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Westbury & United Banks HC: Results for Saturday 14/4/07
Team	Opponents		League	Scr	Scorers
3^rd XI	v Cardiff III	H	Friendly	2-4	Webster 2
Match comments
3rd XI: On a hot Saturday afternoon both teams looked energetic at the start with Cardiff taking an early lead. They were strong performances from Neller and Nathan Walkey and Smurf was in great form once again. Westbury, with a mixed bag of players, not only equalised but went ahead with two Tony Webster goals. A second half Cardiff attack saw a visiting stiker put in a thumping shot that Smurf saved, but a Cardiff player couldn't react quiclky enough and the rebound hit him in the face. After a long delay Pete Thomas switched to play for Cardiff. The visitors scored from the resulting short, then Pete scored against Westbury for the second time in 8 days after his gaol on tour, he cracked in a slipped short corner. Cardiff looked the stronger side at the finish, and 22 very hot and thirsty players trooped off to end the season.

Westbury & United Banks HC: Results for Saturday 31/3/07
Team	Opponents		League	Scr	Scorers
2^nd XI	v Stroud	H	Friendly	4-1	Webster 2 Taylor T Ogilvie
Wizards	v O Bristolians III	H	Friendly	2-1	Crofts Colton
Managers XI	v Presidents XI (Sun 1/4/07)	H	Memorial match	4-2	Holliday D, Millman S, Banwell, Callis N
Presidents XI	v Managers XI (Sun 1/4/07)	A	Memorial match	2-4	Curnock, Jacobs
Match comments
2^nd XI: A mixed bag of players took the field against Stroud, and looked a little subdued in their execution with pace and threats on goal being a little sparse in the first half. When a goal eventually arrived it was Duncan Ogilvie whose snap shot came to Gareth Nichols who squared it for Tony Webster to score with his second effort after the first had been saved. Neller and Limbo shared the sweeping duties and were rearely troubled, they looked well in command of everything that came their way. A second goal came from an excellent reverse stick Webster strike. Stroud then managed to find a way past Moonie who had dealt well with all their previous shots. A two goal advantage was restored when Tonka struck from the edge of the D. To cap it all off Duncan Ogilvie, who had seen his previous shot come back off the post scored number 4. Poker and Sparky turned out for Stroud, credit should go to the visitors for not cancelling and making a game of it.
Wizards: Match number 5 for the Wizards v O Bristolians, saw the visitors look very solid in all areas of the pitch and press the home defence, creating a lot of chances. Sam Banting made three great saves in rapid succession to stop O Bs from scoring. Si Andrews had a fine game at sweeper in a half that saw OBs have the greater share of possession. With the score balnk at half time there was everything to play for. owever, it was O Bs who scored after a period of play in which they played skillfully and effectively. This goal triggered the Wizards responce and there was renewed effort to take the game forward. It fell to Mark Crofts to equalise after a typical Croftsy run and a smartly placed shot. With 10 mnutes to go the Wizards 'specila team' at short corners did their job yet again. Mike Harvey injected the ball, Martin Palmer stopped it, and Mark Colton drilled it it before any O Bs defender could react. Andy Cameron was on hand to keep the one goal advantage when for once Sam was beaten, Andy arrived at speed to clear oof the line. As the game drew to a close the Wizards played some neat, well organised hockey. There were strong performances from everyone who took part. Rob Hughes showed he has added a lot of quality to his game to go with his non-stop running. Thanks to Limbo and M'ud for umpiring when they could just as easily have stayed at home and put their feet up.
Feymous writes: Ghosts of Easter past, present and hopefully future gathered at Henbury School on Sunday April 1st to play a game in Bob Hayman’s memory – between a Manager’s XI and a President’s XI. Bob’s daughter Alison and her family looked on as 25 players tried to shake off the rigors of the weekend (Richard Banwell and Alex McDonald in particular seemed to have had a very rigorous weekend) and produce a decent game of hockey, which in fact they did. The first goal came after only a couple of minutes and the scorer could not have been more appropriate. Dave Holliday anticipated a loose ball at the top of the D and struck it (with just enough of a mishit to make it lethal) past Neil King’s outstretched left foot. It was a good start for the Manager’s XI but after a while the President’s XI started pressing hard for an equaliser, with Phil Haslett and Gary Roper unsurprisingly prominent. Andy Griffin and Tom Taylor stood firm at the back for the Manager’s XI whilst Brian Callis and a sharp-looking Phil Curnock were having a battle royal down the President’s XI right.Brian seemed to have got the best of this when he stopped a well-struck short corner from Phil Curnock on the line. However shortly before half-time Phil Curnock won a short corner when a Brian Callis tackle ended in him tumbling to the ground (5.9, 5.8. 5.9….). This time Phil had the sense to hammer it inside the other post for a well-deserved equaliser.The second half continued to be end to end. Again the Manager’s XI had the happy knack of getting a stick in the way at the last moment to avoid conceding a goal – often the stick belonged to Pete Murphy who was having an outstanding game in goal. Just when it seemed that neither team would break the deadlock the Manager’s XI produced a couple of outstanding moves to score two goals in quick succession. On both occasions they managed to bypass Neil King, with Steve Millman and Richard Banwell applying the finishing touches.The President’s XI pulled one back, when Martin Fey blocked a goalbound shot, only for the ball to run across the D to Michelle Jacobs. Martin was to regret this as Michelle’s flick flew past his ear into the roof of the net.Was there to be an equaliser? The President’s XI continued to press, with Chris Cocks doing his famous overlapping centre back routine and Richard Beesley playing in a fluid role. Beesley then threw caution to the winds, substituting Neil King and playing with 11 outfield players. Would fortune favour the brave. Er, no. In fact the Manager’s XI was to score a late fourth with Neil Callis taking advantage of Neil’s absence.All that was left was to thank the umpires, Bob Pearse and Ian Small, then assemble in the centre circle for Tony Webster to say a few words about Bob and for the players to give three cheers in his memory. Then team photos and back to the Victoria to remember Bob in the way he would have approved of.A most enjoyable day. Manager’s XI: Pete Murphy, Martin Fey, Andy Griffin, Tom Taylor, Brian Callis, Alan Sparks, Dave Holliday, Dave Wornell, Neil Callis, Chris Millman, Steve Millman, Tony Webster, Richard Banwell President’s XI: Neil King, Richard Beesley, Roger Montague, Chris Cocks, Andy Cooper, Alex McDonald, Phil Haslett, Michelle Jacobs, Phil Curnock, Duncan Ogilvie, Pete Thomas, Gary Roper Umpires: Bob Pearce, Ian Small

