Nomads Two steam roller Bourne Deeping

Cambridge Nomads' Men's 2nd XI produced one of their best halves of hockey in recent memory to destroy Bourne Deeping M2s on Saturday.

Trailing 1-0 to a well struck penalty corner at half-time, but feeling that they were playing well, Nomads came out in the 2nd half and scored 6 unanswered goals.

George Silcock opened the floodgates with a piece of class, as he played one-two with Rick Mort on the Deeping 25, before surging into the D and placing a reverse hit just inside the post from an airborne, horizontal position (see below).

(Credit: Ben Freeman)

With Nomads now completely dominant and confident, the second quickly followed as Tim Fieth and Max Standing combined masterfully in the D for Max to finish at the end of a flowing move.

Tails-up, Nomads continued bursting forward and the goals followed at steady intervals. Zinny Longson grabbed a brace, one of them to finish off a fine team goal from quick passing throughout the pitch.

Two short corner finishes in a row - a meaty strike into the corner from Paul Matthews, and a tap in at the far-post for Sugi Furuta completed the proceedings.

The first half had felt a bit like deja vu for the team - as per previous week's playing with greater possession of the ball but going a goal-down to the opposition's first foray into our D.

Talk at half-time was about being patient and passing the ball round the keeper. Amazingly, the team actually listened and showed they can put a decent opposition to the sword. More of this please!