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Report: 18-02-2012 – Ladies 3rd’s (1) vs (5) Pickering 1st’s

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Slazenger travelled to Pickering for a tough encounter against strong 3rd place Pickering's 1st team. The horbury side's younger side had some good posession and created several opportunities, however the strong Pickering team attacked multiple times, forcing some hard fought defending from the visitors. Slaz struggled to penetrate the Pickering defence and were unable to capitalise on the opportunities they created. At the other end, Pickering wore down the defence, finding the net 4 … [Read more...] about Report: 18-02-2012 – Ladies 3rd’s (1) vs (5) Pickering 1st’s

Report: 11-02-2012 – Ladies 1st’s (0) vs. (7) Rotherham 1st’s

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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 … [Read more...] about Report: 11-02-2012 – Ladies 1st’s (0) vs. (7) Rotherham 1st’s

Coaching Courses in Yorkshire

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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 (16+) and beginner coaches. Deadline for applications is end of March! http://goo.gl/PZ3Ys Level 2 – 14/15th April & 28/29th April (full days) at Weetwood, University of Leeds. … [Read more...] about Coaching Courses in Yorkshire

Report: 28-01-2012 – Ladies 3rd’s (0) vs (4) Lincoln Roses 1st’s

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Slazenger's ladies 3rd team battled hard against high flying Lincoln (University( Roses, to no avail. The newcomers to the Yorkshire leagues were fast paced and skillful, but slaz stood firm for 20 mins, playing with three at the back. The team worked hard for each other but the deadlock was eventually broken by Lincoln as the pressure proved too much, and the defences were broken. Keeper Chloe Bates made some excellent saves and the midfield worked tirelessly to get back into the game. … [Read more...] about Report: 28-01-2012 – Ladies 3rd’s (0) vs (4) Lincoln Roses 1st’s