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EC Schoolboys League |
| Team Members: Will Martin (GK) | Kasia Parfitt(GK) | Ryan Barnes | Andrew Barnes | Jack Tucker | Josh Taylor (Captain) | Olly Cox | Josh Gay | |
Match Report - 19th November 2011
Kings Lynn Schoolboys A team had their home tournament of the season at Lynnsport on Saturday 19th November. As they were the home team four games were played against Bury, King’s Lynn Schoolboys B and two new-comers from the south Herne Bay and Invicta.
The first game against King’s Lynn B was almost like Friday night training. However, Lynn B were not in the mood to make it easy for Lynn A and they put up a strong fight. Despite determined play by the B team goalie Megan, Lynn A gained their first victory.
Game two against Invicta started slightly subdued until the A team began to work-out their opponents style of play, which was different to the last tournament. Good solid possessive play won through and the second-half of the game saw them confidently forge ahead to a second victory.
The third game became one of exciting end-to-end hockey as the Bury team were obviously intent on giving the A team a challenge. It has to be said that the brilliant goal-keeping in the first-half by Kasia, kept them in the game and gave them the determination to forge ahead to a comfortable win.
The last game against Herne Bay was a new experience as Lynn A had never met them before. Again, Herne Bay came out fighting full on and skating fast. Lynn A were momentarily caught out and found themselves behind for a change. In this game Will had to pull-out some fine saves to keep Lynn A afloat. Once again Lynn A stepped up to the challenge and finished the day un-beaten.
Lynn A would like to thank every-body who assisted them during the tournament , especially Margaret and Helen at the time-keepers desk.
The Team:
Will Martin (GK), Kasia Parfitt (GK), Josh Taylor (Capt.), Andy Barnes, Ryan Barnes
Josh Gay & Jack Tucker
Match Report - 30th October 2011
King's Lynn Schoolboys A Team had their first tournament of the season at Soham hosted by the newly joined Invicta team. The first game was a low-key affair playing a depleted Ely team. Without their regular goalkeeper and any reserves it is fair to say that Ely put-up little resistance to King's Lynn and at one point the game was played with three players on each team.
The second game was much more of a challenging one against our old rivals Cottenham.Slowly King's Lynn forged ahead and even against some very questionable referee's decisions , still managed a comfortable win.
Lastly Kings Lynn played the home team Invicta. This game proved to be unexciting as Invicta played a 'box' style game which limited any sparkling play from either team. King's Lynn simply played a heavily possessive game and forced the openings to score their goals.Invicta gained a penalty through Lynn's frustration but it was saved brilliantly by Kasia towards the end of the game.
Although none of the games were fullfilling it was a good points start to the season.