Kirkby Stephen swept aside as Ladies

AEHC’S Ladies led the way this weekend with some great results across both the North and Cheshire leagues.

The Ladies 1s took to the M6 determined to bring back all three points from their North Premier League game against Kirkby Stephen – and so it came to pass.

Under coach Kelly Pryde-Fillingham the Ladies have played with much more pace and intensity this season, something which became apparent to Kirkby Stephen from the first whistle.

Within the first two minutes Edge were awarded a short corner which was fabulously put away by Amanda Bennison from a Sarah Hopkin pass.

Shortly afterwards a trademark Liv Moores dive from another short corner made it 2-0 to Edge. Caitlin Polley followed this up with a beautiful run through a few Kirkby players into the D and buried the ball bottom left corner for Edge’s third.

A sustained period of lovely passing hockey kept the home side at bay for the remainder of the first half before Annie Hebb smashed the ball into the backboard after picking up another lovely pass from Sarah Hopkin. Half time score 4-0.

Kirkby Stephen obviously had a tough half-time talk and pounded Edge with a series of big hits in the second half and were eventually rewarded with a goal when Edge were not tight enough in the D. Undeterred, the Ladies picked themselves back up and Amanda Bennison finished the game as she had started it, deflecting in a wicked short corner strike from Sarah Hopkin to make the final score 5-1.

This win sees the Ladies retain their top half position in the league