Field Hockey News
Congratulations to the the Shawnigan girls who participated in the U16 High Performance Field Hockey Tournament held in Vancouver last weekend. Lizzie Y. and Megan L. team placed third while Erin C. and Kelsey P. were 5th. Well done girls!
– Joanne Yates
The Great Wednesday Night Come Back—The troop was at it again last night up on the field hockey pitch. The other team was intimidated by our fierce team of mostly boys so we compromised and Braden M. played on their team to balance the attack. Francis Kelsey had some skilled players who were passing all around us and we were down 1-0 at the half from a goal on a penalty corner. The second half proved much the same, especially as Braden was difficult to get around, and Kelsey scored again on a nice deflection.
It wasn't until there were 10 minutes remaining when the Shawnigan troop stepped up their game and started using each other on the easy pass. The speed of our players helped to win the 50/50 balls and the attack became relentless. Tamlyn T. put one on the board with a beautiful deflection that went over top of the Kelsey goalie with only 4 minutes remaining in the game. This seemed to spark an even greater serge and the team was fired up. Kelsey added to the pressure and was in our defensive end until one minute remained and the ball was cleared to the wing where our wave of forwards charged into the circle and forced a penalty corner with no time remaining! The penalty corner was played out and in the end, after a scramble at the goal mouth, Ed A. jammed the ball to the back of the net!
We are still undefeated thanks to the all-out team effort and the defensive play of Sian M. in goal and a few others who sacrificed their bodies (and manhood) for the game.
Next week, we're in Duncan to play under the lights on the water-base turf!
– Rachel Peters, Coach