OGMHC impress in much-improved start to season

Old Guildfordians Mundaring have had a much-improved start to the 2022 Premier League season, securing their second win with a 2-0 victory over Whitford at Guildford Turf.

After only managing the three wins in 2021, the side looks to stake their claims as a formidable force this season, now sitting sixth in the standings.

In a tight game against Whitford, both sides sat at a 0-0 deadlock until the final quarter, with a thrilling finish from OGMHC seeing goals from Sebastian Chandraratna and Jacob Wetherley in the 57^th and 59^th minutes secure the victory in a late attacking push.

The men’s and women’s Melville and Westside Wolves sides clashed in two very different results for both clubs at Pulse Stadium.

The 2022 men’s premiers Melville continue to impress with another victory in the books, this time taking down Wolves 5-0 in a strong team performance.

Justin McDougall has continued his hot start to this year, scoring the opening and last goal of the match to take his tally to four for the season, sitting in equal fourth on the goal scoring standings alongside powerhouse drag flicker James Day, who also found the goal in the 42^nd minute of the match.

Melville star Ben Staines rounded off the day’s scoring for Melville, scoring in the 34^th and 47^th minutes to help his side to the dominant 5-0 win.

The women’s match flipped the score line of the men’s match, with Wolves defeating Melville 5-0 to claim their first win of the season.

New Wolves star Savannah Fitzpatrick found the goal twice, scoring the first and the last in the fourth and 51^st minutes.

Jessica Freedman scored two for the match in the 28^th and 42^nd minutes, while penalty corner specialist Jemma Buckley scored a goal of her own in the 36^th minute.

YMCC and Fremantle Cockburn competed in a tough 1-1 draw with a points-scoring result a chance for both sides until the final moments of the match.

Both sides were unable to score heading into the final quarter, until the final minutes of the match when Fremantle Cockburn’s Ehren Hazell scored a field goal in the 53^rd minute.

With YM on the back foot and unable to find goal for much of the match, a classy effort from Christopher Lim in the 58^th minute found the goal with YM able to snatch the points off Fremantle Cockburn.

North Coast Raiders continued their impressive start to the 2022 season, defeating Suburban Lions 3-0 in a strong performance at Warwick Hockey Centre.

Star Raiders Jacqui Day, Jordyn Holzberger and Hockeyroo Shanea Tonkin all scored in the 12^th, 22^nd and 36^th minutes to lead their side to victory.

Victoria Park Xavier claimed two victories in the men’s and women’s double-header against Reds at Aquinas Turf.

After making the 2021 Grand Final, Reds are yet to replicate last year’s efforts, going down 4-1 to Victoria Park in the men’s match.

Victoria Park’s Tim Bates opened the scoring for his side in the 23^rd minute, but Reds’ star striker in Kookaburra Blake Govers quickly replied in the 34^th minute.

Victoria Park then piled on three unanswered goals in the second half to overcome Reds’ reply to take home the three points.

Victoria Park defeated the newly promoted Reds women’s side 3-1 in a similar result to the men’s match.

Victoria Park’s Harriet Collins opened the scoring early in the match in the fifth minute but Reds’ Madison Fitzpatrick replied with a goal in the 10^th minute to bring the score to 1-1.

Victoria Park applied the attacking pressure, scoring two unsanswered goals through Renee Rockliff in the 25^th minute and Harriet Collins again in the 37^th minute to lead the side to victory.

Hale completed the double-header victory on Sunday, with both men's and women's sides taking down WASPs 5-1 and 3-0 respectively.

In the men's match, WASPs opened the scoring early in the second minute through Kyle Potter, but Hale replied with five unanswered goals to hand WASPs a 5-1 loss.

Liam Flynn scored in the match to bring his tally to eight to lead the goal scorers for the season.

Hale sits at the top of the women's standings after their win, sitting first with two wins and one loss in a tight tussle at the top end.

In the women's between Curtin and UWA, Curtin secured their first win of the season, defeating UWA 4-2.

UWA went into the match sitting at the top of the women's standings.

Hockeyroo Penny Squibb scored a hattrick for Curtin to lead the side to a solid victory.

It was a different story in the men's match, with UWA defeating Curtin 5-0, with Curtin sitting alongside WASPs as the only men's teams to not register a win thus far.

FULL RESULTS

Women’s Premier League

Saturday, April 30, 2022

Reds 1 defeated by Victoria Park 3

Goals:

Reds – Maddison Fitzpatrick (10’)

Vic Park – Harriet Collins (5’) (37’), Renee Rockliff (25’)

Melville 0 defeated by Westside Wolves 5

Goals:

Wolves – Savannah Fitzpatrick (4’) (51’), Jessica Freedman (28’) (42’), Jemma Buckley (36’)

North Coast Raiders 3 defeat Suburban Lions 0

Goals:

Raiders – Jacqui Day (12’), Jordyn Holzberger (22’), Shanea Tonkin (36’)

Sunday, May 1, 2022

WASPs 0 defeated by Hale 3

Goals:

Hale - Tyler Pedley (7'), Line Malan (12'), Brooke Corbett (33')

Curtin 4 defeat UWA 2

Goals:

UWA - Belle Ramshaw (5'), Courtney Schonell (19')

Curtin - Penny Squibb (20') (27') (49'), Chantelle Ciallella (58')

Men’s Premier League

Saturday, April 30, 2022

Melville 5 defeat Westside Wolves 0

Goals:

Melville – Justin McDougall (30’) (54’), Ben Staines (34’) (47’), James Day (42’)

Old Guildford Mundaring Hockey Club 2 defeat Whitford 0

Goals:

OGMHC – Sebastian Chandraratna (57’), Jacob Wetherley (59’)

YMCC 1 draw Fremantle Cockburn 1

Goals:

YMCC – Christopher Lim (58’)

Fremantle Cockburn – Ehren Hazell (53’)

Reds 1 defeated by Victoria Park 4

Goals:

Reds – Blake Govers (34’)

Vic Park – Tim Bates (23’), Ben Taylor (28’), Hayden Vaitekenas (53’), William Battistessa (57’)

Sunday, May 1, 2022

WASPs 1 defeated by Hale 5

Goals:

WASPs - Kyle Potter (2')

Hale - Matthew Lewis (3') (57'), Liam Flynn (30'), Jack Faulkner (55'), Ian Grobbelaar (60')

UWA 5 defeat Curtin 0

Goals:

UWA - Chris Bausor (8'), Jaxon Geddes (35'), Harry Golding (38'), Cam Geddes (52'), Jacob Evans (59')