Some more great matches in the second meeting of the Horsham Primary Schools Girls Football League tonight on the Tanbridge astroturf.
Southwater and Heron Way A teams started in the two top spots and duly went unbeaten again on the night but their title-hunting party has been crashed into by a Leechpool A team that enjoyed four straight wins second time out.
Centre-piece fixture of the evening brought Heron Way A and Southwater A into combat against each other in the second round of matches. Both team had chances, Southwater mainly threatening with distance shots but the Herons failing to convert the best close-range opportunity, and in the end both had to settle with the scoreless draw. Whilst this was the Herons’ only points drop what was less expected was Heron Way B holding Southwater A to a 1-1 draw later in the evening, a result that makes Heron Way A favourites despite the closeness of the chase.
Below the top echelon Shelley were the biggest chart risers thanks to three excellent wins from their four matches. Only Heron Way A resisted their progress in a tight match that finished 1-0 to the title aspirants.
Shelley’s steep ascent was mirrored by Heron Way B’s descent despite their heroic performance versus Southwater A. Defeats against St Mary’s Pulborough and Leechpool A meant their net direction of travel was down the table. St Peter’s Cowfold also felt the force of gravity with four defeats seeing them drop from mid-table to the lower reaches of the standings.
St Mary’s Pulborough and Kingslea A consolidated their positions behind the top three . The former recovered well from two early defeats whilst the latter came out the right side of two close matches.
Leechpool B and Castlewood both exactly repeated their win-loss-draw record of the first meeting to remain in lower mid-table territory. Leechpool C gained a creditable draw against St Mary’s Pulborough and Kingslea B did likewise against Leechpool B. Both hold 12 points, similar goal difference and are only divided by goals scored, in Leechpool’s favour. So another mini-battle for meeting 3 in two weeks’ time to resolve.
RESULTS
| PITCH 1 | PITCH 2 | PITCH 3 | PITCH 4 |
4.02-4.16 | Kingslea A 0 v 2 Leechpool A | Pulborough 0 v 4 Heron Way A | Shelley 4 v 0 Kingslea B | Leechpool C 0 v 0 Southwater B |
4.19-4.33 | Leechpool B 1 v 0 Castlewood | Heron Way B 0 v 3 Leechpool A | Southwater A 0 v 0 Heron Way A | Kingslea A 1 v 0 Pulborough |
4.36-4.50 | Cowfold 0 v 1 Southwater B | Shelley 2 v 0 Castlewood | NO MATCH | Leechpool B 0 v 4 Heron Way A |
4.53-5.07 | Heron Way B 0 v 1 Pulborough | Kingslea A 0 v 3 Southwater A | Kingslea B 0 v 0 Castlewood | Cowfold 0 v 4 Leechpool A |
5.10-5.24 | Shelley 0 v 1 Heron Way A | Leechpool C 1 v 1 Pulborough | Kingslea A 2 v 1 Leechpool B | Heron Way B 1 v 1 Southwater A |
5.27-5.41 | Leechpool C 0 v 2 Leechpool A | Kingslea B 0 v 6 Heron Way A | Cowfold 0 v 3 Pulborough | Kingslea A 1 v 2 Shelley |
5.44-5.58 | Leechpool C 0 v 5 Southwater A | Heron Way B 0 v 0 Leechpool B | Southwater B 0 v 2 Leechpool A | Cowfold 0 v 2 Castlewood |
TABLE
TEAM | PLAYED | WON | LOST | DRAWN | GOALS FOR | GOALS AG’ST | POINTS |
Heron Way A | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 43 |
Leechpool A | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 41 |
Southwater A | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 36 |
St Mary’s Pulborough | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 30 |
Kingslea A | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 28 |
Heron Way B | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
Shelley | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 25 |
Leechpool B | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 21 |
Castlewood | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 20 |
Southwater B | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
Cowfold | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 16 |
Leechpool C | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 |
Kingslea B | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 12 |