Melville snatch top spot in thrilling clash

The penultimate round of the All Flags Premier League kicked off with an upset, when Fremantle Cockburn denied WASPs a win, defeating the side 2-0 at Perth Hockey Stadium at Curtin University.

The sides headed into halftime at a 0-0 deadlock, but Jack Welch and Harrison Keymer had the answers for Fremantle Cockburn, scoring in the 40^th and 46^th minutes respectively to lead the side to victory.

The Women’s WASPs side secured a 3-2 win over Melville in a close match, with Kathryn Slattery’s two goals helping her side to a tough win.

Victoria Park holds the top spot in the women’s competition, with a 2-0 victory over the Suburban Lions seeing them one point clear ahead of Wolves heading into the final round.

Second-placed Wolves continue their hot form in the women’s competition, with a 6-1 drubbing over fourth-placed Hale putting the side in good stead heading into finals.

Madi Ratcliffe scored a hat-trick for the side in a dominant victory where Hale’s only score came in the final minute of the match.

UWA dominated Old Guildfordians Mundaring in their match-up in the men’s competition, with a 10-0 victory giving the side a huge boost heading into the last round of the season.

UWA’s young guns stepped up in the match, with Jaxon Geddes scoring two goals and Harry Golding scoring a hat-trick, with all Golding’s goals falling in the last 10 minutes of the match.

The Westside Wolves men’s side narrowly defeated Hale in a 1-0 victory at Lemnos Field; Elliot Barton scored the only goal in the final minute of play.

In the match of the round, Melville City reclaimed their top position on the table, defeating Reds 2-1 in a thrilling contest at Aquinas Turf.

Reds held the top spot for only one round, after overtaking Melville last round, but Melville have regained their hot form after a poor four weeks from the side.

Whitford delivered a stunning dominant performance over Curtin University in the men’s competition, with an 8-1 drubbing seeing the side claim their first victory of the season.

Nathan Ephraums had a day out with one of the most dominant performances of the season, scoring six goals to lead the side to a huge win.

The women’s Curtin University side claimed the three points against YMCC, with a 2-0 win at Lemnos Field.

YMCC put in a strong performance in the men’s competition, with a 4-4 draw against a strong Victoria Park side seeing them sit in sixth place; Victoria Park now sits in fourth on the standings.

The North Coast Raiders managed to snatch points off of UWA in the women’s competition, securing a 2-2 draw after being down 2-0 at half time.

RESULTS

Friday 20 August

Men’s WASPs 0 def. by Fremantle Cockburn 2

Goals:

Fremantle Cockburn – Jack Welch (40’), Harrison Keymer (46’)

Women’s WASPs 3 def. Melville 2

Goals:

WASPs – Kathryn Slattery (44’) (53’), Keely Hebiton (54’)

Melville – Naomi Evans (49’), Kim Hocking (56’)

Saturday 21 August

Women’s Victoria Park 2 def. Suburban Lions 0

Goals:

Vic Park – Emma Reid (15+’), Rachel Frusher (40’)

Women’s Westside Wolves 6 def. Hale 1

Goals:

Wolves – Madi Ratcliffe (1’) (28’) (58’), Ashlea Fey (9’), Elly Buckley (11’), Rebecca Greiner (48’)

Hale – Line Malan (60’)

Men’s Old Guildfordians Mundaring 0 def. by UWA 10

Goals:

UWA – Jacob Evans (9’), Coby Green (11’), Jaxon Geddes (33’) (41’), Daniel Timms (34’) (47’), Cam Geddes (48’), Harry Golding (50’) (51’) (60’)

Men’s Westside Wolves 1 def. Hale 0

Goals:

Wolves – Elliot Barton (60’)

Men’s Reds 1 def. by Melville 2

Goals:

Reds – James Cameron (7’)

Melville – James Day (2’), Ben Staines (23’)

Sunday 22 August

Men’s Whitford 8 def. Curtin University 1

Goals:

Whitford – Nathan Ephraums (4’) (7’) (19’) (22’) (41’) (41’), Sam Bodenstaff (24’), Denver Farmer (39’)

Curtin – Luke Checker (37’)

Women’s Curtin University 2 def. YMCC 0

Goals:

Curtin – Chelsea Turner (40’), Penny Squibb (60’)

Men’s YMCC 4 draw Victoria Park 4

Goals:

YMCC – Mark Boyne (21’), Michael Nicoli (33’) (45’), Jacob Anderson (42’)

Vic Park – Ben Taylor (10’) (19’), Hayden Vaitekenas (22’), William Battistessa (54’)

Women’s North Coast Raiders 2 draw UWA 2

Goals:

Raiders – Tyler Hurst (43’), Jordyn Holzberger (49’)

UWA – Britney De Silva (15’), Caitlin Pascov (21’)