Charnwood
Mountsorrel 11 (3) v Ashby 1 (1)
Charnwood
Mountsorrel won this first round match in the Masters Cup competition held at
Mountsorrel. A close first half saw
Charnwood take a 3-1 lead through goals from Mark Armson (2) and Mike White.
Armson completed
his hat-trick at the start of the second half, before goals from Iain Brown,
Chris Waterfield and Steve Fairbrother extended the lead. White completed his hat-trick with two fine
strikes, before Mark Franklin scored the pick of the goals with a delicate dink
over the diving ‘keeper. Stand-out
midfielder Nigel Rixon completed the scoring late-on, clinically finishing a
fine passing move from close range.
Squad:
Mick Kelleher
(GK); Tony Kirk, Steve Fairbrother, John Evans, Mark Weaver, Mark Foxhall;
Guy
Rollins, Nigel Rixon, Iain Brown, Mark Franklin, Paddy Oakman, Chris Waterfield;
Mark Armson
(c), Mike White.
Charnwood
Mountsorrel 4 (2) v Barford Tigers 9 (6)
Charnwood met a
very good Barford team featuring many former National League players. Despite leading twice in the first half,
through well-taken goals from Mark Franklin and Iain Brown, Charnwood could not
hold the slick visitors, who were the more clinical, scoring six goals in the
half. Home ‘keeper Mick Kelleher was
frequently exposed by clever interplay and deceptive movement in the circle and
had little chance with the goals scored.
The loss of
striker Mike White before the break was keenly felt, but Charnwood put in a
resilient second-half performance and scored goals through Mark Armson and Guy
Rollins, both from well-executed penalty corners.
The Tigers played
a great style of hockey, thoroughly testing the new-look Charnwood side, and
ran out comfortable winners.
Squad:
Mick Kelleher
(GK); Dave Allen,
Guy
Rollins, Chris Waterfield, Iain Brown, Mark Franklin, Nigel Rixon, Ian Wilkes,
Paddy Oakman;
Mark Armson
(c), Mike White.