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Yuill, Pearce-Smith, Harris Dave, Tucker, Sparks,

1^st XI: The first carved out a win with a single goal from Tim Hancock against Swindon.

2^nd XI: The seconds lost 4-2 at Yate with Chris Cutts and Chris Hutton getting the goals..

3^rd XI: The thirds earned a point from a 2-2 draw at Swindon. The talking point after the game was Matt Taylor's goal. As Matt described it he hit it hard, it caught the edge of a defensive stick, that shifed the ball upeards, hitting a defender on the shoulder before finding the top of the net.

Wanderers: In the first half the Wanderers played well, linked up good passing moves and took na early lead from another Tom Taylor short corner special. Tom was also unlucky to see a second short wiped out because it had been deemed to high, arcing just over the keeper and hitting the backboards. There was a far post miss from Westbury when the goal was gaping open, so a two or three goal lead was not out of the question. However, Bristol UWE wouldn'y lay down and play dead! They snatched an equaliser when Martin Eland, was left exposed for the first vtime by his defence. Martin had already produced some good saves, but an unmarked Bristol player at the backpost was able to pick his spot. The second half saw a change in fortunes and Bristol's quick raids produced three goals. each time there semed to be a visiting forward lurking at the far post to tap in. Credit to Bristol, their fast raiding, and one-twos caused problems for the Wanderers defence.Adam Geddes retired from the game after a flare up of his knee injury from earlier in the season. Adam has the potential to go all the way to the first team, and it is a shame that his knee is causing him some problems.

Wizards: The Wizards shared six goals at Imperial and came back with a point. Alan Sparks notes: A 3-3 draw. A game that the Wizards had the possesion and potential to win comfortably, but in the end it needed 2 goals in last 10 minutes to salvage a draw from 3-1 down

Warriors: The Warriors were well worth their win playing some good hockey against S Glos. Duncan Ogilvie celebrated his new job, by scoring four times, having one disallowed and hitting the post. The first came when Simon Hewitt whacked a first class cross from the right that Duncan clipped goalwards. The goalkeeper saved, but Duncan used good footwork to reposition himself to tuck in the loose ball. His second came from a Martin Palmer cross come shot from the right, Duncan tapping in at the back post. The third came from a ball banged into the D and a clever deflection eluding the keeper. The Warriors lost Martin Palmer to a torn calf muscle as Duncan made it three. The second half saw the Warriors using the wings well with Mark Crofts and Andy Cooper using the ball well. Andy Parsonage in his second game was finding his touch. Mark Colton scored number four from a short corner that he topped, but had enough movement on the ball to deceive the defenders on the line. Duncan added his fourth from another intelligent ball into the D, again clipping it past the keeper. S Glos did get a goal when Mark Crofts couldn't unleash his shot from a Westbury attack and the visitors broke away with a four on none - well jsut Jon Jarvis to beat. Jon did his best to shut all four out, but a slip to the left led to an inevitable goal. The quality of hockey was a big improvement on the last game and takes the Warriors to a seven game unbeaten run.