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Vitality Ladies’s Hockey League Premier Division Assessment – 12 March 2022

Surbiton maintained their 4 level lead on the prime of the Vitality Ladies’s Hockey League Premier Division Prime Six desk after they made historical past at Nottingham Hockey Centre as Beeston misplaced 7-1 to undergo their heaviest residence defeat at Premier Division degree.

However much more historic was Darcy Bourne’s feat of scoring a hat-trick in a 3rd successive league sport, placing the icing on the cake by serving to herself to 4 targets after scoring three at residence to East Grinstead and three at Hampstead & Westminster on the 2 earlier weekends.

The final participant to attain the feat was Tina Cullen, enjoying for Hightown, however the three video games had been unfold out over between 24 November 2001 and 23 February 2002 attributable to a Christmas break and a rearranged worldwide event. Cullen scored three at Sutton Coldfield in a 3-3 draw after which after the Christmas break, scored three targets in a 6-2 residence win over Ipswich on 3 February. After the Ladies’s Cup on 10 February and the Champions Problem in Johannesburg prompted the 17 February schedule to be postponed, Cullen scored all three Hightown targets in one other 3-3 residence draw, this time with Clifton, having scored a hat-trick in Hightown’s seventh, eighth and ninth video games of the season. The run led to Hightown’s tenth league sport at Canterbury on 2 March.

Extremely, Imogen Robertson, who scored twice for Clifton within the match at Hightown, had scored a hat-trick in three successive video games earlier within the season with none interruptions and with the identical groups concerned. With the 2001-02 season begin delayed till October, Robertson scored her first hat-trick at residence to Hightown in a 4-1 win on 20 Oct. Every week later, Robertson scored all three targets in a 3-0 win at Sutton Coldfield and on 3 November, the third hat-trick helped Clifton beat Ipswich 5-0 earlier than the run led to a goalless prime of the desk conflict at Slough which noticed each groups lose their 100 per cent data.

Again in 2022, Surbiton led 2-0 after simply seven minutes, Bourne getting off the mark within the second minute and Maddie Lengthy scoring Surbiton’s second objective. After a goalless second quarter, Surbiton struck rapidly after half time, Bourne scoring the guests’ third open play objective of the match within the 38^th minute earlier than finishing her historic hat-trick from the penalty spot two minutes later.

Lucy Millington scored what turned out to be Beeston’s comfort objective from open play within the 44^th minute earlier than Bourne scored her fourth and Surbiton’s fifth objective, once more from open play within the 51^st minute. Two targets within the final three minutes sealed the 7-1 win, Georgie Twigg changing a penalty nook within the 67^th minute and Alice Sharp scoring from open play within the penultimate minute.

Bourne took her tally for the season to fifteen, however Sophie Bray is one forward on 16 after East Grinstead had a harder battle in London towards Wimbledon earlier than profitable 2-1. Bray gave East Grinstead an eleventh-minute lead, just for Olivia Chilton to equalise for the hosts within the 22^nd minute. After two open play targets, Bray’s winner within the 51^st minute got here from a penalty nook conversion to maintain up the strain on Surbiton.

Hampstead & Westminster took out all of their frustration from final week’s residence defeat towards Surbiton on Clifton Robinsons as they received 5-1 in Bristol. Hampstead led 2-0 courtesy of Jasmine Clark’s 22^nd minute open play objective and Fran Tew’s 28^th minute penalty nook conversion. Lauren Turner was briefly Hampstead’s main goalscorer on 9 factors within the 52^nd minute earlier than Lucy Hyams drew degree three minutes later, each targets coming from open play. Livvy Hoskins pulled a objective again for Clifton Robinsons within the 56^th minute, however Grace Balsdon scored Hampstead’s fifth objective from a penalty nook conversion with two minutes remaining.

Time is operating out for Swansea within the Backside 5 as they misplaced 3-0 at Buckingham, who moved as much as eighth after placing collectively a 3 sport profitable run. Lauren Thomas gave Buckingham the lead from a 22^nd minute penalty nook conversion with Lottie Porter scoring twice from open play within the second half, with targets within the 47^th and 64^th minutes.

Loughborough College students dropped into the relegation zone after they misplaced 3-1 on the College of Birmingham. After a goalless first half, Becky Manton gave Birmingham the lead from open play within the 39^th minute along with her eighth objective of the season, with Lexie Clark scoring a brace to place Birmingham 3-0 up, doubling the hosts’ lead from open play within the 46^th minute, and changing a 57^th minute penalty nook. Ellie Mackenzie scored Loughborough’s objective within the 69^th minute. Birmingham’s victory cemented their seventh place with a two level benefit over Buckingham.