Grange Men's 3XI
Matches
Sat 29 Mar 2014
Grange Hockey Club
Grange Men's 3XI
G Allan (0'), (0'), (0'), K Wyeth (0'), M Macleod (0')
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3
Clydesdale 2
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Ross Parker31 Mar 2014 - 15:32
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One yank, all gone!

Another season draws to a close and the 3s have once again ensured that they’ll be competing in Central One again in September.

Our final match started woefully; I’m struggling to recollect any successful string of passes being completed and Clydesdale deservedly took a 1-0 lead from a good penalty corner.
It took us about 10-15 minutes to really start clicking and our equaliser was a bullet from the stick of G. 1-1 at the break was perhaps a little unfair on our opponents who had made most of the running so far.
The second period was a much better effort and we contained Clydesdale much more effectively and were actually looking sharp in and around their goal. G struck in another belter after a great early pass from Gordy. And the lead was then extended by Gordy soon after. They grabbed one back from a penalty stroke.
The tit-for tat process carried on a bit. We then went away from them again with a well-taken goal from Murdo, before they scored from their broken-down penalty corner and finally Kit made it comfortable again.
Thanks to Ed & Donald for umpiring.

A good team performance with a really quite odd mixture of players; the back-line’s age varied from 14-34, whilst our keeper was only 15. Meanwhile, the midfield’s age range was almost as broad, but frighteningly further up the scale; from a perky 39, to a fresh-faced 52. Even our tireless forward line strived to match this peculiarity, aged as it was between 16-30. A seamless blend of youth and experience.

The side finished 6th in the league and, with the exception of one or two poor performances, it has been a positive season for a side that had been majorly re-shuffled at the start of the season.

Next stop Aberdeen and the cup quarter-finals.

Match details

Match date

Sat 29 Mar 2014

Kickoff

12:30
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