Sutton Valence
– Won 2 – 0
King’s Canterbury
– Lost 1 – 3
Queenswood – Lost 2 – 1
Oundle – Lost 2 – 0
Saturday saw the girls 1st XI travel to King’s Canterbury to compete in
the annual Birley’s pre-season tournament. Felsted started strongly in their
first game against Sutton Valence and it wasn’t long before Ellie Welsh managed
to break through the last line of defence and finish with a shot low into the
bottom left hand corner of the goal. Felsted continued to create chances and
fully deserved their second goal. The ball was transferred across midfield to
Lizzie Cole whose shot came back off the post. Fortunately it fell kindly to
Mollie Stonham who tucked the ball away into the goal with ease. The first game
concluded 2-0.
Next up were the tournament hosts King’s Canterbury. Felsted were unlucky to concede a
short corner early on in the game, which was executed very effectively by the
King’s team. However, this did not deter the Felsted girls who put together
some fluid passing moves down the right hand side. This eventually resulted in
Marie Harzer shooting from the top of the circle to pull the score back to 1-1
with an accomplished finish. Passages of play continued to be end to end
throughout the second half and either side could have scored on a number of
occasions. Unfortunately the King’s side proved more clinical on this occasion
and ended up securing a 3-1 victory.
In the final two games of the day the playing conditions became
very tough with temperatures reaching in excess of 30 degrees. This may have
contributed to Felsted starting slowly in each of these games, conceding early
goals, which made the girls up against it from the start. Despite Tamara Evans
beating the goalkeeper at her near post Felsted narrowly lost to both
Queenswood and Oundle.
The tournament concluded with Felsted being placed 3rd
out of the five teams that entered. A number of key areas have been highlighted
for the girls to work on in training over the coming weeks to ensure the team
is fully up to speed for their first fixture of the season on Saturday 15th
September. A huge positive to take from the day was the number of goal scoring
opportunities the girls created in all of the games
Player of the Tournament: Tamara Evans
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