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Written by Spectator
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Wednesday, 31 March 2010 |
Mens U19 team win a historic title-treble
On Sunday 21st March, the U19s
finished the season with victory over Brooklands
Hulmeians to win the Northern Norman Barber Knockout Trophy final in front of a large crowd on Sunday night. It was a real team effort, impossible to single out any outstanding indviduals. The secret of their success lying not only in team skill but also in their self discipline and determination to win
Timperley fought back from 2-0 in the first minutes of the quarter to level the score by the end of the quarter. With increasing possession; they eventually triumphed 8-5, helped in no small measure by a determind defence keeping out much of Brooklands attempts at goal shots.
The victory finished off an excellant season
which has also seen them win the Ted Donnet Trophy and the Northern
Autumn Floodlit League. This last victory was especially bitter for Brooklands asd they had been the losers at the Ted Donnet final and were beaten into second place in the league.
Timperley made it to the finals after a comprehensive 10-1 victory over Mellor in their opening quarter-final match and a hard-fought 7-5 victory over Cheadle
followed in the semi-finals.
More on the match can be found on the ELA site here and on the Messenger sports pages here.
23 shots, 14 on target, 8 goals
(Ollie White 3, Greg Sandy 2, Jay Armstrong 1, Jack Brook 1, Elliot Shaw
1
14 face offs, 4 won.
5.5 minutes penalties
Stats by
"Statto" Toby Hawksley
From the Blogspot
Sunday 21.3.10 cometh the hour, cometh the men - well, the Under 19
team, who were aiming to complete a treble of trophies this season,
having already won the Ted Donnet and league cups. The match was six
weeks after the original schedule due to the snow over the winter and
the team were chomping at the bit to get at Brooklands.
A super
turn out of supporters were awarded with a feast of fast, skilful
lacrosse. It was especially good to see many young players supporting
the Under 19s and I bet many of them went home and thought that they
wanted to play like that. Timperley were rocked by an opening blast from
Brooklands which saw them go 0 - 2 down, but it's a sign of the
Timperley maturity that they did not allow this to trouble them and they
fought their way back to level the match at the end of the quarter with
two goals from Greg Sandy and Ollie White.
The second quarter
saw Timperley turn the screw - unusually Jay Armstrong struggled on the
face but the defence held out, regained the ball and set up the
attackers. Brooklands began to wobble with four minutes of penalties due
to the Timperley pressure. Jack Brook was a constant threat and
Timperley pressed throughout with eight shots and in was no surprise
when they scored three goals to one from Brooklands, which nosed
Timperley ahead.
Timperley continued to play controlled skilled
lacrosse and even when down to a four man zone did not concede a goal.
(This was the third time in the season when they have had a four man
defence and not conceded). Ollie showed his strength and determination
to score a goal, despite knowing that the huge defender was about to
clatter him. Tommy Kirkland hustled and bustled and shut out the
Brooklands main threat (Scotland 1 England 0). Score at quarter end 7 - 4
The
crowd were getting giddy, but the Timperley team didn't and the end
result was never in doubt in the fourth quarter. Timperley kept
possession superbly with Brooklands having to chase all the time. Scenes
of great joy and the end of the match (8 - 5) as the players celebrated
a historic treble for the first time in the club's history. These
celebrations went on in the bar afterwards!!
All the players
played a full part in this result, this is not a one man team and they
played with a confidence born of winners. The coaches Justin Hager and
Rory Sanborn kept the players on track and focussed throughout the
season and the team got their just rewards as they were the best team in
the competitions by a mile.
23 shots, 14 on target, 8 goals
(Ollie White 3, Greg Sandy 2, Jay Armstrong 1, Jack Brook 1, Elliot Shaw
1
14 face offs, 4 won.
5.5 minutes penalties
Stats by
"Statto" Toby Hawksley
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