Exiles Mens Vs Felixstowe 2

Saturday 5th March 2022

East Women’s Hockey League

Division 2 North East

Ipswich II   7     Broadland   0

Ipswich 2’s second in the league and unbeaten this season except  by the league leaders  Norwich City 2’s always looked dangerous, but Broadland’s defence was playing some great hockey and were determined not to concede and took the game to Ipswich on a number of occasions.  Intense pressure from the home side however took its toll, with a goal from open play giving  Ipswich a slender lead at the break.   Ipswich restarted the game realising they needed to put this game to bed  stepping up their game with barrage after barrage of penalty corners, but Broadland remained focused and stoutly defended all that was thrown at them  As is ever the case with Broadland, it took a strike and good fortune to put the skids under them. A cracking reverse stick strike, that ricocheted into the top right corner of the Broadland goal from crossbar and the upright, seemed to lift the Ipswich side and encouraged them to redouble their efforts as they began to sense a goal fest. Although Ipswich had numerous penalty corner opportunities, they only managed to convert a couple of them and a few goals from open play as the Broadland rear guard ran out of energy.  With this latest reversal and things tightening up at the bottom of the division, Broadland need to take this never-say-die spirit forward to their next weeks game at Taverham . where they face East Coast.  Report from Jen Crawford

Division 3 North East North

Broadland II   2     Norwich City III   4

With all the goals scored in the first half it looked like all the shouting was over by half time, but with Broadland scoring twice within 5 minutes through Alishia Alexander to keep them in the game.  The recommencement of the game saw a determined Broadland looking to take the game to league challengers Norwich City III and so it was as the game flowed from end to end.  Unfortunate neither side could add to their score    Report from Terry Ransom

Division 5 North East North

Broadland   1     Harleston Magpies VIII   0

Harleston Magpies VIII dominated much of the first half and had a number of really good opportunities to take the lead but some resolute defending by the Broadland rear guard kept Magpies at arm’s length. Approaching half time, a change in Broadland’s formation, together with some better-quality play and slice or two of good fortune saw the home team beginning to penetrate the visitor’s defence which up to then until had hardly broken a sweat.  A flurry of penalty corners very late on at the Harleston end, a defender’s foot/shin on the line, might have led to a penalty stroke, but no need for the formality as the energetic and alert Sally Logue drove the loose ball home for the only goal of the game.   The second half was almost a reflection of the first half with Broadland now in charge,  but in spite of lengthy periods of possession very few opportunities arose to add to the solitary goal.  Report from Terry Ransom

East Men’s Hockey League

Division 4 North East

Broadland Exiles   5     Felixstowe   0