This Week’s Results
| Team | Opposition | H/A | Score | Scorers | Player of Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L1s | Bedford 2 | H | 3-1 (W) | Jess Bennett Issy Wolfe Katy Hands | Mima Watson Olivia Thomas |
| L2s | N D 3 | A | 2-4 (W) | Donna Vaughan x2 Lucy Morton Jess Haw | Donna Vaughan |
| L3s | NDHC 2 | H | 2-4 (L) | Hannah Ellis Harriet Marlee | Elsa Scott |
| L4s | Slip Date | ||||
| L5s | Slip Date | ||||
| L6s | Slip Date | ||||
| L7s | Slip Date | ||||
| L8s | Slip Date | ||||
| M1s | Bury 1 | A | 2-1 (L) | Matt Knights | Lewis Wilkins |
| M2s | Magpies 3 | A | 3-3 (D) | Cley Hamilton Alex Browne Ed Gould | Alex Brooks |
| M3s | UEA 2 | H | 2-1 (W) | Tom Vaughan Mitch Smith | McCartney Aldous |
| M4s | Newmarket 2 | A | 1-2 (W) | Alberto Embarba Joel Lawrence | Neil Shorten |
| M5s | NDHC 6 | H | 7-0 (W) | Greg Reynolds x2 Andrew Cross x2 Sam Echeverria x2 Dan Ryan | Dan Ryan |
| M6s | NDHC 5 | A | 7-0 (L) | ||
| BD A | No Fixture | ||||
| BD B | City | A | 8-1 (L) | Ben Panter | Kit Scott |
| GD | No Fixture |
East League, Ladies 1N
Norwich Dragons Ladies 1s v Bedford 2s: 3-1
Goalscorers: Jess Bennett, Issy Wolfe, Katy Hands
MOM: Olivia Thomas, Mima Watson
Norwich Dragons Ladies 1s continued their streak of good form with a 3-1 win over second-placed Bedford 2s. The opening minutes of the game saw the Dragons’ nerves show, as they struggled to hold possession in their campaign to close the gap between themselves and the top-3 promotion zone. The hosts absorbed some early pressure before capitalising on an attack down the right-hand side of the pitch after the 10th minute. A ball from Tabba Tabrett found Maddy Reynolds on the base-line; driving into the D, Reynolds found Issy Wolfe on the penalty spot who slotted the ball into the back of the net with her first touch of the game. The remainder of the half saw the Dragons begin to control the game, working the ball well out of tight corners in defence, through Liv Thomas in the midfield, and creating opportunities in attack on the right through fellow player of the match Mima Watson. This pressure soon paid off when the ball was placed on the foot of a Bedford defender for a short corner. The Dragons took the opportunity to put some distance between themselves and the Bedford team, converting it through a textbook straight strike from Jess Bennett. The score remained 2-0 going into half time.
The second half saw Katy Hands put the Dragons another goal ahead as she reacted quickly to a save from the keeper and made sure of the goal. The remainder of the game, however, was a more evenly matched affair, as Bedford began to exert more pressure on the Dragons’ defence. Despite some excellent defending from Bennett, Holly Setchell, Carmel Windsor-Waite and Watson, the visitors broke through the line and, in a 2 on 2 situation managed to find the back of the net. This period of play saw a number of short corners for the Bedford team, but these were dealt with calmly by the Dragons, with Jess Bennett making several saves on the line. The hosts managed to run the clock down and finish with the 3 points, taking them a step closer to the coveted top 3 position.
East League, Ladies 2NE
Norwich Dragons Ladies 2s v Norwich Dragons Ladies 3s: 4-2
Goalscorers: Donna Vaughan x2, Lucy Morton, Jess Haw
MOM: Donna Vaughan
Dragons versus Dragons saw the first really wet miserable day of the season, with players getting soaked before the game even started! Dragons 2’s were excited to welcome Saskia Williams, Shelly Seaman and Lucy Morton to the 2’s for their first 2’s game of the season.
The game started with Dragons 2’s having a fair bit of possession, but the opposition didn’t make it easy for them and defended well, with the keeper making several good saves. Finally the pressure from Dragons 2’s paid off and they were awarded a short corner. The ball was put out well by Harriet Green and smartly stopped at the top of the ‘D’ by Karen O’Neill-Simpson. It was then fired home by Donna Vaughan, giving the keeper little chance and making it 1-0 to Dragons 2’s. The 2’s continued to pressure the 3’s, but a break away move saw a bouncy shot from the 3’s bounce it’s way into the goal making it very difficult for keeper Izzi Mumbray and drawing the game level at 1-1. Dragons 2’s then lifted their game a bit and soon after Jess Haw found herself on the ‘P’ spot and calmly forced the ball into the goal to make it 2-1 to the 2’s. Dragons 2’s continued to work hard with the midfield of Gail Thomas, Annabelle Phoenix, Sam Franklin and Saskia Williams feeding the ball to the forwards. The forwards of Piper Hempsall, Jess Haw, Lucy Morton and Kate Mckenna had several chances, before the ball fell to Lucy Morton, who fired the ball goal ward to make it 3-1 to the Dragons 2’s. Soon after this the whistle went for half time with the 2’s 3-1 up.
