16&u B&D ORCA 10 - 12 Warrington

B&D 16&u ORCA Vs Warrington - 1st May 2016

1st Quarter

Captain Matt is the first to the ball, but Warrington are soon defending, Emma does some good defensive work.  The home side gain a free throw and Luke saves.  Ben quickly scores the first goal of the match making it 0-1.  ORCA level the score.  Conor defends well, and Dom takes a long-shot which hits the post.  Matt takes a shot and it’s saved.  ORCA’s bounce shot goes wide.  On the break, Emily swims with the ball, takes a shot, which the keeper can’t keep out.  It’s 1-2.  Emily again steals the ball to start an attack, Conor passes to Dan who pops it in net - his first touch of the match - it’s 1-3.  Dom hits the post then Ben defends.  Good passing and team-play - Ben scores making it 1-4.  Emily steals the ball again and swims up - she scores a superb lob-shot.  A great opening quarter, which ends 1-5.

2nd Quarter

Matt wins the swim-off again.  The Warrington goal gets sustained pressure - Luke makes a great save; ORCA try again with a bounce-shot which goes over; another powerful shot and Luke saves again.  ORCA score 2-5.  Warrington defend well as a team, Conor makes a great interception, then are on the attack.  Ben scores from the pit making it a hat-trick - great team-play.  Luke saves another bounce-shot, Dan steals the ball, Katie swims all the way, takes a shot, but it’s saved.  Emily and Katie make some instinctive passes in attack.  Luke passes to Dom, Dom passes to Ben who scores and it’s 2-7.

3rd Quarter

Brett wins the swim-off for Warrington.  It’s a physical game and Katie does some great defending.  A long throw from Luke to Dan, who passes into Conor, who scores, it’s 2-8.  Emily steals the ball again, Katie shoots, but it’s saved.  Dan scores making it 2-9.  Warrington play well as a team, putting in some fantastic passes.  ORCA score from a great bounce shot making it 3-9.  On the attack Emma is in the pit for Warrington, but is tightly marked and there is no clear pass.  ORCA score, now it’s 4-9.  Two quick goals - one from Ben, one from the home side - it’s 5-10.  Katie is on the wing, but is held back.  Brett passes in to Emma who is back in the pit - Warrington have a two men up and Coach Tom calls time-out.  Warrington set-up and Ben scores (his 2nd hat-trick), then Dom scores, making it 5-12. Great attacking play from the whole team.  ORCA awarded a penalty and Luke makes an awesome save.  Emma is on the wing, making space and Brett does some great defending.  The action-packed quarter ends and the ref explains her penalty decision to Luke.  

4th Quarter

Can Warrington hold on to this comfortable lead?  Emma makes a pass into attack and is quickly defending again - great work.  ORCA score 6-12.  Emily defends well, but ORCA take a shot and it’s 7-12.  Ben leads the attack, it’s getting physical in the pit and Warrington get a man-up.  There is fantastic team-play in the sustained attack - Emma hits the post.  Luke makes a save - it’s tense stuff.  Conor keeps possession, passes to Matt, who passes to Dom.  It’s two on one and Dom shoots, it goes wide.  ORCA shoot, Luke gets a hand to the ball but it sneaks into the goal, making it 8-12.  ORCA score again - it’s a very tense quarter for the visiting fans, the lead is slipping away.  Conor drives in, takes a shot, which is saved.  Emily defends an ORCA attack.  Conor passes to Katie, who passes to Matt, who passes to Emma, who shoots but it’s saved.  The match is in the last minute, Emma keeps possession, passes to Matt who shoots, but it’s saved.  Katie puts in some tenacious defending.  ORCA shoot and score - now it 10-12.  Dom shoots it goes wide and Warrington have a corner, which comes to nothing and ORCA have the final throw of the match.

Warrington played as a rounded team, with some great individual performances; one spectator said “Katie and Emily were like wasps round a picnic!”.  

Final score ORCA 10 Warrington 12.

The ref spoke afterwards and said that ideally two refs are needed in a game like that as she has to follow the ball.  Coach Tom’s post-match reaction - “The team played well until the third quarter, some decisions didn’t go our way, but we still won” 

Coaches

Tom Costello & Su Bowater

Team 

Luke Atkinson, Conor Lynch (1), Katie Bowater, Dan Farini (2), Brett Takemoto, Emma Horne, Ben Daley (6), Emily Bowater (2), Dominic Richard (1), Matt Williams(C)

 

12&u B&D Radcliffe 5 - 7 Warrington

12&U B&D League Radcliffe 5 – 7 Warrington

B&D League

After a 10 minute rest between matches, gameplay resumed, this time playing for league points and there were plenty of goals on both sides in the first half. 

