Match report - Sunday 19 May 2013
On a sunny Sunday afternoon Tornadoes ladies 1s played the SRC team for the second weekend in a row. After suffering a 3-0 loss last weekend we were keen to turn the tables against SRC. Kate stepped in as Captain with Rosie and Helen away and Dave Hogg filled in to coach in Johnny's absence.
Both teams weren't willing to play their cards too early and the game started with slow momentum. Possession was fairly even in the early exchanges despite Tornadoes having some good goal scoring opportunities. Some excellent goal keeping from Flo, who saved some near certain chances from SRC kept the scores level for first the half. Tornadoes showed some formidable resistance to the SRC attacking raids with solid defensive efforts from TJ,Cynthia, Max and Kate. Tornadoes counter attack sparked some excitement with strong runs from lady of the match Dom. Unable to maintain the pressure in our attacking half the Tornadoes mid fielders were working hard to shutdown the SRC transfers across the field. Alex, Hills, Jane, and Nel were communicating well to ensure any unmarked SRC attackers were swiftly shutdown. After a fairly even first half it was hard to split who had the upper hand with both teams able to take away positives from the first 30 minutes.
The half time break proved to be the deciding factor. As quickly as a tropical storm can hit Singapore, SRC came out of the blocks in an aggressive fashion scoring within a couple of minutes of the second half starting whistle. Tornadoes had been stunned and left caught napping as SRC were able to slip through the defense and take the lead 1 nil. SRC took advantage of the momentum, adding pressure and eventually frustrations to the Tornadoes defensive efforts. Stuck in our own half Sanda, Chris and Dom did a good job getting behind the ball and adding to the defensive structure. All to no avail as SRC snuck in another 2 goals to lead 3 nil. Not losing hope Tornadoes were able to gather themselves and gradually claw their way back into the game. Nel, Laura and Meagan were able to turn possession in our favour but the balls into their defense quarter were unable to find Tornadoes sticks. Frustrations began to build with Nel finding herself discussing the laws of the game with the refs after some interesting umpiring decisions. There was no backing down from Tornadoes but unfortunately we were unable to turn possession into opportunities as SRC added to the pain scoring again to take the final score to 4-0.
It was a disappointing finish to the game in which Tornadoes had plenty more to offer. As usual Tornadoes gave 100% effort in the trying Singapore conditions and the playing group will take the lessons learnt from this hit out and focus on the remaining games for the season.
Via Sarah :)On a sunny Sunday afternoon Tornadoes ladies 1s played the SRC team for the second weekend in a row. After suffering a 3-0 loss last weekend we were keen to turn the tables against SRC. Kate stepped in as Captain with Rosie and Helen away and Dave Hogg filled in to coach in Johnny's absence.
Both teams weren't willing to play their cards too early and the game started with slow momentum. Possession was fairly even in the early exchanges despite Tornadoes having some good goal scoring opportunities. Some excellent goal keeping from Flo, who saved some near certain chances from SRC kept the scores level for first the half. Tornadoes showed some formidable resistance to the SRC attacking raids with solid defensive efforts from TJ,Cynthia, Max and Kate. Tornadoes counter attack sparked some excitement with strong runs from lady of the match Dom. Unable to maintain the pressure in our attacking half the Tornadoes mid fielders were working hard to shutdown the SRC transfers across the field. Alex, Hills, Jane, and Nel were communicating well to ensure any unmarked SRC attackers were swiftly shutdown. After a fairly even first half it was hard to split who had the upper hand with both teams able to take away positives from the first 30 minutes.
The half time break proved to be the deciding factor. As quickly as a tropical storm can hit Singapore, SRC came out of the blocks in an aggressive fashion scoring within a couple of minutes of the second half starting whistle. Tornadoes had been stunned and left caught napping as SRC were able to slip through the defense and take the lead 1 nil. SRC took advantage of the momentum, adding pressure and eventually frustrations to the Tornadoes defensive efforts. Stuck in our own half Sanda, Chris and Dom did a good job getting behind the ball and adding to the defensive structure. All to no avail as SRC snuck in another 2 goals to lead 3 nil. Not losing hope Tornadoes were able to gather themselves and gradually claw their way back into the game. Nel, Laura and Meagan were able to turn possession in our favour but the balls into their defense quarter were unable to find Tornadoes sticks. Frustrations began to build with Nel finding herself discussing the laws of the game with the refs after some interesting umpiring decisions. There was no backing down from Tornadoes but unfortunately we were unable to turn possession into opportunities as SRC added to the pain scoring again to take the final score to 4-0.
It was a disappointing finish to the game in which Tornadoes had plenty more to offer. As usual Tornadoes gave 100% effort in the trying Singapore conditions and the playing group will take the lessons learnt from this hit out and focus on the remaining games for the season.
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