CASTLEFORD 91s –v- SHEFFIELD 91s

2 July 2007

1st quarter

Elliot won the ball from the drop which led to Luke getting a chance before he was tackled. Castleford went straight down to the opposite end and scored, Ripley had no chance. Elliot had a chance from Sheffield’s restart and almost scored but again Castleford counter attacked and scored making it 2-0. Good build up play by Sheffield almost led to Eleanor.G. scoring but to no reward. Jeremy was sent out for over aggressive play which resulted in Castleford scoring again. Despite good defending from Danny and a great save from Ripley, Castleford fumbled the ball into the net to finish the quarter 4-0.

2nd quarter

Castleford won the drop ball and swam towards goal but were foiled by Sheffield. A shot by Castleford flew just over crossbar after careless play by Sheffield. Castleford went onto score five goals in relatively quick succession finishing this disappointing quarter 9-0 – Sheffield had to score soon.

3rd quarter

Danny won the drop ball but Castleford grabbed another goal 2 minutes in making it 10-0. Eleanor.G. scored in Castleford’s top corner, to much applause from the Sheffield supporters – the scoreline was now 10 – 1 to Castleford. Unfortunately Castleford followed it up with another three goals to end this quarter 13-1.

4th quarter

Castleford grabbed the ball from the drop but Castleford won the tackle and went onto score. Another long range shot from Castleford went passed Ripley. Elliot then scored bottom corner making it 15-2 but poor marking from Sheffield resulted in another goal from Castleford. Elliot then lobbed Castleford’s keeper to make it 16-3 and finally Eleanor.G scored another consolation goal for Sheffield.

The game finished 16 – 4 to Castleford.

Joe Glover (Injured)

City of Sheffield 91’s vs Doncaster 91’s

A near capacity crowd packed into the Ponds Forge Aqua Dome to witness an enthralling Wakefield and District match on Sunday night. Tensions ran high in a pulsating first quarter as both teams maintained a ferocious tempo. CoS produced the most shots but failed to capitalize on their opportunities. 2 goals from Captain Kelly saw them share the honours after 8 frantic minutes.

A canny team talk from veteran coaches Kelly and Gaywood (aka Batman and Robin) saw a more measured approach from the CoS team in the second period. An excellent long shot from Eleanor Rossario and a Danny Hall bullet saw us take the lead. This was extended when Amy Sykes and young Kelly finished off a couple of first class team moves. Doncaster, with only a bare 7 players, continued to pose a threat, particularly from long shots. Jenny Armstrong stood up bravely to these using her long reach and quick reflexes to keep them at bay whilst Lizzie Selvey, Heather Hall and Eleanor Gaywood worked tirelessly in defence and attack.

 

Disappointingly the home team failed to capitalize on their lead and superior squad size, and as a result of some sloppy passing allowed Doncaster back into the game. Although Luke Elliot fought hard in the pit, managing to score one first class goal, possession was squandered too easily by both teams. Consequently the game ebbed and flowed frenetically, posing huge problems for the novice team of scorers and timekeepers as they tried to keep track of proceedings! By the end of the third quarter messrs Gaywood (senior), Gaywood (most junior) and mothers Selvey and Austin were as breathless as the players and the 9-9 score line meant more excitement was still to come.

Surely the Doncaster team would tire in the fourth period? Surely the CoS passing would sharpen up? Surely the ever present threat of the outstanding Doncaster number 2 would be nullified by some astute defensive play? Alas, it was not to be and Doncaster surged to a 13 – 10 lead with only 2 minutes and thirty seconds remaining. What were the squad made of? Would the tough get going when the going got tough? The coaches kept their cool and came up with the cunning strategy of shouting loud and giving withering glares to the players. This worked and whilst Jenny Armstrong continued to put up a wall of steel across the goal the outfield players rose magnificently to the challenge. Possession was retained, shots were accurate and well chosen, Doncaster were pressured into mistakes and CoS surged forward menacingly time after time. Austin, Glover, Kearsey, Danny Hall and Kelly junior scored crucial goals at the death which resulted in a narrow 15 – 13 triumph for Sheffield.

Well done to everyone concerned, including the heroic Doncaster 7. It was great to see such fighting spirit from everyone in the CoS squad and to see such strength of charater. Keep up the good work. Many thanks to Martin for coaching, to Linzi for helping him, to Denry for refereeing and to Alex, Claire and Eileen on the table. I can’t wait for the next game although I will be wearing ear plugs if I am sat any where near any over excitable mothers!

Your Roving Reporter

Nick

Ps WATCH THIS SPACE FOR THE REPORTS, SCORES AND MATCH DETAILS FOLLOWING OUR INAUGRAL HOUSE MATCHES ON 17TH JULY!

ASA cup, Manchester

Sat. 30th June '07

Junior ladies Manchester vs Sheffield. The Manchester juniors managed to prove successful scorers and their match finished 19-3.

