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46 Wairarapa Midweek Sport Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Dale eld’s defence holds on

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HOCKEY Chris Cogdale

WOMEN DALEFIELD 2 NORTHERN UNITED 1 Farriers Dalefield endured a few nervous minutes to hold on for an important win over fellow top-four contenders Northern United at Clareville.

Brigette Mossman gave the home side the lead near the end of the first quarter. That was doubled with a nice finish by Mandy Yeo in the second quarter.

The lead remained at two goals with three minutes to play when Northern finally converted a wealth of possession.

The visitors had a further opportunity to equalise with just seconds on the clock, but Dalefield did enough to hold on, much to the relief of player-coach Katherine van Woerkom, who agreed that Northern had dominated much of the game.

“They probably had more scoring opportunities, but we had the better conversion rate, and they must have had about 10 penalty corners and we had one,” she said.

“It was certainly good defence, but our strikers are putting our chances in, which is a real positive as well, getting in the circle once or twice and scoring.”

With close rivals Harbour City suffering a shock 1-4 loss to Victoria, Dalefield have moved to second in the Wellington Premier Championship, and on track for the allimportant two lives in the playoffs. MEN DALEFIELD 5 NORTHERN UNITED 0 Player-coach Benedict van Woerkom scored a goal with seconds remaining to earn Farriers Dalefield a vital bonus point victory in the Wellington Men’s Premier Championship.

Dalefield made an unconvincing start to their clash against their unfancied opponents at Clareville, taking until the second quarter to open the scoring.

The home side doubled their lead in the third quarter, before finally finding some consistency in the final quarter.

“We were pretty inconsistent through the first three quarters,” said van Woerkom.

“We weren’t working hard enough, our error rate was far too high, but the main thing was the guys weren’t working hard off and on the ball.

“In the fourth quarter we actually played some good hockey and we scored three goals, with the fifth goal coming on fulltime.”

Rowan Yeo [2], Graeme Murrell, Zac Hardie, and van Woerkom scored goals in what was a frustrating game for van Woerkom.

“Credit to Northern, they played some good hockey at times, but we also made them look good by not pressuring them, by not marking and our guys not holding our zones.”

Dalefield now have a four-point lead in the championship and are on target to host the major semifinal in the playoffs.

Brigette Mossman scored Dalefield’s first goal. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV

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