Ladies 3rd XI
Matches
Sat 05 Oct 2024  ·  South East Women's Division 3 Invicta
Old Williamsonians 2
0
1
Folkestone Optimist Hockey Club
Ladies 3rd XI
Ladies 3s A v Old Williamsonians

Ladies 3s A v Old Williamsonians

Amy Bumstead6 Oct - 17:52
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Threes resiliant defence holds off Old Wills

After a frustrating result last week the ladies 3s travelled to Old Williamsonians knowing they were in for a tough game against a renowned, physical side. Old Wills pushed hard from the start but were kept at bay by the Ops defensive unit of Emma Line, Vicki Baxter & Sharon Harding. Ops had opportunities to break out, with Sophie Atwell causing the Wills defence issues until she was forced off with an injury. Ops period of sustained attacks bore fruit when Jess Pierce picked the ball up high up the pitch, drove the D and won a short corner. While the initial strike was saved the ball rebounded out to Em Pullen who got the ball under control and slung it past the Wills keeper for Ops to take the lead.

Ops knew they that Wills were going to come out hard in the second half and were braced for the oncoming onslaught. Ops set themselves well and kept their structure to be able to frustrate the Wills attack and force them into unfavourable positions on the pitch. The central pairing of Polly Ritchie & Ella Beggs worked tirelessly, tracking the ever running Wills forwards and putting in a series well timed tackles. When Wills did get through keeper Amy Bumstead was on hand to keep the ball out. Wills were awarded a series a series of short corners at full time but Bumstead was there to make the save to keep the deserved, hard working win for the Ops

Match details

Match date

Sat 05 Oct 2024

Kickoff

12:00

Meet time

10:00

Instructions

Meet 3 Hills car park - 10am or Old Williamsonians Clubhouse at 11am
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Competition

South East Women's Division 3 Invicta

League position

5
Old Williamsonians 2
7
Folkestone Optimist 3
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