Liverpool junior ladies played Sheffield in the diving pit pool. Sheffield were keen to play their way into the finals, and so they looked to tackle for most balls, but in the end, the single goal lead that had separated the teams up until the final quarter, became a Liverpool victory of 17-8.

Wakefield & District League

2ND MAY 2007 ROTHERHAM VERUS SHEFFIELD

91 MATCH

First Quarter:

After a slow start, Rotherham broke forward first but was stopped by Eleanor G.

The ball went loose and Rotherham scored first. Elliot defended well as Rotherham were passing the ball but their no. 6 scored. Sheffield broke quickly Elliot threw the ball forward, Rotherham defended well and broke quickly and their no. 6 scored again. After the restart Eleanor G was put into a good position to score. First quarter score 2-1 to Rotherham.

Second Quarter:

Second half started slowly with Sheffield loosing the ball. Rotherham broke quickly and their no. 4 scored. After the restart Elliot's shot was blocked, Rotherham went on another again counter attacked and scored.

After the restart Eleanor R was fouled, she passed the ball to Luke who broke away to shoot but his shot was stopped by the goalkeeper. Amy defended well in the centre but their no. 4 broke away and scored. Rotherham 5-1.

After the restart Sheffield lost the ball in the centre with Rotherham's no3 scoring. After the centre ball Eleanor G was fouled by Rotherham's no.3 who was sin binned. Lizzie passed to the front but Sheffield lost the ball.

Rotherham broke away but was stopped by Jeremy who passed the ball to the front but Sheffield lost the ball again. As Elliot broke to the front to score the whistle blew for the end of the quarter.

Third Quarter:

After a team talk with Martin, Sheffield came out re-charged. Lizzie broke to the front and took a shot but the shot was saved. Elliot broke to the front and passed to Dan who scored. Score Rotherham 5-2. After the centre ball Amy broke away and scored Rotherham 5-3. After the restart Eleanor R swam towards the Rotherham goal but her shot was stopped by their goalkeeper. Rotherham broke away quickly, their no 4 scored 6-3.

Final Quarter:

Elliot won the ball but lost out in the end. As Rotherham broke Joe defended well and only a good save from Ripley stopped them from scoring again. Luke in defence did well and passed to Joe who in turn passed to Elliot, but the Rotherham goalie saved the shot. Rotherham broke away but Sheffield stood strong. Ripley threw the ball into attack and Eleanor G was fouled. Eleanor G then scored taking the score to 6-4. After the restart Sheffield lost the ball to Rotherham's no 4 who scored 7-4.

Joe broke free with the ball, but was fouled, the ball was passed to

Heather but her shot was blocked. Rotherham's no 12 scored 8-4.

Full time Rotherham 8 City of Sheffield 4

Report by parent

Sunday 29th April 2007

Sheffield V Huddersfield

First Quarter

Ripley opened up first the quarter up with a nice save within the first 2 mins.

Then a corner was given to Huddersfield. This resulted with a push shot by Huddersfield’s no. 8, saved again by Ripley.

Sheffield continued the quarter with a period of great play. Elliot took a shot but it went wide.

Sheffield then found themselves playing Man down which resulted in Huddersfield scoring making the score 0-1.

Sheffield then had man up. Elliot passed to Daniel, he shot a bouncer and scored. The score 1-1.

Elliot drove from Sheffield’s half and scored at the near post. 2-1.

Huddersfield’s no. 7 drove from halfway, shot and scored. 2-2.

Sheffield was given a man up. Chris fed the ball to Eleanor G in the pit. She shot a left-hander into the bottom corner of the Huddersfield goal. The score 3-2.

Huddersfield’s no. 3 then drove from his own half and shot across the goal. Making the end of the quarters score 3-3.

Second Quarter

Some sloppy passing by Sheffield let Huddersfield have a quick counter attack and score. 3-4.

Sheffield continued with some good defending. However, still couldn’t stop Huddersfield from scoring. 3-5.

Sheffield then responded with a good counter attack and neat passing set up Elliot to score a close hard shot. 4-5.

Another good counter set Elliot up for another goal. 5-5.

Amy fed Luke in the pit to score his first goal of the game. 6-5.

Some good steady countering and a few fouls kept Sheffield in possession until Huddersfield’s no. 3 drove down the left and shot into the roof of the net. 6-6.

Elliot fed Jeremy to shoot who bowled the ball into the net. 7-6.

Elliot scored another blinding shot into the top corner. 8-6.

Throughout this quarter and the whole half Elizabeth Selvey and the team worked hard in defense by leaning in and pushing off.

Second Half

Not a great start to the second half for Sheffield let Huddersfield score in the early mins of this quarter from a good Huddersfield feed 8-7.

