🏑 Southgate Juniors Weekly Round-Up 🔴⚫
Another fantastic weekend across the club with brilliant performances, huge smiles, and tons of progress at every age group. So much to be proud of!
U8s at Herts Festival
Our Under 8s were out in force at the St Albans Herts Festival, sending an amazing five teams – incredible depth, brilliant energy, and so many new players taking part in their very first tournament (some with just three weeks of hockey experience!).
Komodos: 4 wins, 1 loss
Crocs: 1 win, 1 draw, 3 losses
Caymans: 2 wins, 2 draws
Geckos: 2 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss
A huge highlight was watching one of our tiniest hockey tots, Fin, step up fearlessly to help the Geckos after last-minute team changes. No hesitation, no fear, just brilliant attitude
The future is bright!
U10 Boys at the Herts Festival
The U10 Boys took on the Herts Festival at Broxbourne with two teams who worked tirelessly across seven tough games. Results didn’t go our way this time especially with the boys often playing a man down but the effort, resilience and team spirit were absolutely outstanding. So much learning and development happening each week.
U10 Girls at the Herts Festival
U10 Boas: 3 wins, 1 loss – a fantastic set of results and great hockey throughout.
U10 Adders: 3 losses, 1 draw – plenty of positives and great determination shown.
U12 Boys
Our U12 Boys competed at the 4th Herts Festival and showed brilliant character. Both teams bounced back strongly after two early losses, finishing with 2 wins and 2 losses each – a great turnaround and strong performances all round.
Falcons
0 – 1 vs St Albans B
0 – 2 vs Blueharts
1 – 0 vs Blueharts C – superb saves from Tomi and great runs from Nivein
2 – 1 vs Harpenden B – goals from Bailey & Woody
Eagles
0 – 1 vs Blueharts A
0 – 1 vs Broxbourne B
2 – 1 vs Harpenden B
2 – 0 vs St Albans C
Great progress from both squads!
U12 Girls
Our U12G Rhinos took part in their third Performance League tournament and delivered three impressive matches full of teamwork, energy and structure.
W 2 – 1 vs Bromley & Beckenham
W 1 – 0 vs London Wayfarers
D 0 – 0 vs Old Cranleighans
Such a strong showing – the girls are developing brilliantly!
The U12G Zebras gave a great team performance all round.
W 2 – 1 vs Herts C
L 0 – 2 vs Southgate Buffaloes
W 1 – 0 vs Berkhamsted
W 2 – 0 vs Southgate Buffaloes
Fantastic progress and brilliant teamwork.
U12G Buffaloes – the scores don’t tell the story. Fantastic passing, great movement, brilliant use of space and some top saves from Grace!
W 2 – 0 vs Southgate Zebras
L 2 – 4 vs Berkhamsted
L 0 – 2 vs Southgate Zebras
L 0 – 3 vs Berkhamsted
Huge progress from the whole squad.
Our U12G Giraffes showed amazing energy from a squad full of new players playing their very first tournament.
Huge praise to Frieda and Moremi for brilliant leadership as captain and vice-captain.
L 0 – 5 vs Berkhamsted
L 0 – 3 vs Potters Bar
L 0 – 4 vs Herts C
L 0 – 1 vs Potters Bar
Big learning day and lots of positives to build on.
U14 Girls
The U14 Girls had a gripping Tier 1 battle against Wimbledon Stormers. The match could honestly have gone either way – superb quality hockey and huge effort from the whole squad. They fell 2 – 1, with Scarlett scoring, but the performance was absolutely excellent. Onwards and upwards!
U14 Boys
A goal-fest for the U14A Boys, narrowly losing 6–5 to Ashford in a thrilling, end-to-end contest. Goals from Zachary, Thomas (2), Ollie and Gabriel – loads of attacking intent and brilliant team play. A hugely exciting match to watch.
U16 Boys
The U16 Boys travelled to Reading for an intense, high-quality match. At 3–3 with 10 minutes left, it was anyone’s game before a run of short corners turned the momentum. Despite the 6 – 3 loss, the boys were excellent and are through to the next round of Supraleague in February – what a brilliant achievement!
U16 Girls
The U16 Girls were superb against Hertford, going 1–0 up and keeping them under real pressure. They eventually lost 3 – 1, but the quality of hockey, structure and work rate were outstanding.
The U16G Pumas delivered one of the games of the weekend – a 3–3 draw, followed by a 3–2 shootout win! A rollercoaster: 2–0 up, then 3–2 down, then an equaliser with two minutes to go.
Special mention to Martha, who calmly took on the 1v1s with no goalkeeper available. Incredible composure.
Lovely praise from the opposition parents too – they commented on how friendly and welcoming SHC is!
What a weekend!
Huge congratulations to every player, manager, coach and parent. Whether winning, drawing or learning – the progress, energy and commitment across the club are phenomenal.
Bring on next week! Go Southgate! 🔴⚫ 🏑