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The Junior Flames results in the recent National Championships in Gloucester were disappointing.

Starting in a strong group, the first two games were played at speed and, although we competed well, we lost 6-5 to London Warriors and 4-2 to the Hornets who eventually finished runners up. We had a poor third game and failed to do ourselves justice against the Adur Hitmen, losing 4-2. This left us with a game against our old rivals the N A Knights. Once again we gave away too many penalties and could not maintain possession, the Knights running out with a deserved 6-4 win.

Sunday’s first game was at 9.00 am and we are not noted for our early starts. In the absence of our normal keeper, Chris Moore stepped up to play superbly in goal, but we lost in an ill-tempered game 6-3 against the Chequers.

The tournament will be remembered, however, for the inspired goal keeping of Owen Satchell who volunteered to go in goal for our last game. Gloving a ball and throwing it down to the defence with a casual flick, he showed that sometimes there is a fine line between novice and experienced goal keeping. This game was good to watch, with accurate passing and team play. We demonstrated we had not forgotten how to play at National standard and took the lead immediately. The pace of the game was slower than the previous games, but growing in confidence and with Owen relaxed in goal, we went on to win 6-4.

Our top scorer for the tournament, with 7 goals and 2 assists, was Tom who had some good shots from the centre line.

The total penalty points over 6 games was a disappointing 59 mins. This meant that we played short-handed for nearly a third of the time and were constantly chasing the ball. Thanks to everyone for a good final game and keep practicing with that catcher Owen.

The tournament winners were Borehamwood.

Full Competition Results:

	Ash Avalanche Fury	4	v	4	North Wilts Vikings
	Hurricane Hawks	4	v	7	Chelmsford Checkers
	Norton Cyclones	5	v	1	Leasowes Sharks
	Whitchurch Hawks	4	v	5	Havering Liberators
	Borehamwood Kings	3	v	1	Redditch Rockets
	Newton Abbott Knights	5	v	2	Wakefield Warriors
	Adur Hitmen	2	v	9	Hallamshire Hornets
	London Street Warriors	6	v	5	Swindon Flames
	Ash Avalanche Fury	5	v	3	Hurricane Hawks
	North Wilts Vikings	5	v	1	Chelmsford Checkers
	Norton Cyclones	8	v	2	Whitchurch Hawks
	Leasowes Sharks	7	v	2	Havering Liberators
	Borehamwood Kings	7	v	2	Newton Abbott Knights
	Redditch Rockets	4	v	2	Wakefield Warriors
	Adur Hitmen	4	v	7	London Street Warriors
	Hallamshire Hornets	4	v	2	Swindon Flames
	Ash Avalanche Fury	4	v	4	Hurricane Hawks
	North Wilts Vikings	7	v	3	Chelmsford Checkers
	Norton Cyclones	15	v	0	Havering Liberators
	Leasowes Sharks	4	v	2	Whitchurch Hawks
	Borehamwood Kings	4	v	1	Wakefield Warriors
	Redditch Rockets	8	v	2	Newton Abbott Knights
	Adur Hitmen	4	v	2	Swindon Flames
	Hallamshire Hornets	6	v	6	London Street Warriors
Q/Final	North Wilts Vikings	2	v	2	Leasowes Sharks	* Vikings win 4-3 (OT)
Q/Final	Norton Cyclones	5	v	3	Ash Avalanche Fury
Q/Final	Borehamwood Kings	4	v	1	London Street Warriors
Q/Final	Hallamshire Hornets	6	v	1	Redditch Rockets
Placing	Chelmsford Checkers	2	v	6	Whitchurch Hawks
Placing	Havering Liberators	7	v	6	Hurricane Hawks
Placing	Newton Abbott Knights	6	v	4	Swindon Flames
Placing	Adur Hitmen	4	v	1	Wakefield Warriors
Placing	Leasowes Sharks	9	v	6	London Street Warriors
Placing	Ash Avalanche Fury	2	v	4	Redditch Rockets
Placing	Chelmsford Checkers	6	v	3	Swindon Flames
Placing	Hurricane Hawks	2	v	6	Wakefield Warriors
Placing	Whitchurch Hawks	1	v	4	Newton Abbott Knights
Placing	Havering Liberators	2	v	3	Adur Hitmen
S/Final	North Wilts Vikings	1	v	6	Borehamwood Kings
S/Final	Norton Cyclones	4	v	7	Hallamshire Hornets
15th/16th	Swindon Flames	6	v	4	Hurricane Hawks
13th/14th	Chelmsford Checkers	3	v	4	Wakefield Warriors
11th/112th	Whitchurch Hawks	5	v	3	Havering Liberators
9th/10th	Newton Abbott Knights	0	v	7	Adur Hitmen
7th/8th	London Street Warriors	9	v	3	Ash Avalanche Fury
5th/6th	Leasowes Sharks	4	v	3	Redditch Rockets
3rd/4th	North Wilts Vikings	4	v	4	Norton Cyclones	* Cyclones win 7-4 (OT)
FINAL	Borehamwood Kings	6	v	5	Hallamshire Hornets

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