Mens 3rd XI
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Sat 19 Mar 2022  ·  Men's Division 5 North West
St Ives 4
5
2
Cambridge Nomads Hockey Club
Mens 3rd XI
T Cotton (27'), L Wall (46')
Nomads 3s start their migration to div 4NW

Nomads 3s start their migration to div 4NW

Cuauhtemoc Rodriguez19 Mar 2022 - 21:42
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Nomads 3s took a last stroll at St. Ives before beginning their journey up

Alright, we took a beating 5-2, but our fate was decided before pushback. So Nomads 3s enjoyed the almost spring sunshine at a very flat and hard St. Ives pitch. Our 2s having taken our fire power we took every able body to St. Ives. The match started fairly evenly with possession equally distributed. It was St. Ives who scored the first and second goals. But Nomads then got onto the scoreboard at the hands of Tom Cotton who was rightly position after a connection of passes.
And just when we started seeing glimpses of great hockey, things unfortunately went downhill from then on for Nomads. First Spence walked off with an injured foot, or was it leg? Then Sam walked off with an injured shouldered. Inevitably, Ives scored a third goal before half time.
In the second half we returned reinvigorated, and soon scored a second goal to put us back in the game, courtesy of young Luke Wall. But as things happen Ollie started struggling with his hammies and his speed dropped. We still had a few good chances but we failed to capitalise. But as Nomads we never stop fighting, and in the last minutes of the match we had some short corners where we got close to scoring, but the Ives defence deftly cleared our shots away.
Last match out of the way, Nomads 3s were quick to put it behind and celebrate winning the division title. And so our journey begins to division 4NW where our strength and skill will be tested in every encounter.
Well done Nomads.
Man of the match: Sam Russell
Final goal tally:
Angus Gowland 16
Ollie Lepage 9
Zinny Longson 9
Temoc Rodriguez 8
Mike Tuft 8
Arthur Meadows 6
Garth Hanlon 5
Matt Huchu 5
Paul Mathews 3
Murray Paterson 3
Dave Spence 3
Ben Cotton 2
Jez Cotton 2
Tom Cotton 2
Luke Wall 2
Charlie Davies 1
Tim Fieth 1
Steve Hodsdon 1
Fin Murray 1
Ellis Maloney 1
Matt Murray 1

Match details

Match date

Sat 19 Mar 2022

Kickoff

15:30

Meet time

15:00

Instructions

Away match to St. Ives. Anyone requiring a lift we'll meet at the club 2.15pm

Competition

Men's Division 5 North West

League position

1
Cambridge Nomads 3
2
St Ives 4
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