Westbury & United Banks HC: Results for Saturday 24/3/07

Team

Opponents

League

Scr

Scorers

2^nd XI

v Cwmbran

North Div 1

5-5

Webster 3 Colquhoun Poulsom

Wanderers

v Cleevillians

Friendly

2-1

Farrell Richardson

Wizards

v Bridgwater III

Friendly

3-1

Haslett Farrell Woodward

Warriors

v Bridgwater IV

Friendly

8-3

Thomas 2 Roper G 2 Cocks 2 Travis 2

Widgets

v Bristol UWE IV

Br & NW Som Div 3

3-1

Ludley 2 Ogilvie

Match comments

2^nd XI: The final league match of the season for the seconds saw them 5-1 up at one stage but having to settle for just a point when the home side pulled back to 5-5. There was a hat-trick for Tony Webster. Psycho and TC were on target, TC's goal taking him to the top of the 2nd team leader board.

	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Bristol UWE	21	20	1	1	87	28	59	54
Teams Bath Buccs B	22	17	2	3	82	26	56	53
Som Gryphons	22	14	2	6	68	41	27	44
Teams Bath Buccs B	22	12	6	4	74	53	19	42
Westbury & UB A	22	11	2	9	47	45	2	35
Gloucester A	22	8	6	8	57	59	-2	30

Wanderers: Well done the ten men of the Wanderers team who took on Cleevillians and won 2-1. Fazza put the finishing touch to an outstanding bit of team work for his goal and Neller's shot actually burst the net. An unusual feature of the game was that one of the home umpires sent his own son off with a yellow card in a show of 'parent power'.

