Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District
ROLLER HOCKEY: DOUBLE CLEAN SWEEP AT TOURNAMENTS
Herne Bay’s junior section enjoyed a weekend double clean sweep with tournament wins for the under-15s in Peterborough on Saturday and the under-17s at Herne Bay Arena the following day. The under-15s travelled north looking to continue their unbeaten start to the Eastern Counties season and faced Rickmansworth, Letchworth and Peterborough. Bay were 1-0 ahead against Rickmansworth in the first half but added six further goals after the break to run out 7-0 winners. The next game was a routine 4-0 win over Letchworth and Bay then rounded things off with a 17-1 victory over a young Peterborough team. Bay have nine wins from nine in the league and are well positioned with two tournaments remaining. Bay’s first home SECRHA under-17s tournament was on Sunday and they began strongly with a 4-1 victory over Invicta. Their other game was a feisty encounter with local rivals HBU who had taken the honours when the teams met earlier in the season. This time Bay were not to be denied and their young team ran in nine goals with just one reply. Bay’s two keepers conceded just three goals across more than two hours of play, Bailey Smith and Lucas Crow giving the outfield players confidence to play an expansive game. Bay: Read-jones, Langford, Hopper, Rawlinson, Ing, Hudson, Crow, Albon. Three boys from Herne Bay are set to fly to Porto, Portugal, to represent their country. Herne Bay High pupils Joe Chipperfield, 11 and Eden Emery-webber, 12 and Herne Juniors’ Owen Freeman, 10), who train with Herne Bay RHC three times a week, were selected to play for England Vision 2020 over the Easter holiday. Vision 2020 are a team that have been put together to enable the boys to compete in the European Championship in 2020. Chipperfield, who turns 12 while in Portugal, said: “It is such an achievement to be playing for our country. “I have been playing with Herne Bay since I was five and it is down to the commitment and dedication of Herne Bay’s coaches, managers and team members that have got me to this stage.” Emery-webber has trained with a Portuguese team several times and said: “The Portuguese are tough, energetic players but we have a great team who play and train well together, I’m sure there will be a few good games and hopefully a lot of goals scored.” Freeman added: “I am looking forward to going to Portugal, it is a great experience and I’m sure that we will make lots of friends with the Portuguese players – but only off the rink.” Herne Bay RHC train at Herne Bay Arena on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Sevenoaks Acorns 1 Sevenoaks 6ths 0, Tunbridge Wells 4ths (Monarchs) 2 Cobdown 2, Maidstone 3rds 9 Old Bordenian 4ths 2. Fixtures: Cobdown v Cliftonville 2nds, Gravesham & Wellcome v Tunbridge Wells 4ths (Monarchs), Old Bordenian 4ths v Canterbury Griffins, Bromley and Beckenham 6ths v Maidstone 3rds, Tunbridge Wells Vets v Sevenoaks Acorns, Sevenoaks 6ths v Blackheath and OES Heathens. F’stone O 6 ... 16 15 0 1 68 17 45 Blackhth Vet . 