Press Reports Saturday 22nd of January
Posted by Nobody on 28 January 2011
It was a clean sweep for the Sparrowhawks on Saturday with dominant performances from both the men’s and Lady’s sides ensuring that they kept their respective league aspirations for this season on track.
The men took a trip to Bishops Stortford and continued their recent good away form with an unflappable display against their mid table rivals. East London’s Chris Jones opened the scoring mid way through the first half, finishing a well rehearsed short corner routine with a guided deflection at the near post. The Sparrowhawks were on the scoresheet again within ten minutes when Adam Willoughby latched onto a cross from Right Back James Cook to touch past the stranded keeper. The game was then all but wrapped up when ELHC struck the backboard for the third time seconds before the half time whistle, with in form striker Adam Lord again poaching at the far post to add to his increasingly impressive goal tally.
Bishops Stortford looked disconsolate when they came out for the second half and rarely achieved any periods of prolonged possession with good pressure from ELHC reducing them to long balls and aerials in their attempts to get out of their own half. The inevitable fourth and final goal of the game came as Adam Willoughby took advantage of a defensive error to slot home his second of the game.
East London’s ladies put visitors Basildon to the sword at Mile End on Saturday, brushing them aside with the sort of clinical play that is fast becoming the hallmark of women’s hockey at ELHC. In a game that could easily have ventured towards a real embarrassment for the visiting side the 8-2 final scoreline was probably a fair depiction of the gulf in class between these two sides.
