MINEHEAD hosted bottom of the table Winscombe 4s this weekend in a one-sided affair ending in a crushing 18-0 victory for Minehead.

Minehead opened the scoring early, with goals from Lancaster, Chilcott and two from Sparks in the first ten minutes. Their dominance continued with a goal from a short corner for Koppa, her first goal of the season. Lancaster then brought up her hat-trick with two more goals, and Chilcott added her second.

L to R: Ella Owen, Izzy Burns, Denise Lancaster Gemma Chilcott, Jess Koppa and Kate Lancaster
L to R: Ella Owen, Izzy Burns, Denise Lancaster Gemma Chilcott, Jess Koppa and Kate Lancaster (Submitted)

A further two goals from Sparks and Tisshaw piled the misery on Winscombe just after half time. The best moment of the game came when Lancaster scored her 4th. This goal was Lancaster's 1,250th goal for Minehead ladies hockey club - a fantastic achievement and testament to a great west Somerset goal scorer and sports woman. She added a personal 5th goal moments later.

Goals for Tisshaw and Cooper followed by a quick fire double from Sparks, brought the score to 16-0. Then youngster Elissa finished well for her first goal for Minehead. The demolition finished with a final goal from Sparks for her double hat trick.

The Julians Laundry player of the match was Denise Lancaster. After match teas were sponsored by The Dessert Club.

Hannah Sparks

Gemma Chilcott
Gemma Chilcott (Submitted)