Hawkins
pounces for Meads
Winning start to season for local football
club
| Greenland
Cup Old Salesians 1 Old Meadonians 3 |
It was almost
as if there had been no summer break as Old Meadonians moved seamlessly
into the
new season with a goal within twenty two seconds of their kick-off against
the Southern Amateur League champions at Ewell on Saturday. This was the
time that it took striker Colin Hawkins to seize the ball forty yards
out, turn a sleepy Salesians defence inside out and fire a cross shot
into the far corner from twenty five yards. Hawkins continued to tease
his markers throughout, ably abetted by co-striker Steve Bowring whose
aerial lay-offs and selfless running provide a perfect foil. Hawkins added
a second when the hosts failed to clear a corner on thirty minutes.
The second half opened with the visitors’ experimental and otherwise successful
defence paying for a rare indiscretion but soon it was business as usual
with new-comer Steve Williamson heading firmly in from a corner with fifteen
minutes remaining.
The Greenland Cup is an ideal way of clubs easing their way into competition
and Meads followed their own tradition by including no fewer than seven
new entrants to their squad. No doubt Salesians were doing the same but
it is Meads’ coach Paul Rumley who will be the more satisfied after this
match. His youngsters all performed well and the six regulars showed no
diminution in their enthusiasm with veteran Barry McGuinness giving a
superb display at left back before giving way to sixteen year old school-boy
Rupert Cope in the second half.
Team: Needham, Salanson, (Hugh Jones), Smith, Williamson, McGuinness,
(Cope),
Kearney, Ryan, Blanc, Pointon, Hawkins, Bowring, (Quinn).
If you feel you would like to be a member of this progressive and friendly club why not get in touch with chairman David Tyler on OMFCSlipper@aol.com or visit their website www.omfc.co.uk
August 28, 2003
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