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Saturday, 28th October 2006. Cambridgeshire Ladies' League Div 1 - round 4
Bourne 3	2 - 3	Newmarket Ladies 1
		Fison Thomas

Newmarket Ladies travelled to Peterborough to play Bourne. The odds were against Newmarket from the start, they found themselves pitted against a team who seemed used to playing at a higher level; Bourne did not demonstrate hockey skills of what a bottom of the league side should.

Bourne took control from the starting whistle and scored from a strong, top of the D shot within a minute and a half. There next goal arriving just 8 minutes later from a short corner set piece, this left Newmarket reeling in disbelief. The pressure was on to make a come back and the battle was for them not too feel defeated. A positive and aggressive mood enabled Newmarket to crush Bourne's elation.

Newmarket seemed to be penned into their defending half as Bourne created wave after wave of attack. Bourne were perhaps given to much room to run with the ball and it must be said that Newmarket were not getting tackles in early enough on some occasions. Jasmine Wombwell, who made her season debut, played a solid game as Goal Keeper, she made some very calm and calculated saves. The defence also reacted well with the constant pressure from Bourne.

Newmarket soon realised that they needed to play to their strengths and used quick, short passing which saw speedy breaks from Lydia Fison and Sarah Haird in particular. The newly appointed Bourne Goal Keeper was now being tested and the play became far more even.

The half time talk was incredibly positive for Newmarket and each player still had belief that they would become victorious. This was to create a huge impact on the second half. Bourne seemed to focus on keeping Newmarket at bay with tight marking of their forwards and packing their midfield to block quick passing.

A short corner was awarded to trailing Newmarket and a magnificent strike was unleashed by Lydia Fison to put them back in contention.

Newmarket's new found energy saw some cracking moves up the pitch. Tracy Cockerill made some excellent runs on the left wing drawing players wide. Supporting Cockerill was Isabel Hooley. The pair's slick movement provided Newmarket's all important levelling goal. A slap hit shot from Hooley rebounded off the keeper leaving Di Thomas to tap the ball home.

Newmarket were determined to keep the scores level at least but were left feeling sick as Bourne scored once more to ruin town's unbeaten run and claim the three points. The game can only be described as controversial and Newmarket eagerly awaits the next meeting of the two teams.

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