U14s Last Game of 2019 at Home to Norbury

Without league fixtures, whilst the Junior Schools North Competitive Review takes shape, the U14s have been able to organise fixtures against a number of good teams and it was a fitting finale to the Year (and Decade) to entertain a Norbury team who always bring a competitive squad and a competitive edge to their game.
Today we got off to a roaring start, Jay doing well at face and taking control of the game right from the off.  Two quick goals on the crease by Rhys gave us the start we needed.  With the quarter finshing with goals from George, Hugo and Joel and a healthy start of 5-0.
Q2 uncharacteristically for this team, we didn't manage to increase on this lead, and drew a blank, whilst the visitors managed to get a foothold in the game with 2 for themselves.
Q3 gave the visitors something to believe in with a further 3 goals to our 1, a solo effort from face for Jay, and going in to the final quarter leading by just 1, at 6-5.
Q4 gave us the highlights of the day, with further goals from Hugo Ted, Freddie, Jacob and Rhys, and with Freddie playing in his first ever u14 game it gives him great confidence.
Surprisingly only 10 players today, with lots of illnesses floating around.  Alternated positions during the game for some, and some playing in completely new positions for them.  It was a good game, and a good ending to 2019.  For the record only lost 2 games in this calendar year, both by a single goal.  Not Bad!

8 different scorers today

Lots more photos on Flickr

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Competitive all Morning

Played Almost Every Position Today

Bit Bigger at U14

Solid Performances in  an inexperienced D

2 Wise Men - Need a 3rd at this time of Year

Getting Stuck In

Controlled

Putting a Shift in Today

Deserved His Goal Today

U14s Away at Mellor

OMG!  What a gripping game, tension right from the start, and a gripping finale.  There was never going to be much in this game, with talented players on both sides of the park, and it was always my belief that this game could go either way, with no team running away with it, and in the end I wasn't wrong.  On this occasion the boys in blue, were pipped at the post going down in the end to 1 goal, losing the game 9-8.
It was a tense affair, and despite the talent on show, I'm unsure it could be called a classic.  Stockport moved the ball well on occasions, but potentially we didn't do it consistently enough.  Some good goals along the way, but the passing a little rushed at times, and maybe our control of the ball could have been better.  However, Stockport like to score good goals and we like to run and hit people on the fly, and this style of lacrosse is great to watch but it is risky.
On the day we only found ourselves down on two occasions, right from the off, Mellor took the lead, and then in Q4.  Q1 finished 3-3, and the second quarter was ours with a 0-2 quarter, and even with a 2 goal lead you knew that the opposition would have their time at some point in the game.  Q3 was a 2-2 quarter, and then Mellor scored 4 before Findlay used his initiative scoring our 8th goal of the day.
Excellent behaviour and gracious in defeat, the boys excel in more ways than simply winning.  Well done to all players from both teams!
Scorers today Jacob (2), Hugo, Findlay, Rhys (2), Luca (2), with 6 of our 8 goals being assisted.  Assists today Jacob (2), Hugo (2), George, and James.

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Good Competition at Face All Day

Get Well Soon!

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U12s Stockport vs Cheadle Hulme

U12s Stockport vs Cheadle Hulme.

Playing at home on this mild winters morning for a match against Cheadle Hulme , who's squad numbers have massively improved in size and numbers from recent years through picking up some redundant players from Wilmslow Phoenix who's junior programme which seems to have all but disappeared. They now just need some refs to go with it, as the Stockport club were to field two refs, so the game could commence.

Q1. Face off commenced and Stockport were off to a great start moving the ball fast and scoring first with Henry Parker. Cheadle Hulme played mostly with three or four key players, who size wise wouldn't of looked out of place in the u14s and one player especially in the U16`s!
Stockport were not phased and carried on regardless, another goal by Henry, two by Freddie and then Louie was in on the act with a great goal too, a total of 5 goals to Cheadle Hulme`s reply of 2 by the end of the first quarter.

 Q2.  Stockport seemed to be working just that little bit harder at fighting at possession of the ball, stringing a few nice passes together lately and improving all the time, Seven more goals by the Stockport team this quarter, 2 goals by Ethan and one each by Tom, Freddie Henry Louie and Finn.
Cheadle Hulme did score another two goals making it 12- 4 overall at the end of the second quarter using the same big players to run through to the crease, not that pretty.

Q3.  Stockport pretty much dominated the whole game with great fighting spirit, apart from the odd counter attacks by the four larger Cheadle Hulme players and also on occasion some unusual episodes of holding back the Stockport keeper outfield by the same Cheadle Hulme player, who needed the rules explaining to him during the course of the game. Six more goals among the players of Henry, Euan, Ethan, Jacob jnr and two for Finn while Cheadle Hulme managed two more goals also.

Q4. This game became a great credit to the Stockport perseverance and hard work scoring six more goals this quarter by Henry, Tom, Finn, Jacob jnr and two more for Ethan, with Josh getting back into the swing of it and saving 3 or 4 shots on goal by Cheadle Hulme, overall quite an entertaining game with a large amount of goals scored and a really good turn out by both teams, especially the amount of spectators Cheadle Hulme brought to the match also.

Goal Scorers.

Ethan 5, Henry 5, Finn 4, Freddie 3, Tom 2, Jacob jnr 2, Louie 2, Euan 1.

Final Score, Stockport 24  Cheadle Hulme 7