Not long into the second half the 2’s were awarded another short corner, which was once again struck home by Donna Vaughan making it 4-1 to Dragons 2’s. Credit to Dragons 3’s they did not give up or let their heads drop and they continued to work hard. They stretched the game well making the 2’s defence of Kath Mares, Karen O’Neill-Simpson, Donna Vaughan, Shelly Seaman and Harriet Green work hard. With not long to go the 2’s were awarded an unlucky short corner against them, which was volleyed into the goal to make it 4-2. The game ended 4-2 to Dragons 2’s and player of the match for the 2’s went to Donna Vaughan.
A well battled game by both sides with some promising performances from some of our young Dragons, who I’m sure will continue to move up through the teams. Thanks to Pete Thomas for running our sideline and for the supporters who stayed to cheer, even though the weather was miserable and they weren’t sure who to cheer for!!
East League, Ladies 2NE
Norwich Dragons Ladies 3s v Norwich Dragons Ladies 2s: 2-4
Goalscorers: Hannah Ellis, Harriet Marlee
MOM: Elsa Scott
A cold and wet Saturday afternoon staged the match between Dragons Ladies 2’s and 3’s. The 2 nd team made a stronger start and created chances that lead to the first short corner of the match, which was struck into the bottom left hand corner by Donna Vaughn to give the 2’s a 1 0 lead. Dragons 3’s defended bravely, which was rewarded with a goal created down the right-hand side of the pitch calmly finished by Harriet Marlee to level the score.
Dragons 2’s continued to play attacking hockey and soon scored a second goal, slotted home by Jess Haw and a third goal from a well worked short corner, finished by Lucy Morton. The score was 3-1 at half time.
The second half saw good attacking hockey being played by both sides but with the 2’s creating
more short corner opportunities, which again Donna Vaughn neatly slotted into the bottom corner to score a 4 th goal for the 2’s. Dragons 3’s continued to battle all over the pitch and managed to secure a couple of short corners, of which the second was scored by Hannah Ellis, giving a final score of 4-2 to the 2’s.
Some great performances all over the pitch and player of the match was awarded to Elsa Scott.
Ladies 4s-8s – no fixtures
East League, Men’s 2N
Norwich Dragons Men’s 1s v Bury St Edmunds 1s: 1-2
Goalscorer: Matt Knights
MOM: Lewis Wilkins
An electric start from Dragons led to an early goal, scored by Matt Knights after a well worked move. However, a goal either side of half time from the home team frustratingly sent Dragons back down the A11 with nothing.
East League, Men’s 3NE
Norwich Dragons Men’s 2s v Harleston Magpies 3s: 3-3
Goalscorers: Cley Hamilton, Alex Browne, Ed Gould
MOM: Alex Brooks
Mens 2s finish an entertaining end to end game 3-3 against Magpies. A game we could have both won easily and both easily lost. Goals for Cley Hamilton, Alex Browne and Ed Gould. MoM to debutant Alex Brooks.
East League, Men’s 3NE
Norwich Dragons Men’s 3s v UEA 2s: 2-1
Goalscorers: Mitch Smith, Tom Vaughan
MOM: McCartney Aldous
East League, Men’s 4NE
Norwich Dragons Men’s 4s v Newmarket 2s: 2-1
Goalscorers: Alberto Embarba, Joel Lawrence
MOM: Neil Shorten
This week Dragons travelled away to the cold and wet streets of Newmarket, who were 1 place above us at the bottom of the table. Dragons started well with a few position changes with Josh Bingham dropping into Right back to allow the skilful Isaac Diver-Hall to start in the middle of the park.
We started strongly with some good possession and a lot of through balls down the centre for Bobby Sheppard and Joel Lawrence to chase. We defended well too with some excellent tackles and interceptions from the in-form Neil Shorten, and always amazing Peter Davison, which denied Newmarket any good chances. The First half ended 0-0.
The Half time team talk was filled with jelly babies and inspirational speeches from Peter and Alberto Embarba. The second half was almost a repeat of the first with dragons making good progress in the midfield and chances came through some excellent dribbling from Bobby, Isaac and Angus Blazer. The first goal came from Alberto’s strike aftr an excellent injection from Adrian Kemp. The thunderbolt shot towards the goal took a deflection and went straight into the net.
Dragons looked to build on their lead with some more excellent passing play and eventually scored another. A powerfully struck ball from Josh Bingham took a defection from Tommy Chapman straight into the path of Joel Lawrence, who lifted the ball first time gracefully over the keeper. It was now 2-0 to Dragons. The opposition managed to get one back after a rare defensive error from our brick wall defence gifted them a short corner, which they put away to make it 2-1. Dragons held on with a few more excellent pieces of play and good defensive performances from Harry Brown and Owain Diver Hall. Chris Millar also managed to put off one of the opposing strikers, forcing them to hit the ball wide in the closing few minutes.
The score finished 2-1 to Dragons, A superb performance from everyone on the pitch gave the dragons their first win of the season! I would also like to say thank you to Newmarket as this was probably the friendliest game we have had so far this season. Neil Shorten DOD
Norwich Dragons Men’s 5s v Norwich Dragons Men’s 6s: 7-0
Goalscorers: Greg Reynolds x2, Andrew Cross x2, Sam Echeverria x2, Dan Ryan
MOM: Dan Ryan
East League, Men’s 5NE(N)
Norwich Dragons Men’s 6s v Norwich Dragons Men’s 5s: 0-7
Development Leagues
Dev Boys B v Norwich City: 8-1 (L)
Goalscorer: Ben Panter
MOM: Kit Scott