Before the weekend The Lennards Trophy Tournament had already been depleted by 2 withdrawals and the competition was then further reduced on Saturday when the Southsea & Farnham matches became ‘friendlies’ because they were using guest players which were not permitted by the Rules. This only left Bury, Middlesbrough and HBU as the official competitors with only Bury & Middlesbrough with complete teams.
The 5 matches on this 1st day were all played very competitively and in good spirit by all the teams.
Sunday morning saw Herne Bay Utd also using a guest player who proved very necessary when one of their (4) players was injured just minutes into their first match of the day. This left just 2 teams competing for the Trophy and they had played each other the previous evening!
This HBU guest player was Stuart Doherty who really deserved a special award for the person making the most appearances - playing in 4 of the 5 matches on Sunday!
As on the Saturday all of Sunday’s games were strongly played and all the teams were sporting in their play.
Presentations were made by Eddie Spencer of the Southsea RHC.
Final Places:
Winners - Bury St Edmunds.
Runners-Up – Middlesbrough
3rd - Herne Bay United
4th - Southsea
5th - Farnham
Goalkeeper of the Tournament - Matt Conroy (Bury)
Player of the Tournament – Pablo Garcia (Bury)
All Match Results
Sat 28th
Southsea 3 v 1 HBU
Farnham 1 v 2 Middlesbrough
Bury 7 v 2 Southsea
Farnham 2 v 5 HBU
Bury 3 v 1 Middlesbrough
Sun 29th
Southsea 6 v 3 Farnham
HBU 1 v 2 Bury
Middlesbro’ 9 v 4 Southsea
Bury 6 v 1 Farnham
Middlesbro’ 3 v 4 HBU
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Reporter: Aileen Barker
