Gameweek 5 brought some great results for Bristol & West, posting 5 victories across the board. While the men's 1st XI posted a win against local rivals Old Bristolians, the Men's and Women's 3rd teams picked up victories 100 miles apart in Exeter and Newent respectively.
Unfortunately the men's 2s weekend was over before it started with Swansea (presumably too frightened of the prospect of facing the on-form boys in orange) cancelling on Friday night. A drizzly afternoon in Mangotsfield saw a notable first victory for our women's 4th team with proof that unleashed from their pads, keepers can do a job at the other end of the pitch.
The Stats
Player of the Week: Greg "The Wall" Nichols
P-Flick Save / Hero Bonus / POM
Honourable mentions:
Daniel Lusmore - 3 Goals + Hatt Bonus, 2 Assists, MVP
Annie Clay - another great performance with 2 goals, 2 assists and POM in W2s 5-0 win
Aymie Elkins-Green - both goals from midfield and clean sheet in W3s 2-0 win
Amber Probyn - second goal in her second game of the season with an assist to boot
Kieran Squire - 2 goals in an impressive M3s win against top of the league
Kerry Jefferies & Shaz Crossfield - 2 valuable clean sheets for our goalkeepers alongside the W2&3 defenders closing out the defensive leaderboard this week.
Men's 1st Team
Old Bristolians [1-2] Bristol & West
Our men's 1s made the relatively short trip across Bristol to Failand to play Old Bristolians. In a tense game that kept the spectators on the edge of their seats - our 1s came out victorious, despite playing a decent portion of the game without their full allocation of players 😧!!
1s won 2:1
💪 MoM: Gaz Nichols (also def bonus)
DoD: Daz Ashley
Scorers: Tugs & H
Cards: Tugs 🟢, Jimmy 🟡, Daz 🟡, Jonny Hall 🟡
Women's 1st Team
Bristol & West Jaspers [1-1] Gloucester City 3
1st half goal for Charlotte Leach (if you squint you can just about make it out!)
Ladies 1s had a tough 1-1 draw against Glos City 3s! Great effort by everyone against an organised team 💪🏻
A second week with the same scoreline, the 1st team confirmed that there are no easy games in Division 2 West, but remain confident as they maintain their unbeaten run to stay 2nd.
Goals: Charlotte 🥅
Assists: Daisy 🏑
GOTM: Han 🤩
Votes for: Meg, Ange, Mich and Charlotte 🥰
Women's 2nd Team
Hanham [0-5] Bristol & West Jaspers 2
2s played a cracking game this weekend against some familiar faces at Hanham and managed to win 5-0!! 😁 really proud as we worked v hard on all training techniques that they've been working on 😎. The win puts our 2s into 3rd place in the league - with the team going from strength to strength.
Pom: Annie Clay
(with votes for Dibbs, Smurf, Elsie and Lauren 😁👍🏽)
Goals: Tabby x1, Annie x2, Dibbs x1 and Amber x1
Men's 3rd Team
ECVH [3-8] Bristol & West 3
Making their second trip to Exeter this season, the 3s faced a tough test against a Exeter & Culm Vale Hornets team that sat at the top of the table going into the weekend. The 3s made sure the long trip was worthwhile with a convincing 8-3 victory to send a message that they firmly belong in the league as they climb up the table.
Motm: Luz ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Dod: Varney
Defender bonus: James
Goals: Luz 4, Kieren 2, Alex 1, Patch 1
Women's 3rd Team
Newent 4 Dev [0-2] Bristol & West Jaspers 3
3s played a fast paced and fiesty game and WON 2 - 0! Having travelled for over an hour they deserved to bathe in a win 😎🛀. The 2s have a record of 4 wins and 1 loss this season, continuing to go from strength to strength.
Assists : Molly & Olivia
Goals : Aymie x2
POTM : Millie
DOTM : Emily
Men's 4th Team
Mendip 2 [6-2] Bristol & West 3
🥅 Goals: Jeremy Bourke, Kevin White
🐕🦺 Assists: Matthew Gimson, Kev
🏆: Kev
🧱: Jeremy
Women's 4th Team
Bristol & West Jaspers [5-0] Wick 3
4s had a cracking game winning 5-0 against Wick 3s. As a development team we had a mixture of players across the club, so a special thank you to all who turned out today to play in the rain, you are all awesome 🤩
Along with strong, performances from 4s regulars Cat, Meg and George - the notable run-out came from Laura Grand, who shed her pads to score 4 goals!
Goals: Laura x4, Elsie x1 🥅
Assists: not sure who got them all but a great team effort today! 🏑
Men's 5th Team
Bristol & West 5 [0-4] Old Bristolians 5
MoM: Wayne Manton
Def: Joe Pring
🍆: Paul Addicott
Men's 6th Team
Bristol & West 6 [1-2] South Gloucestershire 2
Our Men's 6s are a development side which allows us to transition our junior players into senior hockey alongside the support of more experienced club members. This week we welcomed 3 of our Badgers into the team for their first taste of the men's game.
The three Badgers; Barnaby, Leo and Joe were all fantastic on their debut. You would not have known that was their first senior game. We have some great talent coming through the club again. 💪🏑
Goal: Higgy
MoM: Barnaby Sheppard - on his debut.
Defender of the Day: Tom Ruane.
Assist: Gav Palomeque