This week the two Stratford championship men's teams Avon and Broadway once again took part in the Battle of Stratford.
While it was played in great spirit, from beginning to end it was clear neither team was giving up. The first half saw Broadway try to assert their dominance early with a well worked goal and a clinical finish from Brayden Sharpe.
Avon had other plans and scored two well worked unanswered goals, the second from a clinical penalty corner strike from club veteran Paul Williams. This had Avon ahead 2-1 at the break.
With Broadway pushing hard to score more goals, a great drive into the circle from Paul set up Matt McDonald for a brilliant first time touch to put the ball straight past the keeper. The ever improving Josh Trowbridge scored the final goal and his second in as many weeks pouncing on lose ball in front of the goal. Final score 6-3 to Broadway.
The Brian Darth Funeral Service Stratford Prem Men's team played New Plymouth Old Boys (NPOB) on Saturday. The team needed to step up their game this week just to compete against a strong side like Old Boys.