Ladies are off the mark for season
Bloxwich Ladies picked up their first win of the hockey season at the second time of asking.
They beat Sutton Coldfield 3-0 thanks to goals from Charlotte Mincher, Katie Freeman and Hannah Raines.
The ladies seconds recorded their second successive defeat on the road to Burton, losing 3-1 despite Chloe Hinton scoring her third goal of the season.
A Niki Lockley brace alongside goals from captain Zanna Wade, Steph Shaw and Mia Anderson gave the ladies thirds an excellent 5-0 at home to North Staffs.
An own goal by hosts Stafford wasn’t effort for the ladies fourths, who slipped to a narrow 2-1 defeat. In the men’s section, the first team made it two wins on the bounce, winning 2-1 against Bridgnorth thanks to goals from captain Ed Freeman-Marrocco and Dave Cook.
Jon Morris recorded his first win as men’s seconds captain, winning 7-1 against Bridgnorth seconds thanks to a quadruple from Adam Baldwin, a Matty Boden double and a strike by Danny Steatham.
Ten goals were evenly split at five each for the men’s thirds – a Shabba Butt hat-trick and goals for Rich Bessey and Martin Oates not enough – while the fourths lost 3-0 against Shrewsbury and the juniors edged out Shrewsbury 2-1.