Radcliffe scored before the first minute was out, we equalised, then took the lead. Radcliffe drew level then added one more. We equalised, then they put another in and we matched it finishing 4-4 before half time.

2nd half was more subdued with fewer goals but still very much ‘tit-for-tat’  - Warrington got the first in just under one minute, then Radcliffe scored about a minute later. A dry spell followed with no goals for around 31/2 minutes, then Warrington scored taking it to 6-5.  With time running out Warrington were keen to hold onto their lead and switched to defensive mode closing down several Radcliffe attempts on goal. Warrington showed some excellent defensive work then an opportunity opened up and Warrington took advantage scoring another. More defensive work followed as we went in to the last minute and we held Radcliffe off to win the game 7-5

Goals from Marcus (6) and Louis (1)

In summary, we played two very close and similarly paced matches, and succeeded through hard work and determination. Evie and James both did some great defending and goalkeeping, despite not playing in goal usually.

Joe got stuck in playing from the centre forward, and Sam is shaping up to be a formidable defender with a powerful arm. Special mention goes to Lilly who must have been the smallest in the pool, but demonstrated some fierce attacking and looked like a veteran player with her recently acquired black eye.

Coach

Craig Stowell

Emily Ireland

Team

Marcus Woods, Louis Stowell, Evie Sandell, Joe Dailey James Boyle, Lilly Ireland, Sam Owen-Short

12&u B&D Cup Radcliffe 6 - 7 Warrington

12&U B&D Cup Radcliffe 6 – 7 Warrington

B&D Cup

Warrington 12&U enjoyed their first taste of victory this season beating Radcliffe in a well deserved double header, competing in the B&D League and Cup.

Warrington were outnumbered with Radcliffe fielding 10 to Warrington’s 7 players. Tom, our usual Goalie, was out of action with an injury so Warrington rotated Goalies at half time, with James, Sam and Evie all having a go.

The cup game was played first and after a few minutes Radcliffe got the opening goal closely followed by an equaliser from Warrington. Radcliffe pulled ahead again shortly afterwards, then Warrington balanced the scores and banged another one in to finish 3-2 up in the first half.

Warrington started the second half with a goal just after one minute, then Radcliffe scored two in quick succession. We  grabbed another then Radcliffe took two more and a 6-5 lead. A minute later we scored again, then scored another to pull ahead, and Radcliffe failed to equalise before the final whistle.

It was a tight game throughout.

Goals from Marcus (5) and Louis (2)

Team

Marcus Woods, Louis Stowell, Evie Sandell, Joe Dailey James Boyle, Lilly Ireland, Sam Owen-Short

16&u B&D Warrington 6 - 5 Bridgefield

Warrington vs. Bridgefield 16 & U (Bolton & District League Match)

1st Quarter

Bridgefield start strongly, and with two quick exclusions Warrington work hard to defend the oppositions 2-man up.  Warrington on the counter-attack, Emily scores a terrific lob-shot taking the lead for the home side 1 - 0.  Emma shoots, the ball takes a deflection off the Bridgefield keeper and Warrington have a corner.  Back at the deep-end Bridgefield shoot, but the ball hits the post.  Warrington come back again, this time Matt shoots, but the ball goes wide.  Warrington make a substitution, Dom shoots and scores, the quarter finishes 2 - 0.

2nd Quarter

Bridgefield start strongly again, and Luke saves a back-hand shot.  Now Warrington have a 2-man up and coach Tom calls a time-out to talk strategy, superb decision as Warrington set-up well and Dom scores just in time to make it 3 - 0.  Warrington make substitutions, Bridgefield on the attack, earning a corner.  Warrington make a counter-attack and Ben shoots, spectators are sure it’s in, but no goal.  Bridgefield come back again and score, it’s 3 - 1.  Conor shoots but the ball hits the post, andBridgefield come back to score again.  Now it’s 3 - 2.  Luke makes a great save from a long-range shot.  Good defending from both sides, and Bridgefield score in the final seconds making it 3 - 3.  Game on!

