Tuesday, October 23, 2007
On the Telly!
Footage from last Saturday's games at Crawley was shown on BBC 1 South West Spotlight programme at 1:30pm today. It may be repeated at 6:30pm tonight.
The item also included interviews with Dan and Jaggers.
The item also included interviews with Dan and Jaggers.
Monday, October 22, 2007
National League Wins
We arrived at the new K2 pool at Crawley with our team at full strength and looking forward to improving our position in the League.
The first game was against Newcastle; they beat us in our earlier encounter at Sheffield and we needed to reverse that result. We started well and kept control of the game from then on - having a full bench enabled us to swim the opposition and we finished with a 12 -5 win.
The second game against Cambridge promised to be a close affair; our previous match had ended in a draw and our first ever National League point. This game was also close but we held the advantage for most of it and clinched the win with another fine goal from Ed in the last couple of minutes to end at 11 - 10.
So, four points from our first two games and we moved ahead of Newcastle in the League and only one point behind Cambridge.
Sunday's game was against the League leaders Birmingham and we genuinely believed we had a chance of a clean sweep of victories. We started well and were 3 - 0 up initially. The second quarter finished with us still ahead at 4 -3 but the opposition began to improve whilst we struggled to convert our chances. We kept ahead until they levelled the score at 6-6 and then took the lead at 6 -7. We pulled back to 7 - 7 but then failed to score for the rest of the game as the Brums put another 4 past us without reply to win 7 - 11. We were disappointed with our performance but at least came away from the weekend with another four points.
We had expected to move back down to 7th position in the League by the time all the games had finished but Hampshire League rivals Basingstoke recorded their first NWPL win this year by beating Newcastle and denying them the points they needed to go back above us in the table.
The final weekend is at Crowborough in three weeks and we have games against Ealing, Bristol University and Basingstoke. Realistically we are probably too weak to beat Ealing, we have a chance against Bristol (who underperformed at Crawley) and we need to/should beat Basingstoke. Depending on how Cambridge and Newcastle also perform, we have a chance of moving up to 5th in the League, which would be a decent enough finish for our first season.
The first game was against Newcastle; they beat us in our earlier encounter at Sheffield and we needed to reverse that result. We started well and kept control of the game from then on - having a full bench enabled us to swim the opposition and we finished with a 12 -5 win.
The second game against Cambridge promised to be a close affair; our previous match had ended in a draw and our first ever National League point. This game was also close but we held the advantage for most of it and clinched the win with another fine goal from Ed in the last couple of minutes to end at 11 - 10.
So, four points from our first two games and we moved ahead of Newcastle in the League and only one point behind Cambridge.
Sunday's game was against the League leaders Birmingham and we genuinely believed we had a chance of a clean sweep of victories. We started well and were 3 - 0 up initially. The second quarter finished with us still ahead at 4 -3 but the opposition began to improve whilst we struggled to convert our chances. We kept ahead until they levelled the score at 6-6 and then took the lead at 6 -7. We pulled back to 7 - 7 but then failed to score for the rest of the game as the Brums put another 4 past us without reply to win 7 - 11. We were disappointed with our performance but at least came away from the weekend with another four points.
We had expected to move back down to 7th position in the League by the time all the games had finished but Hampshire League rivals Basingstoke recorded their first NWPL win this year by beating Newcastle and denying them the points they needed to go back above us in the table.
The final weekend is at Crowborough in three weeks and we have games against Ealing, Bristol University and Basingstoke. Realistically we are probably too weak to beat Ealing, we have a chance against Bristol (who underperformed at Crawley) and we need to/should beat Basingstoke. Depending on how Cambridge and Newcastle also perform, we have a chance of moving up to 5th in the League, which would be a decent enough finish for our first season.
Monday, October 08, 2007
First NWPL Win!
The 3rd NWPL weekend started in the best possible fashion with a 16 - 9 win over Hampshire League rivals Basingstoke on Saturday.
Sunday morning saw us with the daunting prospect of facing Bristol University and we expected the worst to be honest. However, we produced our best form of the weekend and came away beaten but proud with a 9 -12 result.
Buoyed by that performance, we were looking forward to the final game against Croydon (who had already beaten us 16 - 9 in our very first game at Sheffield). Fatigue however got to us in a big way - we'd started the weekend with 10 players and then lost Jaggers to a severe bout of D & V by Sunday morning. We were behind from the start and although we did win the third quarter, finished by losing with the same 7 goal margin as the original game at 13 -6.
Ed Stevens was our high scorer over the three games and Peter Buckland showed great commitment to get to the venue from Leicester, especially on Sunday.
The next weekend is the 20th/21st October at Crawley. We're targeting two wins out of three hopefully and will have a full squad by the looks of things.
Sunday morning saw us with the daunting prospect of facing Bristol University and we expected the worst to be honest. However, we produced our best form of the weekend and came away beaten but proud with a 9 -12 result.
Buoyed by that performance, we were looking forward to the final game against Croydon (who had already beaten us 16 - 9 in our very first game at Sheffield). Fatigue however got to us in a big way - we'd started the weekend with 10 players and then lost Jaggers to a severe bout of D & V by Sunday morning. We were behind from the start and although we did win the third quarter, finished by losing with the same 7 goal margin as the original game at 13 -6.
Ed Stevens was our high scorer over the three games and Peter Buckland showed great commitment to get to the venue from Leicester, especially on Sunday.
The next weekend is the 20th/21st October at Crawley. We're targeting two wins out of three hopefully and will have a full squad by the looks of things.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
National League 2nd Weekend Results
The 2nd weekend of the NWPL saw us gain our first point in the competition.
A 28 - 11 drubbing at the hands of Ealing on Saturday didn't auger well for the next two games and we lost the next fixture against Newcastle on Sunday morning, albeit by only a few goals at 11 - 8.
However, a last minute equaliser from Jason saw us get a 12 - 12 draw and our first point against Cambridge.
Next weekend sees another three matches, this time at Walsall. The first game is against local rivals Basingstoke who have yet to to earn a point. The other games are against Bristol Uni and Croydon.
A 28 - 11 drubbing at the hands of Ealing on Saturday didn't auger well for the next two games and we lost the next fixture against Newcastle on Sunday morning, albeit by only a few goals at 11 - 8.
However, a last minute equaliser from Jason saw us get a 12 - 12 draw and our first point against Cambridge.
Next weekend sees another three matches, this time at Walsall. The first game is against local rivals Basingstoke who have yet to to earn a point. The other games are against Bristol Uni and Croydon.
