The season has begun, although not in the best way: the Men lost 2-7 against Futebol Benfica, but the score does not reflect what happened on the pitch.

In the first half the young LCHC team played very well, despite conceding an early goal; they kept CFB away from their goal and got an equalizer by João Ralha.

When LCHC tried for a second goal, their opponents used some strong counter attacks to force a penalty stroke: but Gonçalo Brito kept the score at 1-1 with a tremendous save. Close to half time CFB got their 2^nd goal, again with a fast counter attack.

The second half started exactly the same as the first, with strong defending by LCHC, always looking to push up to score the equalizer, when the unthinkable happened… from the 49^th  to the 60^th minute, CFB managed to score 5 goals against a completely broken LCHC.

LCHC pulled together one more time and put their ideas in place to dominate the rest of the game, getting the 2^nd  goal – again by João Ralha. We paid heavily for the lack of experience of our young team. But there is still a long championship ahead.

João Miguel Freitas

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.