Highlights & Report 12/12/15
Posted by Nobody on 13 December 2015
Men's First team: Tavistock 6-2 Sidmouth & Ottery
Tavistock hosted Sidmouth & Ottery for their final game before Christmas and were looking to maintain their 100% record this season. On paper it should have been a routine victory in this top versus bottom clash but things did not go as easily as some may have expected. The hosts did take an early lead in the first five minutes when Dom Stanbury was able to eliminate a number of the S&O defenders before sliding the ball past the keeper. Tavistock enjoyed the majority of possession and territory and scored a deserved second goal when Ollie Richards found himself unmarked and finished well following good link up play from D Stanbury and Fenwick. The visitors continued to play some good hockey and were rewarded with two goals in the space of 10 minutes to level the game at 2-2, this proved to be just the motivation the Reds needed and they regained the lead shortly before half time when Mark Forshaw continued his fine goal scoring form when he converted a well worked penalty corner. With both teams knowing the importance of the next goal Tavistock applied pressure in an attempt to re establish their two goal advantage, the goal came from Fenwick who flicked low from a penalty corner. Barney Megicks got himself on the scoresheet with a well taken reverse stick effort after being forced wide of the goal by the S&O defenders. A number of the attacks in the second half were started by the Reds back line where Carr, Stanbury, Marchant and Berry were transferring the ball at pace and playing a number of defence splitting passes to create scoring opportunities for the forwards. The final goal was scored by Ollie Richards, his second goal of the game capped another top performance for the Reds midfielder. Skipper Tom Honey who again controlled the game from his central midfield role said "I am looking forward to the challenge in the second half of the season as we want to maintain our current form as we compete for not just promotion but also in the Devon Trophy and the HA Vase Cup competitions".
