Lewes Under 18′s Match reports by Paul Spruce Semi Final Lewes Under 18S, 1 WYCOMBE UNDER 18S, 3 [HICKMAN] There was a disappointing end to the season for Lewes Under 18′s in the Mercian Home Counties Finals Day at Oxford Hawks ground on Sunday. In their semi final they lost narrowly to a . . . → Read More: Mercian Home Counties Colts Hockey League Finals Day – 6/5/12 Written by Paul Spruce The weekend saw more success for the Lions who completed a league and Cup double at East Grinstead. The Cup competition took the format of a round robin with matches between Lewes Lions, St Francis and Horsham. In their opening game Lewes beat St Francis comfortably 4-0 with goals . . . → Read More: Lewes Lions enjoy Sussex Cup Success – 21/4/12 Lewes Under 18, 9 Reading Under 18, 1 Written by Paul Spruce On paper this was always going to be an exciting game to watch and there was an expectation that Reading would field a strong side. In the first minute of the game Reading showed us what they were capable of with a . . . → Read More: Mercian U18 Home Counties League Quarter Final – 22/4/12 Lewes Lions 7 Worthing Youth 3 Written by Charlie Wycherley Having won the divisional league there was a hastily arranged Cup which due to lack of organisation from the previous hierarchy had to be set up during the school holidays. Two holidays a football camp and a cricket match curtailed four first pick players. . . . → Read More: Sussex Boys Cup – 15/4/12 Lewes u10 girls travelled to Teddington as the Sussex In2Hockey County champions on Saturday for the Regional finals. They were up against some big named clubs, such as Surbiton and Reading, but any fears that the girls may be out of their depth were soon quoshed after they beat Reading 1-0. The cohesive and . . . → Read More: In2Hockey Regional u10 finals 31/03/12 Worthing Llamas 0 Lewes Lionesses 2 Last game for this improving girls team who only had an adult in goal and who only touched the ball once! Lewes had a huge amount of the ball to their credit but it was all a bit chaotic with the ball struggling to get out of midfield . . . → Read More: Worthing Llamas Vs Lionesses – 24/3/12 Lewes Lions 6 Hailsham Juniors 0 Lewes finished their league season unbeaten with a 6-0 win over hailsham. It was agreed that lewes would play 2 different xl’s in each half and they in fact used 23 players having already left out 7 senior players and thus using the most junior active players in . . . → Read More: Lions Vs Hailsham Juniors – 17/3/12 Sussex Development League East Division Oxted Youth, 3 Lewes Lions, 4 What a corker! With the cost of petrol these days we felt obligated to give the parents value for money. So what better than to go 2 down in the first ten minutes! I guess we were always going to miss James, Olly, . . . → Read More: Oxted Youth Vs Lions – 10/3/12 Lewes A U10s – Winners Still fresh from their Mid Sussex Tournament win last Sunday in the rain, Lewes A U10s came to sunny Eastbourne humbly and without high expectations. From the start they displayed excellent teamwork, solid defending and man to man marking which they continued throughout the tournament. Francis Osman-Allu and Emily . . . → Read More: Sussex girls u10s Clubs In2Hockey tournament Sussex Development League East Division Lewes Lions, 8 Southwick Youth, 0 Southwick had four players who didn’t turn up for the game & Lewes had one unwell, both put in senior teams, five older boys chosen and Lewes played sixteen without an adult. With the different circumstances the odds were clearly in Lewes’ favour. . . . → Read More: Lions Vs Southwick Youth – 3/3/12 Lewes A U10s – Winners 4th March 2012 The Lewes A U10 girls displayed incredibly high spirits and absolute determination to win this tournament despite the horrendous weather conditions and water logged pitch. Their persistence paid off and to their delight they won 4 and drew 2 to finally bag their first ever tournament . . . → Read More: Mid Sussex U10 and U12 Inaugural Tournament St Francis Leprechauns 2 Lewes Lions 1 So we lost. I guess you have to lose in the end, it’s inevitable, and I’ll trot out a load of excuses for why we lost in a minute. However, you have to learn lessons from losing and you have to lose to know how to win. . . . → Read More: St Francis Leprechauns Vs Lions – 25/2/12 Sussex Development League East Division East Grinstead 0 Lewes Lions 2 In their away fixture Lewes’ Lions faced an unrecognisable East Grinstead team from their home encounter at the Southdown Club, where Lewes provided a goal keeper to the visiting team. The match was delayed as it was decided that it would be a . . . → Read More: East Grinstead Youth Vs Lions – 19/2/12 Sussex Development League East Division Lewes Lions 6 Penguins Youth 3 The Lions played two games on Saturday, and with this younger squad only nine player were above Year 8. Penguins turned up short of players and an umpire but Nick Cornish stepped into the breach and played very well for them. We won’t . . . → Read More: Lions Vs Penguin Youth – 18/2/12 Lewes Lionesses U13s 0 Mid Sussex 8 A tough match for Lewes and Mid Sussex. Both teams making progress from beginning to end. Nevertheless Mid Sussex scored 8 fantastic goals, Lewes kept their pride working well as a team and exceptional passes throughout the game. Despite Mid Sussex having not enough players they put . . . → Read More: Lewes u13 girls V Mid Sussex 29/01/12 Sussex Development League East Division Lewes Lions 2 Crowborough Youth 1 Target