Round-up of the local hockey action – Friday 20th and Saturday 21st February.
Team Bath Buccaneers women’s 1st XI stormed to the top of the England Hockey Women’s Conference West table by blitzing Clifton Robinsons 2nd XI 5-0 on Saturday 21st February
Team Bath Buccaneers’ women’s 1st XI romped to victory when they visited Clifton Robinsons 2nd XI on Saturday 21st February – and the result took them to the top of the table.
The Buccs powered to a 5-0 success in the England Hockey Women’s Conference West game played at Clifton College, Bristol.
And that scoreline lifted them into pole position, on goal-difference, at the expense of Cardiff & Met 1st XI, who are now in second spot after a 2-1 home defeat by Hampshire outfit Trojans 1st XI, another of the high-fliers.
Priya Kerfoot fired Team Bath into an 11th-minute lead.
It remained 1-0 until the 33rd minute, when Izzy Usher struck.
Usher hit two more goals – one a penalty stroke – to complete a hat-trick before Tabitha Tinniswood finished the rout in the 69th minute.
A rousing comeback was unable to earn Team Bath men’s 1st XI a draw at their Clifton Robinsons counterparts on Saturday 21st February.
Robinsons looked to have the England Hockey Men’s Conference West match sewn up when they led 3-0 after 34 minutes, thanks to an early strike from Chris Wiseman, a goal from a penalty corner by Ben Shardlow and an effort from Micah Smithard.
Christian Moody pulled one back in the 56th minute and Ben Taylor reduced the deficit further by netting seven minutes later.
But Team Bath could not find an equaliser.
In a floodlit match on Friday 20th February, Kynon Griffith-McCann scored as Team Bath men’s 2nd XI drew 1-1 at home with Clifton Robinsons 2nd XI in West Hockey West Men’s Premier.
Local result for Friday 20th February:
West Hockey:
West Men’s Premier: Team Bath Buccaneers 2nd XI 1 (Kynon Griffith-McCann) Clifton Robinsons 2nd XI 1.
Local results for Saturday 21st February:
England Hockey:
Men’s Conference West: Clifton Robinsons 1st XI 3 Team Bath Buccaneers 1st XI 2 (Christian Moody, Ben Taylor).
Women’s Conference West: Clifton Robinsons 2nd XI 0 Team Bath Buccaneers 1st XI 5 (Priya Kerfoot, Izzy Usher 3 inc 1 PS, Tabitha Tinniswood).
West Hockey:
West Men’s Concorde Division 1: University of Bristol 4th XI 3 Team Bath Buccaneers 6th XI 1.
West Women’s Brunel Division 2: Team Bath Buccaneers 6th XI 3 Avonmouth 1st XI 4.
Local fixtures for Saturday 28th February:
England Hockey:
Women’s Conference West: Team Bath Buccaneers 1st XI v Exeter 1st XI (1pm).
West Hockey:
West Men’s Premier: Isca 2nd XI v Team Bath Buccaneers 2nd XI (noon).
West Men’s Division 1 North: Chippenham 1st XI v Mendip 1st XI (12.30pm), Team Bath Buccaneers 3rd XI v Royal Wootton Bassett 1st XI (11am).
West Men’s Division 2 East: City of Bath 1st XI v Cheltenham 2nd XI (11.30am), Hereford 1st XI v Team Bath Buccaneers 4th XI (noon).
West Men’s Division 2 Central: Bridgwater 1st XI v Team Bath Buccaneers 5th XI (1.30pm).
West Men’s Concorde Division 1: Mendip 2nd XI v South Gloucestershire 1st XI (1.15pm), Team Bath Buccaneers 6th XI v Westbury & United Banks 2nd XI (2pm).
West Men’s Saxon Division 1: Swindon 3rd XI v City of Bath 2nd XI (10.30am), Team Bath Buccaneers 7th XI v Corsham 2nd XI (12.30pm).
West Men’s Saxon Division 2: Cirencester 3rd XI v City of Bath 3rd XI (11.45am), Team Bath Buccaneers 8th XI v Swindon 4th XI (11am).
West Women’s Premier: Cardiff University 1st XI v Team Bath Buccaneers 2nd XI (12.30pm).
West Women’s Division 1 North: Team Bath Buccaneers 3rd XI v Lansdown 2nd XI (2.30pm).
West Women’s Division 2 East: BAC 1st XI v City of Bath 1st XI (12.30pm), Bristol UWE 1st XI v Team Bath Buccaneers 4th XI (noon).
West Women’s Division 2 Central: Mendip 1st XI v Shepton Mallet 1st XI (11am).
West Women’s Whitehorse Division 1: City of Bath 2nd XI v Team Bath Buccaneers 5th XI (10am).
West Women’s Brunel Division 2: Avonmouth 1st XI v Team Bath Buccaneers 6th XI (10.30am).
West Women’s Berkeley Division 3: City of Bath 3rd XI (Development) v Winscombe 4th XI (Development) (11.30am).
Local fixture for Sunday 1st March:
England Hockey:
Men’s Conference West: Cardiff & Met 2nd XI v Team Bath Buccaneers 1st XI (12.30pm).
