Leading hockey teams maintain perfect records

Press, 26 April 1988, Page 31

Leading hockey teams maintain perfect records

i . ' Hi r J : Burnsidv il. | 'and Carltoft a 1! maintained perfect records: m the jir.ird. round of the Christchurch' senior women t npcke;. championship s.t! PbrriK ■ Pank on Saturday. ; , I ' From rekt week-end!' the road will get harder fc'r the . leading teamfl as. they begin to strike more difficult• opponents jßirnside ,Ij will play Harewoold. which on Saturday p ayed , tenaciously against Woolstoh and lost. < to rhe only) goal, of the < T The three! other senior ' igames were j al!. de'cidejd .by ■wide margins, i Or. Hrtday night. Selwyij.was too polished' for Peeas'jsjand iwon 4-j.and' ithe two weakest| teams in the. i competition! I Burnside i-I ] and Hornbv. struggled asairi in .Saturday HI ’| Horr.bv was' thumper 24-0 by Burnside t and B.Hide if. after a -disastrous firs: minutes, showed corr.'mend-' I able fight tc-i keep the- score i against'Carlton d<iwr. Ito ?•: , and avoid.: i third doublefigure loss in|as many weeks ; Tr.e points tac-ie .is ! P |'W, D L ri A ?'• Sumside I • ,31 v ■■ 3|r t -2. ; 3 3 : 0 22 6 Cartier. !: ■ 3 (’] 2:! 3 j ' n i > 2 0 ’.d 2 5 H'drewoc-c •3 1 * 1 2 |4 ’• Pega-fs : |3; ' 1 3 p 15 - Hornbv I 531 v Ji 3 -j 29 :0 - Bns if ;3) ■- ’.'i 3(23s *J WOOLSTON'i 1 (Sue Davies) HAREWOOD O' |‘ ' For the I first i lime this season Wqolstqn struck-a.de-. • fence that j was .[sound and' well organised and a forward: line that;; was able !to pu-t-■ together; cbnstnuctive. If fnfre- ' quent attacks i As a-resjit Harewoou ci-.me close- to- snatching !i point ' from the' game, even! though Wooistor.|ha!d enjoyed.a slight dominance I in. the rr.id-f-eld and had S|h<fwri more ifiexiivlity and cvnltrcll on attack - Harew'vpd. without four "players peca.se of injur;, paid 'c'ofe I a'-entionj to the key Wok-'lsion, strikers. Sue Duggan | iarjd Chris ! Arthur. The taqtii reuuced the effectiveness ipf the .Woojston attack akSoLgh both • players were experienced enough ') slip their markers fn occa-. sicns to i find space tp launch attacks! | i ! i i Afteq-3-t minutes .of tenacious'defence Htirewiwd went ■ to the' inter’- ill a goal down when Sue Dikies was quick to seize! br a mis-trnp in the

Hareiwcm defence only .2'l ■Ahistie - waoistf: r. defence, its -jes scoring chance came mid way j th -ough the half when Mareej Flannery pushed- a iay-df/i from a penaltyy-corher into ith't side of the net. i | Elkin; Jensen, in the Hare) wood goal, saved a number of dangercus situations, and the fu'l-hacks.- Janet Collerton and I 1 yr. Andrews were j 'prominent defenders, tackling | and'| cl taring s.wift-y. Helen I Lit-'.!ew-< rth at jcentre-half for ! Hprfwrc-d wcirked industry I .ousiy ■: n .deep defence, and < was: al vavs in close support of ;he forwards , ■ snane Cohir.s was sate or. deep -iefence for w-.o.stoi ner reading :f the pl.;.- e.y’t;:rg her ’■ t>-'- posmi.-r hait aitu-.'.-is. ?nd in the field s .-be/ " n-'-ms ?r. .literpasses and used tm-.-q l-c CARLTON 9 iShirley Haig 4. Hayley ‘ Read 2. Fiona: Barnes. Debbie Gordon.' Gin? McQueen). BL'RbjSIDE II (Vivienne Brow nei . FivJ goals in the first uU; mmutbs looked ominous for Burns de. The defence . was ter.tat ve — its tackling weak and clearing, indecisive-.! and ’the ('arlton forwards capitalise-: fully on the looseness ■ Shidey Haig, still a forceful ■;-io_g -. ■ mi her' mui-Jps. Th- other forward.- sU p-t-rte i ner confidently ,-iur.a Barn .siran off me ball ir.mlliWith a-well-taken go;-.:.- : Ca Ttor.'s superior pass ng pind higher mdr- iumi, ■ <k.i: level ehableid it toikeep Burnside pinned inside its! cwp half for much of the matclii. b_: after the interval the urge-.cy left the Carltcn arc 3urns:d : e was able to i.aii the majority of the t-rtacks •thru-: a: its defence, ’.r.apii.s largely 1 to a new witimg: ess to t..cs!e .ma clear the nd’., tjuic-;!■• fr-.-m dee!? defeme; ■ .j.rit-n .placed sr- !mu:r. emphasis pn attack 'ha it was caught l our several t: ties ■ for ;u:ck breaks by Fum-int-fon> .’.rds IFouri time- f-jr-warwere left i:: ch. iiqnge Lesley! Murdoclij the . .irpi'r.