Wizards: The Wizards put together some great hockey to see off a spirited side from Bridgwater. The visitors scored first through Nathan Walkey who was guesting for them and bobbled his shot past Smurf, as Bridgwater only had ten players. Village flicked in the equaliser following good work by Rob Hughes. Rob then set up Fazza who scooped the ball over the keeper from close range. Chewie surged past a couple of defenders before unleashing a powerful shot, head high past the keeper. Tony Webster was unlucky to have a goal ruled out. This was a very open game and Smurf pulled off some great saves. Credit to the opposition who came one short and played a very honest game, they even owned up to a foot in the D and gave us a short corner.

Warriors: The Warriors wrapped up their season with a mammoth score of 8-3 at Bridgwater. Pete Thomas knocked in 2 as did Shads. Martin Travis scored twice as well and Cocksy popped in two of his own.

Widgets: The Widgets final match was technically a play-off for 5th place against Bristol UWE. The interesting point in the match was the 'chase' for leading scorer. Joel Chase was one goal behind dave Money and became available when he discovered how close he was. The text from Duncan Ogilvie revealed that John Fox scored twice and Duncan 'stole' a goal from Joel. This has been a season of achievement for the Widgets, who finished with a well deserved 50% record.

	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Frys	22	20	1	1	92	12	80	61
Imperial	22	19	1	2	115	24	91	58
N Somerset A	22	15	1	6	76	27	49	46
N Bristol C	22	14	3	5	82	41	41	45
Westbury & UB F	22	10	2	10	59	73	-14	32
Bristol UWE C	22	10	1	11	54	49	5	31

Westbury & United Banks HC: Results for Saturday 17/3/07

Team

Opponents

League

Scr

Scorers

1^st XI

v Cheltenham

Premier 1

0-1

2^nd XI

v N Bristol

North Div 1

3-2

Watts Armsby Nichols G

3^rd XI

v Bristol Univ IV

Br & NW Som Div 1

3-8

Webster 2 Griffin

Wanderers

v N Somerset

Br & NW Som Div1

2-1

Woodward Millman S

Wizards

v Westbury Warriors

Br & NW Som Div 2

3-3

Christopher Brown Crofts

Warriors

v Westbury Wizards

Br & NW Som Div 2

3-3

Chase 2 Holmes A

Widgets

v N Somerset II

Br & NW Som Div 3

2-3

Money Nichols G

Match comments

1^st XI: The first team closed their season with a frustrating game at Cheltenham losing by just a single goal. Meaks writes: This was an ordinary game, played at an ordinary pace against an ordinary opposition. It had a real feel of an end of season, nothing riding on it game. Cheltenham scored from a dragged short in the second half, we had chances to score in both halves but couldn't convert. I can't really be bothered to say anymore about the game, apart from Mason was awesome as usual and the Cheltenham clubhouse had a touch of the Firebrands about it after the game. Thanks to all those who have played for the firsts this season, everyone who has stepped in has done a good job for us. The second half of the season saw us with a 4-3-3 record, which is excellent for a first season back in Prem 1. We've also had some excellent support from the rest of the club, the whole team appreciates it. The opposition less so.Cracking night in the Alma on Saturday night, there are very few clubs that would have players from every team drinking together on a night that isn't a club dinner. The funniest converstaion I had was about the merits of those players who have put themselves forwards for indoor hockey. Certain players in the list may not have transferable skills, no names here obviously.

2^nd XI: The second team beat N Bristol 3-2 to finish a very creditable 5th place in their first season in this division. Terry Watts Slider and ? were on target. The seconds were ahead of 5 other 1st XIs in their division. Slider says: To echo the words of our esteemed 1st team skipper, this too was an ordinary game, played at an ordinary pace against ordinary opposition. Much to the captain's chagrin, it seemed that to many, this was just an end of season, nothing riding on it game. As such we played well below our usual high standards, our focus wavering and our efforts diminished. Only with Straun's arrival in the 2nd half did we begin to show signs of the battle-hardened Westbury spirit of old as we began to play with more purpose, vigour and skill. Injuries to Tim, Ger (before the warm-up?!?) & to the Silver Fox left us with a hastily re-jigged side and warranted a brave 3-4-3 formation. A sloppy pass from the skipper allowed North Bristol to attack and some shoddy tackling handed an early lead to our already relegated oppo. Gareth Nicholls (another excellent performance) scored a well-taken equaliser before Tezzer gave us a half-time lead. On came Straun, making a much welcomed return to bolster the midfield. Sadly. our habit of handing back possession seemingly at will, allowed North Bristol back into the game and but for an excellently worked 8-man set-piece short corner routine finished with aplomb by the grateful skipper, we'd have been facing an embarrasing draw. One more training session for the boys and one more game to go. Another win and it will be a very good season for the newly promoted 2nd team. 5th in this tough league will be something for us all to be proud of, but the job isn't complete yet... A storming victory in the depths of Cwmbran this coming weekend will round things off nicely.

