It was another early for Dumfries and maybe yet again this caused the Young team to have a slow start.

This was certainly evident when Dumfries went down 2 nil early on. It could have been more expect Calum made the striker miss a penalty flick .

End of of Quarter 1
Anchor 2-0 Dumfries

Unfortunately the second quarter followed the same pattern as the first with the older Anchor players playing good hockey and scoring an additional three goals

Half time
Anchor 5-0 Dumfries

With the half time Mikeys chat saying the scoreline was irrelevant and the Dumfries performance was the only important thing for the side to concentrate on the Dumfries side came out with a more determined attitude.
The midfield of Gordon , Taylor , Andrew and Ryan started playing a lot better and with Blair holding up the ball well on several occasions and passing well to his team Dumfries started creating a few half chances.

Tom Law was also making an impact by gaining confidence and beating his defender for speed and he kept been a nuisance to the opposition.

With the Dumfries side pushing to get a deserved goal they were caught on the break and Anchor added to their lead.

End of Quarter 3

Anchor 6-0 Dumfries

The final quarter continued in the same vein as the third with both teams looking for goals, however the defense of Jack, Liam , Mikey and Phil held firm with the help of Calum who made several fine .

Dumfries continued to press for a goal but with only a couple of minutes left Anchor had another break and it looked like they would score as the striker was alone after Calum had pressed the other attacker, however Taylor showed some of the commitment the whole had showed in the 2nd half by tracking back to the goal line and according to the away umpire stopped the ball crossing the line which surprised not only Taylor but the majority of the Dumfries team , especially when he used the wrong side of his stick but with the improved 2nd half Dumfries maybe deserved that bit of luck.

A mention to Blair Gunning who got smashed on the foot by the ball from a extremely hard strike from an Anchor in the oppositions D and just got straight up and played on till the end of the game. A Sunday trip to A & E showed a soft tissue issue which will require crutches for 2-4 weeks so a great attitude to continue to play Final result

Anchor 6-0 Dumfries

Although another loss the 2nd half performance shows that although Dumfries are playing against teams that are a lot older and losing the team still returns the next week with a great attitude.

Congratulations to Blair and Taylor for been joint players of the Match.

A massive thank you to Iain who travelled with the team to umpire the game.