Double Disappointment for the Senior Girls Hockey Squad.

Our Senior Girls’ hockey team played their second final in a week today. The Trophy Final match was again in the Three Rock Rovers hockey club and against the same opposition, Newpark Comprehensive School.

Last Monday’s encounter was a closely fought game that ended in a disappointing loss in the one-on-one eliminators. Our team knew they had let the previous week’s game slip away from them and were determined to reverse the result.

From the start it was clear that Newpark had decided to pack their midfield to deny us the space needed to implement our passing game, as well as forcing us left to minimise us using the right hand side as an attacking avenue. This all meant that there were far fewer scoring chances created.

Newpark’s first short corner yielded their first and the decisive goal. It was to be their only direct shot on target in the match. With five minutes to go the St.Columba’s coaching staff took off our goalkeeper AJ Ediale to try and force the desperately needed equaliser with an extra outfield player. The brave but risky tactic did yield some circle entries and half chances but  some last ditch effective Newpark defending meant the final whistle blew and Newpark had won an elusive double League and Trophy title.

In spite of our double disappointment our entire squad and coaching team deserve enormous credit for an excellent season.

(N.Bradley-Brady, O.Cowan, AJ.Ediale, A.Genetzke, T.Larke, F.Lodewijk, M.Mann, A.McCoole, C.Mellenthin, H.Murray (Capt), C.Penwill, R.Pollock, S.Pollock, P.Pringle, S.Walker, P.Wiesner, )