Quarter 3

Warrington start strongly this quarter, Emily shoots, but is saved.  Luke pulls off a succession of great saves, one from a back-hand shot during a sustained period of pressure from Bridgefield.  Bridgefield get a man-up and call a time-out;  Warrington successfully defend and Matt shoots on the counter-attack.  Bridgefield score from a penalty, making it 3 - 4.  Dan makes a break, passes to Ben who shoots, but the ball is saved.  Back again to Bridgefield who make it 3 - 5.  Last minute, and another attack from Bridgefield - Dan intercepts, gets the ball to Dom who makes a long-shot, but it’s saved.  

Quarter 4

Warrington need to start strongly, and they do - Conor makes a back-hand shot, which is saved.  Conor passes to Dom, who shoots again, but is saved.  Brett defends the pit, and Dan swims to the deep-end and scores.  Now it’s 4 - 5.  Warrington dig-deep, and set-up well, Matt scores. It’s 5 - 5. Score level with less than half the quarter to go, Conor passes to Dom who scores an audacious over-head backwards goal.  It’s 6 - 5.  Spectacular stuff!  Dom fires a bounce shot but the ball goes over the goal.  In the last minute Warrington are penalised for time-wasting and Dan blocks a shot.  

Warrington put in a superb team performance, in a close match.  Final score Warrington 6 Bridgefield 5.

Coaches

Tom Costello

Su Bowater

Team 

Luke Atkinson, Conor Lynch, Katie Bowater, Dan Farini (1), Brett Takemoto, Emma Horne, Ben Daley, Emily Bowater (1), Dominic Richard (3), Matt Williams (1), Eleanor Brear, 

 

Seniors B&D Lancaster 13 - 3 Warrington

Warrington made the trip up to Lancaster to play their second game of the B&D league. The strength of this league once again showed as Warrington were punished on the break by a strong, youthful Lancaster side. Warrington defended well but squnadered a lot of chances. Special mention to Dan and Adam who both played extremely well against tough opposition. Peter was again superb in goal and David Price sacrificed a seat at some boring 4-3 Liverpool win on the same night. Southport in the L&D then Radcliffe in the B&D as the fixtures come thick and fast.

Team

P. Burke, I Musgrove, D Farini, A Farini, T Hadley (1), J Barker (1), A Burke, P Wilkinson, D Price (1), A Bryne

 

16&u B&D Warrington 10 - 3 Bridgefield

Warrington vs Bridgefield 16 and Under Manchster and District League Match

1st Quarter

Bridgefield started attacking the deep end and scored an early goal. Matt had a shot saved. Dan did some good defending. Conor put a lob shot just wide.  Bridgefield score another goal to make the score 0-2. Dominic had a shot well saved. Matt did some good play to regain possession and pass to Dominic who scored. Dominic hit the bar with a shot and Emily had a shot well saved. Bridgefield hit the top of the bar with an attempted lob shot. Emily did some very good defending to regain possession. The quarter ended with the score 1-2.

2nd Quarter

Conor did some great defending and Luke made a couple of good saves, the second of which he pushed on to the bar. Ben provided the pass to Dominic to bring the scores back level. Ben and Emma had a quick of exchange of passes with Ben then passing to Dominic to score. The quarter ended with Luke pulling of a couple of great saves to keep a 3-2 Warrington lead at the end of the quarter.

Quarter 3

 Warrington started this quarter strongly with Dominic scoring twice in the first 35 seconds. The first was a bounce shot which went in off the post and the second being a great hard shot from distance that found the top corner. Luke made two great saves one from a lob shot. Dominic scored with a hard backhand shot. Bridgefield scored a well worked goal with just a second left on the shot clock, it was passed just in front of the goal and scooped in. Dominic scored another goal to make the score 7-3. Bridgefield hit the post and then had a shot well saved by Luke. Dominic hit the bar with a shot.

Quarter 4

Matt has a shot that was wide. Dan did some great defensive work. Conor hit the bar with a shot that bounced down but didn’t go over the line. The Bridgefield keeper made a good save from a Dominic shot. Conor showed great strength to score a goal close in. Luke pulled off a succession of great saves, two of which resulted in corners from a sustained period of pressure from Bridgefield. Dominic hit the bar and Ben scored from the rebound. Alfie did some good work trying to get possession back. Dominic scored another goal with a great lob shot. Bridgefield hit the post right at the end of play. The score ended 10-3.

A great performance from Warrington, they defended and attacked as a team. 

