Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
ROUND-UP Dundee outfit’s European lift after fine finish
THE indoor hockey season is now complete with MJV Dundee Wanderers Ladies finishing second in the European Women’s Club Trophy at Siauliai in Lithuania.
This secures promotion next year for Scotland’s representatives who will once again be Wanderers as they have retained the Scottish Indoor title.
The winner of the event was MSC Sumchanka (Ukraine), who had a 5-1 win over Wanderers, which l eft the Dundonians in limbo as East Grinstead could have claimed second place. They then drew 1-1 against Lille and the Ukranians, who won all their six games, finished with a 5-1 win over Gintra.
Third were East Grinstead, three points behind Wanderers, then Gintra, Ards, Lille and Partille
Wanderers other games were a 4-2 win over East Grinstead i n the event’s opening game then a 5-2 win over Lille.
There was a surprise 1-1 draw against host club Gintra and an even more surprising win by only 1-0 over Ards from Ireland. For the last two minutes, Wanderers played with six outfield players, having substituted keeper.
In that game, the goal came from an overtime penalty corner scored by Vikki Bunce.
Wanderers then beat Partille SC (Sweden) 4-1 before their loss to Sumchanka.
Wanderers gain promotion but, had they not won against Partille, they would have been third.
With Grove-Menzieshill men also in Europe next year, it’s a Midlands double.
There was a limited National League Outdoor programme at the weekend with some teams playing re-scheduled games.
MJV Dundee Wanderers men had an 8-0 win over an under-strength Harris FP team.
Bobby Ralph was on form with a first-half hat-trick and another in the second half. Sean Dowie and Eliot Sandison were the other scorers.
Also in Division Two, St Andrews University had a 5-2 win over Granite City with goals by Kevin Wong (2), Josh Lee, James Greenback and Marius Pilch.
On Sunday, the two winners met at St Andrews and Wanderers had a 4-0 win with Ralph this time the provider.
Callum Ross gave Wanderers a half-time lead and, after the break, Ralph set up Rory Taylor for the second goal and then Michael Warden for the their fourth. Jack Fullerton netted the third.
Top of the division are Inverleith (24 pts.), St Andrews Univ. (22), then Wanderers (21) with a game in hand. Stepps are fourth.
Sunday brought a return of Men’s Division One action with Grove-Menzieshill having a 4-0 win over Watsonians with goals by Jamie Golden, in the first half, then Ollie James, Ciaran Crawford and Mike Ross. Grange won 4-1 over Western Wildcats.
The table top reads Kelburne played nine, points 12; Grange played eight, points 22; Menzieshill played eight, points 16.
In Division Three, Perthshire had a great weekend with a 16-1 win over CALA on Saturday then a 6-1 win over Monarchs on Sunday.
Over both games, nine Perth players shared the goals with the Czub brothers, Adam (4) and Mike (6), doing most damage.
Perthshire are fourth, only two points behind the top three and with Monarchs seven points back in fifth.
The Ladies National Leagues saw only seven Division Two games including a 3-0 win for Dundee University over Heriot-Watt and a 4-1 win over St Andrews University by GHK. The St Andrews students lost 2-1 to Glasgow University.