Hockey: Double weekend win for Bridgwater Men's 1st XI (From Bridgwater Mercury)

Hockey: Double weekend win for Bridgwater Men's 1st XI

8:00am Thursday 9th February 2012 in Sport

Sidmouth 3, Bridgwater 1st XI 4 BRIDGWATER travelled to the notoriously competitive Sidmouth on Saturday.

The first half saw Sidmouth take a two-goal lead, even though Bridgwater looked threatening going forward, their passing was not accurate enough.

A half time reshuffle saw Bridgwater push men high onto Sidmouth's right and left back which paid dividends as a Chris Lines short corner strike and a Liam Hedaux lift over the advancing keeper helped to level the scores.

The same pair scored again with vital touches in the 'D' to give Bridgwater a 4-2 lead. Sidmouth pulled a goal back from the penalty spot, but Bridgwater held on to secure a well earned three points.

Bridgwater 1st XI 3, OPM 0 THIS re-arranged game saw Bridgwater start brightly on Sunday as they had a number of chances before Martin James found the back-board.

Will Pope scored the second before half time from an acute angle to double their advantage.

Bridgwater had to wait until the final minutes before adding a further goal through Chris Lines.

With six points from the weekend Bridgwater move up to fifth place in the league.