Christmas came early at Eastham Woods when the girls left with all three points after putting in a thoroughly convincing display against Heygarth. The drizzle started as the game kicked off and continued all through the game making the pitch heavy.
Where has that Sat Nav taken us - where's the pitch?
The home side won the toss and elected to play up the slope in the first half giving them an advantage in the second period. Waverton needed to capitalise on this and it took about 10 minutes for the Waverton goal to come. Keira picked up the ball on the wide left and jinked past a yellow shirted defender brilliantly, ran into the box and squeezed a shot between the 'keeper and the post.
The goal gave the visitors confidence and it was pretty much one way traffic for the rest of the half although captain Lucie was called on to make a brilliant save from a Heygarth breakaway when a long ball bounced over Ellie at the back. A little later it was a bit tense in Lucie's goal mouth when a firm touch on the loose ball would have made it 1-1, but it was eventually cleared. Keira took 8 corners an indication of the pressure on the home goal, but the Heygarth 'keeper Emma was up to dealing with them all. Emma played in goal for Waverton in the friendly in May and was having a great game again.
At half time Mike told the girls to have a pop at goal when they got forward and it took only a few minutes for Elia to do just that, latching on to a ball and cracking a shot into the left hand side of the goal. Emma increased the lead later on and then Lily ran down the right and like Keira in the first half squeezed a shot in from a narrow angle to make it 4-0. Emma got on the scoresheet again and then with just a minute left Ellie Riste ran down the right and her deflected shot beat the keeper.
This was a great performance to cap an excellent 2008 for the team. Heygarth are a good team, but today Waverton were miles better. Frank , the Heygarth secretary said it was very well deserved. We wish Heygarth good luck for the rest of the season.
Heygarth voted Emma Harrison as player of the match, so well done Emma.
Have a good Christmas and we'll see everyone back for the first weekend in January.
