Men's 2
Matches
Sat 22 Feb 2020  ·  West Central 1
Westbury and UB C
1
5
Bridgwater Hockey Club
Men's 2
Westbury and UB 'C' 1 - 5 Bridgwater 'A'

Westbury and UB 'C' 1 - 5 Bridgwater 'A'

Carwyn Jenkins23 Feb 2020 - 19:34
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Awesome performance away from home meaning promotion is close

Bridgwater travelled to Westbury in a late afternoon game and a game that could have been a potential banana skin especially as when they turned up Westbury had an experienced side that had quality in it. It was Bridgwater that started the game the strongest and literally blew the opposition away in the first ten minutes going 2-0 up with both goals coming from Rich Payne. To give Westbury some credit their experience told and they slowly got back into the game creating some good chances but the defence of Bridgwater held firm with Rich Biddle saving one off the line and the score staying the same until half time.
The team talk at half time was not to be complacent and to finish them off when the chances came and it was minutes into the second half that a golden opportunity fell to Paul Tilley but he was unable to convert. It did not take long for Bridgwater to increase their lead with Payne getting his hat-trick and not long after his fourth goal would follow, Rich is one player that has enjoyed the tactical formation change the past few weeks. Ben Sims would get Bridgwater's fifth before Westbury again had a purple patch near the end of the game forcing some good saves from Brad Palmer the Bridgy keeper but there was one chance too many and a shot to the near post meant Bridgy wouldn't keep a clean sheet. But this week that did not matter it was the win that was important and this was probably one of their best performances of the season and with other results also going their way gaining promotion looks almost a certainty.
Man of the match - Dom Court for his tireless energy and skills all over the pitch.

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Match date

Sat 22 Feb 2020

Kickoff

16:00

Competition

West Central 1
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