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RESULTS – 13 OCT 2007

LADIES 1s v Durham University (L) A L 3-4
LADIES 2s v IES 1s (L) 11.30 A W 5-1
LADIES Colts A v Norwich U 3s (L) (W) H W 2-0
LADIES 5s v Norwich City 3s (L) 4.00 UEA A L 1-6
LADIES 6s v Herlings (L) 12.15 (S) H W 2-1
LADIES Colts B v Thetford 2s (L) 1.30 A D 3-3
LADIES Dev. v Lowestoft (L) W 9-0
Sun
Girls U13 1st @ North Walsham Minis

MENS 1s v Blueharts (L) A W 6-2
MENS 2s v Crostyx (L) 2.15 (W) H L 1-2
MENS 3s v Bury St Edmunds 2s (L) A W 2-0
MENS 4s v I E S 2s (L) 4.00 (W) H W 3-0
MENS 5s v Bury St Edmunds 4s (L) A L 1-2
MENS 6s v Bury St Edmunds 3s (L) (S) H W 5-0
Men VETS v Bedford Town (L) (W) H W 12-2
Sun
Men VETS v Norwich City (EH Vets Cup) cancelled
Boys U11 2nd & U13 1st @ North Walsham Minis

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Mens 4s v IES 2s, won 3-0, photos

Mens 4s 3-0 IES 2s

Magpies Mens 4th XI got back to winning ways at home with a very good performance controlling the match from the start leaving Charlie Garrod in goal with very little to do for long spells of the game other than marshal his defence.

In fact Magpies were unlucky not to have gone into the break a goal or two to the good, Will Bamber coming the cloest but early in the second half Will broke the deadlock turning the ball in at the back post.

As the game progressed into what looked like becoming a nervous last 10 minutes Craig Snelling settled the nerves turning a James Smith through ball round the advancing keeping. Dan Legg then completed the victory with a well worked short corner routine slotting the ball home from close range.

Photos courtesy www.stmphoto.co.uk
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Mens 2s v Crostyx, lost 1-2, photos

Mens 2s 1-2 Crostyx 1s

Magpies were hopeful of continuing their winning form,
especially with the boost of Dave Francis
strengthening the squad, however it was not to be as
they came up against a strong Crostyx side.

Much of the possession and play was in magpies favour,
however Crostyx took their chances well, leaving
magpies with a 2 goal deficit. A second half goal from
Robbie Kinsella could not turn the match, meaning the
final score was 2-1 to the visiting team. Magpies
could argue that they were slightly unfortunate to not
have got a draw from the game, however Crostyx proved
the more clinical of the sides, and may be emerging as
one of the stronger teams in the league, so overall
not a poor performance from the magpies.

Next week the magpies face a tough clash with top of
the table Cambridge Nomads. Hopefully the winning
streak will return and magpies can bring back the 3 points.

Photos courtesy www.stmphoto.co.uk
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U13 Girls Dereham Minis – WINNERS

HARLESTON MAGPIES U13 GIRLS WIN THE N WALSHAM TOURNAMENT

Magpies Under 13 Girls won the N Walsham Tournament to record their first win of the season. The team started well beating Watton 5-0 as they quickly rattled in the goals thanks to Keira Booty 2, Sarah Brook 2 and Holly Baker.

They then beat Norwich City B 4-0 with Lucy Crawford scoring twice, Sarah Brook and Lizzie Jones. The crunch game against Norwich City A finished 0-0, but Magpies dominated the game but just could not finish off all the many chances they created.

In the final game against N Walsham goals from Sarah Brook and Keira Booty saw Magpies home with a 2-0 win and first place in the Tournament.

Team: Beth Absolon (Capt), Katie Rudd, Sophie Podd, Elizabeth Jones, Sarah Brook, Holly Baker, Keira Booty and Lucy Crawford.

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North Walsham minis

Magpies Under 11 boys took part in their first tournament of the season.

With only Sonny Molloy remaining from last year’s team this was good experience for this group of boys.

