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Highbury News
Highbury I bagged another victory this weekend with a convincing 11-6 win against Trojans 2.
Eager to forget about our blip a week earlier against Croydon, we were all fired up to take on Trojan 2 in our cold home venue in Leyton. Our divisions were slightly unusual but a collective warm-up and an encouraging team talk from captain Mo meant that we were all warmed up and focused when the game was kicked off.
Trojans were a girl short and Sheep, Olga, Fergus and Ben made the most out of it, playing calmly and maturely in attack and with a very clever system in defense. Sheep managed to not only keep an eye on Olga’s girl but also blocked the Trojan’s boys out of collect which put all the weight on Clinton, Trojan’s best player of the day. Ben however was tremendous in defense, meaning that Clinton had to work extra hard in order to create a couple of goal opportunities.
On the other side, Edith, Nicc, Speck and Mo had a good start with two quick goals from the girls. Trojans played rebound defense which meant that the division had to adapt quickly and find a way around a very well structured defense. There were quite a few goal opportunities but the ball just didn’t want to go through the basket. This made the division slightly nervous which ended up in shots being taken without a proper collect or without considering the positioning of other players. Luckily the division didn’t lose their nerves and the second half of the match ended up being a lot more structured and calm.
Overall, the game was very close for most of the first half but in the second half more balls dropped through the basket and we finished the game with a comfortable lead.
At the beginning of the game, we were quickly 4-0 up with goals from Edith, Nicc, Fergus and Olga but Trojans replied with 3 goals. Ben then extended our lead to 5-3 with a long shot but Trojans scored as well which left the score at 5-4 during half time.
In the second half we were much more consistent and organized and the goals came more easily with Fergus converting a crucial penalty giving us a 6-5 lead. Goals from Sheep (x2), Edith, Fergus and Jules (who came on as a sub for Nicc) then sealed the game with a comfortable lead – final score 11-6.
We are now back to the top of the league and have gained back our confidence and physical strength that we had built up pre-Christmas – perfect timing to face Bec 2 in Leyton this weekend and to show them that we are a serious contender to the league title this year
A strong Highbury 2 side set out on Sunday to get back onto winning ways after their close lose the previous week. Unfortunately Highbury 2 went down to a successive very close lose that was winnable.
The beginning of the game was cagey with a lot of shots going up from both sides but none scoring. By the end of the half scores had started to fall with North Downs boys showing good quality and working well together at both ends to combine to get a few scores right under the basket. By contrast, Highbury’s strength was in our girls with Kim Midwood getting a couple of first half scores and the returning Julia Hall from high altitude training in the southern hemisphere was straight back into scoring ways. Half time score was Highbury 4 – North Downs 5. The second half Highbury started rather tentatively and although we tried to put a lot of pressure on the ball in defence we came undone by being run for a couple of easy scores (hands up who let that happen?....oh yeah, it was me!)
Despite going down to 5-8 and 6-9 Highbury rallied late on with Rachel Dixon making an impact when she came on with a quick score. Ultimately Highbury showed a good spirit to get it back to within one score and although some of our shots in the last few minutes could have tied the game we need to be more consistent and accurate in our attacks to get those extra 3-4 scores that would put games like this in no doubt. Let the season roll on……..
Neil - 26/02
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