Tickets £10, purchase them from your summer league captain.

Venue – The Sun Inn, Romsey (low bridge) 6:30pm onwards.

Attend to celebrate every wonderful achievement we have made as club this season.

Any queries email rhcladiessocialsec@gmail.com

Emily.

Alice Appleton

Catherine Clarke

Matthew Dyer

Ellie East

James Fuller

Naeve Poutney

Lucia Rugge Price

Brandon Harris (Goalkeeper)

Romsey U8’s A Team had a great mornings hockey at the last tournament of the season at Trojans.

First up were Trojans A team, which was a very close game and saw Romsey unlucky to score even though they had the majority of the play and although they lost 1-0, Brandon Harris, playing in goal, made some great saves.

Next were Winchester B, which was an extremely well matched game resulting in a 0-0 draw with excellent passing from Alice Appleton, Matthew Dyer, James Fuller and Naeve Poutney.

The first win of the morning was against Bournemouth with James Fuller taking the first goal from a runaway ball, closely followed by a second from Matthew Dyer.

Trojans B were next up with Catherine Clarke scoring the 2 goals for Romsey well supported in midfield by Naeve Poutney and Alice Appleton. Salisbury A proved a tougher opponent and despite persistent defending by Ellie East and Lucia Rugge Price, Romsey lost 2-0.

However, the last game of the morning saw a strong Romsey side unite together to defeat Trojans C by 5 goals to 1, with Matthew Dyer scoring a hat trick and Catherine Clarke taking the other 2 goals.

Well done to all of you for a great team effort and a special mention for Matthew Dyer, who having only just taken up hockey, did amazingly well and looked like he’d been playing for years!!

First up were Salisbury B who also reached the Regional Finals as runners up. On this showing Romsey proved their first placed ranking as they displayed all round consistency in the team with very strong pressure exerted by the midfield performances from Robyn Cooper, Zoe Henderson and Georgia Scott. If Salisbury occasionally managed to get past midfield some good defending and timely tackling came from Harriet Northover and Sophie Davidson with Alice Dyer soundly keeping a clean sheet in goal. Long range strike by Sophie Lawson and good stick play and shot by Sarah Macleod ensured 2 – 0 win for a good first performance in what was becoming a very warm morning.

Second up were Winchester A who proved tough opponents with chances both ends with both teams tackling hard and fair with some great passing movement from the defence through midfield into attack. This provided Sarah Macleod the opportunity to make a great mazy run down the wing beating several opponents before crossing to Sophie Lawson to tap in from close range. There followed an equaliser from Winchester but Romsey stuck with it, with some strong interventions from Harriet Northover and Robyn Cooper and Zoe Henderson showing deft close control on the wing with at times three opponents round her still managing to pass or clear it. With Winchester on the offensive Georgia Scott made a good tackle robbing the opponent and setting off downfield leaving her opponents behind. Keeping her cool she managed to take the ball through and score a very good goal. 2 – 1 to Romsey making it an 8 match unbeaten run from previous tournaments!

Next a very challenging encounter with Salisbury B (all boys vs the all girls of Romsey!). It was a truly engaging tussle with very few chances from either side as the midfield and defences cancelled each other out. Both teams passed and defended well and a credit to Romsey for matching strength and tenacity with the boys of Salisbury! A very fair 0-0 result with both coaches and managers enjoying the close encounter of two evenly matched teams.

Winchester B were next and having played some quick passing and individual skills were soon 2-0 up but Romsey kept coming back and were unlucky on a number of occasions. The only goal from Romsey came from a difficult chance by Sophie Lawson who reverse sticked the ball into the roof of the net. A win for Winchester 2-1 and the first loss by Romsey as energy and stamina were being put to the test in the heat.

