Slazenger 3's went into the weekends match, anticipating a tough encounter and knowing that a win would be a boon to their promotion capaign; The previous (away) leg had resulted in a goalless draw. Slaz started jittery though at pace; fielding their usual formation, with the addition of newcomer Dave Gascoigne, the team looked stable and in control. The horbury team attacked quickly, and put pressue on the Leeds back line. However, the curse of the 3rds continued, being unable to convert to … [Read more...] about Report: 10-03-2012 – Mens 3rd’s (5) vs. (1) Leeds 7th’s
News
Report: 10-03-2012 – Mens 4th’s (Dev) (2) vs. (0) Airedale 3rd’s
Slazengers 4's faced top of the table Bradford on Saturday and performed very well in their last home league fixture of the season. Bradford were a well drilled side with a good mixture of youth and a couple of experienced first teamers that ensured Slazenger 4's had to play with a good tempo and make use of the wings if they were to compete. Aidan Hopkinson, Tom Pitchforth and Geoff Birkett worked hard to create the space in midfield to enable the team to push forward and attack. Tim … [Read more...] about Report: 10-03-2012 – Mens 4th’s (Dev) (2) vs. (0) Airedale 3rd’s
Report: 10-03-2012 – Ladies 3rd’s (1) vs (2) City of York 5th’s
Slazenger's ladies 3rd team suffered a narrow defeat to near top of the table City of York 4. Slazenger's piled the pressure on with numerous attempts on goal but this proved futile. The strong defences were broken down and city of York scored but slaz kept there heads up and pushed forward. Gemma whittam fed in player of the match Katie Browne who stormed into the D and scored bottom corner. Second half was an interesting watch, end to end hockey with lost of positives but … [Read more...] about Report: 10-03-2012 – Ladies 3rd’s (1) vs (2) City of York 5th’s
Report: 03-03-2012 – Mens 1st’s (3) vs. (0) Thirsk 1st’s
Slaz 1st vs Thirsk 1st Slaz were short of several players, but this was a second in the league against a team at the bottom that hadn’t won a game. Slaz were determined not to become the first side to loose. Slaz were current favourites to go up in the second spot. Slaz got off to the usual form and seemed disjointed, but they supported each other well and got one goal before half time from Paul Wiper. Andy Fisher had a good consistent game at centre back. Isaac Fisher, Richard … [Read more...] about Report: 03-03-2012 – Mens 1st’s (3) vs. (0) Thirsk 1st’s
Report: 03-03-2012 – Mens 2nd’s (2) vs. (2) Lincoln Roses 4th’s
Slazenger Men’s 2nd Team travelled to Lincoln Roses 4s and came away with a well-fought draw. Slaz travelled without some key players but still produced a great team performance to earn their first point since Christmas. It was Lincoln who scored the first goal of the match from an attack that came just after Slaz had missed opportunities to go ahead themselves. By the end of the first half the score remained 1-0 but both teams had created chances to but not taken them. Slaz started the … [Read more...] about Report: 03-03-2012 – Mens 2nd’s (2) vs. (2) Lincoln Roses 4th’s
