City of Manchester today completed the BWPL Super 5s double for the fifth time, celebrating in front of a home crowd at East Manchester.
Even before the finale weekend began, Manchester had already sewn up the women’s title. And their supremacy was soon underlined when they defeated Sheffield Sharks 9-4, with Brooke Tafazolli scoring five and Izzy Howe four.
Target for the men was a win over Welsh Wanderers, which was comfortably achieved – 19-8. Scorers included James Blenkinship (4), Joe O’Regan (4), Ben Breech (3), and two each from Den Paddon, Guive Shafie and Mikey Patterson (Photo: Trevor Hyde).
Earlier, Penguin’s outside hopes of catching Manchester ended when they were restricted to two points by a 13-12 penalty shoot-out win over Cheltenham after the sides finished on 10-10 in regular time.
This has been an extraordinary men’s Super 5s campaign with no fewer than seven of the first 17 matches requiring a shoot-out decider.
For Cheltenham, this was the FOURTH time it had happened and their third defeat, including a 19-18 reverse in the first clash with Penguin earlier in the season.
Cheltenham were actually 4-1 up after the first period of the latest meeting, but Penguin recovered to lead 6-5 after two periods, then 8-6 after three – before Alistair Bruce’s man-up strike 1.32 from the end earned Cheltenham a 10-10 draw. Consolation for Cheltenham was that a single point from a loss in shoot-out was sufficient to move them up to fourth place ahead of Wanderers.
Below: Champions again! Manchester celebrate after another successful season.
Even before the finale weekend began, Manchester had already sewn up the women’s title. And their supremacy was soon underlined when they defeated Sheffield Sharks 9-4, with Brooke Tafazolli scoring five and Izzy Howe four.
Target for the men was a win over Welsh Wanderers, which was comfortably achieved – 19-8. Scorers included James Blenkinship (4), Joe O’Regan (4), Ben Breech (3), and two each from Den Paddon, Guive Shafie and Mikey Patterson (Photo: Trevor Hyde).
Earlier, Penguin’s outside hopes of catching Manchester ended when they were restricted to two points by a 13-12 penalty shoot-out win over Cheltenham after the sides finished on 10-10 in regular time.
This has been an extraordinary men’s Super 5s campaign with no fewer than seven of the first 17 matches requiring a shoot-out decider.
For Cheltenham, this was the FOURTH time it had happened and their third defeat, including a 19-18 reverse in the first clash with Penguin earlier in the season.
Cheltenham were actually 4-1 up after the first period of the latest meeting, but Penguin recovered to lead 6-5 after two periods, then 8-6 after three – before Alistair Bruce’s man-up strike 1.32 from the end earned Cheltenham a 10-10 draw. Consolation for Cheltenham was that a single point from a loss in shoot-out was sufficient to move them up to fourth place ahead of Wanderers.
Below: Champions again! Manchester celebrate after another successful season.
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