At last - after 3 postponed games due to the Hand of Thor, the Tornados Men's 1s finally pushed back on Saturday 21st Apr with a game against the Tornados 2s. And exciting match was in store with club pride at the top of the list, and with follow up games with tornados Ladies 1s and 2s, the support was at a high for this game.
The 1s came out as eventual winners, with 5 goals to nil, capping a strong performance by the 1s, who had a full bench on the day. Goals by Ben (1 PC, one open play), Mitch (a fluffer shot beating the goalie by chance and luck - but we know Mitch will say it was planned that way!), Marcel (on the end of Joran's "dummy" more of that later) and Joo Seuk (PC) meant the 1s get their first points in the league and start playing catch up with the other clubs. Ben took Man of the Match (great game - almost detroyed the cross bar on one PC) whilst Joran the air-hitter/mis-shot ("it was a dummy follwed by a pass") took DoD.
On Sunday, 22nd April, the 1s had a game planned against ORA. As team members made their way to Sengkang, it was true there were dark storm clouds, heavy, black and pendulous, toward which they
were driving. Many arrived with a look of dispair as we expected our 4th game to be called off. The 2s (due to start at 6pm) sneaked off to the pub, whilst the 4:30 game had been called off at half time with the players well into the eski of beer. Thor calmed down, and by 7pm we knew we would be playing. ORA had gone up against the 2s recently and come away with some glowing references by those who played or watched, so this was not to be an easy game.
I would say that Tornados had the better of the opening parts of the game, good pressure throughout the first half however did not lead to a score. A few PCs, a well ordered defence and plenty of shots on- (and a couple off-)goal were all we could come away with. Wise advice from our coach/guru Roy ("the goals will come") helped us get back on the pitch for the second half. Roy's advice proved correct, within the opening 5 mins of the 2nd half, a fantastic run down the right by Marcel (I think!) saw a cross into a congested area, where Jan's stick touched the ball into the net.
What followed was more of a contest - ORA pushing hard for the equaliser but not quite getting shots on goal too often. A nervy PC saw ORA hit the post, keeping the lead to Tornados. With the clock ticking away, Tornados got another PC, this time converted well by Ben, taking Tornados to a 2-0 victory. MoM and DoD tbc
2 games - 2 wins - 2 clean sheets. The team is now chomping at the bit for the next push backs- both the scheduled plus the 3 postponed games.
Next games - versus NYP at 4:30pm, 5th May, Sengkang Pitch 1.
The 1s came out as eventual winners, with 5 goals to nil, capping a strong performance by the 1s, who had a full bench on the day. Goals by Ben (1 PC, one open play), Mitch (a fluffer shot beating the goalie by chance and luck - but we know Mitch will say it was planned that way!), Marcel (on the end of Joran's "dummy" more of that later) and Joo Seuk (PC) meant the 1s get their first points in the league and start playing catch up with the other clubs. Ben took Man of the Match (great game - almost detroyed the cross bar on one PC) whilst Joran the air-hitter/mis-shot ("it was a dummy follwed by a pass") took DoD.
On Sunday, 22nd April, the 1s had a game planned against ORA. As team members made their way to Sengkang, it was true there were dark storm clouds, heavy, black and pendulous, toward which they
were driving. Many arrived with a look of dispair as we expected our 4th game to be called off. The 2s (due to start at 6pm) sneaked off to the pub, whilst the 4:30 game had been called off at half time with the players well into the eski of beer. Thor calmed down, and by 7pm we knew we would be playing. ORA had gone up against the 2s recently and come away with some glowing references by those who played or watched, so this was not to be an easy game.
I would say that Tornados had the better of the opening parts of the game, good pressure throughout the first half however did not lead to a score. A few PCs, a well ordered defence and plenty of shots on- (and a couple off-)goal were all we could come away with. Wise advice from our coach/guru Roy ("the goals will come") helped us get back on the pitch for the second half. Roy's advice proved correct, within the opening 5 mins of the 2nd half, a fantastic run down the right by Marcel (I think!) saw a cross into a congested area, where Jan's stick touched the ball into the net.
What followed was more of a contest - ORA pushing hard for the equaliser but not quite getting shots on goal too often. A nervy PC saw ORA hit the post, keeping the lead to Tornados. With the clock ticking away, Tornados got another PC, this time converted well by Ben, taking Tornados to a 2-0 victory. MoM and DoD tbc
2 games - 2 wins - 2 clean sheets. The team is now chomping at the bit for the next push backs- both the scheduled plus the 3 postponed games.
Next games - versus NYP at 4:30pm, 5th May, Sengkang Pitch 1.
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