Boa tarde todos,
ALTERAÇÃO DO LOCAL
Assembleia Geral amanhã vai ser convocada amanhã as13.00 no AUDITÓRIO das PISCINAS no JAMOR.
Peter
LCHC Vets at Octopus Hockey Festival – Ourense
Lisbon Casuals Vets Squad set off for Ourense at lunchtime on Friday 11th September to play in the 10th 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 6th 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
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.
July 24 – Casuals players in Portuguese National teams
At the end of June, three Casuals players – Diogo Lima, John Harrison and Thomas Machado – were selected for the Portuguese U16 squad which travelled to Barcelona and won 3 of their games against strong Spanish opposition.
This week 3 more Casuals players – Joe Kodde, Miguel Ralha and Philipp Wenzel – are representing Portugal in the National Senior squad at the ‘EuroHockey Championship III’ competition at Jamor.
Portugal play Italy in the first semi-final today at 16.15. Tomorrow, the 3rd place play-off is at 16.15, and the Final at 18.45.
June 14 – Portuguese take Cup
A fortnight ago the Casuals’ Dutch team beat the British 3-1 to reclaim the Kuiper Cup, and the Lusitanos team beat the Caravelas 7-2 for the Camões Trophy.
Today the respective winners played each other for the Pringsheim Cup and it was the Dutch who started the better, when Tommy Hilt opened the scoring after 10 minutes with a strong strike from the top of the circle. The Portuguese came close to an equaliser 2 mins later, but they went 0-2 behind when Hans Kodde’s shot hit the post and Alexa Kodde reacted quickest to put in the rebound. Miguel Ralha kept the Portuguese in the game when he pulled back a goal with a low drag-flick at their 2nd penalty corner.
5 minutes into the second half Miguel’s short corner hit a Dutch defender on the line and he converted the penalty stroke to make the score 2-2. 10 mins later, Chris’ excellent long ball found Herman Green isolated in the Portuguese circle and he calmly rolled the ball past the keeper for 3-2. With the Dutch starting to tire, the Portuguese took a 4-3 lead from 2 excellent reverse stick shots: Miguel once again wriggling at the top of the circle before driving a low shot, and Fred Santos converting from a more acute angle on the left. With 3 minutes left, Linda Teles came agonisingly close to touching in a Dutch cross from the right, but shortly after made it 4-4 from close in.
This took the game into penalties: with only one Dutch miss, the Portuguese converted all theirs to take the Cup. This was a really exciting game played in excellent spirit: despite Joe Kodde’s amazing work rate for the Dutch, Miguel’s previous experience against Dutch players proved the vital ingredient to the Portuguese success.
Tony Pringsheim