Ladies 1s beat top of the league
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 … Read more
Abingdon mens 2s beat Milton Keynes
Abingdon 6, MK 4 Scorers- Jim (2), Lloyd (2), Fungai, Chris After a ten goal epic Abingdon came out on top pleased with their first win of the season, they will also be pleased with an excellent performance all round to go with it. From the first whistle both teams showed attacking intent but the … Read more
Ladies 2s unlucky away
Ladies 1s tough battle against Milton Keynes The ladies1s had a tough match this week against Milton Keynes 3s. Both sides came out raring to go, promising the start of a close match. Milton Keynes began the assault, crossing the ball quickly from one side of the pitch to another. Our defence responded with some … Read more
Abingdon 3s show promise against Thame
ABINGDON 3s TAME THAME ( in the second half ) THAME 3 A lot of players were unavailable today so it was a case of finding eleven players with two legs and a pulse, two of whom had never played hockey before so a big thank you to Roger and Aubrey. ABINGDON 1 The first … Read more
Ladies 1s make it 2 wins in a row
Ladies 1’s make it 2 wins in a row… Following on from last week’s hard fought win, the ladies 1’s had a late pushback in Bracknell, which gave Sally and Kirsty plenty of time to check out the trampolining centre before bravely pulling on the goalie pads for a half each. The two teams … Read more
Ladies 2s in 8-0 Win over Newly Formed Super Club
The Ladies 2s were nervous as to what Saturday would bring in their match against the newly formed Oxford Hockey Club, formed after Rover and City merged this summer. We knew that they would have picked up some good players and so Kirby prepared her team for the challenge. But from the off it was … Read more
Ladies 2s in 6-1 win
Saturday October 1st, 30 degree heat, 12.30pm pushback on a pitch with no shade. It was going to be a tough one. Captain Kirbs was out of the mix this week, but Sally stepped into the breach and did an amazing job of captaining the team. As it is the start of the season it … Read more
Ladies 1s Get First Win Under Belt
Saturday was il scorchio – and if the Ladies 1s thought they would have a slightly easier time of time as they were playing at 10.30am, they were mistaken as by 10am it was already hot, hot, hot! However, not to be put off by the heat the ladies came out determined to win. The … Read more
Men’s 2s make solid start to the season
Wallingford 3’s 2-2 Abingdon 2’s (Will, Fungai) GK- Tim, DEF- Pete, Hugo, Frank, Richard, Mid- Ollie, Gareth, Chris , Iain, Att- Will, Fungai subbed off for Andy A battling performance from Abingdon 2’s ensured that they started the season with a well earned point. Wallingford begun with very clear attacking intent and pinned Abingdon in … Read more
Ladies 1s make solid start in new division
Ladies 1s vs Wycombe 4s. We started off excellently with the first pushback by Claire F, who from then on battled hard up front, with Lousia in centre-mid playing brilliantly and working together amazingly with the other mids Sarah S and Shani. We kept pushing forward using the wings, Keziah and Tash, with some great … Read more
