U12 Boys Triangular
What a difference a week makes. Last Sunday it was all about taking on water due to the lovely weather, this week it was about trying to stay warm between matches. Luckily a morning trip to Ashford was accompanied by a clubhouse serving hot coffee and bacon rolls. Just like being at Polo….Anyway, the U12 boys took 2 teams to the triangular tournament, which also featured two teams from Ashford and two teams from Holcombe.
The Jaguars had a very good morning, winning all their games except one and scoring a good number of goals in the process. The team looked good going forward and finished the tournament very strongly with an impressive 6-0 win. The only defeat came against a strong Ashford first team, when the Jaguars were without a keeper. Overall a good showing, but still some aspects to work on for next week’s county tournament when hopefully we will be able to exact some revenge on Ashford.
The Panthers had a more up and down day, playing some lovely hockey at times, but not quite taking their chances when they arose. We drew the first game against Holcombe 2, quickly equalising after the opposition had taken the lead. The boys then fought well against the three strongest teams, before losing all of the games narrowly. In all these games Daniel Luckhurst produced some superb saves, keeping us in the games and always giving us a chance to snatch a result.
As we huddled in the clubhouse preparing for the final game it was fantastic to see a real desire to finish the tournament strongly and pick up a win. The rain had finally subsided (allowing the players with glasses to actually see the ball) and the team produced a really dominant performance to beat the Ashford Bears 2-0. Both goals were really well taken, and resulted from two lovely moves where the ball was moved quickly and passed to players in space. A great way to finish the morning.
Many thanks to Ray Newell and Thomas L-C for looking after the Panthers, as well as to all the parents for showing their wholehearted support for the boys in quite miserable conditions.
JAGUARS: Ollie McMullan, Freddie Bickley (1), Archie Burden (1), Martin Long-Castro (2), Regan Newman Collins (1), Jasper James (1), Thomas Newell (5)
PANTHERS: Daniel Luckhurst, Oscar Danaher-Sears, Fin Duley (2), Joseph Goodwin, Seb Gray, Austin Howe (1), Sam Schuuring (1)
Report; James Long
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U14 Girls v Oxted
On Sunday 24th February, the U14 girls travelled to the prestigious grounds of Woldingham School in Surrey and played against Oxted on a glorious spring sunny day.
A great dominant start from Canterbury with positive passing between Evie, Iona and Poppy, leading to a short corner which was unsuccessful after several attempts. Canterbury then regained control with a break down the right wing, Iona crossing the ball and Poppy scoring the first goal within the first five minutes.
Oxted then made their way forward, which was quickly stopped by Lorna to clear from defence. A great pass from Irmak who had gone down the wing to Poppy, taking the ball past two defenders and popped it pass the goalie scoring her second goal in the 8th minute.
Within a minute, Jess made a strong run down the right wing passing to Evie, crossing to Poppy who shot for goal but unfortunately missed.
Three minutes later with dominant play, Canterbury were back in the Oxted D with Evie find the back of the goal making 3-0.
The girls continued to dominate the play within the Oxted D, with Oxted occasionally clearing the ballot meet a strong Canterbury defence. Many short corners followed for Canterbury but none coming into fruition.
The second half started with Oxted in a different gear. After some end to end hockey Georgina made a fantastic save! Evie had 3 attempts at goal, Jess and Sophie made some exceptional long runs , with Abi eventually scoring out of open play the 4th goal.
We then saw another long run from Becky in defence take the ball up to the Oxted D, leaving Canterbury with another two chances to score. Against the run of play, Oxted were successful in scoring a soft goal with 9 minutes remaining.
This woke Canterbury up, resulting in short corner only to find the side board. Canterbury persevered, with Evie finding the 5th goal and 3 minutes later connected with a crossing ball to score her hat trick.
Overall Canterbury showed strong play dominating in all areas and after more short corners than we could count, were unlucky not to come away with double figures.
Final score Canterbury 6, Oxted 1.
Coach Fabrizio named Poppy Ladd player of the match. Well done Poppy and well done team.
Team: Abigail Pritchard, Poppy Ladd, Annabelle Styles, Annie Verrier, Jessica McCully, Lorna Forber, Evie Lewis, Rebecca Carter, Sophie Wain(C),Molly-Anne Burden, Iona Lester, Irmak Kara,Georgina Binfield(GK)
Report Guy Burden
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U16 Girls - Kent Girls League
Our spirits were not the highest when we started, having no goalie, no substitutes and very bad weather - however, we were determined to overcome this. We played against Tunbridge Wells who were a strong team. They scored first and were in the lead at Half Time, 3-1. Our first goal was scored by Issy Mount.
In then second half we co-operated more, running forward into the D when we were in possession of the ball and getting back when we weren't. There were some spectacular saves on our side to make up for not having a goalie and we went on to score four more goals (Ella, Clara, Hannah and Rebecca) with Tunbridge Wells only one more.
Player of the match goes to Ella Jain for her hard work in playing in the game/acting as goal keeper, as well as some excellent passes. A special mention goes to Rebecca for stepping up from the U14's to help us out, playing very well and giving us a goal! Additionally, well done to Hannah - the newest player in the U16's - for her first goal with Canterbury.
Final score: 5/4 to Canterbury.
Report; Clara Nagle
No GK, no subs and no sign of the cold weather holding off but an outstanding performance by all involved. I think the girls have come a long way since the start of the season and this match sums it up. Well done all!
Shout out to Ella, Catriona and Clara for their huge performances today.
HUGE thanks to Chris Martin for his umpiring services.
Jack Rolfe
The result means we still top the table at present in this league with 12 points having played 5 games so far in this league this season - winning 4 and losing 1 - with 24 goals for and only 9 against. Great work girls!
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Thank you to everyone who came to 'Super Social Saturday' on Saturday, a great club event.
As we all know these things don't just happen so a quick shout out to the key people who made Saturday possible.
Katie Williams for the posters and social media campaign; Shane and Marie Godwin and Jenny Preston for the most excellent Chilli and of course Alex Cooke, Freddie Phillips, Neil Barnes, Alfie Tedder and Nigel Durban for the music.
Behind the scenes special mention to Mark Batchelor doing an all day and night bar shift and Julie Goodman who did a mammoth kitchen clean up job.
And last but not least the Junior hockey club's very own Sophie & Eleni Godwin for helping in the Kitchen and doing a great job selling raffle tickets.
#GreenAndWhiteArmy
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CJHC HOCKEY SHOP
We sell our Adidas club kit at Polo Farm, this is run by Sally Hayes. The shop stocks all playing kit as well as outer wear, shoes, sticks and accessories. The shop will be open at the following times every week during the season;
As from 17 February the club shop will only be open on Saturday afternoons and Sunday mornings, other times can be agreed by contacting Sally Hayes by email on sally987@icloud.com or by text on 07702 317044.
There will be an end of season sale so watch this space for further information.
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