Greensborough Hockey Club fired the first salvo of the year across the bows of the Victorian State League One competition when their Men and Women completed the double in the inaugural Hockey Show Cup final.

A great Waverley crowd littered the balcony amongst the haze of the BBQ smoke and they were ably supported by the vocal Burra travelling sideshow. And it wasn’t long before the visitors were in full voice when Josh Pollard neatly jinked the ball over a diving Panther keeper’s stick to put Greensborough 1-0 up. But Brett Thompson’s men were not to be denied – even with star playmaker Tim Thompson on the sidelines with a calf injury – and just after half time they were able to level.

Greensborough had the lion’s share of the opportunities but Andy Beck still had to work hard in the Burra goal and made some fine saves to justify his place in the U21 Victorian Colts.

Soon enough, Greensborough had capitalised on their superior pace up front and were able to shut out the match with two late goals to claim the Cup and the $500 prize that had to be wrestled from Mick McLean as he went to put it on the bar. . . for himself. . .

But the match was worthy of the first final for the Pre-Season Cup with talent of the calibre of Mirecki, Simpson, Joseph and J. Brooks all on display for two teams that will be highly fancied to play again at some stage in September.

And the Women’s match was equally entertaining with the Waverley girls, led by Danita Eastman, having all the early running and scoring first. But it was Greensborough’s day and some great corner hitting saw the visitors ascend to an unassailable 3-1 lead before the Panthers scored a late goal to give Burra coach Greg Van Meeuuaaaiiwwn some nervous moments on the sidelines.

And so the Greensborough Hockey Club began season 2008 where they left off last year and they show absolutely no signs of slowing down for many years to come.

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Related posts:

1. The Hockey Show Cup – The Road to Finals
2. THS Cup – Round One Draw
3. The Hockey Show Cup – FINALS!
4. THS CUP Round 3
5. THS Cup Fixture

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