Croydon Ladies’ Match Report 26/3/2011

Happy spring to the readers (Yes! it is plural, I have access to the stats) of the Ladies’ Is blog. Did you remember to turn your watch hands forward? Did you? Did you?

I didn’t

Croydon ladies 1: Wanderers 2

Wanderers turned up with ten men, just as the weather changed from muggy to rainy.
Croydon ladies had the advantage but Wanderers played out of their skins, and its credit to them that they swung the tables in their favour and took the 3 points.
The game started with an injury and that set the standard for the rest of the game as injury followed injury and at times the infamous Harris sand turned red in several places.
I could go into more details, it is a match report, and that’s probably the only reason you’re (plural) reading it, that or seeing if you got a mention. But I got a really painful knock to my ankle and I lay around being generally melodramatic about it for a good 20 minutes and missed more than by even my usual standards.
So I have one detail, and it goes like this. We got a goal and this is how it happened. Pammy passed the ball out right to Fiona, who passed it to Emma, who took the perfect strike, and everyone missed seeing it because Pammy took the dive for glory and stole the moment. There is a trophy at stake. But Emma don’t worry, you notched that one up, and most of the skin on Pammy’s thigh is still sitting in that sand.
There were good moments, I think, with good communication and team work but at half time our heads were down, and it seemed we couldn’t regain our mojo.
Fiona, Wendy and Santy shared player of the match, and all three did sterling work in their positions. Well done guys. There were a lot of votes this week, showing that in true Croydon fashion we were sharing the love around.
Hope all the injuries are healing, including Chalky, that sounds very painful, hope its feeling better
Come on Croydon.

POM: Fiona Loxton (2)
Santy (Helen Sant) (2)
Wendy Howell (2)

Other votes with one vote a piece
Emma Livingstone Jones
L.Bell (Lisa Chalk)
Hannah Duncan
Sarah Norman (Buckers) – Nose bleeder tastic (there you go Bucks!)
Pammy Anderson
Becky Forshaw
Elizabeth Uglow

Thanks to coach and captain

Thanks to Martin Burke, Mike Chalk and Simon Finn for umpiring. Check us out with our plethora of umpires. Its much appreciated. Thanks

Thanks to the side line which included: Lili, Netty and Becky and Lenny and Missy for putting in a very cute appearance. And last but not least the non-hockey playing Loxton sister, Cath (who had a sister in each team). It was Loxtontastic yesterday
Thanks to Finny for the ice spray, its like a medical miracle.

Thanks to Becky and the whole team for providing a really good fun Friday night. I learned that when Pamela asks me for a “pin” she really wants a “pen”. That’s the beauty of our team, its a cultural experience.

We raised loads of cash, and I hear the club is getting uplighting in the trophy cabinet to present our photo (this is a lie by the way)

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