They got off to a great start winning their first 3 matches. Magpies then took the lead in the next game v Watton but were then guilty of running with the ball too much & got caught on the break twice. The tournament was still in their hands going into the last match v Norwich City.

Magpies gifted City 2 goals when we stopped playing – expecting the whistle to blow for fouls. They pulled back to 2-2 thanks to two goals by Harry. However, we lost the leadership of the tournament in the last few seconds – despite the ball being controlled by a Norwich foot.

Some harsh lessons but a very encouraging start. I’m sure that this group of boys will have plenty of sucess this season.

The Under 13 girls were winners of their tournament at North Walsham.

This picture shows Kiera Booty scoring against North Walsham. Below is their team photo.

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U13 Boys North Walsham Minis – WINNERS

HARLESTON MAGPIES UNDER 13 BOYS
North Walsham Minis – 1st

A perfect start to the new season.

v Dereham won 2-0 (3pts) Tom G, Dom

v Pelicans won 3-0 (3pts) Thom R, Will, Tom G

v North Walsham won 7-0 (3pts) Thom R (3), Mitchell, Tom G (3)

v Watton won 5-0 (3pts) Thom R (2), Dom, Tom G (2)

v Norwich City won 6-0 (3pts) Thom R (2), Mitchell, Tom G (2), Kalun

Magpies finished up with 15pts, 23 goals for, none against, which gave them 1st place and winners of the competition.

mens 1s reports, Reports

Mens 1s – MATCH REPORT

Blueharts 2-6 Harleston Magpies

Harleston travelled to Hitchin to face a Blueharts struggling to find form in the league. Harleston as in previous games came out of the blocks flying, stringing together early passes and switching play well. Harleston took a deserved lead after Neil ‘Thierry Henry’ Toulson ghosted through the bemused Blueharts defence to leave a gaping hole at the top of the D where Andy Hipwell found Carl Sitch who slapped the ball into the bottom corner of the goal.

Harleston found themselves two goals up as Andy Hipwell continued his scoring run with a drag flicked short corner. Harleston as in previous weeks lost momentum and conceded when Stuart Leate was unfortunate to turn the ball into his own net with a finish any attacker would have been proud off. Harleston managed to hang to their lead with some excellent defending from Andy Bedwell and Tom Sumner, with Richard Gill clearing the ball off the line at a short corner.

Again at the start of the second half Harleston were playing some very attractive hockey opening up the Blueharts defence. Harleston were able to extend their lead through another short corner which Carl Sitch turned in after the original shot from Leigh Sitch was saved. Harleston gave themselves even more breathing space when Neil Toulson took a bobbling ball from Andy Hipwell ahead of the keeper to calmly slot home.

Blueharts were allowed back into the game after a dubious tackle led to them with time and space in the D to slot home past the advancing Iain Martin. With Blueharts again reduced to 10 men Harleston continued to push forward and found a 5th after good work down the left between Sam Moore and Chris Barber, Chris was able to slot the ball home from a tight angle as the Blueharts keeper advanced out, scoring his first 1st team league goal.

Harleston were not finished yet and found time to add a 6th as Richard Gill smashed tha ball in with a volley after the ball came up off the keeper at a short corner.

This result ended 6 years of hurt for Harleston at Blueharts.

Next week sees Harleston hosting newy promoted Bishop Stortford at home with the returning Tristan Baynes adding to the strength of the side.

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Team photos on October 13th

On a glorious sunny morning at Weybread Magpies had a very successful set of results.

First of all the Colts A enjoyed their best performance of the season so far. They completely dominated the game against Norwich Union. Our keeper did not have anything to. Magpies won 2-0 and could have had many more thanks to some great hockey.

The Development Team then scored 9 goals without reply against Lowestoft.

The Ladies 6th team also played well to beat Herlings 2-1. No photo I’m afraid.

Finally the Mens Vets kept up their 100% record in the league with a 12-2 demolition of Bedford. That’s now 37 goals in four games.

