Boa tarde todos,

ALTERAÇÃO DO LOCAL

Assembleia Geral amanhã vai ser convocada amanhã as13.00 no AUDITÓRIO das PISCINAS no JAMOR.

Peter

Lisbon Casuals Vets Squad set off for Ourense at lunchtime on Friday 11th September to play in the 10^th Anniversary Ourense Vets (Mens) Tournament. After a leisurely stroll around the city on the Friday night until the early hours stopping off at local watering holes to assimilate the local culture your team got down to business early the next morning but were caught cold by the boys from Bremen. Being pitted against the home team and holders in the next game was a tall order but we had spotted Hamburg as being the team we could get a result.

Despite dominating the next game against Hamburg we were narrowly defeated 1-0. After 3 games of 35 minutes and constant refreshment throughout the day our last game of the day against Sport could have been a disaster but a change in team formation and tactics enabled us to hold out for most of the game only to be narrowly defeated.

Our hosts put on a memorable banquet that evening and your team behaved very well at least until 12 of the 13 had already left the restaurant. To our surprise despite another late night in the city we were not the last to be tucked in bed with a number of nationalities still roaming the streets at dawn.

The effects of all this revelry became very evident in the Sunday morning games as the standard of play plummeted but your team maintained a consistent standard throughout and almost squeezed a draw against the highly fancied Vigo team. After receiving our prize for being 6^th a sumptuous Galician lunch was enjoyed by all before the long trek back to Lisbon.

Special recognition to Jerry for exhibiting strong leadership skills on the field, James for his extrovert behavior off the field, the Belem boys for holding their tongues, Kai for spending most of his time with Bremen and Hamburg and last but not least for João Miguel in completing his first Vets tour by keeping the up with pace.

LISBON CASUALS CLUBE DO HOQUEI AGM – Sábado 26 de Setembro 2015 as 12h30

Assembleia Geral vai ser convocado no Estadio Nacional Jamor (localização a ser avisada) no sábado 26 de Setembro 2015 as 12h30. Se pretendem incluir determinados assuntos na ordem do dia devem requerê-lo, por e mail para mim ou Tony Pringsheim (tonyp@netcabo.pt) até o dia 08 de Setembro 2015

Please be advised that the Annual General Meeting will be held at Estadio Nacional Jamor (venue to be advised) on Saturday 26th September 2015 at 12h30. Should you have any items for the Agenda please send by e mail to myself or Tony Pringsheim (tonyp@netcabo.pt) no later than the 8th September 2015.

Logo aos 2 minutos, os Sub 18 ganharam o 1º Canto Curto (CC), mas não conseguiram marcar. Aos 14 minutos os Vets marcaram o primeiro golo do jogo com um remate do Jerry Harris. Aos 21 minutos, os Sub18 ficaram reduzidos a 10 jogadores durante 2 minutos, tendo o Thomas Machado levado com uma bolada no joelho. Nos últimos 10 minutos da 1ª parte os Vets marcaram mais 2 golos, ambos marcados pelo James Harrison.

No início da segunda parte, os Sub18 marcaram o seu primeiro golo, um tiro autêntico de John Harrison. Aos 40 minutos os Sub18 ganharam outro CC e outra vez não marcaram. Logo de seguida os Vets ganharam um CC e também não conseguiram marcar. Aos 49 minutos os Sub 18 marcam o seu segundo golo, novamente pelo John Harrison. Com o jogo a terminar, Jerry Harris marca o último golo do jogo. Ficando Vets 4-2 Sub18 no marcador.

Boa arbitragem de Ray Borrow e Hugo Jesus.

JK

Young against old.  It was a great pleasure to be allowed back on the pitch at Jamor, and even better to have a good game against the under 18s

The first half was fairly even, but the Vets proved to be clever with their counter attacks. In Herman we found a very able centre forward. Not the quickest, but why run if you can do it with skill? After some good combinations in the mid field, between Andrew, Aderito and James, Jerry managed to score with a solid hit in the bottom corner. Two goals followed, both scored by James after excellent work by Herman. Half time 3- 0 to the Vets.

After some wise words by captain Hans, we managed to let in 2 quick goals. John (son of James) scored them both and one of them was of a quality that the father can only dream about. 10 minutes to go and Jerry scored a very well placed killer goal in the near corner. With an age difference of at least 30 years the young ones started to run past most of us, but fearless Craig kept the ball out of his goal. End result 4 – 2 to the Vets.

Thanks to Hugo and Ray for umpiring a clean game. No cards, no arguments. As we said to each other at 6 o´clock, “nice to be back on a Saturday afternoon”.

HK

On Friday evening the Men´s and Ladies´ teams joined to play a Mixed match against Freshfields HC from the UK. Casuals won an entertaining and light-hearted game 7-0.

Today the Men travelled to Porto to play Sport Club in their first league match. After some last-minute disappointments leaving Lisbon, they kept their opponents out for the first 15 minutes but, after Joe Kodde had made a spectacular clearance from a high strike at a penalty corner, they conceded two goals in 8 minutes, with Sport rounding the keeper for the second. But three minutes later Casuals pulled a goal back with a lovely tip-in from João Ralha. Just before the interval they pulled level at 2-2 when an exchange of passes in the midfield found Fred Santos, who waited for the keeper to commit before slamming a backhand shot into the roof of the net.

Sport started the second half in determined mood but, with João Miguel Freitas in goal making several last-ditch saves, it took 15 minutes for Sport to break the deadlock with a fierce penalty corner strike just inside the post. With the Casuals players tiring, the hosts added another goal to win 4-2, but Casuals can be satisfied with a good first performance in difficult circumstances.