Ladies 4s vs Newbury & Thatcham 4

A very chilly start to 2024 but after three weeks off, everyone was raring to go v Newbury & Thatcham, to the extent that 90% of the squad turned up on time ?

The first half saw some fantastic, simple one touch hockey. This enabled us to keep possession and remain a threat in their half. In particular, there was some great switching around the back. This enabled us to get a short corner just before half time, which Fran struck with force and was deflected in by their defence on the post.

The second half saw us go off the boil, three weeks off with turkey showed. So discipline went with the tracking back getting a bit slower and the tendency to run with the ball arising again.

However we managed to keep a defensive game and keep the score at 1-0 to get the three points. Huge effort from everyone as always.

Players of the match go to Sasha and Chloe. Great start to 2024!