U16 and U18 Boys Inter Districts

Glasgow National Hockey Centre played host to the U16/U18 Boys Inter Districts, the first event in the Youth Calendar for season 2016-2017.

The rain did not hamper the tremendous display of hockey over the course of both days with all players being a great credit to their district.

At both age groups there were five districts, West, East, Midland, North and Highland. Midland U18 and West U16 were hoping to do the double as they were the previous winners of the tournament in last season’s competition.

U16 Competition

East began the weekend with a dominant display over Midland winning 8 goals to nil. North defeated Highland 2-1 in what was a very close match between the sides. West’s first match was against a very impressive East side, however they proved to be clinical in front of goal and came out 4-1 winners with goals from Fraser Moran (2), Euan Cowan, Niall Taylor with Jake Inglis scoring for East.

The next match was an 8 goal thriller between North and Midland, but both teams could only share the points as it finished 4-4 in a very exciting end to end game. West finished off day one with a spectacular 16-0 win over Highland. Calum Douglas in the Highland goal was however one of the best players on the pitch with some terrific saves to deny West on multiple occasions.

The first match of day 2 was East v Highland with again young Douglas performing to the best of his ability to keep out a strong East side including saving 2 penalty strokes.  However East proved too strong for the Highlanders winning the match 8-0.

West once again upped their game and rounded off a 17-0 victory over North. Midland then claimed their first win of the tournament with a 3-0 victory over Highland with Lewis McKenzie scoring a brace and Struan Griffiths making it 3.

East finished off the competition with a superb 13-0 win over North. Both Fraser Heigh and Jacob Tweedie both getting hat tricks. This result meant that East claimed second place. West finished the competition off in style winning 10-0 over Midland with Fraser Moran and Finn Halliday scoring hat tricks.

West U16s proved too strong for all districts over the weekend and thoroughly deserved to claim the title.

Final Standings:

1st- West

2nd- East

3rd- Midland

4th- North

5th- Highland

AJ

West

U18 Competition

The first match of day one saw West and East compete against each other which in previous years has always been a very good match of hockey. East came out on top this time with a 3-1 win. Midland also got off to a strong start beating North 7-0 with Cameron Golden being the stand out player.

Highland displayed a very impressive performance against West and were leading 2-1 with 5 minutes to play. West grabbed a late equaliser and scored the winner after reverting to a kicking back. Three points were vital to staying in competition for 1st or 2nd place.

East then took on Midland which was always going to be a very competitive match. Midland again proved triumphant with a 4-2 win, this gave them the advantage and the double was in their sight. The final match of day one saw North claim a 1-0 victory over Highland.

Day 2 began with West defeating North by 2 goals to 1. West’s Alasdair Richmond scored the vital winning goal. Midland had one hand on the title after beating Highland 5-0 with Cameron Golden scoring 3, John Stephen and Cameron Banks netting the other two. East inflicted a heavy 9 goal shut out over North which almost secured 2nd place for the East coast visitors.

The penultimate game of the day saw West v Midland, Midland only needed a draw to secure the title and West were hoping to claim victory in order to compete for second place. In what was a highly competitive game of hockey, Midland went 2-0 up within 10 minutes through two goals from Lewis Pyke. West pulled a goal back right before half time through Dean Baber. Midland started the second half the same as they did the first, scoring very early through Cameron Banks to take the score to 3-1. West got back level with 2 quick goals with 10 minutes to play. However the score remained the same which meant Midland had secured the Inter District title for the second year in a row.

The final match saw East claim second place with a 9-1 win over Highland. This drew the Inter Districts to a close in what was a terrific weekend of hockey in a very rainy dark and gloomy Glasgow.

Final Standings:

1st- Midland

2nd- East

3rd- West

4th- North

5th- Highland

Cammy

Midland

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