Okehampton ladies’ seconds 1

Teign ladies’ thirds 0

OKEHAMPTON ladies met Teign thirds for a blustery league game at home.

The home side started strongly with lots of passing through their players; even when Teign headed back into the Okehampton half, sweeper Sandy Douglas kept the ball well away with her powerful shots up field to strikers Viv Weatherington, Alex Collins and Emma Wiseman.

It was not long before Okehampton took an unsurprising lead with a lovely goal mid-way through the first half from Alex Collins. Despite many other attempts to break the Teign defence they stayed strong with players deep into their own half. The score stayed 1-0 to Okehampton for the remainder of the match.

Emma Wiseman and player of the match Molly Marvin made some essential and effortless passes up to Zoe Curtis on the left wing and Ellie Shayler on the right, who crossed the ball many times into the circle. However, Oke could just not score even though most of the play was in the Teign half.

The Oke seconds defence consisting of Debbie Pritchard on the left, Ailsa Gibb in the middle and Anna on the right kept the Teign players way out of the circle, as goalie Lucy Wiseman had comparatively little to do but she did make some excellent saves during the match. Despite the chill of the afternoon and occasional rain showers Okehampton played well for a well-deserved win.