3^rd XI: The thirds had a bit of a shock against Bristol University with a squad of 14 fit and energetic students, losing by 8 goals to 3. However the job had already been done with top spot achieved 5 games ago. Injuries and unavailability will have had an impact on this game.

	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Westbury & UB B	22	19	1	2	97	22	75	58
Robinsons C	22	13	5	4	59	41	18	44
Westbury & UB C	22	13	3	6	76	63	13	42
Firebrands C	22	11	3	8	59	61	-2	36

Wanderers: Well done to the Wanderers who were still in with a chance of promotion going into this match. They took on everything N Somerset could throw at them and snatched a very late winner. It then depended on the result between Robinsons 'C' and Firebrands 'D'. Robs won to claim 2nd place and promotion, with the Wanderers finishing in 3rd place. Again injuries and unavailability in the last month have meant that they played a number of games at less than full strength, so a top three finish has to be seen as a great success. The Wanderers can now plan to make it into the top two for next season. Chewie and Tufty were the scorers. Tufty's comedy moment came when he had 'a chat' with the umpire during the game, but found himself having to follow the umpire into a neutral corner as the umpire kept backing away whilst beckoning Tufty to come towards him. It's a bit harsh on Tufty to make him run around on the pitch and then have to walk half a mile to get a 'ticking off!' Tufty's view: Saturday was a great performance from a severely weakened team. We took the lead early when Poker(!) found Woodward in the D with a great early ball from the sideline. They equalised when one of their many young and quick players ran through half our side. Second half we were magnificent. The defence shut out just about everything, and we attacked with great movement. Only thing missing was the goal! We had a few very good chances but their keeper was having a blinder and when we did get past him from two late corners a defender cleared off the line (one was from point blank range when Si Andrews deflected the 'far post' pass) Just as it seemed we would have to settle for a point we drilled in our final short corner under the keepers armpit.

Wizards& Warriors: With all the issues solved last weekend, both teams were just playing for pride in the return league match. The Wizards were never able to get into top gear and the Warriors can justly claim this as a moral victory! The Warriors had to play the first 20 minutes with 10 men. Smurf was called into action very early after just 3 touches in his last two games. He was certainly the busier keeper throughout the game and pulled off some great saves. Joel Chase opened the scoring, then with a full compliment of players the Warriors created the better chances and Smurf stopped them going 2-0 up with a 'one on one' save. Leading into the break the Wizards got more control into their game, but found that the physical barrier thrown up against them stifled their attacking opportunities. A penalty stroke was squandered when it came back off the post! The Wizards having previously had just one green all season, were shown 5 throughout the match. In the second half the Wizards pressed hard and Mark Colton's short corner was steered in by Alan Christopher. Just when it looked that the Wizards would get the upper hand, the Warriors re-established their lead, this time with an Adam Holmes goal. A second equaliser came from another short, this time Martin Palmer's flick was guided in by Graeme Brown. Shortly afterwards Mark Crofts wriggled his way round the D and slotted home to make it 3-2 Wizards. The Warriors had 5 minutes left to restore the balance. The ball fell to Joel Chase on the top of the D. His flick caught the edge of Cocksy's stick and flew high into the net to much jubilation from the Warriors. Both sets of defenders excelled in this game, Tim Palmer, Cocksy and Tim Denner for the Wizards and Will Enderby, AJ, Dave Ratcliffe and Alex Payne for the Warriors. The Warriors finished the league season with a three game unbeaten run.

