Won 8-7
Scorers: Wendy (2) Eirian (1)
MoM: Wendy Cameron
DoD: Sibs
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Match report for Ladies over 55 v Burnt Ash Nov 8
On a glorious sunny autumnal day with no sign of the recent anticyclonic gloomy skies the 13 able players knew they had a match on their hands. Last season we had lost to Burnt Ash even though we had at one time been two goals ahead.
Canterbury applied all the early pressure only to go one goal down against the run of play. Not to be deterred, Canterbury equalised with a backboard breaking short corner slam from Eirian. A further slam into goal from Wendy saw us take a 2-1 lead into half time. Burnt Ash came out all guns blazing in the second half and managed a sneaky goal playing the ball along the back line after some persistent pressure. Another fabulous finish from Wendy saw us take a 3-2 lead into the last 5 mins only for Burnt Ash to equalise. The Team had all played well and were not keen on the prospect of penalty shoot out.
Up stepped Sibs, Ziggy, Wendy, Eirian and Sharon, plus our trusty reliable goalie Ali.
Some goals were scored and some great saves were made and at the end of the penalty shoot out the score was level. We then went on sudden death penalties.
Shot 1 – there were two saved on target shots.
Shot 2 – there were two scored goals.
Shot 3 – Burnt Ash missed the goal but Ali had it covered anyway. Up steps Captain Sibs- who cool and calmly puts it into the left hand corner.
We had won the match and are through to the next round of the National over 55 Cup, note Cup not Trophy or Vase. We are now going to have to re-think our strategy to get to the finals.
The game had been played in very good spirit and Burnt Ash were not the least bit perturbed about their loss. Their main concern about the day was that the bar was not open after the match and they were wanting beers and rum & cokes. Well played all, onwards and upwards!!!
MOM Wendy Cameron
DOD Sibs for uploading the score wrongly onto the over 35 slot on GMS…”Sorry, didn’t have my glasses on”
Squad: Watson, Lauder, Fox, Figgis, Harding, Ballard, Ericson, Jain, Berry, Batty, Cameron, Prince, McCully
