Well done to those Western Wildcats teams who pulled off big wins when it mattered.
Pick of the bunch has to be the Men's 1s who stuffed Clydesdale 4-0 at Titwood. Western were the better team throughout and well worth their win and their clean sheet thanks to first half open play goals from Andrew McConnell and Rob Harwood and second half corner strikes from Adam MacKenzie and Niall Sommerville (no, really!). A couple of big saves at the death by skipper Gavin Sommerville rounded off a superb team effort. The only downer on an excellent day was the knee injury that saw the outstanding Joe McConnell sit out the second half. Well done Western on a big performance and a big result which sets them up beautifully for tomorrow's trip to Watsonians.
The Women's 1s did what was required with their 6-1 win over CALA at Meggetland and edge ever closer to a well-deserved top four spot. However, the big result on the women's side today was the 2s' 6-1 hammering of Broomhill which assures second spot in Division 2 and promotion. The girls have been fantastic and deserve their chance at the higher level next season especially given that this has been achieved routinely playing without a goalkeeper. Congratulations to Emma Reid and her squad.
The Men's 2s lost - slightly disappointingly - to Hillhead 2s. The 3s and 4s enjoyed a terrific game in the Auchenhowie sunshine which finished 2-2. This was exactly what you would hope for from an intra-club game: competitive, played in a great spirit and with no little skill on show from both teams. The 5s nicked a 1-0 win down at Ayr and the Women's 3 were beaten 5-0 by Dumfries despite playing some good hockey.
All in all, a good day. Well done everyone!