The game didn't start well, with Homerton and Jesus warming up in entirely different places. However, once Homerton had arrived at Jesus Green, the match could begin, and a great match it turned out to be. The sun was even shining, something that was relatively unknown for a Homerton match and the shelter from the trees surrounding the match also meant that conditions were great for huge throws and great catches.
The match was started with Homerton on the attack, but this possession was quickly lost and almost immediately Jesus were a point ahead, with just over a minute on the clock.
Homerton quickly came back to this however, turning the scoreline around to make it 7-3 in their favour at half time, with 36 minutes gone. After the break, both teams came back well, with Jesus scoring 3 points against Homerton's man-marking, wall and cup techniques and Homerton another 2, to bring it to 9-6 when time was called.
The final point during time went to Homerton, to bring the score to 10-6 and the cap was set at 11. Shortly after this, great play and positioning from Homerton lead to the final catch of the game, bringing the final score to 11-6.
Many thanks to Jesus College for giving us such a great match and to the weather, for allowing some great plays by both teams. We look forward to meeting Jesus again soon!
Tuesday 15 May 2012
Wednesday 2 May 2012
Saturday 28th April - Homerton vs HomeGrown
After a refreshing holiday in which everyone revised their socks off (....), we returned to Cambridge for the last term this year. The first match of the term was a match with HomeGrown. Having come only lost the previous match with them 11-9, the Homertonians were hopeful to put up a good show in this match.
Arriving at Parker's piece, we were greeted, once again, with strong winds and the cold. Homerton pulled to HomeGrown start off the first point, whose offensive was met by the new "wall" tactic by Homerton. Homegrown were not phased by this initially and managed to pull the first point ahead. The second point went to Homerton, Homegrown the next, and it was looking like a repeat of last match, with alternate points between the two teams.
This however was not the case. A consistent string for great, almost pitch-length, throws from HomeGrown, along with some huge catches with the Homerton end zone, meant that HomeGrown pulled away, with half time being reached at 7-1. In the second half, the Homertonians came back revitalised managing to score a long and very tiring point thanks to great defending and quick offense, but HomeGrown also managed two of their own. After an hour's play the score was 9-2, which the end being at 10 points. We did not have to wait long for this, with one final deep cut from Homegrown, the disc was caught and the game brought to an end at 10-2.
Once again, despite the weather, the game was an awesome one, and we look forward to playing HomeGrown again in the near future.
Arriving at Parker's piece, we were greeted, once again, with strong winds and the cold. Homerton pulled to HomeGrown start off the first point, whose offensive was met by the new "wall" tactic by Homerton. Homegrown were not phased by this initially and managed to pull the first point ahead. The second point went to Homerton, Homegrown the next, and it was looking like a repeat of last match, with alternate points between the two teams.
This however was not the case. A consistent string for great, almost pitch-length, throws from HomeGrown, along with some huge catches with the Homerton end zone, meant that HomeGrown pulled away, with half time being reached at 7-1. In the second half, the Homertonians came back revitalised managing to score a long and very tiring point thanks to great defending and quick offense, but HomeGrown also managed two of their own. After an hour's play the score was 9-2, which the end being at 10 points. We did not have to wait long for this, with one final deep cut from Homegrown, the disc was caught and the game brought to an end at 10-2.
Once again, despite the weather, the game was an awesome one, and we look forward to playing HomeGrown again in the near future.
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