Lytham St Annes Hockey Club round-up: Ladies fight back to claim victory
Lytham St Annes Hockey Club’s ladies’ first team were 3-2 winners when they met Chorley Phoenix last weekend.
It was Chorley who opened the scoring after an end-to-end opening 10 minutes before LSA fought back hard.
Although multiple short corners didn’t bring any reward, they still led 2-1 at half-time thanks to Lilly Miles’ double.
The second half saw Chorley reduced to 10 players because of an injury and no substitutes.
LSA capitalised as Frankie Beeby made it 3-1 and although Chorley pulled a goal back, they hung on for victory.
There were contrasting fortunes for the men’s teams as the firsts lost 3-0 against Windermere 2.
Both teams pushed to open the scoring, with LSA creating a number of opportunities and forcing saves from the Windermere keeper.
However, a mistake at the back saw LSA concede before Windermere scored a second with half-time approaching.
LSA had chances to score in the second half before their opponents tapped home a third goal.
The seconds were 4-3 winners against a Preston 6 team full of experienced players.
Brody Ward scored twice in the first half for LSA, as well as sending a penalty flick just wide after an opposition foot stopped a shot on the line.
Joe Briggs then found the goal twice after half-time to give LSA victory.
They continued to create chances in the second half, leading to an eventful few minutes where they peppered the Preston keeper with shot after shot, only to see him keep them out.