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Under 14 Girls match report 18/11/17

Bridgnorth 1 – Whitchurch 1

The girls were faced with the Bridgnorth team for their first match. Whitchurch dominated the match from the beginning and occupied the opponent’s dee for the majority of the match. Bridgnorth made several errors which gave Whitchurch multiple short corners. Despite attacking strongly, Whitchurch were unable to capitalise of these short corners which were defended well by the Bridgnorth goalkeeper.

After some excellent passing between Matilda and Ellie a strong pass to Mia resulted in her finding the goal putting Whitchurch one goal up.
Whitchurch continued to dominate play but fell to a lapse in concentration when a Bridgnorth player ran through the defence and managed to equalise.
Play continued and Whitchurch appeared the stronger team. As Whitchurch lacked a goalkeeper Alice played some excellent clearances in her position of sweeper.

Whitchurch 3 – William Brookes A 5

Whitchurch began their second match in a rather stationary manner leaving the goal within easy access for the opponents. After the opponents had racked up 5 goals Whitchurch began to find their feet and had some great passing between Matilda, Izzy, and Suzie and managed to successfully capitalise on a short corner which was injected by Izzy to Ellie who started the Whitchurch scoring.

Ellie then managed to add to the score line with another goal and Izzy scored the third for Whitchurch. Strong midfield play was seen between Holly, Amilie and Hermione who kept feeding the ball for the goal scoring to continue.

William Brooks B 3 – Whitchurch 5

Whitchurch began this match with speed and focus determined to put the previous match behind them. Ellie opened the scoring from a pass into the Dee from Matilda leaving Whitchurch in the lead. Strong attacking from Whitchurch resulted in a shot from Alice going slightly wide of the goal. Whitchurch continued to attack and their work paid off when Holly scored the second for Whitchurch after a series of strong tackles. Whitchurch continued to find the goal with one from Alice. Izzy then had a shot which went wide before play reversed and Whitchurch were on the defence. Play was soon turned round so that Whitchurch began attacking resulting in Izzy having another attempt on goal. Finally after a strong team play Izzy’s determination paid off and she scored the fourth goal for Whitchurch.
After a foot foul from William Brooks in the Dee Whitchurch were awarded a short corner which Izzy finished off beautifully leaving Whitchurch 5 goals up.

Whitchurch under 14’s played with an excellent team spirit and determination and adapted to the lack of goalkeeper to produce some excellent hockey for the spectators.

Academy News, Development News, Match Reports

Under 14 girls – 7th October – Match reports

On Saturday 7th October Whitchurch Under 14 girls took to the pitch for the first time with a mixed team of Under 14s and Under 12s and no goalie!

Shrewsbury

We started off with the older girls, Mia, Izzy and Mathilda in mid-field and Alice as sweeper supporting Holly and Hermionie in back. Suzie was up front.

We had the greater part of the possession for most of the match and considering many of the girls had never met before, they soon got used to calling for the ball and ably moved it around the pitch. We had some really solid shots on goal and were denied simply by the fact that they had a goalie. Holly had a fantastic match at left back and was really effective. Ellie came on in front to see if we could make some more of our chances, but their goalie was just too good and we finished the match 2:1 down. If we had had a goalie though, we would have almost certainly prevailed, as they were able to convert their only 2 shots on goal and we had had many shots on goal and had been denied.

Much Wenlock

Mathilda went up front for us in this match to see if she could generate a bit more “fire power”. This team was also without a goalie, so we were on an even playing field. Suzie went in a right half, Ellie at centre half. Again, our girls moved the ball around really effectively and what was very pleasing to see amongst the youngsters that although they were more tentative about going in for the tackles, when they did, they won the ball the vast majority of the time.

Hermionie took a big hit to her knee in this match, so our only sub Mia had to go on for her, which meant that we had no capacity at all to rest any of our players. And although we led for much of the match, tired legs started to show and eventually the score evened up and that is how the match ended at 3:3.

However, at least 3 players were involved in all 3 of these goals, with one goal starting with Holly at left back, all the way across the pitch to Suzie at right half, who then fed the ball into Izzy, who was out of the left mid field and she thumped it in, in very satisfying style indeed! Great use of space and players.

Shrewsbury #2

By this time, our gang were run off their feet, not really having had the chance for any kind of rest, but they still worked very very hard and dominated the game in the first few minutes. Our defence was really spent by this point and Holly had nothing more to give, so we fell victim to a swift succession of goals towards the end. We were, however, outrun and not outclassed by any means!

In this match we had a series of short corners that worked really well. Our injector Izzy sent the ball into Mathilda who beat the main defender every single time, however, what we did not have up our sleeve was any ability to vary this set-piece. Some practice on some lays off so that someone else can take a shot on goal, would have no doubt delivered some fantastic chances for further goals. Final score 6:2 to Shrewsbury, but the majority of their goals came in our last very tired 5 minutes.

Academy News, Match Reports

Whitchurch Hockey – Girls Under 14s win league

Whitchurch Hockey continues to celebrate their 16/17 season.

The Academy continues to develop players of the highest standard and this has resulted in the Girls Under 14 team having won the Shropshire league this weekend.

They completed their success winning all three games, William Brookes (won 6-0), Shrewsbury (won 2-1) & Ludlow (won 1-0)

Whitchurch Hockey Academy continues to run summer sessions from 29 April to 15th July 2017 for junior players who have played or are new to the sport from 10.00 to 11.30 Saturday morning at the Sir John Talbots Leisure centre.

For further information see the website www.whitchurchhockeyclub.com or contact us at secretary@whitchurchhockeyclub.com

Strutt & Parker U14 Girls League 2016/2017
Position Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Whitchurch 15 12 1 2 52 8 44 37
2 Shrewsbury 15 7 5 3 29 19 10 26
3 Telford & Wrekin 15 7 3 5 30 29 1 24
4 William Brookes 15 3 5 7 25 39 -14 14
5 Ludlow 15 4 2 9 19 38 -19 14
6 Thomas Telford 15 2 4 9 10 32 -22 10