After their titanic battles last season, a penalty shoot-out decider was almost inevitable when Welsh Wanderers and Polytechnic clashed in men's Division 1 at Ponds Forge today.
The rivals battled to a 9-9 draw at full-time, Joe Jenkins-Delf claiming the final equaliser for Wanderers, his fourth of the match.
The penalty shoot-out progressed nervously to 12-12. Wanderers skipper Dan Laxton then lined up a five-metre shot, which was saved by goalkeeper Adrien Touzot (pictured), preserving three points for the London club from a 13-12 win. Wanderers took one point as the shoot-out losers.
Penguin scored a remarkable nine goals in the second period against Sheffield on the way to a 13-11 win.
Cheltenham were in trouble early on against Watford, trailing 7-2 before reviving to 7-7 in the third period. By the start of the last, goals by Alistair Bruce (2), George Davies and Harrison Walsh had put Cheltenham firmly in charge at 11-7 and they eventually triumphed 12-10.
Champions City of Manchester eased to a 20-7 win against Sutton & Cheam. Eleftheios Chelioudakis (5), Joel Leighton (3) and Dan Paddon (3) led the scoring.
Division 2 also produced a shoot-out finale - Sedgefield edged past City of Bristol 15-13 after a 9-9 finish in normal time.
Invicta soon trailed 3-0 against Caledonia, also in Division 2, but the Scots didn't manage another goal until Invicta had recovered to lead 9-3. That sparked a brief Caledonia fightback to 9-6 before Invicta took charge again to win 11-7. Worthing were too strong for Portobello, George Wood and Tumay Evcimen both netting three, while Andrei Patemkin scored six for Hucknall, 18-8 winners against Otter.
The rivals battled to a 9-9 draw at full-time, Joe Jenkins-Delf claiming the final equaliser for Wanderers, his fourth of the match.
The penalty shoot-out progressed nervously to 12-12. Wanderers skipper Dan Laxton then lined up a five-metre shot, which was saved by goalkeeper Adrien Touzot (pictured), preserving three points for the London club from a 13-12 win. Wanderers took one point as the shoot-out losers.
Penguin scored a remarkable nine goals in the second period against Sheffield on the way to a 13-11 win.
Cheltenham were in trouble early on against Watford, trailing 7-2 before reviving to 7-7 in the third period. By the start of the last, goals by Alistair Bruce (2), George Davies and Harrison Walsh had put Cheltenham firmly in charge at 11-7 and they eventually triumphed 12-10.
Champions City of Manchester eased to a 20-7 win against Sutton & Cheam. Eleftheios Chelioudakis (5), Joel Leighton (3) and Dan Paddon (3) led the scoring.
Division 2 also produced a shoot-out finale - Sedgefield edged past City of Bristol 15-13 after a 9-9 finish in normal time.
Invicta soon trailed 3-0 against Caledonia, also in Division 2, but the Scots didn't manage another goal until Invicta had recovered to lead 9-3. That sparked a brief Caledonia fightback to 9-6 before Invicta took charge again to win 11-7. Worthing were too strong for Portobello, George Wood and Tumay Evcimen both netting three, while Andrei Patemkin scored six for Hucknall, 18-8 winners against Otter.
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