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Last week the Smith and Williamson 2 goal got underway with an entry of eight teams, including a sponsoring team all the way from Dorset. All teams played on the Friday with the Smith and Williamson team narrowly losing to Hoes Farm, ROK Energy beating Bremont, Hayman Negra beating TLC and Bakers just losing out to Grange.
Saturday saw the semis and sub semis. First up was Bremont vs. TLC in a game that ended up going into extra time. Bremont's Bud Sorby clinched the game not long after the fifth chukka started. The second game was ROK Energy vs. Hayman Negra which was also close and went to an extra thirty seconds when Jack Richardson scored from the lineout in the last seconds to take his team into the final. The third game was between Hoes Farm and Grange. Grange never really looked like loosing this game despite the hard efforts of the Hoes team. Grange went through to the final with quite a convincing score line. The final game of the day was between the sponsors and Bakers Farm in which Bakers captain Caio Sorzana had a brilliant game scoring four out of five penalties among numerous field goals. Despite playing really well, the young Smith and Williamson team could not overcome their opposition.
The finals took place on the Lake ground in front of a large crowd. The first game of the day was the final between ROK Energy and Grange. Both teams had to put out substitutes. Grange's Charlie Scott was replaced by Dan Rawlins and ROK's Jack Richardson by Lanto Sheridan. ROK were first onto the scoreboard with a great individual goal by Ralph Richardson taking the ball from one end of the field to the other. Grange weren't far behind them despite a couple of early misses from the penalty spot. ROK looked stronger throughout most of the game but Grange came back strong in the last chukka with some great team play and managed to level the scores. It looked as though an extra chukka would be needed but right before the final bell Ed Winterton picked up a pass from teammate David Morley and scored a fantastic goal winning his team the game. Ed Winterton picked up the Most Valuable Player award and Lanto Sheridan's Tornado won the Best Playing Pony prize sponsored by Falcon Feeds.| < Prev | Next > |
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