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Sat 15 Feb 2020  ·  Trysports - Three Counties League - Division 3
Thame Ladies 2's
1
2
Windsor Hockey Club
Ladies' 2s
M Van Huffel (15'), (37')
Windsor Ladies 2s v Thames Ladies 2s (A)

Windsor Ladies 2s v Thames Ladies 2s (A)

Freya Hayter

Thame finally tamed as L2s defeat unbeaten table toppers

Windsor Ladies 2s pulled off a feat that no other team has managed this season - they tamed unbeaten Thame in a shock 2-1 upset.
They took the biggest scalp in Trysports Division 3 and ended a winning 15 game run for the table toppers who had not dropped a point all season.
Promotion shoo-ins Thame were taken aback by a visiting Windsor team that pressed high and put the defence under pressure from the whistle.
Emma Thatcher, Emma Williams and Alice Tredwell worked hard in stormy conditions to break up Thame's play in midfield while Annalies Hogan bossed the right flank.
As Windsor took control of the game, Thame unexpectedly found themselves on the backfoot and were undone by a terrific move started by Williams who beat a defender and passed to Emma Batterbee on the right.
She in turn found Elle Gatehouse who took a touch and fired in a shot only for it to be saved but as the keeper went down, Mel Van Huffel was perfectly placed to scoop up the loose ball and calmly slide it over the line to give Windsor a 1-0 lead.
Stunned by the opposition's opener, Thame went all out to equalise and Windsor keeper Ruki Sayid made a series of smart saves to deny the leaders.
But a free hit to the hosts' following a foul just outside the D took a deflection from a Windsor stick onto a Thame stick and wrongfooted the keeper who could only watch as the ball hit the backboard.
With the game level at half-time, Windsor restarted with self-belief and within seconds Van Huffel was back on the attack.
She was quick to react following a rare defensive error from Thame.
A fluffed pass saw the ball spin out of control in the D and the keeper's desperate dive to push it to safety failed as Van Huffel pounced, took the ball past the flailing keeper and slammed it into the goal to give Windsor an against the odds 2-1 lead.
Stunned for the second time, Thame went on the attack but every player in purple and white dug deep to keep Windsor ahead, from newcomer Brooke Sumner to experienced stalwarts captain Emma Briggs, Nikki Hill, Tasha Bailey and Toni Riemer.
Windsor's high press caused the hosts problems with Vicky Thompson, Thatcher, Tredwell and Williams blocking the middle and Gatehouse and Van Huffel running tirelessly to get in behind the defence.
But Windsor found themselves living dangerously in the dying seconds of the game when a last gasp Thame penalty corner was saved by a diving Sayid who got a glove to the ball ahead of a striker's stick to push it to safety as the final whistle went.
They now have a week off and will be in action on Saturday, February 29 when they host foot of the table Abingdon Ladies 2s.

Match details

Match date

Sat 15 Feb 2020

Push back

11:30

Meet time

10:30

Instructions

Address:
Thame Hockey club
Thame Leisure Centre
Oxford Road
OX9 2BB

Competition

Trysports - Three Counties League - Division 3

League position

1
Thame Ladies 2's
7
Windsor Ladies' 2s
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