First Saturday back at Roedean after a long Summer, meant only one thing and that was to have an almighty clash on the Astro between the Sixth Form girls and OR Hockey XI. Previous results were in favour of the formidable OR team have championed over the girls in 2022 and playing to a hard fought draw in 2023. This time girls at Roedean saw it as an opportunity to even the playing fields but it would be a tough old battle out on the Astro.

The OR’s in their shear numbers arrived early, set about their warm-up and cranked up the tunes for a suitable prep before taking to the Astro. From the first whistle, it was attack after attack with the pupils getting up to speed with the match and getting a foothold in the game. The girls edged into the lead with a well-executed PC with Lydia smashing a rebound of the OR keeper in goal, 1-0 after the first quarter. The second quarter saw the OR midfield begin to dominate and each attack was relentless until finally the girls defence broke and led to an equaliser toward the end of the second quarter.

It was all square and the match was balanced nicely. The third quarter led to counter attack after counter attack with both teams pushing all the way up the pitch until finally Elodie broke down the right and carried to the baseline and round the keep to make it 2-1 to the girls. The final quarter so a lot more action but no goals as the girls held off the OR’s and have evened the results at one win each in three matches. Until next season for the next encounter with a rumour that the OR side have scheduled training sessions prior to the match…