A great day out for the hockey section!
Posted by on 16 June 2017
28 members of the hockey section travelled down to Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre on 11th Jun to watch a re-match of the Rio Olympic women’s hockey final between the No. 1 in the world, Netherlands and No. 3 team, England. After our heroes Team GB took the medal after penalties in Rio the Netherlands were keen to redress the balance. A fantastic edge of seat match, ensued, that was end to end and finished 2-2 and went yet again to penalties. Drawing on penalties with some fantastic saves from GB legend in goal, Maddie Hinch, it went to sudden death and after England’s 100 career goal scoring legend Alex Danson put away the first, Rio hero Hollie Webb stepped up and put away, or so we thought, a great goal to clinch the match. The drama didn’t stop with the goal being disallowed on review and Netherlands putting away their next chance to take the match. A truly fantastic showcase for world class hockey, inspiring to all our hockey members. A great day out!
