Chester vs Warrington 16 and Under Liverpool and District League Tournament
1st Quarter
Chester started on the attack and put a shot wide. Warrington were on the counter attack with Luke passing to Katie who passed on to Molly to score. Katie did some good defensive work to steal the ball and pass to Molly who scored. Emily Bowaterset up Dan for a goal. Ben passed to Dominic who hit the bar. Molly did some good defensive work to retrieve the ball and pass back to Luke, who did a long pass to Ben to score. Chester were on the attack from the restart and shot just over. EmilyBowater passed to Conor who passed on to Molly who had a shot well saved. EmilyBowater did some good defensive work. Ben passed to Conor who scored with a bounce shot. Luke did a great long pass which just went over the last defender to Ben, who scored. Emma passed to Molly who scored. Emily Bowater passed to Conor who was being chased down, he did a great shot in to the top corner. Conor stole the ball and passed to Emma, who swam in and had a shot saved. Dominic passed to Molly who scored. Emily Bowater passed to Dominic to score in the bottom corner. The quarter ended with the score 0-10.
2nd Quarter
Chester had a player excluded for a foul on Dominic, Dominic passed back to Conor for a one two and scored after the return pass. Emily Bowater went just wide with a shot. Chester did some good defensive work and attacked just shooting over the bar. Conor did some good defending and passed to Emily Ireland, who passed to Emma, who showed good strength to turn and score. Katie did some good defensive work and passed to Emily Bowater, who passed back to Katie, she passed to Emma, who hit the post with a shot. Luke passed long to Dominic who did a great lob shot to score. Chester were on the attack and scored with a hard shot to the top corner. Eleanor did some good defensive work. Emily Bowater passed to Emma, who again showed good strength to turn and score. Luke passed long to Molly, who scored with a hard shot to the near post. Molly scored again with a shot the went in off the bar. With a couple seconds of the match left Molly passed to Katie who had a shot well saved by the Chester keeper. The final score was 1-16.
Team
Luke Atkinson, Emily Bowater, Ben Dailey (2), Molly Boniface-Ashton (6), Conor Lynch (2), Dominic Richard (3), Emma Horne (2), Dan Farini (1), KatieBowater, Emily Ireland, Eleanor Brear
Bridgefield vs Warrington 16 and Under Liverpool and District League Tournament
1st Quarter
Dominic put a shot over the bar from distance. Bridgefield were on the attack and put a backhand shot just over the bar. Ben got excluded, Warrington defended well with a man down. Luke did a good save. Emily Bowater passed to Dominic who scored. Bridgefield equalised with a back had shot that just crept over the line.Bridgefield then took the lead. Dominic had a shot saved and then Bridgefield were on the attack and it was Luke making a good save. Katie did great work in defence, helping Ben and Conor with defending the players they were man marking.Warrington were on the attack and set up the arc and passed the ball around well, Emily Bowater passed to Dominic who scored to make the quarter end score all level at 2-2.
2nd Quarter
Dominic had a shot saved. Dominic passed to Emily Bowater, who showed good strength to turn and shoot to score, to put Warrington in to the lead. Conor was excluded and Bridgefield took advantage on the man up with a great shot in to the bottom corner, to bring the score back level. Bridgefield were on the attack again and shot wide. Molly had a shot saved. Bridgefield scored to take the lead. Dominic shot over and then had a goal disallowed. Warrington did some good defensive work on a man down to keep Bridgefield from scoring. Dominic put a shot over from distance. Bridgefield scored to make the score 5-3. Warrington were awarded a penalty with a couple of seconds left. Dominic scored to make the final score 5-4.
Team
Luke Atkinson, Emily Bowater (1), Ben Dailey, Molly Boniface-Ashton, Conor Lynch, Dominic Richard (3), Emma Horne, Dan Farini, Katie Bowater, Emily Ireland, Eleanor Brear
Congratulations to Bridgefield who won the tournament having won both of their matches.
Warrington playing in an 16 and under tournament, had just one player who was under 15 and the rest being under 14 and under 13 players. They played very well and they pushed a good Bridgefield team that are older and more experienced very close. Both performances showed maturity, they defended solidly and attacked with speed.
Coaches
Tom Costello
Su Bowater