Another fast counter let Huddersfield level the scores. 8-8.

Luke battled hard in attach and was awarded a penalty. Elliot stepped up to take the penalty and put away a hard, high shot into the top corner. 9-8.

Ripley takes one straight in the face to save the goal. Eleanor G drives and gives it to Elliot who turns and shoots. 10-8.

Another flurry of good neat passing sets Eleanor G up in the pit for a great close range shot. 11-8.

A great drive by Amy but gets tackled in the pit.

Great powerful shot from Dan takes a deflection off a Huddersfield player and goes in. 12-8.

Huddersfield responded with another counter resulting in a good goal for them. 12-9.

Throughout this quarter Heidi was driving back and pressing very well.

Last Quarter

Some good early chances for both sides produced nothing until a powerful shot from a Huddersfield player hit the roof of the net to make it 12-10.

Then Elliot scored from a rebound off the far post. 13-10.

Another good drive from a Huddersfield player finds the back of the net. 13-11.

A great save from Ripley denies Huddersfield of another goal.

Huddersfield called a time out.

Sheffield gave the ball away from bad passing resulting in Huddersfield gaining another goal. 13-12.

A 2 on 1 in front of the goal gives Sheffield a penalty and Elliot put it away. 14-12.

The power of Elliot’s penalty injured the keepers hand and he had to come out.

Sheffield working hard in attack and driving up forward unfortunately left two free Huddersfield players which gave them two late goals to draw the match. 14-14.

Both teams deserve a lot of credit and Huddersfield come back after being behind almost the whole match leaving a lot of people on the edge of our seats.

This Report was written by Tom Benson

City of Sheffield Water polo player 93's

Sheffield v Castleford A 22nd April Tues 1730

Sheffield 10 Castleford A 7

First quarter

An exciting start to the game for Sheffield with Joe scoring a goal in the first 2 minutes, this was quickly followed by another from Megan and with team support. Joe then scored a third giving the team a boost going into the second quarter.

Second Quarter

Castleford came back strongly in the second scoring their first goal.

Sheffield’s Jeremy fed a lovely pass to Luke from the wing which resulted in Luke scoring another goal for the team.

Castleford then won possession of the ball, they took a shot and Tom, Sheffield’s goal keeper, made a great save to tip the ball over the crossbar giving Castleford a corner, which they later converted into a goal.

Castleford gained possession again and their centre forward scored a back hand shot bringing the score to 4 – 3.

Sheffield’s next two goals came from Heather & Megan. Heather fought for the ball all the way and scored a great goal, then in a bit of a scrum in the pit Megan managed to score another goal bringing the score to 6 – 3 by the end of the second quarter.

Third Quarter

Castleford started the quarter with some nice smooth passing, which lead the team to score within seconds of the third quarter. Moments later their number 13 scored a hat trick, bringing the score within one goal once again.

Holly, from Sheffield, drove strongly into the Castleford’s defence, under pressure she took a shot which unfortunately struck the crossbar.

Castleford then scored another goal making it an uneasy 6 – 6 for Sheffield, but Amy came back with a push shot making it 7 - 6.

On the next Sheffield attack Luke drove down the middle of the pool and scored making the score 8 – 6 for Sheffield at the end of the third.

Fourth Quarter

Sheffield started off well in the fourth quarter with Whitney, a powerful player, coming in with a good tackle, taking possession, shooting, but the shot hit the crossbar.

Again some lovely passing down the middle from Sheffield lead to another goal this time coming from Heather.

A time out was called in the last minutes of the game by Castleford, who then went on to score another goal.

Soon after, Sheffield’s Lizzy swam in and was tackled by two defenders. She still managed to keep possession, passed to Chris who scored a decisive goal making the score 10 -7. Moments later the final whistle was blown, leaving the Sheffield team triumphant.

Well done team.

Report by parent

Morley v Sheffield Sat 3rd March 2007

Sheffield 14 Morley 13

It was a challenging opening match which was exciting and closely run, with

Sheffield finally winning by one goal!.

Well done to all those who took park.

Parents Review.

Castleford B v City of Sheffield (93) - Sat 3rd Feb 2007

Sheffield travelled to Normanton to kick off their 2007 season with a match against Castleford B.

Tom Benson started in goal for Sheffield and goals were scored quickly with little response from Castleford, finishing the first quarter 9-0 to Sheffield.

In the second quarter Alex Gaywood went in goal and despite Castleford scoring a goal the quarter finished 11-1 to Sheffield.

Sheffield increased their lead to 18-3 in the third quarter, despite J Greatorex scoring his third of the match for Castleford.

Joe Grover took over as goalie in the last quarter of the game and although Castleford did not add to their total, they put up a valid effort. However, Sheffield were just too strong on the day and finished the match with a fantastic 24-3 scorline and great all-round performances from the whole team.

Report by Joe Glover

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