.:oal-kieper. but each time hev chose the w-ong loptioiy j ' orendne and losing me bail I :. . Those forwards icouid -co • than spend them net■■ | .-.imine session practising :-. j eft-to-right dodge. Had they I i seen jable to ekejeuie that I ■ move against Murdoch. Burn-; tide would have 'had fotrii more (goals. I , i Burnside s only goal came ’rom Vivienne Browne who ■an around Murdoch’s baclii hand. i SELWYN 4 (Cindy; Rereti 2. Barbara Mitchell. Jo I Painter) PEGASLS 0 Selwyn had’a comfortable first-half lead of 3-0 agairst Pegasus but it failed to maintain the same pressure aftzr the interval falling into the trap t-f slackening the pare once it had reached ,-.r. : d- -. mtaeeous positicr. ?ek?..-uS. .i'me-h iii.kvd : Selwyn. defendleL d--:caJ.y. -.t it b.ad its i-ar.us full tu keep Cindy Retet'i and Barnard Mitchell, jon the nitnt flank, under control ' It was this pair that ccjmj hired to give Mitchel! Selwyn’s first goal and then Rereti added the next tjvq. positioning herself perfectly in the "circle to receive Pegasus endeavoured ! tb put together passing moves but they lacked urgency and tight control, and most wbre ' easily dealt with by ithe Selwyn defence which was quick to organise itself in the face of danger, and just ;as quick to turn defence nto >

attack. I a number of: pre-m sing at-tack?-fell apart iatl v-t. 1 st; ges if-.-r Selwyn in ’hej sec ind-lalf because of .r.jnfntr- e passing Thb one g-t-aj-m the half -was scared by Jo Pair ter. who was quick' to cipiu-lise loh a loose ball in Ithe nrc!?. BURNSIDE I 14 [.Mary Clinton 6, Judy Phillips 3. Kieran O'Grady 2. Kate Trilove 2. Sharon 'Bell) HORNBY 0 . (This (was yer anoti er mismatch. i Hornby was; totally outclassed 'by Burnside which is: sprinkled with pre-ent and formerlNew Zealand ilayers Burnside was never at-full stretch! and had | it teen the score -would have been, several goals greater. ! i Supported by a c- mpetent half-line, me BurnJide f-rr- . wards Haunchec !attacks that 'tiled into' the Hcrribv 25m area w;m me fegu ant; number were hilted b'ier.r.y Turner w-m? jus .ead and shoulders j abr.e the other players :H thi' Hornby defence, anc Lyir. McDonnell showed plenty of grit ir. the Hornby goal, bloc! me and clearing a number of shbts. Hornby has aihug; amount of work to do on bisic skills and fitness if :it wants to become competitive in the senior grade. Mar/ Clinton. ;the New Zealand captain, scored six . of Burnside's goals, fye ifrom penalty -corners.) Judith Phillips. whose elusive jdnbipling was a source ofj'fruirrati ?n to the Hornby si ored three. i :