On Saturday, 20 August, Unionโs senior hockey teams faced off against Georgeโs York High School in what was their last match for the 2022 hockey season.
๐ญ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง
Well done to the first team girls who played their hearts out in tough weather conditions.
The Union team enjoyed a great start to the game, creating two goal-scoring opportunities in the first 30 seconds of the game. York countered, however, and ran three solid counterattacks in the first chukka.
It was high-tempo stuff from the start of the second chukka, as Union probed for openings on attack and displayed a lot of physicality on defence, creating five chances to score, but failing to capitalise on them. ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ซ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฃ๐. Half-time saw the score standing at 1-1 .
Going into the second half, the rain started to pour down in earnest, putting a strain on Unionโs play. The team managed to create two counterattacks, four goal-scoring opportunities and one short corner, but lack of concentration gave York the opportunity to score in the last 30 seconds.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด, 3-1.
Unionโs stand-out players for the match were Grade 12 players Chloe Shires, Kendall Krige, Barbara McNaughton and Grace Merifield.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐:
u/16A lost 2-0 2nd team lost 2-0 u/16B drew 0-0๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to all the teams that participated over the weekend – especially the u/16Bs