Men's 2s
Matches
Sat 21 Sep 2019  ·  6SW
Welwyn Garden City 2
2
1
Royston Hockey Club
Men's 2s
A Spencer (45'), R Turpin (50' Green Carded)
Royston M2 (1) - (2) Welwyn M2

Royston M2 (1) - (2) Welwyn M2

Chris London21 Sep 2019 - 19:34
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Far too hot for hockey!

The car thermometer said it was 25C but it felt 10 degrees hotter in the blazing Welwyn sun. Not hockey weather. A slow start from Royston left us under a barrage of pressure for the first 10 minutes that lead to a goal for Welwyn. After that we started to get into the game but were reliant on Wobbly to put together a string of excellent saves.

Towards half-time the older legs on the Welwyn side started to tire and we began to press them further up the pitch but still struggled to hold onto possession. The game slowed in the second half but a battling run from Alex into the D followed by a cross to Archie lead to a goal to bring the scores level.

Rich decided to express his frustration with the umpire for the number of stick tackles he had been on the receiving end of and earnt a green card along with DOTD for leaving his team a player short. The game appeared to be heading for a draw with 3 minutes left when Harps had a rare moment of madness losing the ball to the Welwyn centre forward who went on to score. He had kept us in the game with some fantastic tackling up until then so can be forgiven for having a "senior moment".

MOTM to Wobbly for an excellent performance that kept us in the game when we were struggling.

Match details

Match date

Sat 21 Sep 2019

Kickoff

14:30

Meet time

13:00

Instructions

Meet at the Golf Club

Attendance

3

Competition

6SW

League position

7
Royston 2
11
Welwyn Garden City 2
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