Fylde Hockey Club round-up: Thirds make a splash against Ulverston South Lakes
Fylde Hockey Club’s ladies’ third team are five points clear in North West Women’s Division Two North after a 6-0 win over Ulverston South Lakes 1.
Back in front of their home crowd, Fylde created early pressure and led on five minutes through Sophia Melling.
Fylde’s pressure then forced Ulverston into a mistake, Natalie Smith intercepting the ball before striking it across the D for Issy Gut to tap home.
Leading 2-0 at half-time, Fylde scored again five minutes after the restart.
Another short corner saw Smith’s shot heading wide before Abbie Warburton deflected it past the keeper.
Emily Finney found the goal twice in five minutes before Talia Armstead completed the scoring.
Elsewhere, the seconds beat Preston 1 4-1 in North West Women’s Division One.
Sally Livesey, Chelsea Atkinson, Isabelle Mahon and Sara Jane Tomlinson scored their goals.
North West Women’s Division Three North (Central) saw Fylde 4 win 5-1 at Clitheroe Blackburn Northern 2.
The teams’ third match of the season saw Fylde win a short corner within a couple of minutes, which saw Sophia Taylor deflect in Liv Hartley-Smith’s precise ball.
Fylde withstood a number of short corners before making it 2-0 as Hollie Twose deflected a pass into the circle beyond the keeper.
CBN pulled one back before Hartley-Smith and Taylor combined for Fylde’s third goal.
Hartley-Smith then made it 4-1 before Eleanor Bullough completed the scoring.
Fylde 5 went top of North West Women’s Division Four North (Central) with a 5-2 win against former leaders Leyland & Chorley 2.
Alyssa Woodman scored a hat-trick, while Matilda Thompson and captain Evie Green were also on target.
Fylde 6 Development were beaten 8-2 by Garstang Development in North West Women’s Division Five North (Central).
Garstang scored six goals in the first half before the two teams shared four in the second period, Esme Bradley and Imi Todd scoring for Fylde.
North West Open Men’s Division Four North saw Fylde 1 win 10-0 at Garstang Development.
Joseph Shepherd broke the deadlock with his first Fylde goal before Oli van Rijn and Simon Holt made it 3-0.
Luke Hitchen and Rich Clarke both scored hat-tricks before Jack Jones also found the goal.
Clarke and Holt also scored as Fylde Mixed lost 8-2 in their EH Mixed Trophy match with Clitheroe Blackburn Northern Mixed.