LSA Hockey Club round-up: Firsts and seconds secure comfortable victories
Lytham St Annes Hockey Club’s players picked up two wins from three in their respective matches last weekend.
There was a 3-0 victory for the men’s first team when they met Keswick 2.
Lytham started on the front foot, creating chance after chance and winning a series of early short corners.
They struggled to convert those set pieces but, on the stroke of half-time, their persistence paid off.
A well-worked short corner routine between Lewis Gannon and Tom Atkinson ended with the latter firing home to make it 1-0 at the break.
Lytham applied relentless pressure at the start of the second half, pinning Keswick in their own quarter with Michael Robbins deflecting the ball home for their second.
Sustained attacking play followed with substitute Angus Chandler winning the ball before beating his marker and firing a reverse stick strike under the keeper’s pads to seal victory.
Also victorious were the ladies’ seconds, who had a 5-1 win over Southport 2.
They hit the ground running, quickly putting Southport on the back foot with Ella Butler-Reid scoring inside five minutes.
A second goal came shortly afterwards, Charlotte Robbins combining with Zofia Leach who eventually slotted home.
Southport pulled a goal back in the second half before LSA found another gear as Robbins scored twice to make it 4-1.
Ava Butler-Reid then completed the scoring with a goal that showed outstanding confidence and skill as her reverse stick effort gave the Southport keeper no chance.
The defeat came for the ladies’ first team, who lost 6-0 when they travelled to their Kirkby Lonsdale counterparts.