{"id":3467,"date":"2018-04-22T08:38:16","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T08:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clydesdalehockey.org.uk\/staging\/?p=3467"},"modified":"2018-05-04T13:36:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T13:36:53","slug":"plate-win-for-l4s-wins-for-m1s-l1s-plus-sunday-preview-21st-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clydesdalehockey.org.uk\/staging\/plate-win-for-l4s-wins-for-m1s-l1s-plus-sunday-preview-21st-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Plate win for L4s, wins for M1s &#038; L1s plus Sunday Preview &#8211; 21st April"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Unfortunately, there was no weekend preview written in time, but what we have done has reviewed Saturday&#8217;s results plus we have previewed Sunday&#8217;s games &#8211; all of which are at home.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Ladies West District Plate Final &#8211; L4s 4-0 Stepps 1s (A Menzies, S Duncan, S Kelly, C MacDonald)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clydesdale Western 4s completed their excellent second half to the 2017-18 season with a 4-0 win against Stepps 1s in the Ladies West District Plate Final at Hutchesons&#8217; Grammar School.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Ann Menzies, Sharon Duncan, Sarah Kelly and Claire MacDonald gave the L4s a deserved win to take the Plate.&nbsp; MacDonald was also nominated Player of the Match at the end of the Final.&nbsp; Congratulations to all involved in the L4s, especially to captain Marg Taylor.&nbsp; Commiserations to Stepps 1s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>M1s 6-2 Hillhead M1s (S Walker (3), C McFadden, D Cain, S Hayes)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clydesdale Men&#8217;s 1s produced a fantastic goalscoring display to beat Hillhead 1s at Old Anniesland and boost their hopes of avoiding dropping into a relegation play off place in Men&#8217;s National Division One.<\/p>\n<p>Clydesdale got off to a flyer, finding themselves 2-0 up following excellent strikes from youngster Struan Walker &#8211; one on front stick that flew in to the roof of the net before doubling his tally with an upright reverse.&nbsp; The home side pulled one back through a defensive mistake after a Hillhead forward managed to squeeze a goal in from the baseline.&nbsp; But the M1s scored another two to pull well clear by the end of the first half.&nbsp; Walker completed his hat-trick with an effective mishit, whilst Chris McFadden found the top corner from a penalty corner.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half, the M1s made it five after Danny Cain recovered a wayward penalty injection to send a reverse stick shot into the bottom corner.&nbsp; Hillhead did get their second following good work down the right hand side.&nbsp; Their forward escaped the attentions of&nbsp; Clydesdale&#8217;s left back, before driving into the D and pulling the ball back to a Hillhead forward who tapped in at the back post.&nbsp; Clydesdale scored their sixth and final goal through Sam Hayes.&nbsp; Much like Hillhead&#8217;s first goal, Hayes escaped a few challenges on the baseline before having his shot inadvertently deflected in by a Hillhead defender.<\/p>\n<p><strong>L1s 3-1 Hillhead L1s (L Sabatelli, M Steiger, H Howie)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clydesdale Western 1s kept their league challenge hopes alive after coming from behind to beat Hillhead 1s at Glasgow Green.<\/p>\n<p>The L1s were 1-0 down with 20 minutes to go, despite generally good play from the visitors.&nbsp; And their good play was eventually rewarded with three late goals from Lexi Sabatelli, Millie Steiger and Heather Howie.<\/p>\n<p>The result keeps &#8216;Dale Western five points behind Edinburgh University, who are in top spot of Women&#8217;s National Division One with two games to play.<\/p>\n<p><strong>M2s 0-2 Watsonians 2s<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clydesdale Men&#8217;s 2s faint hopes of winning the Men&#8217;s Regional Division One title are officially over after losing to league leaders Watsonians 2s early on Saturday at Titwood.<\/p>\n<p>The contest was fairly even before Watsonians scored twice within the space of ten late first half minutes.&nbsp; A Watsonians forward found space to reverse high before another forward deflected in after build play following a long corner.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the M2s stepping up pressure, the home side could not find a way through despite chances for Colin Moulson, captain Adam Docherty and Andy McAllan.&nbsp; The away side held on to give themselves a valuable three points in their bid to be champions at the end of the season next weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>L2s 1-3 Edinburgh University 2s (A Ballantyne)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clydesdale Western 2s have surrendered top spot in the Women&#8217;s Championship Division One table after losing to fellow league challengers Edinburgh University 2s at Titwood.<\/p>\n<p>A goalkeeper-less &#8216;Dale Western 2s started the game brightly, but Uni 2s capitalised on a loss of possession to take the lead.&nbsp; The home side did hit back after an initial chance for the home side broke to Annabel Ballantyne who lifted the ball over the &#8216;keeper.&nbsp; In the second half, the away side kept a better shape which brought rewards after they scored two goals midway through the second half to seal an important win.&nbsp; The results sees Edinburgh Uni 2s go top on goal difference above Clydesdale Western 2s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday 22nd April<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>M1s vs. Edinburgh University M1s (3.00pm, H); M2s vs. Western Wildcats (4.30pm, H); L1s vs. Edinburgh University L1s (1.30pm, H); L3s vs. Edinburgh University 2s (12.00 noon, H)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Four games on Sunday, all of which are at home.<\/p>\n<p>At noon, the L3s play league leaders of the Women&#8217;s Championship Division One table, Edinburgh University 2s following their previously mentioned 3-1 win against the L2s.<\/p>\n<p>The L1s then take on Edinburgh University 1s from 1.30pm.&nbsp; Clydesdale Western 1s need to beat Uni 1s and hope for another favour the following weekend if they are to be champions of Women&#8217;s National Division One.&nbsp; For Edinburgh Uni, however, a point will be enough for them to be crowned champions with their five point lead over Clydesdale Western.<\/p>\n<p>Clydesdale Men&#8217;s 1s face Edinburgh University&#8217;s Men&#8217;s 1s, 3.00pm pushback.&nbsp; Clydesdale bounced back from defeat to Menzieshill after their win against Hillhead, and a win here would guarantee their safety from relegation play-offs in the Men&#8217;s National Division One league.&nbsp; A point may also be enough if results around them go their way.&nbsp; Their opponents are 7th and a win here would be more than welcome in their bid to also avoid relegation play-offs.<\/p>\n<p>And completing the full card of games is the M2s against Western Wildcats 2s &#8211; 4.30pm start.&nbsp; A win for the home side would effectively seal a top 3 finish in Men&#8217;s Regional Division One.&nbsp; However, a win for Western Wildcats would boost the away sides hopes of avoiding relegation from Regional One.<\/p>\n<p><em>Good luck to all of our teams on Sunday.&nbsp; And once again, massive congratulations to the L4s and everyone associated with the squad.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunately, there was no weekend preview written in time, but what we have done has reviewed Saturday&#8217;s results plus we have previewed Sunday&#8217;s games &#8211; all of which are at home. 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