U12s Team Match Report

Saturday 23rd January 2010

Cheadle U12 vs Oldham U12s

Squad Members:
Tom Doona, Sam Wilks, Andrew Ashworth, George Mealand, Sam Lowth, Dylan (Crocky) Brown, Erin Smith, Connor Edmonds, Adam (Foxy) Fox, Adam Layland, Alex Lowth, Harry Emuss, William Ashworth


After what seemed like an eternity the Lacrosse pitches were alive again after what was hopefully the last of the bad Winter weather. The under 12's played host to Oldham in the Plate.

The match started with only 9 players-a-side as Oldham were a player short, this was soon rectified when there 10th player arrived allowing both teams to have the correct number of players. CH started impressively and were soon 1-0 up thanks to an Andrew Ashworth goal. The passing and movement were both excellent and 3 more goals were scored by Connor, George and Sam. It was looking more like a cricket score than Lacrosse! Oldham at this stage jumped into life and became more aggressive, they scored to make the score 4-1. Shortly after Oldham scored there was a pitch invasion by two dogs - who ran off with the ball. The ball was quickly retrieved and the dogs were put back on their leads.

The second quarter was very tight, with Oldham scoring the only goal to make it 4-2 at half-time.

The third quarter was much more open, Connor scored 5-2. Oldham then scored twice in quick succession to make the score 5-4. Tom scored 6-4. Oldham scored 2 more goals to go into the final quarter level at 6-6.

The final quarter was nerve-racking for everybody involved, players, coaches, parents and dogs. The team responded well to the situation and played as well as they had done in the first quarter. Andrew scored 7-6, Tom scored 8-6, Andrew scored again 9-6. CH seemed to have the match won, but once again the aggressiveness of Oldham unsettled CH. Oldham scored to make it 9-7. At the restart Oldham got possession and scored almost immediately 9-8. All present had their hearts in their mouths as Oldham attacked relentlessly. Finally the Ref blew his whistle, much to the relief of all present. After bad weather and the Christmas lay-off, this was an excellent result and all players should be proud of their performances.

Derek Layland.

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