Event: Pre
Season Friendly
Teams:
Swindon Dolphin v
of
of
Location:
–
Date:
Sunday 20th January 2008
Swindon
Dolphin started their build up to the 2008season where they left off in 2007 with
a comfortable win against the
of
of
. Fielded a side with a number
of players making their debuts for the club, this fixture allowed them to gain some
valuable experience.
The
match started well for Dolphin as they took an early lead through Chris
Selby. This
was soon followed up with strikes from Coach David
Quinlivan and Michal
Trzeciak. With
the team coasting, a number of changes were made to allow the new players to
get into the action early in the game. The
students replied and managed to level the match. Three
more strikes followed for the home side from Quinlivan, Andrew
Prowse and Ian
Brewer. The opposition
then snuck two late goals to leave dolphin leading the encounter by six goals to five.
Dolphin
did not have the second quarter all their own way. The
students were on the war path and some poor defending allowed them to score two goals
to level the match. The rest of the quarter
was very even, goals from Matt
James and Mark
Lawlor both being cancelled out by strikes from the
students despite goalkeeper Andrew
Watts best efforts.
Going
in to the third period of the match the students were one goal up. Dolphin
however managed to tighten their defence and did not concede a goal despite a number
of good opportunities that fell to the opposition. Coach Quinlivan continued
his unusual free scoring with two more strikes and Pete
Everett, on his debut, contributed one.
The
final period was an all attack affair with both teams scoring on five occasions. The
students tried their best but only managed to get within one goal throughout the final
period. Strikes from Quinlivan (2), Selby, Brewer and James ensured
a victory by two goals for the
side.
Coach Quinlivan said
after the encounter ‘This match was vital for the development of our new players. We
had two lads making their debut, one aged only 15. Along
with our usual bench players, they managed to play long periods of the match which
will put them in good stead for the start of the season.’
Result: Swindon
Dolphin 16 – 14
of
of
Team: Andy
Watts, David Quinlivan (6 goals), Chris Selby (2 goals), Rob Green, Andy Prowse (1
goal), Chris McConnell (2 majors), Ian Brewer (2 goals), Matt James (2 goals), Pete
Everett (1 goal), Mark Lawlor (1 goal), Michal Trzeciak (1 goal, 3 majors), Tim Newcombe
Source:
Dolphin Press Team
