🏑 Southgate Juniors – Weekly Round-Up
Another fantastic weekend of junior hockey with some brilliant performances across our age groups. There were plenty of goals, competitive matches and some excellent results for our Southgate teams. Well done to everyone who played, coached, managed, umpired and supported from the sidelines! 💙🏑
🦏 U12 Girls – Southgate Rhinos
A busy set of fixtures for the Rhinos, with some really strong performances against Hampstead & Westminster, Ealing Eagles and Wimbledon.
Results:
Southgate Rhinos 1–1 Hampstead & Westminster
Southgate Rhinos 1–0 Ealing Eagles
Southgate Rhinos 3–0 Wimbledon B
Southgate Rhinos 0–2 Wimbledon A
A great day of hockey with two wins, one draw and just one defeat, including an impressive 3–0 win against Wimbledon B. Well done, Rhinos! 🦏👏
🔥 U14 Boys – Goals Galore!
Southgate U14 Boys 14–0 Ashford Middlesex
What a result for the U14 Boys! An incredible attacking display saw Southgate find the net 14 times, while a strong defensive performance kept a clean sheet at the other end.
A huge team performance and a fantastic result. Well played, boys!
🐆 U16 Pumas – Away Win!
Barnes U16 Emeralds 2–3 Southgate U16 Pumas
Another great result for the Pumas, who came away from Barnes with a 3–2 victory.
A competitive away fixture and another excellent performance from the team. Congratulations, Pumas! 🐆👏
🏑 U14 Girls – more wins
Final Score: St Albans U14 1–4 Southgate HC U14
Match report by: Vishaal C.
Southgate HC U14 put in a fantastic team performance against St Albans, securing an impressive 4–1 victory.
Southgate started brightly, with Molly showing great skill inside the opening minute to win a short corner. Just three minutes later, Maya opened the scoring after a lovely turn, finishing well following a great assist from Molly.
Southgate continued to control the game, with Leela demonstrating excellent control and composure in midfield. The team created plenty of attacking opportunities, and at 12 minutes, Paloma made a strong run into the circle following some excellent play in the D.
By the 20-minute mark, Southgate’s midfield was winning most of the ball, while the defence remained relatively untested. The pressure eventually paid off again in the 25th minute when Molly produced a superb reverse shot into the top corner to make it 2–0.
Southgate continued to play with confidence. Sophie added a third in the 28th minute, finishing after a good assist from Maya. Just four minutes later, Sophie struck again with an excellent shot into the top corner, putting Southgate 4–0 ahead.
Izzy came close to adding another in the 35th minute, narrowly missing the target.
St Albans managed to pull a goal back from a short corner in the 40th minute, but Southgate continued to create chances. In the final stages, a fantastic passing move saw Paloma find Aliya, who played the ball to Leela, before Victoria narrowly missed with the resulting chance.
The final whistle confirmed a well-deserved 4–1 victory for Southgate HC U14.
It was a superb all-round performance, with strong midfield play, excellent attacking movement and a disciplined defensive display.
🌟 Player of the Match: Leela
A brilliant performance from Leela, who showed outstanding control, composure and creativity in midfield throughout the match.
Well played, Southgate! 🏑👏
📲 Keep Checking Spond
A quick reminder to keep an eye on Spond throughout the week for training updates, fixtures, team selections and any last-minute information from coaches and managers.
Thank you, as always, to all our coaches, managers, umpires, volunteers and parents who make these weekends possible and a huge well done to all our junior players!
See you next week!
