Goals keep coming on the turf

GOAL-BOUND: Chris Fox lets fly to score for THC in their Poverty Bay men’s hockey game against Lytton Old Boys A on Saturday afternoon. Tamanay Tuhou scored two more goals for THC as they ran out 3-1 winners. George Searle scored for LOB. Picture by Liam Clayton

FORTY goals thudded into the back of the nets on the LJ Hooker Turf in Round 6 of the Poverty Bay senior hockey competition at the weekend, and YMP sides again scored heavily.

The YMP men’s and women’s teams continued their impressive and well-drilled season with two more high-scoring wins at Harry Barker Reserve.

The YMP women’s team have scored 56 goals so far this season and have yet to concede a goal.

In a tight contest, THC beat Lytton Old Boys A 3-1 on Saturday afternoon and in the other highlight match GMC Green held off a late charge from Paikea to win 3-2.

Hockey commentator Tony Scragg reckoned the GMC-Paikea match-up was the best game of the round.

It had end-to-end play, and he felt GMC were “very lucky? to take the three points.

“Paikea are really starting to find some form now,” he said.

Scragg said the THC-LOB A game lived up to expectations.

“THC were made to work for the result . . . it was 1-1 at halftime,” he said.

“They created more scoring chances and it was only good defence from LOB A that kept the score down.”

A good winBen Holden Fencing Ngatapa had a good 5-0 win against YMP B in the women’s competition.

“It was a game of two halves,” Scragg said.

“The Ngatapa girls led 5-0 at halftime but the YMP B defence was outstanding in the second half and kept them from adding to their score.

“Well done to YMP B. That was a good effort.”

GMC Gold had their first win of the season, 2-0 against Te Aowera.

“That was great to see,” Scragg said.

“It was even in the first half, and it was nil-nil at halftime.

“But the Gold side came through in the second period and scored twice to take a deserved win.”

Results Women: YMP A 9 (Roschelle Koia 3, Morgan Tuhou, Maia Rickard 2, Moelani Tureia-Siataga, Shauna-Lee Jane 2) GMC Kowhai 0.

GMC Gold 2 (Andrea Hills, Rebecca Pepere) Te Aowera 0.

GMC Green 3 (Cory Campbell 2, Jordy Hardacre) Paikea 2 (Joanne McLean, Jessie Duncan).

Ngatapa 5 (Lucinda Candy, Katie Herries 3, Harriet Roil) YMP B 0.

Men: YMP A 8 (Jarrod Carter 3, Marshall Norris, Gareth Knox, Michael Bond, Kieran Barker, Thomas Rutene) YMP B 1 (Bonny Seymour).

THC 3 (Chris Fox, Tamanay Tuhou 2) LOB A 1 (George Searle).

GBHS 4 (Dylan Taylor, Luke Whibley 2, Matthew Watts) LOB Masters 2 (Tony Scragg, David Fox).