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4/5/2023 1 Comment Trojans: U16 national championsTrojans are England Hockey Under-16 champions after scoring 38 goals in five matches, culminating in a 5-2 victory over Guildford in the final at Nottingham. Teenage Fareham talent Charlie Cook warmed up for England’s international Youth festival by scoring a hat-trick as Trojans cancelled out a 2-1 half-time deficit to run out 5-2 winners. They took the lead against Guildford, but having trailed at the break turned things round in a sparkling second half display with Cook scoring his hat-trick before Ben Salisbury and Ed Emmerson added the fourth and fifth goals. Trojans 38 goal spree had begun with a 15-0 demolition of Winchester and continued with victories Havant 5-0, Team Bath Buccaneers 7-1 before knocking out Repton School 6-3 in the semi-final. Trojans were national champions at Under-14 age group two years earlier. Fareham trio Matt Dicker (left), hat-trick hero Charlie Cook (centre) and Ed Palmer, right, pictured with the EH Under-16 trophy.
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4/5/2023 0 Comments Supa 7s for in-form FarehamFareham ended the season with a goal glut – scoring 20 in their last four West Conference matches !
They inflicted capital punishment on Cardiff’s two student teams in their last two games, following up a 5-0 beating of the university by thrashing Cardiff & Met 7-0, condemning both Welsh sides to relegation in the process. They had previously beaten Chichester 6-1 and drawn 2-2 with Isca. Fareham had been hovering precariously on the lip of the relegation zone themselves before their late spurt – manager Malcolm Davies believing the finish has given his young side the momentum to set up an exciting 2023/24 season. “I am so proud of the lads because, when needed, they delivered and all stepped up to make it comfortable in the end. We scored plenty of goals and, significantly, kept consecutive clean sheets in the last two games,” he said. Chris Davey and Kieran Page each scored twice against Cardiff & Met, with James Seager, James Morris and teenage debutant Alex Barrett getting one each. Fareham's championship winning ladies side ended the season on a triumphant note with a 4-2 win at Oxford, the only side to beat them this season. It looked as though a repeat might be on the cards when Oxford took the lead, but Fareham had nosed 2-1 in front by half-time through Sarah Johns and Sian Edwards Alacia Caillard scored a third soon after the break, but Oxford clawed a second goal back before Aimee Timms wrapped it up. Salisbury ladies have secured promotion to Premier Division 1 of the South Central area league, the competition their Fareham counterparts have just won.
In a resounding home win last weekend against Winchester, Salisbury’s 4-0 victory rounded off the season and secured second place overall in the Division 2 table. It follows their nail-bitingly close battle for points with top-of-the-table Wycombe in the closing weeks, and they knew that only a win against Winchester could secure promotion. This year, Salisbury have remained a confident frontrunner, winning a decisive 13 games of their 20 fixtures and seeing off teams from Slough to Portsmouth, Banbury to the New Forest and more. The Winchester game showed exactly what has maintained Salisbury’s leading position throughout the season. From the first pushback, Salisbury appeared strong and in control of the game – with Millie Reeve, Kerry Jackson and Kate Parker holding midfield, and strikers Poppy Egerton and Clover Crosse looking threatening with purposeful attacks. Early penalty corners yielded the first two goals, both struck by Kate Parker. By this point, Salisbury had comfortably found their pace and were unlucky not to go further ahead when just before half time a superb reverse stick strike flew into the top the net milliseconds after the umpire blew the whistle. In the second half, Salisbury fought off a couple of dangerous attempts from Winchester, with Salisbury’s goal-keeper Louise Davidson making two high-class saves. Salisbury pushed on undeterred to secure another two goals late in the match – with a neat flick over the line by Nim Panesar followed soon after by a goal from Jenna Plank, to assure the victory. Jenna Whittle, 1st XI captain, said: “We are delighted with the final league result. It was pretty tense right up until the final game last weekend – we really needed those points to secure our promotion. But the team did it. And what makes it all the more rewarding is knowing how we’ve achieved this together. "We’re not just a team, we’re family. We give up a lot of our spare time for our hockey – a sport that we’re all incredibly passionate about and committed to – and it makes you very close as a team as a result. Next season, we can expect the competition to be tougher still but we will definitely be taking this momentum forward with us through the summer and will be ready and waiting for the next challenge!” |
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