Impressive Kelburne remain unbeaten

Glynhill Hotel Kelburne brushed aside the challenge of
Inverleith ,in their relentless pursuit of retaining their league
title, with an impressive 9-1 win over the third placed side with a
devastating display of attacking hockey in the Subway National
League at Forthbank today.

Kelburne made their intentions clear from the start when Gareth
Hall forced a defensive error to enable Jonny Christie to open the
scoring within the opening minute. Inverleith keeper Barnaby
Barbour produced several important saves before a Mark Ralph drag
flick doubled the advantage.

Good work from Michael Christie set up Gareth Hall before
similar work from the latter produced the fourth from Alan Forsyth.
A second Ralph set piece further extended the lead before John
Harris reduced the leeway with a penalty stroke to put the
Edinburgh side on the score sheet before the interval.

The second half followed a similar pattern with an early Forsyth
stroke but Inverleith managed to stem the flow of goals before
Jonny Christie hit a hat trick in the final ten minutes with
clinical finishes to flowing Kelburne moves.

Second placed Grange had a similar impressive win (11-2) over an
AMN Hillhead side who remain in dangerous relegation waters. Indeed
the home side opened the scoring through Chris Caldwell before the
Capital side’s onslaught began leaving coach Colin Clarke a happy
man as he looks to next week’s intriguing clash with Kelburne.

A hat trick from Cammie Fraser, Rob Barr (2), Matt Connor (2),
Phil Sully (2) and goals from Duncan Riddle and Martin Kelly set
the seal on an excellent performance for Grange.
Alan Meikle scored the late consolation for the shell shocked home
side.

Western Wildcats continued their resurgence with a comfortable
3-0 away win over VWS Dundee Wanderers who remain firmly rooted to
bottom spot. A fairly even first half saw Scott McCartney give the
visitors the advantage. The longer the game went on the more the
Wildcats took control and McCartney scored another two goals to
complete his hat trick and send the Auchenhowie club within one
point of third placed Inverleith.

On Tayside Grove Menzieshill came from two goals down to beat
Greaves Clydesdale 4-2. The visitors were two ahead through a
Ciaran Crawford set piece and a brilliant deflection from Fraser
Hirst. However Menzieshill were level by the interval with two
goals in a minute Oliver James and Craig Falconer. The second
period saw the home side control proceedings on the whole and a
Chris Wilson double sealed a memorable comeback from
Menzieshill. 

Finally the points were shared at Meggatland where CALA
Edinburgh drew 1-1 with Edinburgh University. The goal scorers were
Mat Ling for CALA and Greg Aldas for the visitors.

Recent posts:

Back to all news
Back to top