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WEEKEND PREVIEW

HARLESTON MAGPIES WEEKEND PREVIEW
13 October 2007

Harleston Magpies Ladies make the long trip up north this weekend to play Durham University in their English League Division I game starting at 12.00. Magpies will be looking to continue the improvement they have made in the last two matches against Doncaster and Loughborough Students and if they can do it then there is every chance they will be able to record their first point or points of the season.

Last weeks home performance against Loughborough was definitely worth a point, but Coach Colin Wheelhouse will be looking for this young side to continue learning and improving, but the first result of the season would just give the side a big boost in confidence to know they are doing the right things. The application and work rate has been excellent this season and the youngest player in the squad Cherry Seaborn at 15 years old has certainly impressed up front.

Durham University were promoted last season and are obviously finding their feet at this level but they produced an excellent result the other week beating Sutton Colfield, after a poor result in their opening game.

Probable Squad: Louisa Greenacre (capt), Lucy Hayman, Helen Brook, Ellie Blake, Lucy Miller, Debbie McAllen, Sarah Cave, Amelia Thomson, Jess Hull, Artemis Clark, Laura Betts, Cherry Seaborn and Angie Wheelhouse.

Magpies Men remained at the top of the division following a win against Broxbourne. A reasonable first half performance resulted in a 2-0 lead however Magpies took their foot off the pedal and had to hang on after letting the visitors back into the game. It was certainly a bad day at the office as too many players had poor games.Injuries and unavailability has disrupted recent performances. Stuart Leate played half a game following injury, Tristan Baynes and David Ling are still out through injury, both players are healing well with Baynes likely to be in contention for a place on 20th October.

This week sees a visit to Blueharts who have won one and lost one with their most recent loss being against Dereham. If Magpies can replicate some of their better pre-season form then they will remain at the top of the league. Early season form puts recently relegated St Albans equal top with Magpies. Game of the day is likely to be St Albans visit to third placed Cambridge City.

All three of the top sides have a hundred per cent record. A guide to form is that both St Albans and Cambridge City have beaten Ipswich by the odd goal. Robert Stimpson Magpies Manager commented earlier this week “I am pleased to have won both games without really hitting any sort of form. Our injuries have disrupted our season but we are very close to being able to field a settled side we will hit a big score soon. However to keep winning with mediocre performances tells me something about our squad”.

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Men 2s – MATCH REPORT

West Herts 2s 0-5 Magpies 2s

Magpies ran out this game winners, with a convincing
5-0 scoreline without ever totally reaching their best
form.

Magpies started the game strongly, winning numerous
short corners in a row, however were unable to convert
any, eventually though the pressure told as magpies
managed to score twice from open play thanks to
smartly taken goals from Gavin Cole and James Stacey.

Magpies managed to keep the defence tight but Mark
Lewis in goal came out quickly when he needed to.
Before half time magpies managed to give themselves
some breathing space. Richard Larkin’s short corner
strike making the lead 3-0. On the half time whistle
another short corner was awarded and magpies put the
ball in the goal, however Phil Cobbalds stroke was
disallowed as it was decided that the ball never left
the circle from the injection!

After half time West Herts came out fighting strongly,
however again the magpies defence held strong, and
having absorbed the early pressure, a fourth goal was
added to the tally, with Jimmy Wheeler converting a
scrappy goal after the ball had been whizzing around
the Werts Herts circle. A fifth goal also came in the
form of Robbie Kinsella, who deserved a goal after he
had earlier hit the post.

Magpies were pleased to take the three points, however
the feeling was that there was still much room for the
performance to improve next week at home to Crostyx.

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Ladies 1s – MATCH REPORT

HARLESTON MAGPIES LADIES 1-2 LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS

Harleston Magpies were unfortunate not to have picked up their first point of the season as they pushed Loughborough all the way and this young side showed how much they have improved in the the last two weeks.

Magpies were fast out of the blocks and pressed the visitors very hard in the opening ten minutes with Cherry Seaborn and Angie Wheelhouse supported by Laura Parker threatening to open up the Loughborough defence. All this good work was wasted as Loughboroughs first real attack was not cleared properly allowing them to take the lead with a scrappy goal.

