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Sutton Valence Hockey Club29 Jun 2015 - 12:36
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Report From The Back To Hockey Tournament

Back to Hockey Tournament Report

4 intrepid Sutton Valence Back to Hockey Ladies made the trip today to what is probably the inaugaral 7 aside Back to Hockey Tournament in the South East, hosted by East Grinstead Hockey Club. EG provided each team with 3-4 Back to Hockey men and also a goalie (although Georgia played in goal for us for 2 matches, meaning we had no lady subs!)
The thing about BTH is that it encompasses everyone from late beginner, haven’t played since school up to returning ex-club players, so the standard varies tremendously. Today the standard was very much the latter with some clearly very experienced players. Thanks to Andy, Dave x 2 (1 goalie),Pete and Mark who made up the Sutton Valence team and made very good company. The first game we had no subs at all and our opposition, the eventual winners, had lots, so we were slightly run of our feet and were taking time to get used to playing 7 aside and with our new members. However, we had plenty of opportunities which we just couldn’t convert. Starting to get into the swing of things, we had loads of opportunities and were unlucky to have a goal disallowed, preventing a score draw. In the third and fourth match the goalie hardly touched the ball, with strong defending from Kiri, Sarah and Georgia and Georgie finally converted one of her many shots on goal - yay! We ended up joint second, which is a great result !
All the matches were closely fought and it was a thoroughly good, if exhausting day, enjoyed by all. Thank you to Steve at East Grinstead for organising the day - we’re looking forward to next year!
Scores:
SV v Horley 0-1
SV v EG Falcons 2-3
SV v EG Harriers 1-0
SV v Sevenoaks 2-0

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