Match report

Match report

On a beautiful sunny afternoon at Hahndorf home ground, Hahndorf came out keen to improve on their last match up result.

Hahndorf began with Charlotte Fairley in goals, Andrea Nicholls, Alex Czukli, Jorunn Van de Gaer and Jemma Langford in defence. Eloise Cutting, Ruby Tully and Zara Tinsley Smith in attack.

In the opening minutes Cutting ran the ball up the wing and crossed it beautifully to Z. Tinsley Smith in the centre who easily put in the 1st goal for Hahndorf. Strath tried to push up with an attempt on goal averted quickly by Fairley.  Handorf then made a second attempt on goal by Cutting but it was stopped by the goalie. This was followed up by a long run on goals by Strath but was well thwarted by Amber Klose and Fairley.

Cutting sent another ball forward to Z. Tinsley Smith who only narrowly missed a second goal. Strath then kept the pressure on Hahndorf's defence by taking a couple of quick shots on goal but they were stopped by Fairley's quick hands!

Hahndorf's Tully in attack now, took a shot at goal but it was stopped by the Strath goalie and then Strath attack took the ball to the other end and had a couple more shots on the goals which were stopped quickly by Fairley's boot and then gloves. With fantastic defence from Fairley, several attacks were stopped.  A corner then taken by Strath saw the ball slip past several of Hahndorf's defence to land in the hands of Fairley again!

After several minutes of ping pong between teams, the ball was finally pushed forward and taken by Z. Tinsley Smith to score a second goal for Hahndorf. At the reset, the ball was taken up towards goals by Cutting and crossed to Z. Tinsley Smith who narrowly missed a third goal.

Another attack from Strath on goals was beautifully saved by Fairley.

Cutting took another clear run to goal but didn't quite have the power off the boot! She quickly made up for it when the ball was handed to her and she popped in an easy goal, making it 3 goals for Hahndorf. Then just moments before the half time whistle, another run through had Cutting and Tully jostling for a shot on goal. Tully took it but it was stopped by the Strath goalie.

The second half began with Strath on the attack as they went straight for the goals but was stopped by great defence from Hahndorf, but seconds later they attacked hard again with the ball bouncing off the Hahndorf goalie and then was kicked over her head to score their first goal.

Again Strath went on a relentless attack and after a second attempt, managed a goal past Fairley's tough defence.

At 2.49 a great goal was kicked by Tully bringing the score to to 4-2 and within one minute, Strath quickly retaliated with a confident goal. After a lot of back and forth play with both teams working hard for another goal, the whistle blew with the ball at Hahndorf's end.

It was a great game played with skill by both teams with the final score being 4-3 with a win for Hahndorf, who would like to thank Strathalbyn Red for a great game.