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Tavistock ladies’ firsts 3

Marjons ladies 2

TAVISTOCK started strongly and scored their first goal early on. The daughter — mother combination linked up when Alice Lamb slipped the ball to Becky Lamb, who sneaked it around the keeper, allowing Amy Headon to get a fast finish into the goal.

Marjon came back several times, but the Tavistock defence held them off.

Maddie Jones, Tavistock’s new goalkeeper, made many superb dives, saving several shots; however, a strike on goal was deflected by a Tavistock stick for Marjon to score the equaliser. Laura Armstrong-West and Becky Lamb came straight back onto the attack helping Becky Lamb to score Tavistock’s second.

The Tavistock defence worked hard fighting through a succession of short corners. Jenny Lane, Janice Scott, Hannah Nevin and Laura Cowell held out the visitors until Marjons scored their second.

Robynne Fenwick and Amy Headon fought hard in the middle to push the ball back up into Tavistock’s attacking half. Tavistock had many attacking short concerns. Alice Lamb played superbly and was unfortunate not to score from a couple of drag flicks. 

Thanks to player of the match Jamie Bulbring, her excellent leading runs Tavistock were rewarded with an attacking short corner. With accuracy Laura Armstrong-West smashed it into the back of the goal to put Tavistock in the lead, 3-2. 

Tavistock firsts remained in possession for the rest of the game. Laura Cowell and Hannah Nevin from defence pushed high up the pitch to help maintain the pressure.