Girls' 1st XI Hockey - Essex Champions 2012

The U18 girls went into the Essex tournament full of confidence after two strong wins against Culford and Framlingham. That being said, it had been a number of years since Felsted U18s had been crowned Essex Champions as they had been continually pipped to the post by Coopers Coburn. The tournament saw the girls play 7 matches, with the Coopers Coburn game looming as the final match of the day.    

The girls hit the ground running with strong 5-0 and 7-0 victories over Brentwood and King Johns respectively. The girls demonstrated their ability to create chance after chance, and centre forward Hattie Holmes was continually on hand to put the ball in the net to reward the creativity of those around her. They rode the wave of momentum for the next two games beating Forest 2-0 and Chigwell 5-1 ensuring they didn’t let their high standard of play drop. 

Chelmsford County High School had a number of strong players down the centre of the pitch which gave the Felsted girls a tougher challenge to contend with. It took a fantastic lifted strike from Hattie Holmes into the right hand side netting of the goal to keep the winning ways going. A further 8-0 win over Bancrofts set up the final game against Coopers Coburn. Both sides had won all their games but Felsted’s goal difference was far superior heading into the match. Anna Middendorf dribbled past their centre midfield and full back before sliding the ball to Bryony Males to finish off giving Felsted the early lead. Felsted continued to look dangerous and prevented Coopers from getting into the game. On the final buzzer Felsted won a short corner, which Tamara Evans converted to make the final score Felsted 2 – Coopers Coburn 0.   




The girls were an absolute credit to the school and played some of their best hockey of the season throughout the day. They now progress onto the regional round of the competition which will take place on November 8th at Bedford.

Played 7
Won 7
Goals Scored 30
Goals Conceded 1 


The Squad:
A. Back (GK), H. Minks (GK), A. Middendorf (Captain), L. Muir, M. Smith, T. Evans, L. Went, E. Mott-Brown, M. Harzer, L. Cole, M. Stonham, H. Holmes, B. Males, E. Welsh. 

Match 1 v Brentwood (Won 5-0)
Tamara Evans x 2
Bryony Males (Assist Hattie Holmes)
Hattie Holmes (Assist Marie Harzer)
Anna Middendorf

Match 2 v King Johns (Won 7-0)
Hattie Holmes (Assist Mollie Stonham)
Hattie Holmes
Bryony Males (Assist Mollie Stonham)
Anna Middendorf (Assist Marie Harzer)
Ellie Welsh (Assist Anna Middendorf)
Hattie Holmes (Assist Ellie Mott-Brown)
Anna Middendorf

Match 3 v Forest (Won 2-0)
Anna Middendorf
Tamara Evans

Match 4 v Chigwell (Won 5-1)
Mollie Stonham (Assist Bryony Males)
Bryony Males (Assist Hattie Holmes)
Hattie Holmes (Assist Mollie Stonham)
Hattie Holmes (Assist Mollie Stonham)
Ellie Welsh (Assist Marie Harzer)

Match 5 v Chelmsford (Won 1-0)
Hattie Holmes

Match 6 v Bancrofts (Won 8-0)
Hattie Holmes
Bryony Males
Bryony Males (Assist Marie Harzer)
Hattie Holmes (Assist Tamara Evans)
Marie Harzer
Ellie Welsh
Anna Middendorf
Ellie Welsh (Assist Hattie Holmes)

Match 7 v Coopers Coburn (Won 2-0)
Bryony Males (Assist Anna Middendorf)
Tamara Evans