Event: Bristol
& West Division II League Fixture
Teams:
v Swindon Dolphin
Venue:
Date: Thursday
7th June 2007
Swindon
Dolphin continued
their fine run of form with a somewhat suprising result against Bristol Central II.
Dolphin
had travelled with the bare seven after stuggling to raise a full squad throughout
the week.
The
match started badly for Dolphin, they conceded goals at regular intervals throughout
the first period.
scored on four occasions,
were unfortunate but were unable to hit the net.
Swindon
coach David
Quinlivan had a good chat with the side at the end of the first quarter. The
tactics were changed so
could play the match at their own pace. This
worked well for the side as they clawed back three goals by the half way point in
the quarter, Matt James, Andy
Snowball and Michal
Trzeciak scoring. Fatigue
started to show at the end of the quarter,
managing to sneak a strike just before the half time whistle.
Swindon
Kept the work rate up in the third period, and again managed to outscore the
outfit. Dolphin won the quarter by four
goals to three, Trzeciak with
three strikes and one from James
Godden.
This
meant Dolphin trailed by one at the start of the final period. Things
seemed lost for the team with four minutes left to play; Central had scored twice
meaning the lead had been extended to three. This
is where the fightback began, Trzeciak netted
once and two strikes from James meant
the teams were tied up at ten each. Central
had the ball with one minute left on the clock, their attack was snuffled and a time
out was called. Dolphin set up an attack
which won them a man up situation. The
team played it well and David
Quinlivan found enough space to score the winner. Dolphin
winning by 11 goals to 10.
Coach Quinlivan said
after the game “I’m so proud of the 7 lads, they never gave in, it was a real fighting
performance. This will go along way to
ensuring we play division 2 polo again next season. I
hope we can continue this good form in our next game at home to Frome on Sunday.
Result:
Central 10-11
Dolphin
Team: Ian
Brewer, David Quinlivan (1 goal, 1 major), Mark Lawlor (1 major), Michal Trzeciak
(5 goals), Matt James (3 goals, 2 majors), Andy Snowball (1 goal), James Godden (1
goal).
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