Round-up of the local hockey action – Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th March.
Team Bath Buccaneers’ women’s 1st XI maintained their two-point lead in England Hockey Women’s Conference West by drawing with their nearest challengers on Saturday 14th March
Team Bath Buccaneers women’s 1st XI maintained their two-point lead at the top of England Hockey Women’s Conference West by drawing 1-1 at second-placed Cardiff & Met 1st XI on Saturday 14th March.
With just two rounds of matches to go – at home to Cheltenham side Lansdown 1st XI and away to Slough 1st XI – the Buccs are looking good bets for the title, their remaining opponents lying bottom and second bottom respectively.
However, Cardiff & Met will have something to say about that. And they too will face Lansdown, away in their closing fixture after hosting Oxford University 2nd XI.
Rhiannon Hawker scored from a penalty corner to give the Welsh side a fifth-minute lead over Team Bath.
But Sophia Barton got the visitors back on terms with a crucial 25th-minute goal, also from a penalty corner.
The Buccaneers’ men’s 1st XI were 4-2 winners at Chichester 1st XI in England Hockey Men’s Conference West on Sunday 15th March and are now just one point behind the third-placed West Sussex outfit with two rounds of games remaining.
Team Bath’s Alex Butterfield opened the scoring from a penalty corner in the fourth minute and Henry Swan buried another in the 44th minute to make it 2-0.
Butterfield struck in the 47th minute to extend the advantage, only for Elliott Scott to pull one back on the hour.
Another Swan goal from a penalty corner put the Buccaneers 4-1 up in the 66th minute. But Oscar Pacey responded in kind four minutes later.
James Kellock scored four times, all from penalty corners, as City of Bath 1st XI overwhelmed visitors Team Bath Buccaneers 4th XI 8-0 on 14th March in West Hockey West Men’s Division 2 East.
City of Bath head the table by five points with four rounds of matches left.
Local results for Saturday 14th March:
England Hockey:
Women’s Conference West: Cardiff & Met 1st XI 1 Team Bath Buccaneers 1st XI 1 (Sophia Barton).
West Hockey:
West Men’s Premier: University of Exeter 3rd XI 5 Team Bath Buccaneers 2nd XI 0.
West Men’s Division 1 North: Mendip 1st XI 2 (Adam Forsyth, Maxton Spalton PS) Royal Wootton Bassett 1st XI 2, Team Bath Buccaneers 3rd XI 2 Ross-on-Wye 1st XI 2.
West Men’s Division 2 East: City of Bath 1st XI 8 (James Kellock 4 PCs, Syd Arblaster 2, Ben Kirby Woollett 2) Team Bath Buccaneers 4th XI 0.
West Men’s Division 2 Central: Isca 4th XI 3 Team Bath Buccaneers 5th XI 0.
West Men’s Concorde Division 1: Team Bath Buccaneers 6th XI 2 (Craig MacDonald PC, Marcus Bowman) North Somerset 1st XI 2, University of Bristol 4th XI 4 Mendip 2nd XI 1.
West Men’s Saxon Division 1: City of Bath 2nd XI 4 (inc Dudley Bartlett) Corsham 2nd XI 0, Team Bath Buccaneers 7th XI 1 (Luke Gray) Marlborough 2nd XI 4.
West Men’s Saxon Division 2: City of Bath 3rd XI 7 (Joe Siman 4 inc 1 PC, Stuart Haden, Alan Irons, James Gordon) North Wilts 2nd XI 3.
West Women’s Premier: Penarth 1st XI 1 Team Bath Buccaneers 2nd XI 0.
West Women’s Division 1 North: Team Bath Buccaneers 3rd XI 1 (Alexandra Weber) Gloucester City 2nd XI 2.
West Women’s Division 2 East: Bristol UWE 1st XI 0 City of Bath 1st XI 5 – walkover, Knowle 1st XI 0 Team Bath Buccaneers 4th XI 7 (Lucy Cooper 3, Betty Marshall 2, Eleanor Myers 2).
West Women’s Division 2 Central: Mendip 1st XI 0 Gillingham 1st XI 9.
West Women’s Whitehorse Division 1: Bristol & West Jaspers 2nd XI 2 City of Bath 2nd XI 1 (Ellen Brearey), West Wilts 1st XI 2 Team Bath Buccaneers 5th XI 1 (Emilia Parsons).
West Women’s Brunel Division 2: Clifton Robinsons 6th XI 6 Team Bath Buccaneers 6th XI 3 (Fiona Askew, Anna Smith, Anna Brett Prosser).
West Women’s Berkeley Division 3: Keynsham 5th XI (Development) 2 City of Bath 3rd XI (Development) 5 (inc Erika Birch 2 inc 1 PC, Rosie Weldon 2).
Local result for Sunday 15th March:
England Hockey:
Men’s Conference West: Chichester 1st XI 2 Team Bath Buccaneers 1st XI 4 (Alex Butterfield 2 inc 1 PC, Henry Swan 2 PCs).
Local fixtures for Saturday 21st March:
England Hockey:
Women’s Conference West: Team Bath Buccaneers 1st XI v Lansdown 1st XI (1pm).
West Hockey:
West Men’s Premier: Team Bath Buccaneers 2nd XI v Wotton-under-Edge 1st XI (11.15am).
West Men’s Division 1 North: Lansdown 1st XI v Team Bath Buccaneers 3rd XI (11.30am), Swansea 1st XI v Mendip 1st XI (2pm).
West Men’s Division 2 East: Stroud 1st XI v City of Bath 1st XI (12.30pm), Team Bath Buccaneers 4th XI v Cheltenham 2nd XI (2.30pm).
West Men’s Division 2 Central: Team Bath Buccaneers 5th XI v Clifton Robinsons 5th XI (11.30am).
West Men’s Concorde Division 1: Mendip 2nd XI v Team Bath Buccaneers 6th XI (1.15pm).
West Men’s Saxon Division 1: Devizes 1st XI v Team Bath Buccaneers 7th XI (9.30am), West Wilts 2nd XI v City of Bath 2nd XI (1pm).
West Men’s Saxon Division 2: Swindon 4th XI v City of Bath 3rd XI (3pm).
West Women’s Premier: Team Bath Buccaneers 2nd XI v Swansea 1st XI (2.30pm).
West Women’s Division 1 North: Old Bristolians 1st XI v Team Bath Buccaneers 3rd XI (12.30pm).
West Women’s Division 2 East: City of Bath 1st XI v Chippenham 2nd XI (2.30pm), Team Bath Buccaneers 4th XI v Royal Wootton Bassett 1st XI (1pm).
West Women’s Division 2 Central: Taunton Vale 2nd XI v Mendip 1st XI (1.15pm).
West Women’s Whitehorse Division 1: City of Bath 2nd XI v North Wilts 1st XI (4pm), Team Bath Buccaneers 5th XI v Corsham 3rd XI (10am).
West Women’s Brunel Division 2: Team Bath Buccaneers 6th XI v Lydney 3rd XI (4pm).
West Women’s Berkeley Division 3: City of Bath 3rd XI (Development) v Yate 4th XI (Development) (2.30pm).
Local fixture for Sunday 22nd March:
England Hockey:
Men’s Conference West: Team Bath Buccaneers 1st XI v University of Bristol 1st XI (noon).