Coaches

Tom Costello

Su Bowater

Team 

Luke Atkinson, Conor Lynch (1), Dominic Richard (8), Dan Farini, Emily Bowater, Brett Takemoto, Ben Dailey (1), Matt Williams, Emma Horne, Alfie Shelley

Seniors B&D Warrington 6 - 11 Tydesley

First B&D game of the season saw a young Warrington team hold their own quite well until Tydesley pulled away in the second half of the game. MOM performance from Peter Burke in goals and some great play from the young lads Tom Pye, Stan Mainwaring and Conor Lynch. Warrington worked well as a team and showed they can still play well without some of the more experienced players. Good return after a few years absence from this competition.

Team:

P. Burke, I Musgrove (2), S Cooper (1), P Daintith, C Dean (1), C Lynch, T Pye, D Price (1), A Byrne (1), S Mainwaring

Seniors L&D Birkenhead 8 - 13 Warrington

Warrington’s first game of the Liverpool & District league saw a tough first encounter with Birkenhead at Europa Pools. A slow start from Warrington meant it was hard for them to progress up the pitch. Birkenhead pushed very hard all over the pool and Warrington struggled to form any structured attacks. The first quarter finished 2 - 2. After some strong words Warrington moved up a gear and started to play much better as a team and one which remembered how to play. They established a 2 goal lead and which they managed to maintain for the rest of the match and pulling away to 8 - 13 in the final quarter

Team

P Burke, N Musgrove, T Hadley (3), S Cooper, D Price, I Musgrove (2), S Mainwaring, O Rhodes (2), A Burke (1), P Daintith, C Dean (1), J Barker (4)

16&u B&D Chester 3 - 33 Warrington

Chester vs Warrington 16 and Under Manchester and District League Match
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.
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 

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)

 

Christmas Break

Dear Members

The Christmas break from the Club will be as follows:

Water Polo will finish on Saturday 19th December  2015 and return to normal session from the  5th January 2016.

Swimming will finish as from Sunday 20th December 2015 and return to normal sessions on Tuesday 5th January 2016

Can we also advise that at the present time Mr Ian Wilson will be Acting Swimming Head Coach.

May i take this opportunity to wish one and all a very Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year and look forward to another successful year.

Maureen Appleby

Hon Secretary

16&u M&D ORCA 14 - 7 Warrington

ORCA vs Warrington 16 and Under Manchester and District League Match

Quarter 1

Warrington started attacking the deep end. It was ORCA that started on the attack and scored an early goal. The game was very much end to end before Warrington equalised after 3 minutes, with Dominic passing to Adam, who scored. ORCA replied straight away with a hard shot to the top corner.  ORCA were on the attack again, it took a good save from Luke to stop them from scoring. Down the other end and it was Dominic that brought a good save out of the ORCA keeper.  Adam did some good defensive work and then Warrington were on the attack and Stanley put a backhand shot over. Luke made a great diving save to put the ball out for a corner. ORCA scored a great team goal to make the score 3-1. Both keepers brought off good saves, Conor did some good defensive work.  ORCA scored to make the quarter end score 4-1.

Quarter 2

ORCA started the quarter strongly scoring two goals. Luke made a good save. ORCA were showing good strength to keep the ball. Conor and Adam did some good defending to regain possession. Adam scored two goals the second a good shot after a pass from Molly. ORCA were on the attack and Dominic did some good defensive work to regain possession. ORCA scored with a hard bounce shot. ORCA hit the bar with a shot.  Ben had a shot saved. ORCA scored another goal and were then awarded a penalty, Luke pushed a fierce shot on the post, an ORCA player scored from the rebound. Warrington scored from a man up with Adam doing to a one two with Ben to score. The quarter end score was 9-4.

Quarter 3

ORCA were awarded another penalty from which they scored. Dominic passed to Ben who scored. ORCA did a good block from a Molly shot. Luke did a great reflex save from a hard backhand shot. Emily had a shot which went over. Luke did another good save from a backhand shot.  Emma swam in to a gap and showed good strength to keep possession. ORCA had a shot that went over, they then scored two goals, the first from a free throw. to make the score 12-5. Emma did some good defending and Luke brought off another good save. ORCA scored with a minute of the quarter left to make the score 13-5. Conor hit the post with a long shot.

Quarter 4

 Conor did some great defensive work when left back with three ORCA attackers. Emily shot wide. Emma did more good defending. ORCA hit the bar with a shot. Stanley shot just wide. A shot hit Luke in the face from close in, he shook his head and passed the ball up the pool. Conor had a shot saved and then on the man up, Conor had a shot deflected off an ORCA player and past their keeper. Dominic passed to Emily to score.  The ORCA keeper saved a shot from Adam. Alfie swam up and passed to Adam, who had a shot saved. The final score was 14-7.

