Ladies 1sts are crowned champs

Chichester Ladies firsts are South Central Division 1 champions after securing a 5-0 win at home to Isle of Wight ladies firsts.

Back on home soil, the girls knew that they needed one more win to secure the league title.

Feeling pumped and ready to go, Chichester started the first half strong when Chelsea Webster won a penalty corner within the first five minutes.

The ball was injected, received by Charlotte Gammon who shot it in to find Lottie Greenlees on the back post slot it in. Only a minute later, Verena Grave’s silky smooth moves in the D saw Chi win another penalty corner, which saw Gammon thump into the bottom corner.

Chi continued to attack Isle of Wight’s D, with Maddie Goldhawk running rings around their right-back with the support of Amy Price and Emma Allan. However, their third goal didn’t come for another 25 minutes. A fabulous ball from Jess Stanley at the back found Gammon in the middle of the pitch.

A beautiful back-and-forth with Grave saw them torment the Isle of Wight defence, before Grave rounded their keeper and into the back of the net.

With 15 minutes left of the match, Hantrais passed the ball to Price who took it on her reverse and scored a brilliant goal whacking the backboard.

With minutes left to go in the match, Gammon made a through pass to super sub Sally Bradley at the top of the D.

She fooled the Isle of Wight defence before slipping it to Greenlees on the right, who put it away and secured the 5-0 victory and a clean sheet for Chichester. Next season will see Chichester compete in South Central Premier 2.