Men beat promotion rivals

The Men's 1s emphatically returned to winning ways against fellow promotion hopefuls Long Sutton.

After a 6-5 victory for S & S in the corresponding fixture earlier in the season, they knew they were likely to be in for a tough fight. It certainly started that way as Long Sutton had the better of the earlier exchanges as S & S did not quite click. Indeed Long Sutton took the lead after about 15 minutes, but this was just what S & S needed as it certainly stung them into action.

S & S soon equalised, Alyn Meredith providing the finish. This was soon added to as a slick Penalty corner lead to Meredith collecting a second, S & S going into the break 2-1 up.

Whatever was said at half time must have been inspiring as S & S produced some of their finest hockey of the season to completely dominate the second half. The work rate of the forwards particularly Tom Pateman & Lewis Bridger defending from the front was excellent & lead to a number of ball steals. Chris Fell, Pateman, Bridger, Danny Price and Liam Stevens all had chances to collect the third, but it was the Penalty corners where S & S excelled in front of goal. A fantastic three player interchange, lead to goal number three being finished by the Penalty corner injector Doug Dawson. Goal number four was even slicker with an interplayed exchange involving Dawson, Fell, Stuart Robson & Meredith, which was finished well by youngster Stevens.

Long Sutton barely got a sniff in the second half & the only slight disappointment was that the lead was not extended further. The Men's 1s hope to take this form with them when they take the trip up to Norwich City this coming Saturday.