Southgate W1s vs Sevenoaks W1s
16:00 PB
Southgate Hockey Centre
Ronan Casella gets his tenure as the new W1 head coach underway with a road trip down the M4 to Bristol for a match up with the Firebrands.
The last two seasons have seen 4 games played with both sides coming away with 2 wins and 2 defeats. Coach Ronan heads down to Bristol with a side that marries a core of Southgate staples with the addition of some exciting new players including Maisie Riley, Ellie Harrison and Lettie Hughes.
Forward Charlotte Childs has come out of pre-season with an unfortunate injury and her physicality and presence will be missed but such is the strength in the squad that that forward line remains as strong as ever with Lorna Cruickshank and Emma Mcintyre to name but two of the roster hoping to get their names on the score sheet come Saturday.
Peter Atwell the Firebrands coach will certainly be looking to start their campaign strongly and repeat the last meeting of the 2 sides back in February when the visitors put 4 past the Southgate home side in a 4-2 victory.
There has been a real excitement around this group through an industrious pre-season campaign and Ellie Robinson and her charges will no doubt be chafing at the bit to start their 2025/2026 campaign as they mean to go on.