EAST U/14 Tigers lose on Penalties to the Lions
EAST DISTRICT U/14 MIXED TIGERS & LIONS
Good news first - both East U14 sides got through to play each other in the final, with the Lions winning out after a very long sudden-death penalty shoot out.
East Tigers: Cameron McCue, Catriona McLellan (Capt), Lucy Clark, Eilidh Thomson, Shona McNab, Simon Whait, Joe Waterson, John McKay, Marc Smith, Jack Hewitt, Guy Rowson, John McLuskey
Coach - Walter Jamieson, Jim Hatton
The Tigers started with 2 comfortable wins against North and South West, before really finding there form to sweep aside West 9-0, with Marc Smith getting 5 goals! Midlands provided the toughest opposition in the group stages, and the team did really well to recover from going a goal down in the first half to run out 3-1 winners with a very impressive display of attacking hockey in the second half. A comfortable win against Highland secured their place in the Final against the East Lions.
Results:
v. North - 4-0
John McLuskey, Jack Hewitt, John McKay, Guy Rowson
v. South West - 3-0
Marc Smith, Guy Rowson, Jack Hewitt
v. West - 9-0
Guy Rowson, Jack Hewitt, John McLuskey,Simon Whait, Marc Smith (5)
v. Midlands - 3-1
John McKay, Marc Smith (2)
v. Highland - 6-0
Marc Smith (2), Jack Hewitt, Joe Waterson, Eilidh Thomson, John McLuskey
East Lions: James Allan, Sean Stewart (Capt), Craig Mitchell, Stuart Hatton, Jamie Young, Adam Lloyd, Daniel Kidd, Patrick Christie, Kerry-Anne Hastings, Sarah Laverty, Constance Lathe, Milie Brown
Coach - Chris Duncan, Andy Allan
Results: Andy will send you these
Final: 1-1
Guy Rowson score for Tigers and Patrick Christie for Lions
Penalties: It was 1-1 after the first round of penalties, so went to sudden death, with each player ending up taking about another 3 penalties each until James Allan made a wonderful save to win it for the Lions and allow Sean Stewart to lift the Trophy for East.
Tigers penalty takers - Catriona McLellan, Simon Whait, and John McLuskey. Goalkeeper - Cameron McCue
Lions penalty takers - Stuart Hatton, Patrick Christie, and Jamie Young. Goalkeeper - James Allan
The whole day was a great success, and everybody left very hot and exhausted but happy with their medals. It was fantastic to see both sides making it to the final, which was played in a very competitive but friendly spirit, and the fact that it took such a protracted penalty shoot out to separate the teams at the end simply confirmed how evenly matched the 2 squads were. East District should be very proud of their U14 representatives!
Many thanks to Rona MacVicar for managing both squads and for stepping in to umpire on behalf of East District in the group games.
Walter
Posted By: Neill Sinclair on Tuesday 25 May