Warrington performed well against a strong ORCA team containing some very good players.  It was a challenging game which they would have learnt a lot.

Congratulations to ORCA on winning the 16 & Under Manchester and District league.

Coach

Tom Costello

Team 


Luke Atkinson, Conor Lynch (1), Dominic Richard, Molly Boniface-Ashton, Emma Horne, Dan Farini, Ben Dailey (1), Emily Bowater (1) Stanley Mainwaring (1), Adam Farini (3), Alfie Shelley

 

14&u L&D Cup Champions

Liverpool and District 14&Under Tournament

There were 5 teams that entered the tournament which was played at Birkenhead’s Europa pool:

Chester, Liverpool, Southport, Bridgefield, Warrington

Each match was 2 x 5 minutes with a stopping clock.

Warrington vs Chester

Half 1 Warrington started quickly with a goal from a Dominic bounce shot. Katie stole the ball to set up Dan for a goal. The Chester keeper did a good save from Dan. Ben stole the ball to swim in and score to make the score 3-0. Ben scored another goal and then Dan scored. Marcus set up Ben for a goal. Conor stole the ball and passed to Ben to score. Marcus passed to Conor who passed on to Dominic who scored. Dan set up Ben for a goal to make the half end score 9-0.

Half 2 Warrington were on the attack from the start and Dan scored after 30 seconds. Conor passed to Marcus who had a shot well saved by the Chester keeper. Brett passed to Marcus, who this time put the ball past the keeper. Luke noticed Emma on the break, he did a long pass from which you swam in to score. Dominic passed to Katie who scored. Chester did some good defensive play to stop a Warrington attack. Katie and Eleanor did some good play which led up to Dominic having a shot, which hit the bar. Dominic and Brett did some good defensive work to retrieve the ball. Eleanor passed to Emma, who hit the bar with a shot. Ben scored near the end to make the final score 14-0.

Team 
 Luke Atkinson, Ben Dailey (6), Conor Lynch, Dominic Richard (2), Emma Horne (1), Dan Farini (3), Katie Bowater (1), Brett Takemoto, Alfie Shelley, Eleanor Brear, Marcus Woods (1)

Warrington vs Southport 

Half 1 Dominic scored early with a bounce shot. Katie did some good defensive work to stop a shot. Conor passed to Dominic who scored. The third goal was a great team goal that ended with Dan passing to Dominic to score. Dominic was then provider passing to Conor who scored with a bounce shot. Southport were on the attack, Eleanor did some good defensive work to break up the move. Southport continued attacking and had a good shot saved with Luke pushing the ball on to the bar. Luke quickly passed up the pool to Dominic who set up Ben for a goal. Marcus and Dominic did some good defensive work putting pressure on a Southport player to get possession back. Luke saved a shot and then passed it up to Ben, Brett moved away from the goal taking the one defender away allowing Ben the space to score. Southport did some good play to keep possession, before Alfie intercepted a pass and passed the ball back to Luke.  Luke passed to Eleanor, who passed on to Katie who passed to Ben to score. The half ended 7-0.

Half 2 Alfie had a good exchange of passes with Conor and then shot just over.  Alfie then passed to Marcus who just shot over. Alfie was then the provider setting up Emma to score. Conor stole the ball and swam in and pushed the ball over the keeper.  Ben scored to make the score 10-0. Ben scored with a good lob shot after receiving the ball from a long pass from Luke. Katie was the provider for a Dominic goal. Ben passed to Emma to score. There were only a couple of seconds left when Luke shot from his goal and it bounced just in front of the Southport goal and into the goal. The final score was 14-0.

Team 
 Luke Atkinson (1), Ben Dailey (5), Conor Lynch (2), Dominic Richard (4), Emma Horne (2), Dan Farini, Katie Bowater, Brett Takemoto, Alfie Shelley, Eleanor Brear, Marcus Woods

Warrington vs Liverpool

Dan Farini had played for Liverpool in earlier matches and he decided that he wanted to play for them against his own club. Traitor or mercenary? Make up your own mind.

Half 1 Ben hit the bar with an early shot.  Conor passed to Alfie who scored with a great low shot between the near post and the keeper. Emma and Brett had a one two and Emma shot, which was saved by the Liverpool keeper. Emma passed to Brett to score. Conor passed to Ben to Dominic to score. Katie passed to Marcus who shot just over. Brett swam in to score. Marcus scored to make the score 5-0. Liverpool were on the attack and Luke saved a shot on to the post. Luke scored at the end of the half with another long shot as the buzzer went. This is getting to be a habit. Half end score 7-0.

