Away again, more rain and more points

Great game on Saturday with amazing attacking intent and good build up play from the
back. The game ended 6-0 to South Berks with a quality hattrick from Chris Badger and the
rest of the goals coming from Bear, Tom E and Aaron.

The match started a bit shaky with Maidenhead putting us under early pressure but we soon
found our rhythm and started taking our time on the ball and playing out from the back
nicely. As the first half progressed, we continued to put pressure on the opponents but kept
getting caught with the ball in the final third. However after being frustratingly close to a
goal all half, we played some good hockey and found a goal close to the end of the first half
to give us some motivation going into the second half. 1-0 at half time.

After a constructive talk at half time the whole team knew what they needed to do to score
more goals to finish the game. The attacking press was working well, and we started to pin
Maidenhead in their own half and kept them under high pressure which later led us to
another goal to make it 2-0. Chris then had an amazing spree of goals and Bear tucked one
in passed the keeper to finish the game. However, after a slip up from Tom E on stopping an
injection he recovered perfectly and smashed one in from the top of the D to just make sure
Maidenhead couldn’t come back.

Overall an amazing game from the boys! A solid back line, Thomas only having to touch the
ball once all game is a good and perfect attacking play makes a great game to come back to!
Well done lads!!

Result: 6-0, 3x Chris Badger, Tom Ellwood, Aaron Smith and Steven Bearpark
MOTM- Chris B with a hattrick and amazing overall play
DOTD- Eddie for passing it to the umpire ([Author note] who in all fairness was in green and black)