Hockey

Badminton 1 Thornbury 3

BOTH sides contributed to an enjoyable game.

The home side took the lead with a well taken effort from Nicola Trueman which gave visiting stand in keeper Elaine Arnold no chance.

Play see-sawed from end to end with Badminton’s efforts well directed by captain Jenni Munro.

The young Thornbury side gradually came into the game and equalised through Megan McLachlan whose first time strike gave the keeper no chance.

Badminton made a number of dangerous sorties into the Thornbury half but some splendid defending from Rosie Liddington, Carys Allen and Lu-Lu Taylor meant that the home side could not add to their goal total.

Thornbury took the lead when captain Nicola Bruce was on hand to deftly guide the ball into goal from a Jess Taylor pass.

Thornbury scored a third goal seconds from the end when Megan Allen hammered home.

Thornbury face a difficult challenge on Saturday when BAC seconds visit Castle School 10.30am l Thornbury seconds reluctantly had to cancel their home game with North Wilts seconds due to a technical issue.

Sarah Brearley’s side travel to play Clifton Robinsons fifths on Saturday.