
Saturday Update – 11th January 2025
Week 1 of the Mens/Ladies hockey season was underway last weekend (weather dependent) as the recent cold snap led to a few postponed matches due to melting snow and waterlogging.
Almost all of our teams faced opposition from Castletown teams, with only the Ladies A team failing to grab a win this week.
Vikings Ladies A (0 – 4) Castletown Ladies A
A new look Vikings Ladies squad including a number of younger players, put up a good fight, but Castletown had a strong press and made the most of it, with our top Ladies team losing 4-0 to the top Southerners team.
Vikings Ladies A Player of the Match – Clodagh Neilan
Vikings Ladies B (4 – 0) Castletown Ladies C
A great start to the season for the Ladies B team, putting 4 goals past Castletown Ladies C and pushing the B team into second in the table, a newish team coming together well in both halves.
It was cold and wet but everyone put in 100% and a good score line to show for it.
Dani Murphy making sure she followed up on the keeper a few times, and nicely worked goal for the 3rd goal, similarly Emilia’s goal came from a fast break with great passing head up when entering the D and a fantastic pass finished with a top finish.
Poppy Gerrard continued to make great saves throughout the game.
Vikings Ladies B Player of the Match – Dani Murphy
Vikings Ladies C (9 – 0) Castletown Ladies E
The Ladies C team produced the best result of the weekend with a thumping 9-0 demolition of the Castletown Ladies E team.
Lots of new players coming into the team with young Willow Heaton making a debut in goal and keeping a clean sheet.
Jo Roney bagging an impressive 5 goals and Emily Gaylor close behind grabbing 4 with an impressive player of the match performance on her debut for Julia Jacobs making exceptional runs in midfield.
Vikings Ladies C Player of the Match – Julia Jacobs
Vikings Mens A (3 – 0) Castletown Mens A
A solid start to the defence of the league title for our Mens A team.
They pushed hard in the first half and found themselves 3-0 by half time with Jon Cooper grabbing a brace and Alex Birch notching his first goal of this men’s season.
The scoreline stayed the same for the rest of the match leaving the Mens A team 3rd in the table on goal difference.
Vikings Mens A Player of the Match – Neil Crowe & Jon Cooper
Vikings Mens B (6 – 1) Ramsey Mens A
The only delayed match from the weekend, saw our B team taking on the top Ramsey Mens team on Wednesday evening.
A great performance from Vikings put them 3-0 up by half-time with another 3 goals added in the second half, with Ramsey managing a single consolation goal.
A player of the match performance from Josh Kaighan with an outstanding first half display and constant running throughout the game.
Vikings Mens B Player of the Match – Josh Kaighin
Vikings Mens C (3 – 1) Castletown Mens C
The Men’s C team started the season in fine form with a 3-1 win over Castletown Mens C with a number of our junior players putting in a great performance.
A slow start for the C team saw them succumb to an early goal but they recovered well with Danny Kane grabbing 2 goals, and the evergreen Ian Perry grabbing a single to make a good start to the season for the C team.
Vikings Mens C Player of the Match – Danny Kane & Mick Wrench
Vikings Mixed U15A (5 – 2) Castletown Sabres U15
Finally our U15A team started the Winter/Spring season with a great 5-2 win over Castletown Sabres.
Captain Henry Stewart and Theo Robertson carried on their fine form grabbing a hat trick and a brace to start the season with 2 points.
More debutants coming into the U15s match this week, with Ishaan Mishra, Autumn Turner and Julie Jacobs performing well.
Vikings Mixed U15 Player of the Match – Henry Stewart & Amelie Cocker
Vikings Ladies A | 0 – 4 | Castletown Ladies A | |
Vikings Ladies B | 4 – 0 | Castletown Ladies C | (Dani Murphy 3, Emilia Steriopulos) |
Vikings Ladies C | 9 – 0 | Castletown Ladies E | (Josh Dougal 3, Josh Kaighin, Faye Williams) |
Vikings Mens A | 3 – 0 | Castletown Mens A | (Alex Birch, Jon Cooper 2) |
Vikings Mens B | 6 – 1 | Ramsey Mens A | (Alex Andrew 3, Josh Kaighin 2, Ben Kewin) |
Vikings Mens C | 3 – 1 | Castletown Mens C | (Ian Perry, Danny Kane 2) |
Vikings Mixed U15A | 5 – 2 | Castletown Sabres U15 | (Henry Stewart 3, Theo Robertson 2) |
Ladies A vs Harlequins A – NSC @ 12:35
Ladies B vs Castletown B – CRHS @ 12:35
Ladies C vs Harlequins B – KWC @ 15:35
Mens A vs Harlequins A – NSC @ 14:05
Mens B vs Harlequins B – NSC @ 11:05
Mens C vs Bacchas Colts – NSC @ 15:35
U15A vs Harlequins U15 – KWC @ 17:00
U15B vs Sabres U15 – CRHS @ 15:35