Romsey needed a good team performance next and everyone played their part in a sound 2-0 defeat of Bournemouth. It was Bournemouth who made most of the running at the outset as they had some good individual players but were thwarted by the defensive skills of Robyn Cooper, Sophie Davidson and Zoe Henderson defending well in midfield with Georgia Scott and Sarah Macleod stepping in to make timely tackles. Also of note was Harriet Northover who again bought the ball well out of defence to set up attacks. Alice Dyer in goal was at her busiest so far with some very strong clearances and anticipation to defeat Bournemouth attacks. All the team played their part in building attacks with good passing and fast counter attacks leading to a brace of well taken goals by Sophie Lawson to ensure the win 2-0.

Last game up was Trojans C who proved a strong unit which Romsey found difficult to break down. Their attack was particularly good and tested Romseys defence time and again with Alice Dyer performing great saves with hand and feet to prevent at least three certain goals. With defence and midfield working really had it was a nip and tuck tussle. Trojans took the lead and looked as though they would win the match. However a good build up from defence to attack enabled Georgia Scott to round off the move with a strong shot and goal that drew the match 1-1.

Team: Alice Dyer, Robyn Cooper, Sarah Macleod, Harriet Northover, Zoe Henderson, Sophie Davidson, Sophie Lawson and Georgia Scott. All played tremendously well, had fun and their tactics and positioning play worked a treat thanks to Lisa Hendersons coaching and support.

Scorers: Jenner, Edwards(2)

Romsey Ladies 1s ended the season in fine form with a well deserved victory away on the Isle of Wight.

In the heat of the midday sun, Romsey were fast out of the blocks, at attacked hard for the first few minutes penning the home side back. After initial pressure, Romsey couldn’t find the target, and the Islanders broke away and earned a short corner in their first attack of hte game. A well worked penalty corner lead to a goal and Romsey trailed after 5minutes.

Romsey were not to be discouraged, and soon found the equaliser from a superbe passage of play that was a joy to watch. Romsey passed the ball out from the back to Sophie Riley who distributed wide to Kate Moss who skillfully dribbled past a couple of defenders to get herself into the D. Moss delicately laid the ball off to Amy Edwards who sucked in defender and goalkeeper only to pass past them to the P spot where Erica Jenner was arriving to crack home the equaliser.

Romsey continued to attack from the right and the left and earnt themselves a few short corners. A well immprovsed short was spread wide to Emily Slade who slid the ball inot the danger area where Edwards was the first to pounce, slamming the ball past the keeper to gain the lead.

Half time saw a chance to cool off and take on much needed fluids.

Romsey started brightly in the second half. Riley and Moss interchanged passing up the pitch to work an opening, sliding the ball to Edwards again who hit hard and low to get her second goal and Romsey’s third.

Player of the match was shared between goalscorer Edwards, and defenders Sally Shrubb and Fran Savage.

Captain Liz Forbes was delighted to see her team win the final game of the season, and take her first ever win on the Isle of Wight. Romsey Ladies 1s finish the season 4th in Hampshire Div 2, just two points off 3rd place. Well done everyone, roll on next season!

Romsey mens 2nd XI were edged out 0-1 in a very tight match against US Portsmouth to end their fourth season in fourth place in Hampshire Div 7, having been promoted for each of their first three seasons.

The match itself was not a great spectacle. Both sides were highly competitive in midfield and strong at the back and it was a game of few chances. The match was also marred by careless tackling from both sides, and Jamie Voller can count himself very unlucky to be sin binned for two tackles which were no worse than many others which were not penalised at all.

Man of the match Monty Roberts worked tirelessly all match, giving the USP back line a torrid time, and was unlucky not to score the opener to the home side when Josh Bishop broke into the D before firing across the goal for Roberts to deflect the ball just wide and Colin Harwood unable to steer home at the left hand post. Carl Hendy shot wide from eight yards.

USP had their chances as well, one producing a brilliant save from Tom Gibson in the Romsey goal, and another goal bound shot cleared off the line in mid air by Jim Ponsford.

The goal when it came was not pretty. A speculative cross was half stopped by Stuart Robertson and broke fortuitously to a USP forward on the right hand post with the space to shovel home.

