YMP bounce back with seven goals

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

THE top YMP women’s hockey side bounced back strongly from last weekend’s first defeat in two seasons to defeat Ben Holden Fencing Ngatapa on the LJ Hooker Turf at Harry Barker Reserve last night.

YMP A won the game 7-0, scoring six of their goals in the first half and their seventh right at the end.

“We were expecting a backlash and that’s what we got,” Ngatapa coach and hockey comments man Tony Scragg said.

“They got out of the blocks strongly and scored three goals in the first five minutes.

“I thought it was a very good defensive effort by the Ngatapa girls to hold them to just one goal in the second half.

“As someone from YMP said to me last night, they will grow from that loss to GMC Green last Saturday, and last night’s result was a step in that direction.”

In the other match last night, the Green Machine beat Paikea 6-1.

“The final score does not reflect the first half of the game, because GMC Green were up only 2-1 at halftime,” Scragg said.

“But in that third quarter, GMC came out strong and scored four goals, then cruised home in the final quarter.

“At the moment they are the form team in that women’s competition and will be hard to beat from here.”

The Super Saturday programme of five games was to start at 12.30pm this afternoon, with the final game at 7.30pm.