M4s crunch match v Atherstone ended in a really hard fought 1-1 draw. And when I say fought, I mean it, with Seb Crick having a fight with the biggest player on their team, then Chris Bryden having a fight with the smallest player on their team! All in all though, a fair game, The Boys done good and held it together with Man of the Match Monty Christoe making some awesome saves to keep Read more…
Northampton ladies 5’s in defeat against Towcester I think it’s best we don’t talk about the first half I don’t think the girls would mind me saying that we were lacklustre, slow, and too quiet. BUT after a bit of tough love at half time (sorry girls ) we came back much stronger! Better communication on the pitch, we were creating space for each other and we hustled hard as the opposition continued to attack. Our man Read more…
Mens 6s 0-3 Leicester City 2s A contentious goal in the first half set the tone for the rest of the game, we had a strong going and gave a team much higher up the table a proper game, but unfortunately we couldn’t put our chances away. Ladies 1s 2-1 win v Leek 1s In a game that was vitally important for them come away with points, Saints started very brightly taking the positive interlinking Read more…
Reports from the weekend…sorry it’s late! M3 Lots of great performances today from the Men’s Third XI against a feisty Mansfield 1st XI who travel down to us today expecting an easy win as the to teams are at opposing ends of the table. That however didn’t happen and it was an epic performance from the whole team that kept them to 1-1 until the final minute of the game where a dubious PC was Read more…
Northampton Hockey Club – Saints Ladies 2s Vs Nottingham Trent 2s Trent started the game looking to dominant another side as they sit top of the table. However, Saints started the game well and took the game to Trent with a well worked goal starting from half back Elise Ramoo down the wing to Katie Fidler with a great ball to Dani Austin on the 25 line and then to Maise Harte in the D Read more…
Northampton Hockey Club – Saints El Clásico, The Old Firm Derby…Saints v Oundle! As local Derbys go, this one stands out in the calendar. Going to play away at Oundle, you know one thing – you’re going to get a match, and what a match it was! From the outset M3s had intensity, good ball speed and multiple breaks into their 23. This persistence resulted in Dave G opening the scoring after a mazy run Read more…
Umpires just doing their thing…thanks to everyone who gave their time to umpire this week. Without you our games wouldn’t happen Big shout out today for Julian Hemmings, Ian Street & Callum Timms, and of course Rebecca James all for stepping up and umpiring for the 5s and 6s games today! *Saints 5s* 5-2 *Hampton in Arden 4s* *Goal scorers:* Cody Godman x3 Tim Warburton x 1 Liam Smith x1 A solid win for Men’s Read more…
Moulton @ Moulton This week the ladies 2s played against Atherstone Adders away. Although the opposition was strong we transferred the ball with accuracy, made great leads and worked together to score some amazing team goals. In the first half Grace Moulton scored two goals, one from a penalty corner and in the second half Issy Webb scored. Ella Lewis, the goalkeeper made some incredible saves throughout the game and we were very unlucky to Read more…