Tornados B vs. Vijayanti

Tornados Ladies B's suffered a heavy 11-0 defeat at the hands of a very young and well drilled Vijayanti team which moved up to 4th place in the league after this result. The score however, does not reflect how well the B's competed in this game. Every week the team is improving both in individual skills and teamwork.

Ally again put in a strong performance in goal to win MVP.

The B's can now look forward to a coupe of games against more modest opponents.

Ladies As 1 - 3 Theresians

Ladies As narrowly lost to Theresians, who last season were relegated from the Premier League.

The scoreline flattered the Theresians, though Tornados will rue their failure to continue with their early good form and right-side attack.

The Tornados goal came from Kirsten who, seconds into the second half, drove the ball into the circle from the right and executed a perfect short handle hit to clip the ball past the keeper to level the scoreline.

MVP went to Sharifa for some outstanding saves in the second half, though there were many great individual performances. With some tough games out of the way, the remainder of the season looks promising for a top-4 finish and even the league title is still in sight.
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Tornados Mens 2's trials

Trials for the Men's 2nd XI team will be held on Sunday 8th May 10am -12pm  @ CCAB.
Trials are open to all (except players who have played for the 1's in the current season)
Please fill in your availability on the google spreadsheet 
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AtQ1XFSSkNdDdHZzQjhMVFo5OUZsVmd5VkREOXFkS3c&authkey=CPmsmboB&hl=en#gid=0
if you cannot access the spreadsheet or wish to be considered for the 2's but cannot make it to the trials please contact Izz Izzi.Woodrow@sc.com

 

 

Queen Beez win their first point!

On a wet and cool evening at Sengkang the Tornados Ladies B team, having the honour of being the first team to play in the club's new kit, secured their first point in a thrilling end-t0-end game against Indian Association. Fielding a squad of 16 players, including the 3 new local schoolgirls, the B's played some much improved hockey and had a number of chances in the first half including a fine shot from Serena. Ally assisted by Afiqah kept things tight at the back including saving a first half Penalty Stroke.

Rashiqah, the Queen Bee of the Game, playing in her first match for the club scored the opening goal but with 10 minutes to play they found themselves 2-1 down. A late penalty corner saw a wide shot from Rashiqah fall to Sara who placed the ball past the keeper. It took her a couple of seconds to realise the ball had gone in before the celebrations started.

In the last 10 minutes some resolute defending from a series a Penalty Corners kept the score level and the B's were able to celebrate their 2-2 draw. Fantastic performance from the entire team.

Big thanks to supporters who had stayed around after the Ladies A and Men's A team games had been cancelled due to the weather. Also thanks to Sam and TJ for the efficient job they did in getting the new players registered in time for the game.

Tornados A v SRC Ladies Match

After a great start to the season with two convincing wins, the Tornadoes Ladies First Team faced their toughest match yet against a young development squad from SRC. The match took place on Saturday at 7.30pm – not a great time, but with the advantage that it was cooler than previous games. The Tornadoes were missing some key players in the team; in particular most of their forwards.

 

SRC took the lead early in the first half, which they maintained throughout, with a goal taken from a short corner. Despite some valiant attacks, and a much improved second half, the Tornadoes did not manage to break though the SRC defense to score and the final result was a disappointing 7-0 to SRC. There were some great individual performances, most notably from Rosie who went home wearing the lady of the match crown. 

 

Thanks to everyone who turned out to support the team and hopefully we will see them back on form in their next game against Crescent on Sunday, 10^th April at 4:30pm. Please do come along.

Much Improvement from the Queen Beez

The Queen Beez faced their 3rd tough fixture in a row against last season's defeated finalists, losing 12-0 to the Hollandse Club. The Beez really competed and played together as a team. The score doesn't reflect the massive strides made by this new team. Queenie filling in for Ally between the sticks put in a fine performance and there were also notable strong performances from Jildau, Abi and Serena. Everybody put in 100pct. Nobody can accuse this team of a lack of commitment.

One downside today was a head injury to Lesley in her first game for Tornados. A clash of heads led to her being taking to hospital but nothing serious was reported. Complaints will be made to the SHF regarding the negligence of their match officials in handling this situation.

Things are really looking up for this team and with reinforcements coming in to the team in the next couple of weeks the team will be looking for their first victory now that they have got some of their toughest games out of the way.