1ª Vitória dos S18

O jogo começou renhido ambas as equipas a atacar, numa jogada de contra ataque John Harrison faz uma jogada individual finalizando com um remate de esquerda para dentro da baliza. O Casa Pia tinha acordado, fazendo uma pressão maior, Diogo Lima ia entrar na área e Aires Tulio faz uma falta dando em uma grande penalidade, Diogo Lima faz o golo do empate. Após outras tentativas falhadas a primeira parte do jogo tinha terminado, com dois cantos curtos para o Casuals e zero para o Casa Pia. Na segunda parte o Lisbon entrou a abrir, ganhando o terceiro canto curto e John Harrison marca o segundo golo com outro remate de esquerda, após uns minutos de jogos, claramente dominados pelo Casuals, John Harrison mais uma vez, numa jogada individual marca o 3-1 o casa pia já estava mal organizada e após refilar sobre umas supostas falhas na arbitragem Diogo lima leva um cartão. Na marcação do quarto canto curto John Harrison marca o poker, uma grande segunda parte do Lisbon Casuals. E termina assim o último jogo da época preparatória.

Fredric Machado

Batalha dentro de casa Vitória para o S15

The LC U15 approached the game against the LC Ladies with some trepidation and respect, knowing this would be another big challenge. Fortunately for the U15 the Ladies were not at full strength and after an evenly fought first 10 minutes the U15 scored their first goal of the championship and importantly gained some breathing space until half time (0-1). The Ladies then changed their tactics, applying a high press, and after sustained pressure scored twice and would have scored more but for the brilliant goalkeeping by Francisco (“man of the match”!). The boys fought back and Rodolfe finally found the “right goal” via a SC tip-in and the stage was set for a nail-biting last 10 minutes, with the boys going ahead only for the Ladies to equalise to give a final score of 3-3. An absolutely thrilling, good quality game of hockey, played in excellent spirit – congratulations to everyone involved!

Andrew Baird

New battle for the U15

The U15 had their second game of the season against a very experienced CFB and again performed well. Whilst most of the CFB team (including their key players) will be too old for U15 next year, ALL of our team will be eligible demonstrating the youth and potential we have!!

We did not have a goalkeeper and still need to identify somebody for the future (please everyone, help us find a new candidate ?) and this inevitably impacted on the result, but the team fought a spirited battle to the end and it is clear we are making progress. Well done guys & gals!

Andrew Baird