WISBECH Hockey Club traded blows with their local rivals in two derbies at the weekend while the ladies kept on course for a stunning unbeaten season.
East Women’s Hockey League - Division One North
Ipswich III 0 Wisbech 2
WISBECH ladies remained on course for an unbeaten season with a confident performance on the road at Ipswich.
Captain Natalie Ward broke the deadlock from a second-half short corner and a Claire Apted strike sealed the win soon after.
The in-form ladies travel to Devon on Sunday for the quarter-final of the HA Trophy, where they will meet Teign.
East Men’s Hockey League - Division Three North-West
Wisbech II 3 March II 0
WISBECH piled the misery on their bottom-of-the-table local rivals with a dominant display.
Goals from Sam Dunn, Gary Freear and Matt Pooley were enough to secure the bragging rights for the home side.
East Men’s Hockey League - Division Three North-West
Rutland 5 Wisbech III 0
A BRAVE effort from defender Zac Brown was not enough to stop table-topping Rutland romp to a comfortable victory against Wisbech.
East Men’s Hockey League - Division Five North-West
March III 5 Wisbech IV 4
MARCH scored a late winner to steal the points in a pulsating derby.
Braces from Gary Freear and Hugo Atkins kept Wisbech interested but it was their Fenland neighbours that found a last-gasp winner.
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