Slazenger were not looking forward to their first League outing against last season's runners up given a severely depleted squad due to illness, holidays and other commitments. A well organised Chapeltown team started really strongly and Slaz initially struggled to contain them resulting in a very quick goal for the home team. Bystanders could have been forgiven for thinking that a Chapeltown goal fest was going to ensue; however this early goal seemed to spur Slaz into action and they began to … [Read more...] about Report: 21-09-2013 – Ladies 1st’s (3) vs. (3) Chapeltown 1st’s
Leeds
Report: 16-02-2013 – Mens 2nd’s (1) v (1) Leeds 6th’s
Slaz mens 2nds had a tough encounter away at Leeds 6ths. The team was below strength to start, with 5 of the regular team unable to play. However, subs from the 3rds stepped up to fill the gap well. The game was played at Horsforth, and their new pitch was slow, bouncy, bobbly which led to the team struggling to adapt in the first few minutes. However, the team maintained a high level of pressure; camping in the oppositions half for the first 20 minutes. However, the team lacked the clinical … [Read more...] about Report: 16-02-2013 – Mens 2nd’s (1) v (1) Leeds 6th’s
Report: 04-11-2012 – Boys U12’s Tournament
Slazenger U12 boys continued their good start to the season this weekend with some confident performances, Slazengers A (1) Leeds A (1) Slazengers once again seemed to dominate the game and took the lead through a well taken goal from Matthew Chilton, they continued to press and just got caught off guard within the final few minutes to concede a goal against the run off play, this turned out to be a respectable result as the Leeds team went on to win all their other games. Slazengers A … [Read more...] about Report: 04-11-2012 – Boys U12’s Tournament
Report: 27-10-2012 – Ladies 1st’s (2) vs. (2) Leeds 1st’s
Slazenger were already preparing themselves for a hard game against Leeds who arrived in Horbury with a 3 game unbeaten record and sitting top of the League. It was soon re-enforced that that this was not going to be an easy match for Slaz unlike the previous week! Slaz and Leeds seemed quite evenly matched in the first half with both teams getting close to scoring a couple of times, however Leeds managed to find the back of the net first. Slaz fought hard to regain the ground and soon … [Read more...] about Report: 27-10-2012 – Ladies 1st’s (2) vs. (2) Leeds 1st’s
Report: 14-10-2012 – Boys U10’s Promoted from First Tournament
A new season and some new faces but still a side with an average age of 8 took part in the first tournament of the year starting in Division C against some older and more experienced teams. We were due to be third on but due to Driffield waiting for players we went on first and got into our game plan straight away thanks to some pre game warm up and training by Matthew Stacey and Rowan Tejura who were also our Umpires for the day. Slazenger (1) vs. (0) Doncaster A first shot at goal from … [Read more...] about Report: 14-10-2012 – Boys U10’s Promoted from First Tournament