practice! That’s what we need. Top Lewes played Crowborough 2nd. We had lots of availability and so we played 16 boys with no adult, a bit of a risk but it felt the right thing to do and we must have missed . . . → Read More: Lions Vs Crowborough Youth – 4/2/12 Sussex Girls Development League Lewes Lionessess 1 Brighton Gulls 0 (Emma Fuller) This was an important match for Lewes, because if they won they would strengthen their position in the league. Lewes scored in the first half, via a messy goal nicked by Emma Fuller. Lewes had more possession and more chances throughout the . . . → Read More: Lionessess Vs Brighton Gulls – 26/1/12 Lewes Lionesses Under 13′s squad, 0 Mid Sussex girls, 8 A tough match for Lewes and Mid Sussex. Both teams making progress from beginning to end. Nevertheless Mid Sussex scored 8 fantastic goals, Lewes kept their pride working well as a team and exceptional passes throughout the game. Despite Mid Sussex having not enough . . . → Read More: Lionessess U13 Vs Mid Sussex Friendly – 29/1/12 Lewes mixed Under 8’s Location: Burgess Hill Lewes entered two teams into a friendly under 8’s hockey tournament at Burgess Hill. Playing 5-a-side on very reduced size pitches. At this level we introduce our boys and girls to friendly competition play in 5 minute bursts. The emphasis is on enjoyment and all comers are . . . → Read More: Lewes mixed Under 8’s Friendly Tournament – 22/1/12 Sussex Development League East Division Brighton Flippers 1 Lewes Lions 6 Although not at their absolute best the Lions continued their unbeaten League season with a win at the potential banana skin fixture at a cold and windy Stanley Deason ground. As expected Brighton were strong and pacy through the middle and so began . . . → Read More: Brighton Flippers Vs Lewes Lions – 21/1/12 Sussex Ladies League Girls Development Lewes Lionesses 1 (Rosie Youngman) Worthing Llamas 2 A decisive match for Lewes and Worthing, both teams started pressing hard from the beginning. A tight defense restrained shots on goal from Worthing, with Francesca Bunce driving hard up the right side and hitting the ball right down into the . . . → Read More: Lionessess Vs Worthing Llamas – 21-1-12 Sussex Development League East Division Lewes Lions, 5 South Saxons Youth, 0 Lewes, top of the league Lions, played Hastings based second place South Saxons at the Southdown on Saturday. As the previous game was delayed, due to the frost, three boys had prior arrangements and had to leave at half time. One of . . . → Read More: Lions Vs South Saxon Youth – 14/1/12 Sussex Development League East Division Eastbourne Kestrels 0 Lewes Lions 5 A measure of the Lions improvement this year is that they drew this fixture last year and this time round they were disappointed with a 5-0 win on this slow, slow pitch. Jack Meacher has a liking for Eastbourne and scored a brace. . . . → Read More: Eastbourne Kestrels Vs Lions – 7/11/12 Hailsham Juniors 0 Lewes Lions 5 The curse of the little person! The Lions are getting a phobia of small teams. As soon as they think they can walk a game they narrow, dribble past five players and lose it. This was a grim game for so many reasons but fortunately the Lions had . . . → Read More: Hailsham Vs Lions 10/12/11 Sussex Development League East Division Lewes Lions 5 Oxted Youth 0 Lewes Lions were well prepared for a table topping clash (we think!) with Oxted and had a barn storming first half when they went in at 4 – 0. Henry Parnell is a rough, tough “Rambo” centre forward and when he hits a . . . → Read More: Lions Vs Oxted Youth – 3/12/11 Eastbourne U-14′s 4 Lewes U-14′s 6 A brilliant game that started badly for Lewes when Eastbourne went 2 up. However Lewes then played exceptionally well and scored 6 goals in half an hour, with Jack Meacher scoring 4 amazing goals. Brothers Evan and Cameron Baker capped good performances with one each. Sam Heinzl conducted . . . → Read More: Eastbourne U14 Vs Lewes U14 – 4/12/11? Lewes Lions went to Southwick with no adult, several players short and 16 and won 11-0. The first twenty minutes and the last ten were poor as a bun fight occured but this team have a habit of running riot for 20 minutes in every game and so it proved. Goal scorers were Henry . . . → Read More: Southwick Youth Vs Lions – 26/11/11 Girls under 10s do it again! Second place u10s! All the girls and boys teams showed great team spirit and progress since their tournament the previous week but again it was the u10 girls 1s who shone, gaining 2nd place for the 2nd consecutive week. The girls displayed the cohesive teamwork which proved . . . → Read More: East Grinstead junior hockey tournament – 20/11/11 Sussex Development League East Division Lewes Lions 10 East Grinstead Badgers 1 After another fine personal performance Harry Bridgland summed up beautifully by saying “The good thing about this team is that you can pass the ball to anyone and they are all comfortable.” From the mouths of babes….! If members of Lewes Hockey . . . → Read More: Lewes Lions Vs East Grinstead Badgers – 19/11/11 Sussex Development League East Division Crowborough Crowletts 1 Lewes Lions 3 Lewes Lions manager, Charlie Wycherley, in his last year only had positive comments to make about his teams 3-1 win at Crowborough, the Leagues winners last year. A very positive start led to two goals in the first 15 minutes from Jack “The . . . → Read More: Crowborough Crowletts Vs Lewes Lions – 12/11/11 |
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