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WOMENS 3RD XI - 19/10/2024 VS HARLESTON MAGPIES 4 (A) 
 
TEAM: Womens 3rd XI 
DATE: 19/10/2024 
FIXTURE: Womens 3rd XI VS 19/10/2024 
HEADLINE: A great result for the 3s 
LEAGUE: EAST DIVISION 2 NORTH EAST 
VENUE: Harleston Magpies  
RESULT: 4-1 WIN 
 
REPORT: 
In a first half where Norwich saw the better of the chances we went in at the break 1-0 down against the run of play. This fired the team up and we came out fighting from the off in the second half. The breakthrough came when the defence made a pass from deep to the right wing followed by a pass to Helen for a chip in to level the score. Now on level terms we took control of the second half with the defence keeping it tight at the back allowing midfield to supply the forwards for three more goals. The goal of the game came from Helen to complete her hat-rick, receiving a pass which she lifted into the top left corner leaving the goalie with nowhere to go. Helen also provided a glorious green moment which demonstrated her commitment and determination. While the forwards often get the glory, the defence in this particular game were magnificent, allowing us to control the whole game. Some great interceptions all round allowed the midfield to work their manic. Great end result of a 4-1 win. 

WOMENS 5TH XI - 19/10/2024 VS WATTON 2 (A) 
 
TEAM: Womens 5th XI 
DATE: 19/10/2024 
FIXTURE: Womens 5th XI VS 19/10/2024 
HEADLINE: 6-1 Win at Watton 
LEAGUE: EAST DIVISION 4 NORTH EAST (NORTH) 
VENUE: Watton 
RESULT: Won 6-1 
 
REPORT: 
The whistle went and they were straight on us! They pressed hard and came at us strong and the first few minutes looked like we were in for a real fight.  
 
But then, we settled down. We passed quickly, strongly, we supported one another and somehow we were 1 nil up. Maybe we could do this!  
 
An outnumbered attack on our goal and a sneaky ball that looked like it was going wide saw them draw level, and it looked like it would be a closely fought battle for the duration.  
 
A short corner just before the end of the 1st half saw Sue send a stormer in and we were 2-1 up at half time.  
 
We were keen to keep our heads in the 2nd half, but when the goals came thick and fast from Megan and a beautiful team effort with lots of assists, we knew we had it wrapped up. 
 
A beautiful team effort, and a pleasure to play.  

WOMENS 6TH XI - 19/10/2024 VS NORWICH DRAGONS 6 (H) 
 
TEAM: Womens 6th XI 
DATE: 19/10/2024 
FIXTURE: Womens 6th XI VS 19/10/2024 
HEADLINE: First half performance much better than second v top of league Dragons 
LEAGUE: EAST DIVISION 4 NORTH EAST (NORTH) 
VENUE: Taverham 
RESULT: 0 - 4 
City held off the top-of-the league Dragons 6s unexpectedly well to start with – keeping a clean sheet for the first 30 minutes. The City home team, filled with lots of talented youngsters many freshly up from the club’s dev squad, battled hard and defended well. Dragons tried to break through but failed until they netted a powerful top-of-the-D hit just before half time. After the break, City lost their momentum. It was a tough game and, with just one sub, the team started to run low on energy. Eventually, the more experienced visitors began to dominate, scoring three more goals to take the final score to four nil.  

MENS 1ST XI - 20/10/2024 VS BARFORD TIGERS (A) 
 
TEAM: Mens 1st XI 
DATE: 20/10/2024 
FIXTURE: Mens 1st XI VS 20/10/2024 
HEADLINE: Another tight battle against familiar foe Barford Tigers 
LEAGUE: CONFERENCE MIDLANDS 
VENUE: Hamstead Hall Academy 
RESULT: 3-4 loss 
 
REPORT: After a narrow victory at home and draw away last season as well as only finishing above them on goal difference Norwich knew it would be a tough away day to Barford. But all looked up as Norwich dominated the early phases and had a collection of chances from Cam Cooke & Max Wilson all go narrowly wide. But after not troubling the scoreboard Barford managed to reverse the momentum after Simon Dolan on his first team and national League debut made a great 1v1 save, it unfortunately rolled to another Barford attacker who flicked past Harry Brown who was left on the line. Q1 0-1.  
Barford continued their momentum into Q2 with their first Penalty Corner of the game, Simon Dolan was on hand to make the save and keep the deficit to just to the 1 goal. Unfortunately Barford kept creating and a couple of minutes later they had doubled their lead. Thomas Cooke was on hand to reverse that after the won the ball under pressure and then found Max Wilson near the D for a reverse to bring the deficit back to 1 goal just before half time. 
Q3 was surprisingly mundane as both sides traded short corners but nothing really to trouble the score line. It ended the same as it started 1-2 to barford.  
The fourth quarter was then anything but mundane. Simon made a great save from Barford's 4th short corner before Barford won a Penalty Flick after a foul in the D and the Barford lead was back to 2. Norwich pushed hard to close the gap and in doing so left them open to a counter attack and a reverse hit into the heat post was enough to pull barford ahead 4-1. All this action was only the first 10 minutes. The final phases of the match were where Norwich finally showed up cameron Cooke found himself 1v1 against the Barford keeper after an excellent ball down the line from Ben Chapman and Cameron beat the final defender. Cam then lifted over the rushing keeper to kickstart the comeback. 3 minutes later Louis Preston found Cameron at the top of the D who moved the ball onto Max Wilson who flicked past the Barford keeper to bring the match to 4-3 with 3 minutes to goal. Norwich pushed hard but Barford's stout defense was equal to every final attack and the score finished 4-3. A few more minutes a Norwich would've have equalized but that's hockey and the early chances that didn't quite make it in in quarter 1 were to blame for the final score not being as the team would've liked. On to the EH cup and up against the Prem opponents who bested the team by two goals in last year's semi finals and went on to win the cup.