Mens Team Vs Caradon 3

Okehampton men’s second team travelled to Liskeard hoping to continue the new year’s winning run. Facing Caradon C, Okehampton stuck to their game plan of simple straightforward hockey to break down the home team. Oke controlled the possession, for much of the early stages, but Caradon’s robust defence made it very difficult for the visitors to break through. The welcome return of T Morgan strengthened the Oke midfield, and one of his line breaking passes that Godsland latched on to to open the scoring for Okehampton.
Okehampton further grew into the game, and Pete Covington’s tenacity created a great chance for Luxton to find the space and to double the score. Okehampton continued to press and as they resumed their attacks, cracks continued to form in Caradon’s defence. Exploiting this, the partnership of Godsland and Luxton, worked well in tandem  and they helped each other to find  the back of the net resulting in a relatively comfortable half -time lead of four goals to nil.
Early pressure from Oke as the second half got underway meant they were likely to build on their lead. As they pushed forward, A Morgan utilised the additional space to launch the ball across the face of goal, with Godsland diverting it into Caradon’s net, completing his hat trick. Okehampton’s goal tally grew further with Covington scoring one of his own, before Luxton closed the game with a penalty stroke.

The win moves Okehampton up to fourth in the league table and will give the side confidence for their away trip to play the University of Plymouth 3’s next week.