Devon Cup

Teign 1

Tavistock 0

THIS was Tavistock’s second succesive cup semi-final, unfortuantely the Reds lost 1-0 away at Teign, the same scoreline they suffered away to Plymouth University at the same stage last season.  

Despite the loss the Tavistock players were still upbeat about their peformance against their opposition, who are in a higher league than them.

The home side enjoyed the majority of posession and territory in the first half but were unable to score against a determined backline of Mills-Hicks, Pollock, Boulle and Scott.  The defence, combined with the in-form keeper Viggers, started to frustrate the home side; when a shot deflected over Viggers and was destined for the goal, the Reds’ keeper impressively put an outstretched glove to deflect the ball past the post and prevent a certain goal.  

With 10 minutes left before half time Teign were rewarded for the constant pressure when they coverted a well worked penalty corner.  

Tavistock remained positive in the second half and began to enjoy longer periods of pressure and started to create some chances in front of goal, Gaspar, Donnelly, Lindsey and Donne all starting to look like they may grab the equaliser.

The chances started to come as the midfield of Nevin, Bassett and Shillaw began to dominate the battle in the middle of the pitch.

However, they were unable to convert chances into goals meaning Teign will progress to the final in the hope to defend the Cup they won last season.

South

Tavistock ladies firsts’ 6

Torbay ladies’ firsts 1

TAVISTOCK met Torbay this weekend for their last home game of the season.

The game started at a slow pace but the home side took control on early on and took a 1-0 lead from a well taken goal from Gaspar. This was then soon followed up by well worked goals from Shillaw, Lamb and another from Gaspar.

In the last five minutes of the first half Torbay started pressing the Reds’ defence and broke away and slotted a clean shot past Tavistock’s Viggers to close the second half at 4-1. 

Tavistock stepped up the quality in the second half and start showing the recent class and composure that they’ve shown in previous weeks, with the away side also stepping up the pace.

Torbay piled on the pressure but this was nothing a strong Tavistock backline could not deal with, and player of the match Boulle really showed her strength and saw the ball clear.

The home side won a short corner that was slipped to captain Scott on the left who calmly slipped this past the Torbay keeper.

With Tavistock lifted once again this saw an opportunity for Shillaw to show off her pace, when she won the ball in the home sides half and ran the length of the pitch to seal the win for the ladies and take the score to 6-1.