17 10 2 5 47 26 32 Bt Ash 6........ 16 9 2 5 50 28 29 Maidstone 5.. 15 5 6 4 42 43 21 Graveshm 3 .. 17 6 2 9 34 44 20 Cant Friars .... 17 5 4 8 28 38 19 Brombeck 7 .. 16 5 2 9 17 31 17 Gill Anch 4 .... 16 5 2 9 30 52 17 Old Bord 6 .... 16 4 4 8 30 38 16 Sevenoaks 7 . 16 4 2 10 24 53 14 Results: Gravesham & Wellcome 3rds 4 Canterbury Friars 6, Sevenoaks 7ths 2 Old Bordenian 6ths 1, Blackheath and OES Veterans 0 Folkestone Optimist 6ths 2, Bromley and Beckenham 7ths 0 Burnt Ash (Bexley) 6ths 3. Fixtures: Old Bordenian 6ths v Bromley and Beckenham 7ths, Folkestone Optimist 6ths v Gravesham & Wellcome 3rds, Canterbury Friars v Gillingham Anchorians 4ths, Burnt Ash (Bexley) 6ths v Maidstone 5ths. Holcombe 6 .. 18 14 1 3 68 20 43 F’stone O 7 ... 18 11 2 5 66 44 35 Herne Bay 4 .. 18 11 2 5 46 29 35 Cobdown 2 ... 17 10 2 5 30 22 32 Sutton Val 4 .. 17 9 4 4 38 19 31 Blckhth Dyn .. 17 9 0 8 29 24 27 New Becc 4 .. 18 6 2 10 30 50 20 Maidstone 6.. 17 5 2 10 40 57 17 Bt Ash 7........ 17 5 0 12 23 46 15 Grvshm Unic . 18 3 5 10 21 31 14 Ashford 6 ...... 19 4 0 15 33 82 12 Results: Cobdown 2nds 0 Maidstone 6ths 2, Ashford (Kent) 6ths 3 Herne Bay 4ths 4, New Beccehamian 4ths 4 Burnt Ash (Bexley) 7ths 2, Holcombe 6ths 5 Blackheath and OES Dynamos 0, Gravesham & Wellcome Unicorns 2 Sutton Valence 4ths 1. Fixtures: Sutton Valence 4ths v Folkestone Optimist 7ths, Burnt Ash (Bexley) 7ths v Gravesham & Wellcome Unicorns, Herne Bay 4ths v Cobdown 2nds, Blackheath and OES Dynamos v New Beccehamian 4ths, Maidstone 6ths v Holcombe 6ths. Bt Ash 2........ 21 18 2 1 68 14 56 Brombeck 4 .. 21 14 3 4 65 25 45 Dartford ........ 21 11 3 7 48 29 36 Edenbridge ... 21 12 0 9 49 31 36 K Alleyns 2.... 21 10 4 7 39 26 34 Deal .............. 21 9 5 7 28 30 32 Bt Ash 3........ 21 9 4 8 32 22 31 Maidstone 3.. 21 6 6 9 38 45 24 Gore Crt 2 ..... 20 6 3 11 24 48 21 Cant 3A ........ 20 4 2 14 22 58 14 Tun Wells 4... 20 3 3 14 18 52 12 U of Kent ...... 20 2 5 13 20 71 9 Results: Edenbridge 4 Deal 0, University of Kent 4 Maidstone 3rds 2, Burnt Ash (Bexley) 3rds 0 Burnt Ash (Bexley) 2nds 3, Canterbury 3As 1 Bromley and Beckenham 4ths 3, Kings Alleyns 2nds 0 Dartford 2. Fixtures: Gore Court 2nds v Kings Alleyns 2nds, Bromley and Beckenham 4ths v Burnt Ash (Bexley) 3rds, Edenbridge v University of Kent, Burnt Ash (Bexley) 2nds v Tunbridge Wells 4ths, Dartford v Maidstone 3rds, Deal v Canterbury 3As. Brombeck 5 .. 18 14 0 4 54 20 42 Sevenoaks 6 . 19 11 4 4 70 22 37 F’stone O 4 ... 19 10 6 3 37 23 36 Blackhth 3 .... 19 9 4 6 40 46 31 Bt Ash 4........ 19 9 3 7 51 39 30 Herne Bay 2 .. 19 7 6 6 35 33 25 Gravesend 2 . 19 6 5 8 42 41 22 Faversham.... 19 5 6 8 24 43 21 New Becc 3 .. 19 6 2 11 24 36 19 Holcombe 4 .. 19 3 8 8 17 29 17 Meopham 2 .. 19 1 2 16 9 71 5 Results: Faversham 4 Meopham 2nds 0, Sevenoaks 6ths 3 Herne Bay 2nds 2, Folkestone Optimist 4ths 1 Burnt Ash (Bexley) 4ths 1, Blackheath and OES 3rds 0 Gravesend 2nds 8. Fixtures: Blackheath and OES 3rds v Meopham 2nds, Burnt Ash (Bexley) 4ths v Faversham, Folkestone Optimist 4ths v Sevenoaks 6ths, Gravesend 2nds v Bromley and Beckenham 5ths, New Beccehamian 3rds v Herne Bay 2nds.