If there were any sides that needed the Christmas / New Year cobwebs shaken out of them it was not Bowdon Hightown or Olton & West Warwicks. Last season Bowdon had faded after the break, but they sent out a signal this afternoon that they were not going to repeat last year’s disappointment by thrashing Poynton 8-0. The goals came from Tina Cullen (4), Julie Hope (2), Charlotte Hartley and Sally Walton. Bowdon maintain their nine point lead at the head of the Women’s Premiership, with second placed Olton outdoing them for the number of goals scored. Olton’s victims were bottom place Chelmsford, who found themselves on the wrong end of a 12-0 drubbing, with no less than seven of the Olton side getting themselves on the scoresheet – Rachel Walker (3), Denise Marston-Smith (4), Lucilla Wright, Kerry Thompson-Moore, Holly Chipman, Naomi James and Emma Mccabe. Leicester, whose results this season have not really lived up to their promise, moved from fifth to fourth place after a very useful win over Canterbury, with goals from Anne Panter (2) and Katie Long for no reply. Slough keep in contention for a runner-up place with a 2-1 win over Trojans, Jane Smith and Lauren Penny the scorers of the Slough goals. Clifton added to Ipswich’s problems by beating them 3-1, Clifton’s goals coming from Fleur Horner, Sandrea Frankland and Carla Dunnett.
In the Women’s Conferences, Loughborough Students now have a 13 point lead in the North after their 4-0 win at Ben Rhydding, although second place University of Durham, have three games in hand. They won 2-0 at Belper. In the West, the University of Birmingham won their match at Exe 5-0. East Conference Reading stay in first place, four points ahead of Barnes. Both won today, with Reading putting four passed Sevenoaks for no reply and Barnes seeing off Horsham 2-0.
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