Special mention must also go to Joshua Trowbridge, who played his first game in the midfield, which proved to be a solid move for both him and the team.
The CMK Stratford Avon Men's team took on Northern United Hockey Club Wolves in Saturday's game.
The team played hard and fair throughout the game and kept running right up to the last whistle. Even though the team went down 3-0, the team made the game start to look like we train every week.
There was amazing passing between the players. Avon had good communication and it showed on defence.
One of the standout performances was from Demi Ward, the Championship Women's goalie. Our next-generation Stratford club players coming through put in a massive effort, with all of them playing two games.
Travelling to New Plymouth, AlphaSports Stratford Premier Women's team had a 1-1 draw with New Plymouth Old Boys Black, improving on their loss to them in the first round.
Stratford's defence had an excellent game, holding off a strong NPOB attack until they scored in the third quarter.
Stratford fought back with an excellent breakaway team goal at the end of the quarter, finished off by Lexi Maketoni. Stratford showed determination by not letting in any penalty corners, and playing a strong game to the final whistle.
Games this week:
Friday in New Plymouth: 8.15pm Prem Women v Masters.
Saturday in Stratford: 11am Broadway Men v Te Kiri, 2pm B Women v NUHC Hawks, 3.30pm Prem Men v NPOB.
Saturday in New Plymouth: 5pm Avon Men v Masters.