Abingdon Hockey Club

It was a cloudy day on Saturday 5the November and Abingdon1s took on table leaders Kidlington. They attacked from the beginning but our defence was strong, with some excellent tackles, about 15 minutes
into the first half a run was made by Shani down the left wing with help from Keziah. A short corner was won. Sarah pushed out to Gemma whoreceived it and passed to Jen who drew the keeper out who thought she was going to take a shot, instead she passed across goal to Keziah who put it in the net to make it 1-0. They can back quickly and got a goal back. The ball was moved quickly from end to end of the pitch, with some excellent passes and tackles throughout the team. At half time the score was 1-1. The second half was tough. The play was moving from end to end and we had our chances but their defence was strong. There were some good one-twos down the wings between Sarah, Kes and Kythe. Good tackles were made from Hannah, Sinead, Claire and Louisa in the defence, to help prevent the ball from going into our defensive D, and making their forwards work hard. Good runs were made by Jen and Gemma made some good, strong tackles and runs to get the ball in our attacking D. Charlotte made several amazing saves in one go when they were attacking hard. Kes, Kythe, Tash and Sarahworked hard to drive the ball into our attacking D. towards the end we realised that we could actually win this match and we became more determined. Two minutes towards the end we got a short corner. Tash hit it hard and was lifted, but the goal keeper saved it. Sarah was there with the rebound and it went in. A text book short corner! The final whistle went and the score was 2-0 to us. We enjoyed sausage and chips for match tea. Gemma was voted man of the match as she made some amazing tackles and runs down the middle.Everyone played really well and should be pleased with how we played. The end result was fantastic. Well Done Everyone!!