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Newry 1’s 1-5 QUB 1’s
Newry hosted league chasing Queens on Saturday and after a spirited fight eventually ran out of steam late in the game conceding three late goals to go down 5-1.
Queens started brightly and scored 6 minutes in from a well worked passing move down the left hand side. This appeared to wake the home side up as they started to push forward and were unable to capitalise on a number of short corners. Queens had plenty of possession but were unable to break Newry down as they went in one up at the break.
Queens again scored early in the second half catching Newry cold however Newry fought back and got one back through David England to make it 2-1. It could have been two all when Jeremy Greer broke away and wriggled free in the circle only to see his effort cleared off the line. Josh Porter had a golden opportunity but could only blaze over the bar at full stretch with the goal at his mercy. Queens utilized their full squad and as the game wore on Newry started to run out of legs. With 8 minutes remaining the away side got their third effectively putting the game to bed. However they did not hold back and scored two more late goals to go away with a flattering 5-1 victory.
Team: R. McGivern, C. Henning, D. England, N. Lutton, D. Barlow, K. Fletcher, J. Porter, A. Baird, J. Greer, C. Large, M. Murdoch, J. Gregg
Derg Valley Ladies 1-0 Newry Ladies
An unlucky 1-0 defeat for the Newry ladies as they played Derg Valley in a plate match on Saturday 18th February.
Newry started strong and were quick to create chances within the circle but just couldn’t score. There was great play among the midfield who played some lovely paces to the forwards putting Dergs defense under pressure. Just before the end of the first quarter Dergs centre forward broke and scored putting them 1 nil up.
For the remainder of the match, Newry won numerous short corners but were unable to equalise. An unfortunate loss for the Newry ladies who played some great hockey and dominated the majority of the match.
Team: Kathryn Baird (Captain), Katie McCullough, Rebecca Murdock, Zara Moffett, Lisa Murdock, Jodie Freeman, Sarah McNeilly, Sara Adams, Stacey Kidd, Laverne Inns, Suzanne Gilmore
NICS 2-0 Newry 2’s
A Depleted Newry 2’s travelled to Belfast to face NICS on Saturday. The home side started well and were confident in possession but struggled to break down a deep sitting Newry defence. Their dominance did eventually pay off after a mix up in the Newry defence gifted Service their first goal.
This forced Newry to push forward and chances fell to McMinn, McCafferty and Blakely but all were wasteful in front of goal.
Newry’s tactic of hitting on the counter was working well in the second half but still could not get that equalizing goal. As they started to fire more men forward in search of the goal Service hit on a counter attack of their own with two minutes left to seal the victory and all three points.
Team: R. Henning, S. Blakley, S. MCCafferty, D. Lawson, B. Scott, A. McMinn, J. Maxwell, J. Lawson, J. Whiteside, S. Graham, T. McMinn
