Event: Bristol
& West Division II League Fixture
Teams:
Dolphin v Weston Super-Mare
Venue:
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Date: Sunday
3rd June 2007
Swindon
Dolphin left it late but managed to sneak a last gasp draw against
a strong Weston side in their latest
and West division two fixture.
The
first quarter involved goals being exchanged by both sides. Weston
playing slightly better and sneaking a one goal advantage at the end of the period. Dolphin
goals came from Matt James, Darryl Pye and David
Quinlivan.
In
the second period Weston capitalised on a number of individual errors by Dolphin players.
It had all started well for the team at the start of the quarter. Michal
Trzeciak scored early on to level the match. Two
goals each were then exchanged, Andy Snowball and Quinlivan netting
for the home side. That was the end of
the scoring for Dolphin, Weston on the other hand managed to score four unanswered
to lead by ten goals to six at the half way point.
The
match returned to a close fought affair in the third period. Again
both teams traded strikes on four separate occasions. James
Godden, Quinlivan, Trzeciak and James struck
for the home side. This meant going into
the final period Dolphin trailed by one goal.
Dolphin
knew this was an important passage of play and could define the rest of their season. They
started quickly with Snowball scoring. Weston
scored to extend their lead back to four. Trzeciak scored
twice to start the Dolphin come back, James also
scored one to leave them trailing by only one with half the quarter left to play. Weston
managed a break away goal to extended the lead to two, but Trzeciak and Snowball ensured
that the match would be all square with one and a half minutes left. Weston again
scored two quick goals, James scored again
for Dolphin who trailed with a minute to play. Weston
managed to hold on to the ball, but conceded possession, which allowed Dolphin to
call a time out. Dolphin set up their
play and enabled Quinlivan to work his
way free and level the match up again.
The
game ended with the scores level at 18 all. Coach David
Quinlivan commented after the match that he was proud of the never
say die attitude in the team. Although
saying that we could still look at it as a point lost as we managed to miss two open
goals and had two penalty throws saved.
Result:
Dolphin 18 – 18 Weston Super-Mare
Team: Andy
Watts, David Quinlivan (4 goals, 1 major), Darryl
Pye (1 goal, 2majors), Ian Brewer (1 major), Matt James (4 goals, 1 major), Andy Snowball
(3 goals, 1 majors), Mark Lawlor (2 majors), Michal
Trzeciak (5 goals, 3 majors), James Godden (1 goal, 1 major).
