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By Lucas Ball

Congratulations to everyone included in the latest Holcombe Team of the Week!

Goalkeeper:

Andy Perkins (M3s) – has bailed the 3s out by playing away at Eastbourne, Folkestone and Maidstone this season, all of which were defeats. He finally played in a win for his first three points in two years!

Defence:

Pete Mills (MO50s) – player of the match.

Amelia Allen (W5s) – player of the match.

Maddie Wellings (W3s) – player of the match.

Sophie Eldred (W2s) – joint-player-of-the-match.

Midfield:

Margot Moriarty (W4s) – scored twice and won player of the match.

Linus Zillmer (M2s) – scored and player of the match, his best game in a Holcombe shirt.

Josh Fairs (Harriers) – player of the match.

Lottie Bingham (W1s) – scored seven goals in four Super 6s matches at Polo Farm.

Forwards:

Eloise Richards (W2s) – joint-player-of-the-match.

Dave Hobbes (M5s) – hat-trick hero and player of the match.

Substitutes:

Owen Davies (M6s) – player of the match.

Matt Porter (M3s) – aka the assist king, player of the match.

Jon Goodall (Heroes) – scored twice and won player of the match.

Gabby McAlister (W3s) – excellent performance in goal.

Jack Chester (U16 Boys) – one of the standout performers in a great display of team hockey, discipline and determination.

Catherine Ledesma (W1s) – superb for the W1s across a second Super 6s weekend, scoring twice to add to three goals from weekend one.

Blake Jones (U16 Boys) – one of the standout performers in a great display of team hockey, discipline and determination.

Umpires:

Mark Foakes – umpired our W5s when we were short as he couldn’t play and then umpired the girls’ under-10 tournament on Sunday.

Graham Sutton – fitted in umpiring between playing at home and helping the Heroes by benching away at Maidstone in the late game.

DoDs:

M3s: Ollie Lane – a well-executed Ollie Lane pass to the centre forward and a self-lob.

M5s: Dave Hobbes – one of his three goals was from two inches which denied a young gun a goal.

M6s: Craig Lumsden – played so well the opposition thought he was a ringer!

Harriers: Lucas Ball – normal service resumed for not name-dropping the Harriers on BBC Radio Kent.

Heroes: Ray Zerafa

MO50s: Chris Doyle – goal-hanging and a horrendous hacking.

W5s: Mark Foakes – as umpire, a poor dad joke