It’s come around to that time of the year again, when the junior season starts up. This letter is aimed at giving you some information about the new season. Before I begin however, it is worth noting that this club runs because of the generous time and effort of many parents and players, much of which go unseen. However, in order to keep the club running, we need new people to volunteer every season. Whether that’s collecting money, writing a match report, picking up cones at a coaching … [Read more...] about Junior Season Information
Junior
2016-17 Season – League Week 22 (04-03-17)
Mens 1st's Mens 1st's lost 7-3 to Halifax 1st's Mens 2nd's Slaz 2nds travelled to top of the table Halifax 2's, for a tough encounter coming away on the end of a 2-5 loss. Halifax played a direct, attacking hockey and while Slazenger responded, they looked on the backfoot at the beginning of the game. A couple of breakaway counterattacks saw the hosts quickly go 2-0. Slaz redoubled, with a spell of strong pressure, allowing Asad Baig to carve through the defence and squeeze a shot past … [Read more...] about 2016-17 Season – League Week 22 (04-03-17)
2016-17 Season – League Week 21 (25-02-17)
Mens 2nd's (7) vs. (2) Sheffield Uni Bankers 6th's Slazenger mens 2nd team entertained Sheffield Bankers on Saturday and made it 3 wins out of 3 with a solid 7-2 victory. Slazenger started brightly and put Sheffield under early pressure only to be thwarted by the Sheffield keeper and some poor finishing. The breakthrough came when Matt Stacey attacked from midfield and after a neat interchange of passing, slipped the ball past the onrushing keeper to give Slazengers the lead. Asad Baig quickly … [Read more...] about 2016-17 Season – League Week 21 (25-02-17)
2016-17 Season – League Week 19 (11-02-17)
Mens 2nds (2) vs. (1) Huddersfield 2nd's Slazengers mens 2nd team made it two wins from two with a deserved 2-1 victory away at Huddersfield Dragons. Huddersfield were the stronger side during the early exchanges but it was Slazengers who took the lead when Asad Baig fired home a penalty corner. Slazengers were bouyed by this and put Huddersfield under further pressure and doubled their lead with an excellent team goal. Some quick exchanges between the midfield found Baig who thread a ball … [Read more...] about 2016-17 Season – League Week 19 (11-02-17)
2016-17 Season – League Week 18 (04-02-17)
Mens 1st's vs. Leeds 5th's The mens firsts were away at Leeds last week, and following some interesting navigational choices started the game without a keeper! This small defensive matter wasn’t going to hold back the Slazenger charge and after 5 minutes the firsts were 2 goals up. At this stage It looked like the game could have been well in hand, however this confident start soon began to erode as individuals took to a dribbling game. When half time arrived this poor play saw the game a … [Read more...] about 2016-17 Season – League Week 18 (04-02-17)
