Ladies 4th XI

Match Report

Going into the penultimate game of the season against strong opposition, Slazenger Ladies 4s were determined to improve on the scoreline from the away fixture against City of York 6s.
Slazenger battled hard throughout the first half, with the match remaining evenly contested and the outcome still uncertain at halftime. In midfield, Toni, May, and Julie worked tirelessly, supporting the defence while also driving attacks forward and maintaining pressure on the York side.

Up front, Mandy delivered an outstanding performance, demonstrating an excellent work rate and consistently challenging the opposition defence. However, City of York returned for the second half with renewed determination and managed to break through the Slazenger defence several times, eventually scoring five goals. Slazenger managed to respond with a single goal, converted from a straight strike during a short corner.

Despite the effort and determination shown by the Slazenger team, the match finished with a 5–1 victory for City of York 6s.

Final Score: Slazenger Ladies 4s 1 – 5 City of York 6s

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A tough start to the season for the Ladies 4s, arriving in York in the pouring rain to face a more drilled City of York 6s team.

Despite the score line there were some great individual moments during the game; the biggest coming from previous Captain Julie Bailey, who deflected a shot on goal by May Bailey (from a short corner) into the back of the net. It almost looked like she meant to do it!!

Special shoutout to Beth Buckley, Lorna Godson, Poppy Thackrah and Phoebe Mitchell who made their ladies hockey debut.

Finally, what a pleasure it was to welcome Michelle Adams back onto the pitch after a prolonged absence due to injury.

Final score: City of York 6 (8), Slazengers 4s (2)

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Two goals from Slazenger 4th's were not enough to give the team the victory. Goals came from Francesca Chromiakova and Kirsty Goddard.

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After having no game last weekend, the Ladies 4s were on the road again, this week to York.

Slazengers started the game playing some great attacking hockey, which half way through the first half became our downfall as York got themselves an overload on the break, with Slaz not being able to stop York opening the score line off the back of a 4v2 attack.

Slaz regrouped and were rewarded with an equaliser from Gemma Wroe within the first 2 minutes of the second half. The remainder of the game was end to end hockey with neither team able to convert opportunities.

Overall it was a well matched game between the 2 teams. Well done to Charlotte Turner making her Ladies hockey debut and walking away with player of the match.

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The ladies 4th team travelled for a floodlit game to York. It was an evenly matched start, till York managed to take control and kept Slaz on the defensive. Due to some brilliant saves from 'Player of the Match' GK Chloe Bates, Slaz stayed in the game . But after yet another short corner, York were able to net the rebound.

Slaz stayed strong after that and created a good chance for Alice Gascoigne, which was well saved. York got the upper hand for the rest of the first half, but with both Slazenger's backs, Robyn Campbell and Catreena Ferguson, defending well no further chances were given for another home score.

Early pressure in the second half saw Slaz pushing into York's half. This left some space for York to counter attack and the home team scored their second goal on 57 min. Play kept going from end to end and Slaz's forwards Emma Claughton and Josie Hughes were unlucky to not get a good final touch to the ball to test York's keeper.

After another quick break from York and some slow defending from Slaz the home team was able to outplay Slaz's defence to make it 3-0. Both teams continued to create half chances, but neither were able to add any further goals.

It was another brilliant team effort from Slaz's ladies development team, and a lot of positives will be taken from this performance.

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The Ladies development team played their first home game of this season against City of York 6. With the lots of support both on and off the field for the Slazenger’s youngsters, the start was evenly matched with neither team taking control. City of York scored on 11 min, this was followed by a period of good pressure from the home team which resulted in a penalty corner. But the quick York defence stopped an attempt at goal. A further 10 min of good play from Slazenger resulted in more penalty corners, but they were unable to score from them.

City of York started bright in the 2nd half, but the home team soon got back into their stride. The first half performance had given the young players the confidence boost needed to step it up. Some great play in the defence and midfield resulted in some good attacks which narrowly missed the goal on several occasions. On 60 min, Slazenger’s got the result for all their hard work through another attack set up well from midfield, passed to Ingrid Coughtrey, who was able to score at close range.

The visitors started to play better and play went from end to end. But again the defence worked hard and they were able to stop York scoring again and the game ending in a well deserved 1 – 1 draw.

The players have been working hard at training sessions to become more familiar with each other and this showed at the game through great team spirit and tireless willingness to work for each other. As the confidence grows in all the youngsters and senior members of the team, they are hopeful their game play will keep improving. And in the near future they will be able to push for a win!