At just 15, it’s probably quite daunting making your debut in the British League. Not as far as Josh Luff (pictured) is concerned! The Sutton & Cheam youngster took his bow in spectacular style at Haberdashers today, scoring FIVE as Exeter were beaten 13-12 in men’s Championship 1.
This was quite a match to mark the opening of the Championship 1 programme. Exeter led 8-4 after two periods; then, quite remarkably, Sutton levelled at 8-8 in the space of just 68 seconds at the start of the third. In the final quarter, Sutton edged into a 12-11 lead through Stephen Bayles only for Oriol Matas to claim an equaliser with 1.12 to go. There were 44 seconds remaining when Dicken Maclean hit Sutton’s winner.
Matches in men’s Championship 4 and Championship 1 are split between Haberdashers and Lancaster this weekend.
At Lancaster, Caledonia served up a double helping of last minute drama. First up were Caledonia Storm, who drew 10-10 with Chester when Callum McGregor scored an equaliser for the Scots with 47 seconds left.
It was even closer when Caledonia’s senior side faced a Cheltenham team experiencing life in Championship 1 for the first time. Cheltenham led 8-7 in the last quarter only for Dominque Zahra to level just over three minutes from the end and then hit a winner – 10 seconds from the final whistle.
Photo, below (Trevor Hyde): Polytechnic defend during their 14-8 victory over Watford at Haberdashers today. Later, Poly collected a second win - 11-7 in the London derby against Sutton & Cheam. Cian Mulcahy scored three for Poly.
This was quite a match to mark the opening of the Championship 1 programme. Exeter led 8-4 after two periods; then, quite remarkably, Sutton levelled at 8-8 in the space of just 68 seconds at the start of the third. In the final quarter, Sutton edged into a 12-11 lead through Stephen Bayles only for Oriol Matas to claim an equaliser with 1.12 to go. There were 44 seconds remaining when Dicken Maclean hit Sutton’s winner.
Matches in men’s Championship 4 and Championship 1 are split between Haberdashers and Lancaster this weekend.
At Lancaster, Caledonia served up a double helping of last minute drama. First up were Caledonia Storm, who drew 10-10 with Chester when Callum McGregor scored an equaliser for the Scots with 47 seconds left.
It was even closer when Caledonia’s senior side faced a Cheltenham team experiencing life in Championship 1 for the first time. Cheltenham led 8-7 in the last quarter only for Dominque Zahra to level just over three minutes from the end and then hit a winner – 10 seconds from the final whistle.
Photo, below (Trevor Hyde): Polytechnic defend during their 14-8 victory over Watford at Haberdashers today. Later, Poly collected a second win - 11-7 in the London derby against Sutton & Cheam. Cian Mulcahy scored three for Poly.
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