Mens 2As End of Season Report 2008
By Reading Hockey Club • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: M2A, Match Reports, NewsLondon League Division One – 3rd place and Cup Runners Up
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This season has been a bit of a rollercoaster for the 2As.
The first half of the season was indifferent as a result of low numbers and poor availability and the team struggled to maintain mid-table. Nonetheless, the team proved hard to beat, producing a remarkable 5 match draw spree to end the year.
However, in the second half of the season with a more consistent team bolstered by ex-Refills and new-comers the 2As got back to winning ways, playing some Sweeney Todd pie fuelled hockey washed down with cavalier champagne.
As always, 2As dogged determination was thrown in to help us out of many a hole. The team morphed into a well-oiled unit from February, going on a winning streak which saw us finish a very respectable 3rd in the league and also led to a Division final appearance.
The 2As are a mongrel breed with a mix of naïve youngsters, urban youth, beer toting graduates, mortgaged twenty-somethings and the elderly. As always, success has built on the youngsters with Cook, Parkes, Kapoor Jnr II, Yates, Barber, Record and McDermottroe playing well beyond their years.
This young flock has been expertly shepherded by the wiley Brown, sticky Walsh, bionic Bairstow and poised Lander and scared sh*tless by the driving of al-Qu’eda Ansary and “goal-machine” Anderson. Jedi masters Briscoe and Steel have showed us the true side of the Force….when not playing golf, skiing, suspended or in Fiji! Play well you did 2As.
Best goal: Ali Parkes v EG (Home) – reverse roof ripper
Honourable mentions: Shiv Kapoor, Jon Lander, Ian Anderson
Player of the season: Ben Cook
Capt’n Rob Foster
2As captain
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