	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Westbury & UB D	20	15	2	3	85	30	55	47
West Glos C	19	13	3	3	60	28	32	42
West Glos B	20	13	3	4	49	22	27	42
Som Gryphons B	20	11	2	7	61	42	19	35

	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
O Bristolians C	19	6	4	9	37	45	-8	22
Westbury & UB E	20	5	3	12	30	65	-35	18
Firebrands E	20	5	0	15	29	69	-40	15
Yate B	20	1	2	17	31	83	-52	5

Widgets: The Widgets gave N Somerset a close run game. Going down 3-1 with Dave Money getting the goal the Widgets staged a comeback in the last 15 minutes with a Brian Nichols goal to close in to 3-2 behind. Despite some good attacks they couldn't squeeze an equaliser.

Westbury & United Banks HC: Results for Saturday10/3/07

Team

Opponents

League

Scr

Scorers

1^st XI

v Cardiff

Premier 1

0-0

2^nd XI

v Bath Buccs III

North Div 1

0-3

3^rd XI

v Yate II

Br & NW Som Div 1

3-1

Webster Griffin Walkey

Wanderers

v Bristol UWE III

Br & NW Som Div1

2-1

Scott 2

Wizards

v O Bristolians IV

Br & NW Som Div 2

4-0

Palmer M 2 Christopher Knight

Warriors

v O Bristolians III

Br & NW Som Div 2

4-3

Hughes Chase Harris Dave Holmes A

Widgets

v Bristol UWE IV

Br & NW Som Div 3

pst

Match comments

1^st XI: Our recent run of good form was fully tested against a Cardiff already league champions. The first 15 minutes saw Cardiff dominate possession without really creating too many clear cut opportunities, the best chance hitting the top of the post. We worked ourselves slowly into the game, regularly gaining 10 meters as Cardiff complained about decisions. Our best chances in the first half fell to Mason, the keeper getting a faint touch to a trade mark scoop ("it was traveling") and Neller, who topped a clear shot from the top of the D. After half time the game opened up and both sides had chances to win it. Kinger played a blinder, making 3 excellent saves. Overall this was one of our best team performances, superb work rate, lots of pace and skill, defensively strong (no shorts conceded) and good discipline in the face of top drawer Cardiff whinging.

2^nd XI: Playing against Team Bath Buccs is always tough and the second team's trip to Bath ended in a 3-0 defeat.

3^rd XI: Griff writes: We had our furthest away game this week, a trip to Yate on what can only be described as a lovely spring afternoon. We dominated the game with possession and at times played very well but at times we were defeated by the pitch. We didn’t all adjust to playing on a bouncy pitch which bought memories (for more senior members of the team) of playing on grass pitches where it is important to play with a straight stick, the good news is that the pitch is being re-laid in the summer. We also lacked a cutting edge, to be honest we have had this problem since securing the championship (save for the Robs game which was a matter of pride). Goals in the first half were from Tony Webster from a short corner and Nathan Walkey. Andy Griffin added a third in the second half from a short corner. The final score was 3 -1. Another good team performance.

	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Westbury & UB B	21	19	1	1	94	14	80	58
Robinsons C	21	12	5	4	55	40	15	41
Westbury & UB C	21	12	3	6	74	62	12	39
Firebrands C	21	11	3	7	59	57	2	33

Wanderers: The wanderers found Bristol UWE, the bottom team a tough nut to crack. Neither side ever really got control of the ball in what was generally a scrappy half. Johan Lewis and Reston Smith were the pick of the side in the first half. The Wanderers always look dangerous at short corners, but today their touch was missing and chances weren't taken. The second half saw the visitors take the lead. This actually proved to be the incentive for the Wanderers to play more positively. Inside a minute their best move of the match saw Tufty's shot hit the woodwork and Doug Scott sweep in the rebound, reverse stick into the roof of the net. Not long later the same two players created the winner. Doug Scott powered his way through, laid the ball left to Tufty. The return pass saw Doug slide his shot in at the near post. Again Johan and Reston were on song and Alex Taylor did a lot of running and harrying to keep pressure on Bristol. It still took a sharp, reflex save at the near post from Paxo to preserve the lead. Steve Puetz and Tim Denner showed up well in defence and their was good support from the whole team as their confidence grew in the second half.

