match report for 20th February
Posted by Nobody on 21 February 2016
Tavistock A. 4. Torbay A. 2
This was another important step towards promotion for Tavi A. Following the last couple of weeks performances, everything had been building towards the return fixture against Torbay, who were only one point behind.
The A team had trained hard for the match under the guidance of Club Coach Fenwick and the performance showed.
Weathering a great deal of early pressure, the formation stuck firm and began to frustrate the visitors.
A break out of the home side D saw the ball moved to Forshaw, who fed a superb pass to Orman who slotted the first home.
This rattled Torbay, who lost their composure and gave Forshaw too much space on his reverse and he hammered in the second.
Torbay regained their structure and continued to attack via some of their skillful players and found themselves back in the game via some fortunate deflections.
The game was hotly contested with Torbay enjoying the majority of the possession, but were unable to break down the dogmatic defence of Anning, Stanyer, MacDougal and Hanson. With Pugsley standing strong in goal, they defended numerous short corners and cleared via the secure defence of Gott.
Tavi yet again broke out and played some magnificent hockey through the midfield of Hancox, Honey and Venton, which created the goal of the game, when Walker powered in the home sides third.
Tavi new it was tough to keep the effort at maximum levels and with some lack of concentration, Torbay found a free man who had time to beat Pugsley.
The home side were not deflated, and new they were only minutes away, when Orman scored the fourth and final goal following a great pass through from Campbell.
A great win and a great performance from Tavistock has left them top of the table with only two league games to go.
Men's 1st Team: Okehampton 0-9 Tavistock
Tavistock were in confident mood for this West Devon derby following their two wins last weekend which secured the league title however the Reds were aware that derby games can often produce unexpected results. The Reds starred the brighter of the two teams and enjoyed the majority of possession and territorial advantage however it took nearly 20 minutes for the games opening goal. Former Mount Kelly student Barney Megicks scored the first goal when he gained control of the ball in the D before slapping it past the the Oke keeper. Megicks soon doubled his and Tavistocks lead when he deflected in a well executed penalty corner, the third goal was again from a penalty corner this time Fenwick flicking high into the net. Shortly before half time forward Sam Willetts deflected in cleverly at the far post to give the newly crowned champions a 4-0 lead at half time. There were times in the second half where Tavistock played some of their most effective attacking hockey of the season and opened up the home defence with ease. Fenwick scored two in quick succession, th first after he picked up his own rebound and the second a powerful strike on the turn from the edge of the D thanks to a pin point pass from skipper Tom Honey. Fenwick robbed the Oke centre back of the ball and slipped a pass to Wiletts to tap in his second of the game, just moments later the same two payers linked up again this time Willetts setting up Fenwick for the simple tap in for his fourth goal of the game. Megicks showed the composure and skill late in the game to score his hatrick and Tavistocks ninth goal of the game. Tavistock face a tough test next week when they face PMHC at home, PMHC are still looking to grab the second promotion spot over Duchy following their victory over the Cornish side on Sunday. Tavistock will be confident of maintaining their 100% record this season having already beaten PMHC in the league and the Devon Trophy, the score was 4-2 on both occasions.
