OE Hockey 28 Feb 07

The games this year were not held in ice cold conditions like last year but in torrential rain! Due to illness and travel a couple of the selected OE 1st team were not able to play and we only managed to find 10 players to play a recognised strong College 1st XI.

The game started at quite a frantic pace that was to set the tone for the remainder of the match, with both sides closing down players on the ball forcing short and quick passes. Despite the player number disadvantage it was the OEs who were in the lead at half time by 1 goal to nil. After the break the College boys who came out with determination and yet more pace, however it was the OE's who scored a second goal to increase the lead. This was short lived though and the boys enjoyed a 10 minute purple patch with the OEs visibly tiring and they put 3 goals in to take the lead with 15 minutes to go. This seemed to give the OEs a second wind although the game looked like it would go College's way, however with only a couple of minutes to go the OEs had a break and got an equaliser. Despite their best effort the College boys could not regain the lead and the game ended with three goals each.

OE 1st XI drew 3-3 (retained trophy)

1. Rob Turville (GK) 7884
2. Jan Collins (Capt) 6841
3. Bruce Spittal 7040
4. Roger Le Page 8379
5. Dan Slinn
6. Adam Cox
7. Tim Creasy
8. Rick Gomes
9. Tim Slann 6261
10. Mark Elliott

OE 2nd XI won 3-0

The 2nds enjoyed a slightly slower pace game and the OEs were able to dictate the pace and control the game from the outset. The College boys did not trouble the very experienced Kees Jaeger in goal with a solid defence at his disposal - brother Luke providing an equally demanding figure to beat! It was Veillard who stole the show with two well struck goals and a third courtesy of Noyon.

1. Steve Ward (Capt.) 7791
2. Tony Veillard 7693
3. Luke Jaeger 9358
4. Nathan Hodder 8763
5. Phil Radford 8383
6. Tristan Cairns 8478
7. Simon Savident 7880
8. Kees Jaeger (GK) 8526
9. Paul Ridley 7554
10. Spencer Noyon 7721
11. Glenn Bradshaw 7536

Scorers
Veillard x 2
Noyon x 1

Thanks to OE umpires Stuart Perfitt (6623) and Ian Hunter (7268)

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Submitted by Webmaster on Mon, 2007-04-16 11:21.