After a spooky drive through the thick fog, we arrived in Peterborough ready to take on their 3s. We kicked things off with some inspirational words of wisdom: “Bite their legs”, “Run like the wind”, “Less haste, more speed”, “Keep your wits about you” and, as always, “Have fun”. A slightly questionable collection of advice, but we took it on board, Lu flew off towards the goal on her “broomstick”, and we were ready to get started! 

Some lovely passes, silky skills, and zippy runs later, we were all having a great time, and putting plenty of balls into the Peterborough D (just not quite into the goal). 

Our first goal came from a penalty corner. Unfortunately, Alice’s strike was saved, but after some close-stick commotion, Nic managed to get the ball in the back of the net with a lovely wee lob over the keeper. Wicked work. 

Half time: 1-0 up. Fuelling on some much needed Squashies. All positive chat. Ready to go again. 

The second half brought us some more tricks and treats. Coco played the ball to Hayley, who found Amelia, and with a rather committed wee dive across the floor, Amelia managed to reverse the ball into the goal. Some terrifying tenacity and we were 2–0 up! 

Emily then decided to show everyone how it was done, stealing the ball from their defence before dummying past the keeper and slotting the ball into the bottom left corner. Frighteningly fabulous! 

Lu held the fort in the goal all game, letting nothing slip past. However, she did have a particularly friendly encounter with a Peterborough player, resulting in a temporary stop of the game while the umpire intervened, which earned her LOM. 

POM was spread across the team, with Emily, Tabbs, and Harry being our joint winners for a silky goal, some solid defending, and beautiful distribution. 

A very successfully spooky afternoon and we even made it back in time to get dressed up as the components of a roast dinner and a few fearsome foxes. Spooky stuff all round.