Hockey Tournament

The crowd was still roaring as the half time whistle blew in the final between Hayes and Ashford.

Both teams collapsed on their benches exhausted. Sweat running down their faces and evil looks were being shot down the field to the opposing team.

The spectators were enjoying an intense game of hockey on this bitterly cold July evening. A fierce wind blowing and the clouds covered the sky like a huge black cloak, threatening to release a harsh, unforgiving rain. The floodlights had lit up the Astroturf pitch at Imperial College.

We were losing to Ashford 2-1, but as the matchbooks show, we haven't lost a match to Ashford after 11 games with them, so I was confident that we could come back.
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Towards the end of the half, we had Ashford on the run. They were getting sloppy with their midfield, so we took advantage and gave the defence a battering. With the defence tired, we were able to score our first goal of the match 1 minute before half time.

Our coach decided that there was going to be a change of players. Our centre forward was injured, so he was replaced with Kam, a midfielder from the 3rd team. Bill, our goalkeeper wasn't feeling well, so he came off and replaced by Barry and our left half ...

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