Wizards: The Wizards secured their place as CHAMPIONS of Division 2 with another outstanding performance against O Bristolians. Alan Christopher started it when the ball was flashing across at the far post, Alan swung his stick one handed, made an excellent contact send the ball past the helpless keeper for a 1-0 lead. The Wizards stepped up their control of the game. Poker's long ball found Charlie Knight. Charlie surged forward like Moses with his opponents stepping back like the Red Sea. he reached the 'D' untouched and unleashed an unstoppable shot into the far corner. After the break, there was more of the same. Mark Colton, Cocksy, Andy Cameron and Poker were in complete command of their half of the pitch. Charlie, Croftsy, Dom Harris and John Ludley shared the midfield duties and were moving the ball around superbly. John Ludley carved out the third goal, his chipped pass was volleyed into the roof of the net by Martin Palmer. The show was completed when the skipper took the ball off the pads from Croftsy shot to slide in number four. Well done the Wizards, another quality game and a bottle of Champagne shared by a jubilant team.

	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Westbury & UB D	19	15	1	3	82	27	55	46
West Glos C	18	12	3	3	56	25	31	39
West Glos B	19	12	3	4	47	22	25	39
Som Gryphons B	19	10	2	7	56	42	14	32

Warriors: This was a make or break game for the Warriors who needed a win to keep Firebrands out of reach and safe from relegation. O Bristolians started the stronger side and were well on top for the opening ten minutes when Sam Banting had to be at his best and Steve Alger turned one off the line. Then the tide turned and it all went well for the Warriors, when Rob Hughes cut across the 'D' from the right, after a long run and struck a brilliant reverse stick shot into the roof of the net. Joel Chase added a second not long later, but O Bs pulled one back. It was then the combination of James Pope and Bomber Harris who created the third goal. Bomber moved the ball forward, laid the ball off to James Pope. James cut in from the right and set up Bomber for a sweep in at the near post. Having got on top the Warriors could not get the vital killer goal in the second half and O Bs pulled two goals back to square the game at 3-3. The Warriors finished on a high note when Adam Holmes struck the winning goal. Well done the Warriors winning against O Bs third team.

	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
O Bristolians C	18	6	4	8	37	43	-6	22
Westbury & UB E	19	5	2	12	27	62	-35	17
Firebrands E	20	5	0	15	29	69	-40	15
Yate B	19	1	1	17	31	83	-52	4

Widgets:

Westbury & United Banks HC: Results for Saturday 3/3/07

Team

Opponents

League

Scr

Scorers

1^st XI

v Bristol Univ

Premier 1

4-2

Frost J 2 Roper Richardson

2^nd XI

v Bristol Univ II

North Div 1

3-1

Moon Colquhoun Dawson

3^rd XI

v Bristol UWE III

Br & NW Som Div 1

1-1

Walkey

Wanderers

v O Bristolians II

Br & NW Som Div1

3-8

Milman S Taylor A Taylor T

Wizards

v N Bristol III

Br & NW Som Div 2

13-1

Palmer M 4 Christopher 3 Crofts 3 Colton 2 Brown

Widgets

v Robinsons VI

Br & NW Som Div 3

2-1

Chase 2

Match comments

1^st XI: Meaks speaks: The firsts looked to continue their recent good form against a Uni side who had won the first fixture earlier this season. It quickly became apparent that having last saturday off and a poor turnout at training had slowed both thought and body and we looked off the pace. We did create the better opportunities in the first half, a swing and a miss from Mace with only the keeper to beat and a missed PS from Frosty, after he had been tripped from behind when clear on goal, left it 0-0 at halftime. We came out of the blocks in the second half and started to gain the upper hand, restricting the uni side to breakaways. A slick short corner routine (you don't see that very often in a 1sts match report) finished with Frosty slipping the ball past the keeper to put us 1 up. Straight from the restart, Shads blasted the ball past a stationary keeper, 2 up. We had a third in 10 minutes after Neller scooped our second stroke of the afternoon just over the keeper. He claimed he had already sent the keeper the wrong way, just by using his eyes. After that we played like idiots, giving the ball away too easily and the Uni pulled 2 goals back. Kinger also made some good saves to keep us in front. Fortunately when some decisions started to go against them their discipline went, the umpires had had enough and there were 3 yellow cards for verbals towards the end of the game. Frosty flicked his second, our fourth in the last few minutes to make the game safe . A scrappy game, not one for the crowd but now 3 wins on the bounce for the 1s.

