The Heads of the Valleys Hotshots Under 10’s, Under
12’s and Under 14’s all had matches over the weekend.
HOV Hotshots Under 10’s 2
Risca Romans 19
Risca are certainties for the league title, and this
score goes to show the gulf between these two sides.
The Hotshots goals came from Matthew Downward off a
Jordan Meale assist in the first half, with Downward netting the second after
the interval.
HOV Hotshots Under 10’s 7
Caerphilly 7
These 2 sides are more evenly matched, as the score
indicates, and the Blaenau Gwent youngsters all showed that they will always
bounce back from a defeat.
Greg Apperly in goal made some great saves, and as
always came off the pitch at the end of the game smiling.
Caerphilly took the lead, but the equaliser came from
Meale, who picked up the loose ball in front of goal to net.
Jamie Lewis put the Hotshots into the lead shortly
afterwards, with Defender Jamie Robinson making it 3-1 with his first ever
league goal for the club.
The Valleys side sat back at this point and allowed
the Caerphilly outfit back into the game, and the half time scores saw
Caerphilly leading 4-3.
Lewis made it 4 all just after the break, and then
set up Downward for the 5th; Downward then went on the hit the 6th
goal, but again the Caerphilly side got back into he game, and then went on to
lead 7-6!
In the final minutes of the game Downward hit the
equaliser from a Lewis assist.
HOV Hotshots Under 12’s 17
Risca Romans
2
The Under 12’s took revenge for the Under 10’s defeat
against Risca, and did it in style.
The net minding was shared between Owen Price and
Lizzie Baker, and both performed admirably.
Rachel Grovell got the scoring under way with a great
slap shot, with Rhys Lewis, playing with a broken toe, netting the second.
Sarah Rodgers made it 3 without reply, and then went
on to net the 4th, this time off an Alex Trotman assist.
Trotman then got into the scoring with goals 5 and 6,
with Rodgers netting her hat trick with the Hotshots 7th.
Matthew Day set up Trotman for his hat trick for goal
number 8, with goal number 9 rounding off the first period scoring, again
Trotman hitting the net.
Risca scored the first of there 2 just after the
break, with Trotman hitting his 5th soon afterwards off a Rachel
Grovell assist.
Risca netted their 2nd, but then Grovell
scored to make the cores 11-2, her goal coming off a Luciano Casa assist.
Sarah Rodgers made it 12-2, and then set up Trotman
for the 13th.
Goal 14 fell to Rodgers, this time with Trotman
turning provider.
The 15th fell to Trotman, currently the
leagues top points scorer, with Day netting 2 late goals to seal this
convincing victory for the Blaenau Gwent outfit.
Stewart Rickwood and David Robinson put in brilliant
defensive performances that helped keep the Risca score to two.
HOV Hotshots Under 14’s 2
This was a lack lustre performance from the Hotshots,
with Captain Thomas Heard scoring both the Valley’s sides goals late into the
second half.
HOV Hotshots Under 14’s 8
Bridgend dynamos 2
Liz Baker put in a great first half performance in
the Hotshots goal, that kept the Dynamos at bay.
Thomas Heard hit the first goal, and then Trotman,
playing up from the Under 12’s had a goal disallowed; he made up for this
almost immediately, however, when he did score to give the Hotshots a 2-0 lead.
Alex Symonds came close to scoring, and defenders
Peter Rodgers, David Robinson, Stewart Rickwood and Rachel Grovell all played
their part in keeping the Bridgend score to zero.
Heard then netted twice to make it 4 without reply,
with Trotman hitting goal 5.
Price replaced Baker in goal at the start of the 2nd
period, but hardly had time to settle before the Dynamos had scored.
Heard made it 6 soon afterwards with his 4th
of the game and then Trotman netted twice to take his tally to 4 also.
Berwyn Roderick, Sarah Rodgers, Robert Jones and
Matthew Day also put in good performances.