This year’s Horsham Primary Schools Hockey League finally got underway tonight on the Tanbridge astroturf after last week’s weather misfire. Thankfully the process was worth waiting for as an exciting title race took shape with Kingslea A, North Heath A and Leechpool all putting in strong claims by the halfway stage.
Kingslea A was the most freescoring team on the night running up four goals in each of its first two matches against Greenway and Kingslea B before engaging in tough battles with title rivals North Heath A and Leechpool. North Heath A was all set to top the standings at the end of the night but in the last round surprisingly drew a blank versus Kingslea B.
Leechpool’s 5-0 opening roasting of North Heath B was the biggest victory margin. If they win their game in hand next time out they’ll go narrowly top.
St Robert Southwell A lead the mid-table pack courtesy of wins over Steyning and North Heath B teams. Steyning B lie just a point behind as a result of drawing four of their five matches. Greenway can overtake the draw specialists if it wins its game in hand. St Robert Southwell B and North Heath B both lie on 11 points so will still believe they can climb into the top half if they show well in their remaining games.
Nice to see that all teams in the lower reaches competed well despite their positions. Steyning A and Kingslea B both went winless but each picked up two draws and, as already mentioned, the latter’s draw versus North Heath A is likely to be a key factor in the title chase.
The second and final meeting will take place on Friday 9th January
RESULTS
MEET 1 | PITCH 1 | PITCH 2 | PITCH 3 | PITCH 4 |
4.01-4.14 | Kingslea A 4 v 0 Greenway | Kingslea B 0 v 0 Rob South B | Leechpool 5 v 0 North Heath B | North Heath A 1 v 0 Rob South A |
4.16-4.29 | Steyning A 0 v 0 Steyning B | Kingslea A 4 v 0 Kingslea B | Nth Heath B 0 v 2 Nth Heath A | |
4.31-4.44 | Greenway 0 v 0 Steyning B | Rob South B 0 v 2 Leechpool | Steyning A 0 v 2 North Heath B | Kingslea A 1 v 1 North Heath A |
4.46-4.59 | Steyning B 0 v 1 Rob South A | Kingslea B 0 v 2 Greenway | Leechpool 1 v 1 Kingslea A | North Heath A 2 v 0 Rob South B |
5.01-5.14 | Rob South B 0 v 0 Steyning A | Kingslea B 0 v 2 Leechpool | Greenway 0 v 0 Rob South A | North Heath B 0 v 0 Steyning B |
5.16-5.29 | North Heath A 0 v 0 Kingslea B | Steyning A 0 v 1 Kingslea A | Steyning B 1 v 1 Rob South B | Rob South A 2 v 0 North Heath B |
TABLE
| P | W | L | D | F | A | Pts |
Kingslea A | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 21 |
North Heath A | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 21 |
Leechpool | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 18 |
St Robert Southwell A | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14 |
Steyning B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
Greenway | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
St Robert Southwell B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
North Heath B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
Kingslea B | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
Steyning A | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |