Bradford young guns are on the up (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Bradford young guns are on the up

5:01pm Wednesday 30th September 2009

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Bradford Under-12 boys were promoted from Yorkshire Hockey Youth Division Three after two wins and a draw at the weekend.

In a fabulous team display, Bradford – with five debutants in the eight-man squad – kicked the day off with a 1-1 draw against Airedale.

Newcomers George Prescott, Carter Singleton, Logan Wood, Seb Shaw and Mark Roberts settled well, with Shaw scoring the Bradford goal, turning in a bobbly cross-shot from Alex Stewart.

Bridlington were next up, and were seen off 3-0.

A first-time sweep from Wood beat the keeper from a long way out to put them 1-0 up and, following one-two’s all the way down the right between Shaw and Stewart, the latter was left with an easy finish.

Stewart finished the game off with a good hard strike.

In their final match, Bradford beat Doncaster 3-1, with two more fantastic strikes from Stewart.

A stiff challenge awaits in Division Two but this got the season off to an excellent start.

Under the guidance of new coach Phil Bootland, from Wakefield, Bingley Bees have made a tremendous start to the new season.

Both ladies teams are undefeated. The 1st XI, playing in Yorkshire Division One, beat Leeds 2 2-1 in their first league fixture.

The match was characterised by excellent team-work and good utilisation of set-pieces, with both goals coming from penalty corners.

The second league game proved to be more challenging, with a 3-3 draw against Lockwood Dragons.

With seconds to go before full time, and trailing by a goal, Fran Nichols slipped the ball past the Lockwood goalie to rescue a point.

The 2nd XI are also flying high following two impressive wins in Division Three.

Leeds 3 were brushed aside 4-0 and Harrogate 3-1.

Not to be outdone, the men’s team have also made a good start to the season.

They beat Leeds 6 5-3 with goals from Matthew Clough (4) and Khalid Naseem. Clough was man of the match.

Unfortunately, Lady Luck was not smiling for the second match against Harrogate 4, who won 4-3, with both side’s keepers having excellent games. Clough was again named man of the match.

Anyone interested in joining the club should visit the website: www.bingleybees hockeyclub.org.uk.

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