Magpies responded within a few minutes when pressure won them a penalty corner and Artemis Clark levelled the scores with a fierce corner strike. This was nothing less than Magpies deserved and with renewed confidence they continued to control the first half but unfortunately they were unable to add to their score.

Loughborough started well in the second half and Magpies were forced back in the opening ten minutes but survived this pressure and Helen Brook was having a solid game at left defender. Magpies never had the same control in the second half and fell behind to a second Loughborough goal in a disappointing way.

Magpies worked hard to get themselves back into the game and came close to a last minute equaliser from a free hit but it was not to be. This was a very positive performance by Magpies and confirms they are moving in the right direction.

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Mens 1s – MATCH REPORT

Harleston Magpies 3-2 Broxbourne

Harleston entertained Broxbourne for their first home league game. Harleston started the stronger of the two sides playing some nice hockey, preventing Broxbourne from entering their 25 for 10 minutes. Harleston deservedly took the lead through Andy Hipwell after he latched onto a through ball before audaciously lobbing the keeper on his reverse stick.

Harleston soon found themselves 2 goals up again Andy Hipwell scoring from a penalty corner. Harleston took their foot off the pedal which allowed Broxbourne to get back into the game with Iain Marting having to make a diving save to preserve Harleston’s clean sheet at half time.

Harleston again struggled to get going in the second half which allowed Broxbourne to come at them, Harleston conceded a penalty stroke as Iain Martin made a diving safe with his back stick which Broxbourne slotted home. This was the wake up call that Harleston needed as they again extended their lead to 2 goals as Chris Barber rounded the keeper twice before crossing the ball for Neil Toulson to tap home at the back post.

Harleston were then awarded a penalty stroke as Chris Barber was flattened by the Broxbourne but Harleston weren’t able to convert which set up a tense last 15 minutes. Harleston struggling to string passes together conceded again from a well worked short corner but were able to cling on to their lead to seal another 3 points.

Next week Harleston travel to Blueharts.

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U13 Girls Pelicans Minis Tournament

HARLESTON MAGPIES U13 GIRLS AT PELICANS MINI TOURNAMENT

Harleston Magpies entered two U13 Girls teams in the first Tournament of the season at Pelicans finishing 3rd and 8th.

U13 A team finished 8th
v Pelicans A drew 1-1 Paris Wood
v Watton drew 0-0
v Greshams lost 0-3
v Norwich A drew 0-0

7th/8th play off
v Norwich B lost 0-1

Team: Katherine Ridley, Henrietta McDaniel, Hannah Gormley, Lucy Pring, Rosie Cole, Anna Lacey, Paris Wood and Jemima Jacobs.

U13 B team finished 3rd
v Dereham won 1-0 Beth Absolon
v Pelicans B lost 0-1
v Norwich B won 2-0 Lucy Crawford, Sarah Brook

Semi Finals
v Greshams lost 0-1

3rd/4th Play off
v Norwich A won 2-0 Keira Booty, Sarah Brook

Team: Bethan Absolon, Katie Rudd, Sophie Podd, Sarah Brook, Holly Baker, Lizzie Jones, Lucy Crawford and Keira Booty.

It was good to be able to enter two Under 13 teams in the first Tournament of the season to give 16 players the opportunity to play and show what they can do.

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Men 5s – MATCH REPORT

Magpies 5s 3-0 Sudbury 3s

Harleston Magpies started strongly with some excellent stick work from Ben Wright and Charles Durrant. However it was Sudbury who put the pressure on the Magpies goal with three short corners in quick succession, ome of which had to be excellently saved by keeper Tom Marshall.

Magpies settled down well after this and with some constructive midfield play were soon 1-0 up thanks to a good strike from Charles Durrant.

In the second half, Magpies maintained the pressure with the defence having very little to do. Ben Wright continued to impress and almost scored but the shot was well saved by the keeper. Two more goals came from short corners, one being neatly slotted away from a tight angle by young Sam Collins and the second from the old hand-Tim Mann.

Final score Magpies 3 Sudbury 0
– Robin Hayward