Bretforton Village vs Norwich City 4-1
Bretforton Ladies Masters Hockey Team have secured a slot in the EHA Masters Shield Competition to be held at the Lee Valley Olympic Park hockey centre in London on 30th April.
A stunning first half display saw the Vale ladies blow away Norwich City when they opened the scoring on 8 minutes. A brilliant cross from Bret captain Lisa Workman found Julie Hall who fired the ball back across the advancing keeper to see her effort nestle into the far corner of the goal.
Bret then went 2 – 0 up when Andrea Cole turned in a Ness Dufty cross with a perfectly weighted deflection past the Canaries keeper.
Spurred on by the amazing home support, the ladies in pink continued to pile on the pressure and were awarded a penalty corner. Time for the ever reliable Sophie Hamilton to step up and tuck her fiercely driven first time shot into the corner of the goal.
Bret were lucky to have the help of coach Julie Stowe and with her wise words of advice and orchestrating of substitutions the Bret forwards of Julie Hall, Sarah Green, Dannie Cox, Sarah Hall and Deb Slatter kept terrorising the visitors with their constant running and harrying.
Come the second half and Norwich did manage to get a goal back. However much they tried though some simply stunning defensive work from Blanche Surman, Tess Lewinton and Jane Wheeler saw them unable to convert any further attempts on the Bret goal.
The midfield dynamos of Sally Beale and Lisa Workman linked brilliantly and kept the whole team ticking over. The game was Bretfortons when a ball out of defence found Cox whose perfectly timed pass to Cole saw the start of a brilliant team goal. Cole’s forward pass to Green was then knocked on to the unmarked Dufty in the Norwich ‘D’. Her sublime finish – sweeping the ball high into the Norwich City net was the goal of the game and saw Bret victorious.
A brilliant display from the Vale side who now face either Stourport or Folkestone in the final (full details to follow!!) – this game couldn’t have been played without the faultless umpiring of Les Crookson and Karen Fynn – thank you both for stepping in at short notice and – again – the amazing support, it was very, very much appreciated!!!
Bretforton Ladies Masters Hockey Team have secured a slot in the EHA Masters Shield Competition to be held at the Lee Valley Olympic Park hockey centre in London on 30th April.
A stunning first half display saw the Vale ladies blow away Norwich City when they opened the scoring on 8 minutes. A brilliant cross from Bret captain Lisa Workman found Julie Hall who fired the ball back across the advancing keeper to see her effort nestle into the far corner of the goal.
Bret then went 2 – 0 up when Andrea Cole turned in a Ness Dufty cross with a perfectly weighted deflection past the Canaries keeper.
Spurred on by the amazing home support, the ladies in pink continued to pile on the pressure and were awarded a penalty corner. Time for the ever reliable Sophie Hamilton to step up and tuck her fiercely driven first time shot into the corner of the goal.
Bret were lucky to have the help of coach Julie Stowe and with her wise words of advice and orchestrating of substitutions the Bret forwards of Julie Hall, Sarah Green, Dannie Cox, Sarah Hall and Deb Slatter kept terrorising the visitors with their constant running and harrying.
Come the second half and Norwich did manage to get a goal back. However much they tried though some simply stunning defensive work from Blanche Surman, Tess Lewinton and Jane Wheeler saw them unable to convert any further attempts on the Bret goal.
The midfield dynamos of Sally Beale and Lisa Workman linked brilliantly and kept the whole team ticking over. The game was Bretfortons when a ball out of defence found Cox whose perfectly timed pass to Cole saw the start of a brilliant team goal. Cole’s forward pass to Green was then knocked on to the unmarked Dufty in the Norwich ‘D’. Her sublime finish – sweeping the ball high into the Norwich City net was the goal of the game and saw Bret victorious.
A brilliant display from the Vale side who now face either Stourport or Folkestone in the final (full details to follow!!) – this game couldn’t have been played without the faultless umpiring of Les Crookson and Karen Fynn – thank you both for stepping in at short notice and – again – the amazing support, it was very, very much appreciated!!!
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