Hockey’s back with plenty of goals...

Portsmouth Ladies II 4 Chichester Ladies II 4

Chichester Ladies twos have joined the South League division two and are looking forward to playing a new set of teams.

Their first game against Portsmouth twos saw them welcome five players that have risen through the junior ranks.

After an inspirational team talk from coach Joe Budgen, Chi started strong and Mundy and Warr connected on a short corner, leading Warr to score the 21/22 season’s first goal.

Soon Bowry crossed to Allan who converted.

Chichester’s strong back line of Smith, Gilmour, Thomson , Parrott and O’callaghan worked well to keep Portsmouth at bay until they scored from a short corner.

Passing involving Overton Smith, Campbell and Fleming led to Webster scoring with a clean shot.

Portsmouth came out strong in the second half, scoring two early goals.

A penalty flick made it 4-3 to the home team. Minutes before the final whistle, Goddard produced a clean short corner that found its way via an impressive volley by Warr, so it finished 4-4.

Chichester Friars 4 Trojans IV 0

South Central Div 4

Despite missing key players, the Friars fielded a strong side including a couple of talented youngsters.

Despite possession, the Friars were not able to penetrate the defence and were fortunate not to concede when a short corner was awarded before the ball went into the goal.

The Friars opened the scoring when Andrew Savory fired the ball home in a sweeping move on 29 minutes. The lead was doubled just before half time with Savory finishing another patient build-up.

In the second half Savory completed his hat-trick with a direct shot from a short corner on 37 minutes.

Good saves by Rob Torrance and strong defending kept out Trojans and Savory scored his 4th on 45 minutes.

Anton Pearson and Noah Collins stepped up to a high level of hockey for their age, turning in great performances to help the team achieve a win to kick off the new season, so well done to them.