Western Wildcats Hockey Club

Our women came fourth in last year's indoor and fifth the year before so we are pleased to report their continued to progress year-on-year with a third place finish at Forthbank today.

They cruised to a 9-0 win against Waverley in their final pool match before losing the semi-final to MCC Western 5-2. With five minutes to go Wildcats were 3-2 behind and took the understandable, if ultimately unsuccessful, gamble of replacing their goalkeeper with a kicking back.

Running penalties were the order of the day to decide third place and they duly beat Grove on same. Well done to the girls for another good performance in the short-sided version of the game and we look forward to an appearance in next year's final!

Having lost 8-2 to Menzieshill in the morning, the boys saw off the threat of relegation with a win over Hillhead in their crossover match. They went on to beat Grange on running penalties to secure fifth place overall.

For the second week in a row, the weather put paid to any outdoor fixtures.