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here has been notable development across all
bringing a very capable team to Wellington. After a tight
teams this season, with better starts made by
first half with little to pick between the sides, two superb
most compared to last year. Indoor training
drag flicks from Charterhouse proved the difference and
late in the Michaelmas term and a good pre-season made a
we lost 4-2. Charterhouse was more composed and more
big difference to the seniors in particular. Increasingly they
instinctive finishers, two skills we needed to develop further.
will be introduced to younger teams to aid their progress.
There was no rest for the boys with the u18 County
This was complemented by a well organised start to term,
tournament the following day. The boys played superb
getting players plenty of pitch time and into the appropriate
hockey at times, with tireless work from Russell [Hn],
team as early as possible. The effort of every coach was
Newland [Hn] and Jarrett [Pn] in midfield. However,
key to this, I am very grateful for all their good work making
the spells were too patchy, dominating for only 5–10 minutes
the season successful.
a half rather than 25–30 minutes required to fully control
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a game. This was enough to win against Pangbourne (3-2),
1st x i
Reading School (2-0) and Desborough (1-0) in the group
2008 1st xi Hockey: back row, left to right: J. Russell [Hn], A. Whiteley [Bd], W. Western-Kaye [Bd], C. Rennie [Hg], A. Whitfield [Bd], H. Fletcher [S].
Front row: J. Robb [Bn], C. Rodger [Bd], A. Gadsby [Bl], G. Byrd [Bn], C. Ferguson [Bd].
The 1st xi had a good pre-season weekend at Wellington
stages and semi-finals respectively. In the final, it was a
their pace and skill on the wings.
It was a tough end to
them 4-2 and coming from behind late on. Although there
developing their fitness, skill base and tactical understanding.
similar story with spells of brilliance against Eton. However
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