Slazenger’s ladies earned a 2-2 draw away against Doncaster 4th’s. Hannah field took the first push back of the game and Slazenger’s were in with a good chance of scoring the opening goal. The ball was pushed out to a waiting Jess Holland who darted through their line of defence and an attempt on goal came to no prevail when it went short of the post.Doncaster had some great attacks which made Slazenger’s defence Gemma Whittam and Julie Finch have some work to do. Stand in goal keeper Karen Bates made some great saves butDoncaster managed to sneak the ball into the bottom right corner. 1 – 0 toDoncaster. After the opening goal Slazenger’s realised they had to fight hard to gain an equaliser. After a great run up the middle by Hannah Field the ball was passed out to Anguelina Ouchakova then onto a waiting Julie Bacon who smashed the ball into the back of the goal. Slazenger’s had gained the equaliser.
Jess Buttery made her debut for the Horbury team on the left wing and made some fantastic runs. Slaz scored the second through a well worked move from the midfield. The ball was passed to Katie Brown in the middle where it was passed to Zoe Bacon on the wing who then hit it to Jess Holland who got it into the back of the net.
Slazenger’s were winning by half time.
Sue Hope played a vital part of the game by distributing it to the Horbury team and by joining Mandy Field cleared the ball from Slazenger’s defence. Time was ticking away and Slazenger’s had just been given a short corner. The ball was pushed out by Jess Holland to Katie Brown who aimed at the goal but unfortunately this didn’t end in a goal. Doncaster managed to pull back the goal difference. Slazenger’s had a last attempt as they whizzed up the field and got past the 25 yard when the whistle went to signal the end of the match. Player of the match was awarded to Katie Brown and Jess Holland.
