U10 Boys Reach Regional Finals

Hertford U10 Boys made the short trip to Broxbourne on Sunday for the U10 Boys to compete in the County Hockey Finals, the club took at A and B team.

The A Team starting off with a comfortable victory against St Albans B 4-0, with goals from Chris Boquiren x 2, Tom Weller and Zac Henderson-Lea, their second game was against Blueharts B and despite dominating possession, a 2-0 win, the goals from Jasper Skillet and Tom Weller were harder to come by. Third up where hosts Broxbourne, and the toughest game of the group was decided by a Jasper Skillett Goal, with Jack Bentley making some key saves. Last up was Letchworth, who could also still qualify for the final stages, but a couple of early goals, meant that the boys ran out easy winners in the end 7-1, goals from Zak Henderson-Lea x2, Jasper Skillett x2, Peter Sharman, Chris Boquiren and David James

The B Team had a tough group with the favourites, Blueharts A, West Herts and St Albans A. They started well with a 3-0 win against Harpenden, with a hat-trick from James Willoughby. Next up was St Albans A, and despite a lot of hard work, they were on the wrong end of a 4-0 score-line. Their third match pitched them against West Herts, and a very creditable 0-0 draw was achieved by the boys. The final game against a very good Blueharts resulted in a 9-0 loss, but they boys never gave up and they will come back stronger next year. Team: Elliot Mari, Sam Bond, Oliver Gilmartin-Smith, Cormac Green, James Willoughby, Zac Thompson, Jamie Ker and Charlie Walker.

The A Team moved on to a semi-final with St Albans A. St Albans took an early lead, but Hertford back to win 2-1 with two goals from Jasper Skillet.

The Final, against Blueharts A, who easily won their semi-final. An excellent game of Hockey, Hertford had an early goal rightly disallowed from a short corner. Blueharts took the lead, but Jasper Skillet capitalised on a dithering Blueharts defence to equalise. The game continued to ebb and flow from end to end, but Blueharts were more clinical in front on goal and eventually won 3-1.

Both teams will now represent the county at the Regionals in Norfolk (Harleston) on Sunday 9th April against clubs from Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk,

Team in picture: Back Row, Edward Winstanley, Chris Boquiren, Zac Henderson-Lea, Tom Weller, Wyatt Boquiren, David James and Jasper Skillett. Front Row, Peter Sharman and Jack Bentley