Croydon & Old Whitgiftian 2′s 4 – Horley 1′s 2
I think it’s fair to say that we aren’t really a bunch of early birds. 12 rather sleepy ladies turned up to a frosty pitch in Crawley at 9.30am for a bottom of table clash with Horley. We badly needed the points to move us up the league table out of the dreaded relegation zone. We snoozed through much of the first half of the match, until realising we had somehow Continue reading
Usain Bolt. We need to talk. You have an issue. We have an issue. The thing is we seem to be coming from the opposite end of the spectrum and can definitely help each other out. Your problem is you’re too fast out of the blocks. This has led to you losing out on a guaranteed 100 metres gold at the recent world championships. We on the other hand don’t seem capable of coming out of the blocks Continue reading
Croydon & Old Whitgiftian 3s 4 – 1 Camberley and Farnborough 4s
After an hour long drive with delays on the M25 and a winless streak sitting at two lingering in our minds, we were looking to get back into the win column and continue the quest of moving up the table. With a bright start, Jim Swift was lead down the right wing with a well-placed pass from Alan Johnston. Swifty picked out the far corner of the goal from just inside the D to make it 1-0 for us. From there, Continue reading
Croydon & Old Whitgiftians 4s 1 – 10 Aldershot & Farnham 4s
The 4s were taught a lesson in hard aggressive and good passing hockey by this top of the table team. They were a class higher than teams we had met in other games and they should get promotion this year. This is not surprising as last year this team held their own Continue reading
Another close game for the 4s but unfortunately another defeat on the fine water based astro at Surbiton. Once again after some early pressure from Surbiton we took the lead through a good snap shot from James Granata. Surbiton hit back when their centre forward was given too much room in the circle and then they followed up after a short corner to score their second. Continue reading
Its always a drama before we start our games in the 1s. This week, we all got there on time, but we were locked out! Thanks to Sharon for letting us and the oppo in.
Once in there were no toilets/changing rooms when we got in. This is a match report, but I digress, to say, “hell hath no fury like women without toilets”, yet importantly, I’d also point out, non of this administrative error is due to our captain or the other people who work arduously (and it is arduous) to get a club like ours pitches for every team.
We showed our famous COWC manners to apologise profusely to the oppo, who were very gracious in return. But 22 women weeing behind a bush, is something not forgotten lightly! Continue reading
Croydon & Old Whitgiftian HC Present Pub Golf
Date: 12th November 2012
Croydon Hockey Club are doing their annual, at least twice a year, pub golf challenge…
Whether you are male, female, tall, short, play for Croydon, do not play at all or even play for another team you are more than welcome to join us on the 12th November. The only rule is that there are no … actually you need to be over 18. Continue reading
Wimbledon Ladies’ 2s 4: Croydon Ladies 1s 2
We got lost, and then we got banned from warming up on the grass but when we finally started on Saturday we started with 10 players against the current top of the league team. For the first ten minutes, we had to organise to cover the lost player and we lost two early goals.
But we still knew we could come back, and every player showed that determination, and soon enough we got one through perserverance and shoddy Wimbledon defence. They weren’t that strong in defence and we could see that we could win this game.
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Croydon Mens 1s 1 – 8 Chichester Mens 2s
In a weekend where the England rugby team were somewhat underwhelming, the CROWS went out hoping to play more like the French. We played like that team. We also played like some of the French sides of old. Yes. That’s right. We played like two different teams during the match (in case the above needs explaining).
October 8th v Sunbury and Walton Hawks 5 Lost 3-5
As per last year we arrive at Sunbury without a full time – what is it about this fixture? Very kindly Sunbury leant us 2 players although we played the first half with only 10 men.