Men's Three A's

Men's Three A's

League: Hereford & Glos Division 1

Captain: Ben Samuel

Fixtures 2010/11
Date Opposition H/A F/A
Sat 25 Sep 2010 SherborneTBD Home ---
Sat 02 Oct 2010 Wotton-Under-Edge ATBD Away ---
Sat 09 Oct 2010 Lansdown BTBD Home ---
Sat 16 Oct 2010 Cirencester ATBD Away ---
Sat 23 Oct 2010 Gloucester City BTBD Home ---
Sat 30 Oct 2010 Stroud ATBD Away ---
Sat 06 Nov 2010 Hereford ATBD Home ---
Sat 13 Nov 2010 Newent ATBD Home ---
Sat 20 Nov 2010 Lydney ATBD Away ---
Sat 27 Nov 2010 Leominster ATBD Home ---
Sat 04 Dec 2010 Gloucester City CTBD Away ---
Sat 11 Dec 2010 SherborneTBD Away ---
Sat 22 Jan 2011 Wotton-Under-Edge ATBD Home ---
Sat 29 Jan 2011 Lansdown BTBD Away ---
Sat 05 Feb 2011 Cirencester ATBD Home ---
Sat 12 Feb 2011 Gloucester City BTBD Away ---
Sat 19 Feb 2011 Stroud ATBD Home ---
Sat 26 Feb 2011 Hereford ATBD Away ---
Sat 05 Mar 2011 Newent ATBD Away ---
Sat 12 Mar 2011 Lydney ATBD Home ---
Sat 19 Mar 2011 Leominster ATBD Away ---
Sat 26 Mar 2011 Gloucester City CTBD Home ---
Squad List
Name Position Number
Andrew Hopcraft Defence 4
Charles Mylchreest Midfield 66
Daniel Hills Midfield 94
Dean Rae Midfied 70
George Ratcliffe GK 96
Iain Jamieson Defence 31
Jacob Bond Defence 54
James Slee Defence 90
Jonathan Cartwright Defence 97
Josh Baum Midfield 61
Matt Gardener Midfield 83
Matt Goldsmith Midfield 30
Michael Woodfood Defence 95
Nick Hardy Attack 59
Simon Slabbert Defence 106
Tom Cantle Midfield  
Tom Haggie Midfield 35
League Table 2009/10
Team P W D L F A GD PTS
Ross-on-Wye 22 17 2 3 112 30 82 53
Lansdown A 22 16 2 4 69 31 38 50
Stroud A 22 13 1 8 79 51 28 40
Gloucester City B 22 12 2 8 71 49 22 38
Hereford A 22 12 1 9 62 48 14 37
Newent A 22 11 2 9 77 64 13 35
Cirencester A 22 12 1 9 73 59 14 34
Sherborne 22 9 2 11 60 70 -10 29
Leominster A 22 6 4 12 68 74 -6 22
Cheltenham C 22 4 5 13 43 72 -29 16
Lansdown B 22 3 3 16 36 107 -71 12
Lydney A 22 4 1 17 42 137 -95 10
League Table 2008/9
Team P W D L F A GD PTS
Cheltenham C 22 19 1 2 108 26 82 58
Lansdown B 22 16 1 5 108 41 67 49
Winchcombe 22 15 2 5 77 46 31 47
Newent B 22 12 1 9 81 58 23 37
Lansdown C 22 10 5 7 67 54 13 35
Cirencester C 22 11 1 10 55 60 -5 34
Gloucester City D 22 10 0 12 49 57 -8 30
Sherborne A 22 8 4 10 53 67 -14 28
Hereford B 22 9 0 13 41 72 -31 27
Ross-on-Wye A 22 5 1 16 30 64 -34 16
Cheltenham D 22 4 1 17 25 83 -58 13
Stroud B 22 4 1 17 31 97 -66 13
League Table 2007/8
Team P W D L F A GD PTS
Sherborne 22 19 1 2 117 34 83 58
Cirencester A 22 17 0 5 89 39 50 51
Hereford A 22 14 3 5 73 29 44 45
Newent A 22 13 1 8 100 66 34 40
Lydney A 22 12 2 8 67 63 4 38
Cleevillians 22 10 1 11 50 54 -4 31
Leominster A 22 8 3 11 63 70 -7 27
Gloucester City C 22 7 3 12 39 63 -24 24
Stroud A 22 8 0 14 45 76 -31 24
Wotton-u-Edge A 22 6 2 14 52 77 -25 20
Lansdown B 22 5 1 16 28 103 -75 13
Cheltenham C 22 3 3 16 25 74 -49 12

Overall, the 2007-8 season for the mens 3A's can only be described as disappointing, especially given our great promotion winning season last year. Hopes were high after the first game, where a solid 1-1 draw gave us a good start in what was going to be a difficult higher league. From then on until Christmas, we struggled to get any momentum, not helped by the varying degrees of availability of players, and we suffered a number of frustrating narrow losses, and the odd thumping thrown in for good measure!

There was, on occasion, some good, and at times very good, hockey being played, and a number our younger players (Matt Goldsmith, George Ratcliffe, Iain Jaimeson, Dan Hills & Dean Rae to name a few) showed dramatic improvements on last season and had no problem competing at this slightly higher level.

Still, we were struggling for results, and by Christmas, a meagre 2 points saw us propping up the table. Even though we had the players and the team, the narrow defeats dented confidence, and we just couldn't get a run going.

A post Christmas friendly victory over Evesham should have kick started our new year, but with an increasing lack of available players through the club (skiiing holidays beware!), the lower teams especially struggled to field what could be described as a competitive team, and the run never materialised! Our fisrt win of the season on 19th January at Stroud which gave a brief positive kick, but this was followed by 3 heavy defeats in a row, and then a narrow 3-2 defeat to Leominster effectively sealed our drop to H & G 2.

A big thanks during this period to the Uni lads who at times made up over half our team! Thanks Ben for being committed and sorting some good, and some lucky, players! You know who you are!

Wez did rally towards the end of the season, with 2 wins out of our last 3, and really did play some great hockey, defeating both Gloucester (woohoo!) and Newent (who finished 4th in the league) 3-1. Special mention in these games should go to Iain Jaimeson and Matt Goldsmith who really turned it on and gave their chances of promotion next season a push in the right direction. Also worthy of mention are Eddy and Jean Paul, and other Castlers, who stepped in for our last game and were in no small part to thank for the great result.

A big thanks to all who played, and hopefully next year we will be able to field a more regular and consistent team of players, to give us a chance of getting re-promoted! Playing hockey as we did in the last 3 games is obviously possible, and if we play like this next year, promotion should be a given.

Thanks to George, Craig, Iain, Matt.G, Matt.G, Dave Fielding, Hoppy, Ben, Greg, Phil, Campbell, Brad, Slabbert, Dan, Dean, Eddy, Adam, Tom, Nick & Dave Bagnall. If I've missed anyone, sorry!

Charlie Mylchreest