Last weekend saw L1s make the journey south of the Thames to Bromley & Beckenham, only for a win to elude them. The game started brightly when after some slick skills through the midfield, the ball was slipped through to Ella Sherring on the baseline. The first shot was saved but fell to recent signing
L1s were grateful to both their Emilys for salvaging a draw against Barnes. On a sunny Saturday before storm Ciara hit, the L1s took on second place Barnes vying to narrow the gap on top of the table Wimbledon. A dominant opening passage led to a well-worked deflected goal from Emily Ruffell-Hazell. From then on
Despite starting brightly, L1s could not make early possession count and had to be content with a late equaliser from Emily Meredith After the mid season break, and a solid performance against a strong Leceister side in our last pre-season game, we were aiming to get the second half of the season off to a good
Another fantastic performance by L1s saw them enter the Christmas break sitting third in the table. On L1captain Lucy Thayer’s wedding day her team did her proud bagging three goals and all three points away at Broxbourne. Starting the match with one lonely sub on the bench as so many players were guests at Lucy
Southgate made the trip to Ipswich for a rare Sunday fixture on 27th October and came home with all three points. The team put immediate pressure on the Ipswich defence as they strung together a number of strong attacking phases. It wasn’t long before a penalty corner was awarded. Katie Hopkisson stepped up to repeat
A 5-0 victory away at Horsham secures third spot in Investec EHL Conference East for Southgate Ladies 1s after four matches. A solid start with fantastic pressing ensured there were some good chances in Q1 as uni-returner and player of the match Caitlin Creeley made some particularly good runs and tackles putting in a consistent