2^nd XI: Sliders says: The crock skipper, watching from the sidelines nursing with yet another wound, experienced a roller coaster of emotions as the 2nds came through a potentially tricky fixture against a gutsy Uni side. We were poor early on: lacking shape, energy and composure. Gradually we found our feet though - the passing became crisper and with TC & Gary swapping roles the shape returned. Terry and Gareth were flawless, Gareth joining the 2's after a string of man-of-the-match 3rd team performances and Terry continuing his awesome form from last week's trek to Leominster.0-0 at half time. We started the 2nd half strongly but as is common with Westbury sides, we conceded a breakaway goal and were up against it... bloody students. What a response though. JPS and TC were instrumental in our revival and our reply was immediate. A well rehearsed (ahem) 'set-piece' short corner saw Tim barge his way onto the ball and coolly bring us level. Within minutes we had a penalty flick - I can't remember why, but I was very happy to see TC give us the lead. We were awesome to a man for the last 20 minutes, with our defence holding strong with Bees, Ger, Platform and Coatesy all making a string of cracking tackles and Clintus Shoutalotatus kept out whatever the students threw at him. Father-to-be Moondog had the final say by combining well with TC and slotting home the 3rd. Shame the lovely Nicki Moon missed both the goal and his gay celebration. It all brought a tear to the skipper's eye...Well done gents. Far from perfect early on but resolute and determined thereafter. A great comeback from a goal down and a joy to watch. Where was the vice captain though...?

3^rd XI: Griff writes: A game where we dominated with possession and territory. However UWE played 10 men behind the ball. We unfortunately could not break them down and often found that the D was too crowded. We were one down to a (interesting,) short corner. That was there only real attack of the game. The game cost Ron £ 3.33 per touch. It was very frustrating in the second half (Dave Holliday and Mrs Walkey were very frustrated supporters and no doubt if asked will give their opinion). Nathan Walkey scored a well deserved equaliser. It was a disappointing result but the effort of the team could not be faulted.

	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Westbury & UB B	20	18	1	1	91	13	78	55
Robinsons C	20	12	4	4	54	39	15	40
Westbury & UB C	20	11	3	6	72	61	11	36
Firebrands C	20	10	3	7	56	56	0	33

Wanderers: The Wanderers were up against Old Bristolians who had Richard Purchase in their side who CV includes National League and National appearances. He dragged flicked a stunning goal, although Tufty felt he countered that goal with a scorching flick of his own from a short corner. The Wanderers were always going to find it hard and were never able to get a firm hold on the game. O Bs scored early on and at regular intervals until they reached 8. Alex Taylor scored once and Tonka made it 8-3 with a short corner goal in time added on for the corner to be completed. O bs were well organised and too strong for the Wanderers on the day.

Wizards: The Wizards gave N Bristol a master class in passing, possession and devastating finishing. Alan Christopher struck first and Graeme Brown a few minutes later. Alan went on to complete a first half hat-trick, the second two were the result of long passing plays. This was an aspect of the game that the Wizards impressed throughout the game. Dom Harris, Mark Crofts and Charlie Knight were in impressive form, Charlie in particular was spraying quality ball around with ease. By half time the Wizards were 7-0 up, with 3 of the goals coming in about the same number of minutes. Mark Crofts snapped up two goals and Martin Palmer scored with is first touch in the game. There was no let up in the second half and Mark Crofts deservedly got his hat-trick goal. Martin Palmer scored three more to reach 4 goals, Mark Crofts and Dom Harris put it the telling passes. Mark Colton popped in two from short corners to bring the total up to 13. In the final seconds N Bristol earned a penalty stroke to get a consolation goal. The defence of Cocksy, Cameron and Poker were well in control and Smurf probably had to pay £5.00 per touch. This was a superb performance and three of the six points needed to win the division.

	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Westbury & UB D	18	14	1	3	78	27	51	43
West Glos C	18	12	3	3	56	25	31	39
West Glos B	18	12	2	4	46	21	25	32
Som Gryphons B	18	10	2	6	56	36	20	30

Widgets: The Widgets played their local derby with Robinsons and won 2-1 thanks to two Joel Chase goals.

Goal Chart: After14/4/07 (Corrected for errors 11/4//07)