27/06/2013
Match Report Reading 8s:
Trowbridge senior team travelled to Reading to take part in a summer tournament hosted by Reading University. It was the first venture out for the senior squad for a while so no one was quite sure what to expect, competition wise and our own cohesion. The target was set to just have a good time and take away what ever we could about ourselves from the experience. Trowbridge made the travel with the bare minimum of 8 players for the tournament; staying fresh for each game was going to be a challenge.
The tournament; it goes without saying was a major success for Trowbridge Lacrosse. We managed to get our selves through to the semi-finals and everyone had fought hard to get there. Defensively we were solid; Mark Lane (Goal), Luke Wilmot and Paul Bown (defence) played as one cohesive unit throughout the day. With great communication and positioning we were able to keep a clean sheet till the semi-finals. So 4 Clean sheets from Mark Lane, I believe that is 4 pints for each of us Mark!!
In midfield they had to work really hard, no subs for the day and fast paced game play is not something they were looking forward to. That being said they dug in and worked hard. Moving the ball up field and chasing back with 100% effort every time, which makes the defence and attacks work a lot easier as the support is there.
Attack put in there share for the team, switching into midfield to rest tired players and doing their best to retain the ball up top to get the game under control and set the pace. With good movement and passing gave a lot of goals to Trowbridge, scoring in every one of the 5 games played. Scoring from 1 on 1’s and well worked assisted goals; the attack put a good show for the spectators.
So a big thank you to all the lads who played hard and made an excellent day of it and to Reading University for putting on a good day!!
Squad
Mark Lane
Luke Wilmot
Paul Bown
Richard Bowin
Christian Brown
Sam King
Matt King
Lloyd Butler (C)
Results
Uwecorns 0 – 1 Trojans (Matt King)
Loughborough 2nd 0 – 5 Trojans (Matt King 1, Sam King 2, Lloyd Butler 2)
Reading Alumni 0 – 1 (Lloyd Butler)
Reading Uni 1st 0 – 2 (Lloyd Butler, Sam King)
Semi – Final
Bombers 3 – 1 Trojans (Sam King)