Scorers: Slade (2), Edwards, Olingscleager

Romsey got into a strong start in their last home game of the season against Yately.

Within the first 10minutes, Romsey had several chances to open the scoring but failed to convert any chances.

But with some great play down the line, from AMy Welch, a pass was sent into the D and swept in by Player of the match, Emily Slade for her first goal of the season.

Yately quickly equalised, and it was 1-1 at half time.

Yateley were first off the blocks inthe second half and scored to make it 2-1.

Romsey were back into it quickly with great play down the wing, and cross in from Emily Bradshaw which Kate Olingschleager converted to make it 2-2.

Romsey kept the pressure and with a good hassle form Amy Edwards in the D, she popped the ball through the goalies legs and in the back on the goal for Romsey to take the lead.

A return to form was then confirmed with a great reverse stick goal from Emily Slade, takign the final score to 4-2.

Men 3rd XI team spirit

Romsey took the push back at Bournemouth’s home ground and kicked into action with holding 90% of the possession in the first half! Opportunities came thick and fast with brilliant triangular plays around the team, making Bournemouth having to work hard to get the ball. Brilliant attacks on goal came with chances just going wide from Vice-Captain Pete Cooper, Jon Marsh, J Robinson, Jamie Botto, Steven White and Martin Simpson-Scott. Brilliant play also came from Romsey’s defence to switch the play between the wingers.

However, with what play Bournemouth did get within the first half, they didn’t take it sitting down by creating a couple of chances. These chances were brilliantly defused from Blake Cookson, Lucas Suleja and Dave Thomson to draw the play back out through Jon Marsh. However, Romsey were caught asleep in a tense moment within the first half, allowing Bournemouth to create a one-on-one challenge against goal keeper Craig Mellor. However, Mellor didn’t sit there idle and came flying off his line sliding through the player at top D to take the ball for Cookson to clear comfortably.

Romsey’s best play of the first half saw them get a goal from a penalty corner, which was quickly disallowed by Bournemouth’s umpire. The penalty corner was swiftly injected by Simpson-Scott to Marsh at top D for Cookson to fire the ball home! Romsey couldn’t understand the decision but accepted it and moved on!

After a short half time break both teams came back fighting for those goals! Bournemouth didn’t want to see a loss while sitting 2nd in the league and appealed on numerous occasions to the umpires. This incurred several warnings of cards to be shown if they did not accept the umpire’s decisions being made. However, they didn’t need to wait long for the first goal to come.

Within 10 minutes of play Bournemouth were able to make clean sweep from the baseline to their Captain at top D who took a first time strike to the bottom left corner. Mellor made an awesome dive for the ball but just couldn’t see it come through the players making the score 1-0 to Bournemouth.

Romsey made further opportunities with plays from Danny Nicoll who was able to take the ball around several players to have shots on goal. Nicoll was also able to pick out Mark McArdle and Clark to have further attempts at goal but, again, the shots just went wide. Barely minutes later Simpson-Scott was able to drag the ball around a player to find a foot within the D creating another chance for Romsey to capitalise. The injection was again played swiftly to Marsh for Cookson to take another hard strike at goal. The back was found again! However, it was swiftly disallowed again for complaints against Simpson-Scott’s footing when injecting.

Bournemouth took no time in firing the ball down the pitch from the 16. Romsey made awesome effort to get back and was able to draw the play away on several occasions with Man of the Match Tom Knell playing hard for his team. But Romsey couldn’t hold back the tide for long giving Bournemouth their 2nd and final goal of the game with a slip through Romsey’s back line.

The game ended 2-0 to Bournemouth. Romsey made some awesome efforts throughout the game and proved how far the team have come since the beginning of the season! Captain Matt Clark and Vice-Captain Pete Cooper congratulated the whole team on their amazing efforts and high morale throughout the season. The season has had its up’s and down’s but Romsey never gave up and, for a new team in their first season, have managed to sit comfortably in mid-table.
BRING ON THE SUMMER LEAGUE!!!!!!