District & Reserve Cup & Plate finals round-up

The District & Reserve Cup and Plate competitions
reached their conclusion today, with six finals being staged at
Peffermill in Edinburgh to determine the winners of this season’s
trophies.

In the Men’s Reserve Plate final, Kelburne III
and Inverleith III got the day’s proceedings
underway with the Buddies securing a comfortable 3-0 victory over
the Purple Robes.

Vice-Captain Andrew Bremner opened the scoring in the 7th minute
from a penalty corner to give Kelburne a slender goal advantage at
half time.

Shortly after the interval, two strikes in six minutes settled
the contest; the first was a spectacular strike from Fabian Goldie
in the 46th minute before Billy Anderson made the game safe with
the third goal.

Western Wildcats III and VWS Dundee
Wanderers III featured in the Men’s Reserve Cup final,
with the Glasgow men winning the contest 3-1.

The Wildcats struck first in the 27th minute with a penalty
stroke from captain Alasdair Reid to see them a goal up at half
time.

Wanderers were quick off the mark in the second half however,
equalising in the 39th minute when Robertson scored from open play.
The lead was short lived as Western took the lead for the second
time in the match following Barry Kane’s goal in the 43rd minute.
Cameron Laws stretched their advantage over the Taysiders nine
minutes later with the third goal from a penalty corner.

In the first of the Women’s finals, it was a battle for bragging
rights in the North East with Ellon Ladies playing
regional rivals Aberdeen GSFP Ladies for the
District Plate. The plate was won by a solitary goal following a
55th minute strike from Ellon’s Linda Mitchell.

Meanwhile, Orkney were making their second
District Cup final appearance in three years as they took on
capital outfit Erskine Stewart’s Melville FP
II.

With the match deadlocked at 0-0 at half time, it was a close
encounter with defences on top. However, Esrkine Stewart’s
Melville FP opened the scoring in the 50th minute following a deft
finish from Jo Pentland, which nestled in the left hand corner of
the net.

With Orkney pressing for an equaliser and the Edinburgh side
dropping deeper into their own half, the Orcadians forced a penalty
corner in the 60th minute. The set play was subsequently dispatched
with great aplomb by Hannah Johnston to gain parity at 1-1.

The match looked like it would go to penalty strokes with only a
minute left on the clock, but with Erskine Stewart’s Melville FP
encamped in the Orkney area, an ensuing stramash led to the ball
falling to Alison Hogg, who sent an unstoppable shot past Lynn
Curister to clinch the District Cup and spark wild celebrations
amongst the players.

The Men’s District Plate Final was the penultimate match of the
day with Grove Menzieshill II facing Fifers
Alpha Data Carnegie II.

The Taysiders ran out comfortable 5-0 winners in the end after a
close first half.

Chris Anderson was the hero, the Grove Menzieshill vice-captain
notching a hat trick to take the trophy back north.

His first goal came in the 33rd minute from a penalty corner,
before a strike in the 46th minute was followed by another penalty
corner set piece in the 66th minute. Goals for Ben Harper in the
56th minute and Kyle Moir two minutes before full-time setted the
outcome.

Finally, Kelburne II were hoping to emulate the
club’s 1st XI side as they targeted a league and cup double against
west coast rivals Greaves Clydesdale II in the
Men’s District Cup Final.

In the end, it was a fairly straight-forward 3-0 win for
Kelburne, capping off an excellent season for the Paisley club that
has produced a haul of trophies for the Whitehaugh trophy cabinet,
including the National League Division 1 title, Regional League
Central Division 1 title, Scottish Cup, District Cup and Reserve
Plate.

Gordon Menzies scored the first of his two goals in the 6th
minute before Colin Bryce extended the lead in the 18th minute to
make the score 2-0 at half time.

The game was sealed when Menzies grabbed his second of the
afternoon in the 47th minute.

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