On behalf of Rachel Turney The ladies 4s trip to Ashbourne on a grey but dry morning began with the pleasant sound of Harris arriving to offer encouragment from the sidelines and Kath losing the shackles from the Belper clubhouse to umpire!A great attacking first half performance saw fantastic running Read more…
The Belper Bloopers was awarded very early in the day to Helen for arriving late and without her astrosWe started the first half promisingly with Rachel converting a text book short corner 9 minutes into the game. Half time Belper remained 1-0 aheadThe second half Belper failed to gel and Read more…
Belper 4s V Ilkeston- 6th Jan 2024 A beautiful sunny, but cold, morning led to a longer than usual warm up in an attempt to defrost the recently flooded pitch enabling us to face the difficult Ilkeston side, only 2 points behind us in the league. Despite the Xmas Read more…
The Belper Dev8s welcomed the North Notts development team for their second meeting of the season with memories of Alan’s 80th birthday cake still fresh in their minds. It was a good thing that they had something to take their minds off the foul weather. In good development hockey style, Read more…
Belper Ladies 4 were away at Uttoxeter. We arrived in good time, but were unable to get in- had to make do with a 10 minute warm up😬 what a load of bull. Belper dominated the first half, but were unable to get a goal. 0-0 at half time. 16 minutes Read more…
Ladies 4’s were at Shobnall playing Burton 3’s We had Kitty and Erin from the 3’s, Hannah from the 5’s and Sally joining us this week. We lost the PB, however Belper dominated from the start. Sally got her first goal after 11 minutes. Hannah did a great run into Read more…
Another enjoyable game of development hockey was played at the ever friendly Goosedale venue. The first half was an even encounter with plenty of strong play from Belper. The second half saw a strong start with a well fought for goal shortly after resumption of play. There were several more Read more…
It was a beautiful sunny day at The meadows for the ladies 4’s against Barton Barton had been undefeated in the league so far, so it was game on!Barton had the PB and game out strong from the start, catching Belper by surprise and scored within the first minute. Barton Read more…
Ladies 4th team played their rearranged match against Ashbourne Ladies 3 on Sunday 29th October. Ashbourne were generous in letting us use their pitch for our “home game”.With the weekend being a slip date and half term we were struggling to get a team together and working through the EH Read more…
Belper U14 boys hosted Repton at Belper Meadows for thier first league match of the season. The Belper boys showed great character by keeping cool heads following an unexpected starting 5 minutes with no keeper. Winning most of the mid field battle, a fine drive down the centre of Read more…