Half 2 The swim off was between Dominic and Dan, with Dominic just winning. Emma scored with a good shot to the near post.  Emma was again on the score sheet after a good shot from distance into the bottom corner.  Brett scored to make the score 9-0.  Dan even though playing for Liverpool was not making it easy for Luke, he put Luke under a lot of pressure.  Conor scored with a bounce shot. Brett was provider for Ben to make the score 12-0.  Eleanor intercepted a pass and then had an assist by passing to Ben to score. Alfie set up Dominic to score to make the score 14-0. Dominic forgetting which team Dan was on, passed the ball to him. It took a great save from Luke to stop him. The match reporter was very happy with the symmetry of three 14-0 victories and was hoping that the score finished that way. With only 20 seconds left, Brett spoiled that with a goal to make the score 15-0. 

Team 
 Luke Atkinson (1), Ben Dailey (3), Conor Lynch (1), Dominic Richard (2), Emma Horne (2), Katie Bowater, Brett Takemoto (4), Alfie Shelley (1), Eleanor Brear, Marcus Woods (1)

Bridgefield vs Warrington

The winners of this game would win the tournament as they had both won their previous 3 games. Warrington were yet to concede a goal.

Half 1 Bridgefield started strongly, they stole the ball to score the first goal. They were on the attack shortly afterwards and scored again with a neat lob shot. Bridgefield continued to press, Warrington were not getting into their normal rhythm. Conor did some good defensive work and passed back to Luke, who tried a long pass which bounced off the water and out of the pool.  Warrington were again under pressure and did some good defensive work. Conor got fouled out on the right side, he quickly shot and scored to make the score 2-1.

Half 2 Warrington started much better in this half.  Conor passed to Dominic, who did a one two with Brett and Dominic scored to bring the scores back level.  Bridgefield were on the attack and shot over.  It was then Warrington that went close with a backhand shot from Dominic.  Warrington scored from a man up, with a good shot from Dominic to take the lead. Dominic scored another goal with a bounce shot to make the score 2-4. Bridgefield called a time out when Warrington got a player excluded, they went wide with a shot from the man up. Tom Costello, the Warrington coach, called a time out and after that Warrington did well to run the clock down. The result was a 2-4 win for Warrington.

Team 
 Luke Atkinson, Ben Dailey, Conor Lynch (1), Dominic Richard (3), Emma Horne, Dan Farini, Katie Bowater, Brett Takemoto, Alfie Shelley, Eleanor Brear, Marcus Woods

Coaches

Tom Costello

Su Bowater

A great performance by Warrington to win the Liverpool and District 14 & Under Cup.


Senior Ladies L&D Tournament

Warrington entered a newly formed ladies team into the Liverpool & District tournament at the weekend. The team was a mixture of experienced past players and junior girls. It was great to see the return of Warrington members giving their time back to the club and supporting the younger girls. The team included ex Olympian Hazel Musgrove and GB player Courtney Dean. Six of the ten Warrington players were also competing at 16&u. It was their first time playing together and they all did extremely well. One player’s car would not start on the morning of the tournament which meant we were without our goalie and another experienced player.

Liverpool vs Warrington

Hazel volunteered to go in goal. Warrington got off to a flying start and scored first with a well taken goal from Molly. Liverpool grew into the game after that and took a 5-1 lead into the second half. Hazel switched out of goals and immediatetly made an impact. Abbey scored a great goal on the breakaway and then Hazel added to Warrington’s total to pull it back to 5-3. Unfortunately Liverpool scored again to make it 6-3 final score. A credibel performance against an experienced Liverpool side.

Warrington vs Birkenhead

Birkenhead pulled out of the tournament at the last minute which meant the Birkenhead team was made up of a mix of ex Liverpool City players. This turned out to be a very strong side and although Warrington played well they lost the game 1-8. The only goal coming from an excellent shot by Emily B.

A superb first outing for the girls and hopefully the start of a regular girls team with competitions to look forward to in 2016.

Team

Hazel Musgrove, Ali Green, Molly Boniface Ashton, Emily Bowater, Emma Horne, Abbey Donnell-Jones, Emily Ireland, Courtney Dean, Katie Bowater, Eleanor Brear

Coach

Ian Musgrove

Warrington Ladies Team (minus Courtney Dean) 22/11/15