Ladies Masters In National Final winners
Posted by Nobody on 28 April 2015
Telford and Wrekin Ladies were celebrating in style at the weekend after winning the England Hockey Women’s Masters Over 35’s Shield. The team travelled to play at Lee Valley Hockey and The Tennis Centre on the ‘smurf turf’ Olympic pitches against Redbridge and Ilford.
The team made a slow start to the game and found themselves a goal down in the fourth minute after Redbridge’s Bron Woods scored from a short corner. Shortly afterwards, Telford’s influential defender Karen Jackson was forced to leave the field to have a blood injury attended to after being struck in the face with a stick. The team rallied, and after Jackson returned to the field they were able to settle in to the match. Telford and Wrekin pressed forward, and a well-crafted goal from Chez Lane saw the teams level at the break.
The second half saw Telford and Wrekin have the greater share of possession, but some determined play from Lisa Lory in the Redbridge goal kept the scores level. With Telford pushing forward, Redbridge were able to take advantage of their pace up front and had a number of attacking breaks, but they were prevented from scoring by some well-timed tackles by Jackson and Shirley Hasenauer in defence, and some excellent saves from Amanda Bailey in the Telford goal. With only seven minutes on the clock, and a penalty shoot-out looming, a Chez Lane strike was tapped in by Lorna Burns to take the Telford side into the lead for the first time in the match. The lead was extended minutes later when a lifted shot from Burns struck the keeper and looped in to the goal, giving Telford and Wrekin a well-earned 3-1 victory.
Captain Sandra Pattinson said ‘ It was a great game, with two well-matched teams battling it out. After a rocky start we felt that we were capable of winning, and just needed to play our own game. I’m extremely proud of the team - it was a fantastic effort from everyone in the squad and a momentous occasion for our club, who hadn’t been to a national final before’.
The team was: Jen Woodyard, Rachel Evans, Karen Jackson, Dawn Moogan, Sarah McKaig, Chez Lane, Shirley Hasenauer, Sue Hughes, Angie Bithell, Kirsty Greenhead, Lorna Burns, Sandra Pattinson (captain), Charlotte Machin, Gilly Hartley, Michelle Warner, Amanda Bailey, Jayne Parnham (Manager), Lorna Mackenzie (coach)
