Chester vs Warrington 16 and Under Manchester and District League Match
1st Quarter
1st Quarter
Warrington starting attacking the deep end. Luke was injured, so 4 players rotated. Dominic was in for the first quarter. Warrington started strongly on the attack with Matt having a shot saved and then Ben passing to Conor who has a shot well saved, which rebounded out to Dan, who scored. Emily had a shot saved. Dominic did a long pass to Ben who swam in to score. Dan intercepted a pass, he passed to Ben who scored to make the score 0-3. Chester had a good attacking spell, before Emily did a good long pass which was well caught by Ben, who scored. On the break, Ben passed to Dan, who scored with a bounce shot. Chester had a good shot which just landed on the line. Conor passed to Ben who scored. Dan did some good defensive work. Emily intercepted a pass and passed to Ben who swam in and scored. Chester had a strong spell of attack and hit the bar. Conor gave away a penalty with which Chester hit the post. The quarter ended with the score 0-7.
2nd Quarter
Dan was in goal for this quarter. Early in the quarter Dominic hit the post. Emma did some good defensive work. Dan pushed a Chester shot on to the bar. Dominic hit the bar. Brett did a great pass to Conor, who scored. Brett was strong in defence winning possession, he passed to Conor who passed back to Brett, he passed to Matt who showed good strength to keep the ball and shot to score. Emily did some good defensive play and did a long pass to Brett, who scored. Good play by Emma to keep possession and pass to Emily to score. Chester scored with a good backhand shot to make the score 1-11. A good move with Conor passing to Emily who passed to Dominic to score. Dominic stole the ball and swam in to score. Emily passed to Katie to score. The quarter end score was 1-14.
Dan was in goal for this quarter. Early in the quarter Dominic hit the post. Emma did some good defensive work. Dan pushed a Chester shot on to the bar. Dominic hit the bar. Brett did a great pass to Conor, who scored. Brett was strong in defence winning possession, he passed to Conor who passed back to Brett, he passed to Matt who showed good strength to keep the ball and shot to score. Emily did some good defensive play and did a long pass to Brett, who scored. Good play by Emma to keep possession and pass to Emily to score. Chester scored with a good backhand shot to make the score 1-11. A good move with Conor passing to Emily who passed to Dominic to score. Dominic stole the ball and swam in to score. Emily passed to Katie to score. The quarter end score was 1-14.
Quarter 3
Brett was in goal for this quarter. Dan scored after a minute of the quarter. Dan passed to Conor who swam in to score with a bounce shot. Emily stole the ball and passed to Dominic, who passed to Katie, she passed to Conor who scored. Ben stole the ball to swim in and score. Ben again stole the ball and passed to Emily, who passed to Matt, who scored to make the score 1-19. Dominic passed to Katie, who scored with a great lob shot. Emily intercepted the ball and passed to Dominic to score. Ben passed to Alfie, who had a shot well saved by the Chester keeper. Chester were on the attack, they scored with a good shot. Ben had a good strong shot which was well saved by the Chester keeper, Ben followed in to push it over the line. Conor passed to Alfie, who scored with great shot to the top corner. Conor intercepted a pass and swam in to score. Alfie did some good defending. Conor passed to Emily, who did a great lob shot to score. Chester scored with the last second of the quarter to make the score 3-25.
Quarter 4
Conor was in goal for this quarter. Dan passed to Alfie, who palmed the ball in. Matt passed to Ben, who scored. Dan scored two in quick succession, the second a great lob shot from out wide. Emily hit the bar before Dominic scored with a long shot. Emily did a great block from a good Chester shot. The Chester keeper did a great save from a hard shot from Matt. Emma did some more good defensive work. Conor did a long pass to Emily, who scored with a good lob shot. Alfie scored and then Emily scored with another great lob shot, to make the final score 3-33.
A strong performance from Warrington, the passing and shooting was of a very high standard and they defended well as a team.
Coach
Tom Costello
Su Bowater
Team
Team
Dominic Richard (4), Conor Lynch (4), Matt Williams (2), Dan Farini (5), Katie Bowater (2), Emma Horne, Emily Bowater (4), Brett Takemoto (1), Ben Dailey (8), Alfie Shelley (3)