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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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