Seven teams from five schools contested the first meeting of this season’s Horsham Primary Schools Hockey League on the Tanbridge astroturf tonight. The Kingslea and Leechpool B teams emerged as the dominant forces, both accumulating 28 points but the former finishing just in front on goal difference in the end of night table. The only points they each dropped ended up against each other when they drew 1-1.
St Mary’s School, Horsham won four of their six matches to finish third in the table at the half way point, the second and final meeting taking place in a fortnight’s time. Below them the North Heath and Leechpool A teams both achieved two wins but the Northies finished a point higher as a consequence of gaining a bonus point for their narrow loss to Leechpool B, 2-1.
North Heath B and Castlewood sit in the basement section of the table but having gained a win each to finish on 10 points they retain hope for the next meeting that they can climb out of the lower reaches.
HOCKEY LEAGUE – MEETING 1 RESULTS
| PITCH 1 | PITCH 2 | PITCH 3 |
4.08-4.21 | Leechpool A 1 v 0 Castlewood | Kingslea 1 v 0 North Heath A | North Heath B 0 v 3 St Mary’s |
4.24-4.37 | St Mary’s 0 v 1 Kingslea | North Heath A 4 v 0 Leechpool A | Castlewood 0 v 2 Leechpool B |
4.40-4.53 | Kingslea 1 v 1 Leechpool B | North Heath B 0 v 1 Castlewood | St Mary’s 1 v 0 North Heath A |
4.56-5.09 | North Heath A 1 v 3 North Heath B | Castlewood 0 v 3 Kingslea | Leechpool B 1 v 0 Leechpool A |
5.12-5.25 | North Heath B 0 v 3 Leechpool A | St Mary’s 0 v 2 Leechpool B | North Heath A 6 v 0 Castlewood |
5.28-5.41 | Castlewood 0 v 1 St Mary’s | Leechpool B 4 v 1 North Heath B | Leechpool A 0 v 3 Kingslea |
5.44-5.57 | Leechpool B 2 v 1 North Heath A | Leechpool A 0 v 2 St Mary’s | Kingslea 3 v 0 North Heath B |
LEAGUE TABLE
| Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Goals for | Goals against | Points |
Kingslea | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 28 |
Leechpool B | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 28 |
St Mary’s Horsham | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
North Heath A | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 15 |
Leechpool A | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
North Heath B | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 10 |
Castlewood | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 10 |