WOMEN’S LEAGUE ROUND 4 – MANCHESTER
Manchester University hosted round 4 of the women’s league. It was meant to feature all eight teams but Liverpool
and Nottingham University were unable to make the event.
The tournament was split into two groups of three and then play off matches to decide the final placings.
Group 1 featured Manchester Uni, Great Dane and Oxford / Southampton.
Group 2 featured Ruislip Eagles, Tryst and Wirral.
Group 1 produced close matches in all the games with Manchester University pulling off a bit of a surprise in beating Great
Dane 7 – 6 in the last minute and Oxford/ Southampton pushing both teams all the way, with strong performances again
from Campos and Casaloma. Manchester have a big squad and have a good goalkeeper in Kallak but it was the experienced England
International, Hankinson that secured their victory over Great Dane with 3 goals. Great Dane had a lot of new players in their
team but new signings Manv and Da Rosa looked strong and goal keeper Berruezo again showed why Great Dane are so hard to beat.
Group 2 was a real mixture of the old and the new, the British and the European as Ruislip fielded a team that included
three players in the England junior squad, including 15-year-old Johnson in goal. It was balanced out with the firepower of
Sposi, Kocisova and Fairbrother.Their game against the Wirral youngsters allowed the best of England’s young players
to show what they could do. Wirral’s Murphy and Kolokotroni put up strong resistance but the power of Ruislip was too
much.
Tryst had a full team for this tournament and Peacock and Lowe impressed for the Scottish side as they beat Wirral and
competed well against Ruislip, restricting the halves and defending well against fast breaks.
Group Results:
Great Dane 11 – 8 Oxford/ Southampton (o/s)
Manchester Uni 7 – 6 Great Dane
O/S 6 – 8 Manchester Uni
Ruislip Eagles 8 – 4 Tryst
Wirral 6 – 10 Tryst
Ruislip 16 – 7 Wirral
Play-Offs: 2 x 20 mins
Wirral 14 – 19 Oxford / Southampton for 5th and 6th
Tryst 7 – 19 Great Dane for 3rd and 4th
Ruislip 18 – 13 Manchester Uni for 1st and 2nd
In the play –offs Wirral lost a close game with Oxford / Southampton with the young players from Wirral really improving,
led by Murphy who rattled in 7 goals to nearly keep pace with Campos of O/S who scored 8.
Great Dane were determined to not lose again and all their players got in on the scoring with Manv top scoring with 6 goals.
Lowe and Peacock in particular continued to battle till the end for Tryst but Great Dane were determined to secure third place.
The final was a close game up until the last few minutes. Manchester’s Myhr scored 5 past Ruislip’s young keeper
but Johnson enjoyed saving a penalty from Hankinson to ensure the reigning champions just kept ahead at half time. The Ruislip
big guns came out fighting with Sposi and Kocisova scoring five each and Fairbrother four but Manchester’s keeper Kallak
had an outstanding match to keep it close. In the end the champions won 18 – 13 to extend their lead at the top of the
table and move nearer to another title. Manchester and Great Dane will ensure that the race goes all the way however.
Final Placings
1st Ruislip Eagles – 6 points
2nd Manchester Uni – 5 points
3rd Great Dane – 4 points
4th Tryst – 3 points
5th Oxford / Southampton – 2 points
6th Wirral – 1 point
Liverpool and Nottingham Uni did not enter
Top Scorers
- Campos (O/S) – 13 goals
- Sposi (Ruislip) – 11 goals
- Manv (Manchester) – 10 goals
- Casaloma (O/S) – 10 goals
- Lowe (Tryst), Myhr (Great Dane), Kocisova (Ruislip) all 8 goals
Cumulative League Position
1st Ruislip Eagles- 18 points
2nd Manchester Uni – 14
3rd Tryst – 13
4th Oxford/Southampton – 10
5th Great Dane – 9
6th Liverpool – 7
7th Wirral – 3
8th Nottingham - 2
Round 3
Liverpool |
3 |
- |
7 |
Oxford / Southampton |
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Tryst |
9 |
- |
4 |
Liverpool |
Wirral |
3 |
- |
20 |
Ruislip |
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Wirral |
5 |
- |
10 |
Tryst |
O/S |
9 |
- |
4 |
Wirral |
|
O/S |
7 |
- |
6 |
Tryst |
Liverpool |
3 |
- |
17 |
Ruislip |
|
Liverpool |
7 |
- |
7 |
Wirral |
O/S |
4 |
- |
16 |
Ruislip |
|
Ruislip |
17 |
- |
4 |
Tryst |
Top Scorers
D.Sposi (Ruislip) – 25 Goals, L.Peacock (Tryst) – 18 , L.Kocisova (Ruislip) – 16 ,
F.Campos (O/S) – 13
Position after 3 rounds |
P |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
PTS |
RUISLIP EAGLES |
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12 |
TRYST |
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10 |
OXFORD/SOUTHAMPTON |
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8 |
LIVERPOOL |
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7 |
GREAT DANE |
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5 |
NOTTINGHAM |
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2 |
WIRRAL |
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2 |