start quite strongly and settle into their formation, playing some very attacking hockey. The Slaz defence managed to prevent Rotherham from scoring until midway through the first half but it was only a matter of time. A further Rotherham goal followed to see the half time score as 2-0 and to be honest could have been higher. It was clear that Slaz also missed the settling influence of Steve Wood and struggled to see what to do in order to change things for the better.
The second half fared no better for Slaz who continued to be affected by several of the Umpires’ decisions and allowed Rotherham to continue to score goals. An unfortunate incident with joint player of the match Kelly Whittam clashing heads with a Rotherham player saw Sarah Cooper also having to depart the game with 20 minutes to go in order to take her to A&E. The team were clearly a bit shaken by this and continued to conceed more goals, bleeding away our positive goal difference to zero. Despite complaints about the Umpires ruining the game (and us thinking it was only 6-0) there is no getting away from the fact that this was not a good Slaz team performance with individuals not playing as well as normal for whatever reason. On a positive note, only one of the Rotherham goals came from a short corner, despite the fact that they had so many. Finally, our thanks go to Lisa Minchella and Charlotte Gunn from the Second team who stepped up admirably and both put in good solid performances.
Hi ALL, DECISION AT LAST …. had a number of requests from Club Coaches for a decision but needed confirmation from Leeds University that there was no chance of play on Sunday. WEEK 5 : 12th February Session : CANCELLED/CALLED OFF. Order of play for Week 5 will be used for Week 6/Final session on [...]
It’s snowing and the pitch is frozen. Best to cancel now for tomorrow as we know the conditions are not expected to improve. Have a great lie in and we will hopefully see you all next week.
Hi All, U12 Boys at Leeds University on 5th February CANCELLED/CALLED OFF. Pitches at Leeds Univ may possibly be fit for use this afternoon(Sat), but with further frost forecast tonight plus snow there is little chance of a 10..00am start on Sunday. One or two teams have expressed concern that even if Leeds was fit [...]
With the current temperatures and frozen pitch, all games are cancelled. Alan Perry is organising a kick around at Dewsbury Sports Centre – open to anyone. Starts 3pm for 90 minutes Meet at 2:45pm at the Sport Centre, it will probably cost £5. If interested – try and let Al know, so he’s aware how [...]
Hi All. Pocklington School have been in touch to confirm that Sundays U16 Girls session is Cancelled. You know it makes sense!!! Apparently the pitch was fit for play around 2.00pm yesterday(Friday), so with similar temperatures, possibly lower, forecast over night plus snow potentially affecting pitch and driving conditions it was an easy decision to [...]
Dear Club Colleague The Level 1 and Level 2 courses for Yorkshire have pretty much run for the year and the only courses left before Sept/Oct 2012 are as follows: Level 1 – Friday, 18th May (18:30-21:30), full days on 20th and 27th May 2012 at Weetwood, University of Leeds. Perfect for your mature juniors [...]
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