On 15th February Slazengers 5ths Mens Development team travelled to Keighley to play Airedale. A lot of pressure had to be soaked up in the first 10 minutes of the match but the defence and midfield kept any shots on goal to a minimum. Applying our own pressure and keeping a good formation Slazengers spent […]
Report: 28-09-2013 – Mens 5th’s (3) vs. (6) Harrogate 6th’s
Dan Does the Double On another bright sunny September Saturday Slazenger’s development team travelled to Harrogate, with a warning that the week pervious the same team had destroyed Airedale 13 – 0. With young Harry Buttery back in net, his back four lined up with Matthew and Paul Chilton, Nick Calderly and Mayank Gupta. Harrogate […]
Report: 23-02-2013 – Mens 5th’s (2) vs. (5) Kingston Upon Hull 5th’s
Slazenger Men’s 5’s faced a tough task in their latest development fixture against Kingston Upon Hull when the opposition turned up with only 11 players but 6 of them were adults. That said, the first half saw an encouraging display from the youngsters against a physically stronger team. Matthew Chilton and Elliot Golding were particularly […]
Report: 16-02-2013 – Mens 5th’s (1) v (1) Rotherham 5th’s
When Slazenger Development team took to the pitch this week they were looking forward to a third win against their Yorkshire rivals, Rotherham. However, hockey is never that simple. A very even start to the match saw Tony Walker, Danny Croxall, Dave Smyth and Steve Wood soak up early pressure from Rotherham. Some raiding down […]
Report: 15-12-2012 – Mens 5th’s (3) vs. (4) Worksop 3rd’s
Slazenger 5’s faced a tough encounter against a physical and quick Worksop team. Despite this it was Slazengers that started the brighter with neat passing interplay and people making themselves available for passes. Harry Gunning and Tom Pitchforth worked well linking up with veteran Geoff Birkett in midfield and wingers Chris Gascoigne and Elliott Golding […]
Report: 08-12-2012 – Mens 5th’s (7) vs. (0) Wakefield 7th’s
Slazenger Men’s 5’s took on local rivals Wakefield in a friendly and after a tight, evenly contested 1st half no one would have been able to accurately guess the final score at the half-time interval, when the match was tied at 0-0. Both teams worked hard and had opportunities to dominate but just a lack […]
Report: 01-12-2012 – Mens 5th’s (2) vs. (1) Rotherham 4th’s
After a postponment last week Slazengers 5ths were keen to get into there match against Rotherham away at the Aurora stadium. However they certainly didn’t have things their own way. In a very tight first half Slazengers failed to break down a well organised Rotherham defence and had to relie on some good defensive work […]
Report: 20-10-2012 – Mens 5th’s (1) vs. (0) Rotherham 5th’s
Gunning on fire again!! Slazenger Men’s 5th team were playing at home against Rotherham in their latest fixture in the Yorkshire development league. Fielding a young team the home side had to weather early pressure from the opposition who were strong in defence and had several skillful opponents in midfield. That said, Danny Croxall and […]
Report: 13-10-2012 – Mens 5th’s (3) vs. (0) Kingston Upon Hull 4th’s – “All the Fun of the Fair”
On Saturday 13th October a long drive to Hull eventually brought the reward of a match well played and won. Having Yorkshire’s biggest fair set up next to the pitch was never going to make things easy especially as the music and waltzers started halfway through the game, but a solid flowing performance from the […]
Report: 06-10-2012 – Mens 5th’s (Dev.) (3) vs. (4) Doncaster 7th’s
Slazenger 5’s faced tough opposition in Doncaster 7’s but met the challenge with lots of spirit and hard work. Doncaster started the game more quickly and looked a well disciplined side, battling well in midfield and using their young, skilful players up front to great effect. Matthew Smith in the centre of defence had to […]
