Fylde Hockey Club round-up: Men celebrate promotion with back-to-back emphatic wins
Fylde Hockey Club’s men’s first team secured promotion and second spot in North West Open Men’s Division Four North after a 10-0 win at Lytham St Annes 2 on Saturday.
Ed Jefferson opened the scoring in the first minute with his second goal in consecutive matches.
Further goals came with regularity as Harry Gordon scored four times, Luke Hitchen and Schalk De Wet both netted twice and Phil Hope scored the goal of the day.
They followed it up with an 11-0 victory in a rearranged game at Keswick 3 on Sunday.
Hope (4), Gordon (3), Tim Woodman (3) and Oli van Rijn were their scorers.
Women’s Conference North saw the ladies’ first team win 3-1 at Kirkby Stephen 1.
Olivia Newman Kirk gave Fylde the lead within the opening minute before Grace McGarvey doubled their advantage.
Jess Wharton made it 3-0 before the break, after which Kirkby Lonsdale pulled one back from a penalty corner.
Fylde 2 were 3-0 winners over Clitheroe Blackburn Northern 1 in North West Women’s Division One.
Dawn Child, Camilla Wyles and Sally Livesey scored the Fylde goals.
There was a 1-1 draw for Fylde 3 against Wigton 1 in North West Women’s Two North.
Having won promotion the week before, Fylde took the lead on 26 minutes.
Megan Hartley Smith worked the press and intercepted the ball, slotting it into the corner of the goal.
Leading at half-time, Fylde kept the ball moving and created attacking opportunities before Wigton broke through to create a one-on-one which they finished well for their equaliser.
Isla Carter scored as Fylde 4 lost 3-1 against Pendle Forest 2 in North West Women’s Division Three North (Central).
Fylde 5 need one victory to secure promotion in North West Women’s Division Four North (Central) after winning 2-1 at Southport 2.
All three goals came early on with Chloe Jo Simmons and Alyssa Woodman scoring for Fylde.
North West Women’s Division Five North (Central) brought a 5-1 victory for Fylde 6 Development against Longridge Development.
Having fallen behind early on, Fylde bounced back with Imi Todd scoring four goals and Alexa Airton also on target.
Fylde’s juniors made it a clean sweep at the Lancashire In2Hockey Junior Tournament on Sunday, when the club’s U10 and U12 girls, as well as the U12 boys, became Lancashire champions.