Men's 1's progress in Scottish Cup

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Bromac Kelburne.     5
Inverleith.                   0


Following on from their 21-0 victory over Carnegie, Kelburne hosted Inverleith in the Scottish cup. Having beaten the Edinburgh side the previous week in the league confidence was high amongst the Kelburne squad. This confidence was evident from the outset as elburne dominated possession with some very neat intricate play and pressed Inverleith high up the pitch. this dominant play eventually paid off as kelburne grabbed their first goal after Dougie Simpson beat the Inverleith defender on the baseline before cutting it back to Lee Morton who reversed the ball under the keepers arm.
 
Kelburne continued to press a shaky Inverleith defence and their hard work eventually paid off when veteran Jonny Christie scored a sublime goal. having won the ball, Christie drove the baseline looking for a pass, however with nothing on he decided to have a go from what seemed like an impossible angle and the ball flew into the top corner much to the delight of coach mark ralph.
 
With half time approaching, Kelburne extended their lead to three thanks to a goal from Michael Christie. After a neatly worked attack down the left hand side, captain Jonny Christie delivered a ball into the D which was missed by the Inverleith defenders and Michael Christie capitalized by sliding in at the backpost to tap the ball into the goal.
 
Half time  Kelburne 3 - 0 Inverleith
 
The second half started the same as the first with Kelburne dominating possession and pressing high. Inverleith were unable to cope and struggled to muster up any sort of attack. despite all this pressure, Kelburne squandered chance after chance, guilty of trying to be too intricate. However they did managed to grab their fourth. After some great individual work from jack McKenzie, he found a foot in the D which resulted in a short corner which was dispatched into the bottom corner by Douggie Simpson.
 
With the game coming to a close there was still time for Kelburne to grab their 5th and final goal. after a nice counter attack the ball came to Jonny Christie whose shot was saved but rebounded straight to Lee Morton who hit the ball first time into the bottom corner for his second of the game.
 
Final score Kelburne 5 - 0 Inverleith
 
Kelburne progress to the next round of the Scottish cup after a comfortable win over Inverleith. Kelburne will now have to wait to see who they have drawn in the next round

Men's 1's clip Wildcats claws

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Bromac Kelburne       4
Western Wildcats       2

Bromac Kelburne continued their 100% record in this year?s National league with a convincing 4-2 away win at Auchenhowie.

Having made the short journey across Glasgow, Kelburne started swiftly, pressing high up the pitch and playing with real intensity. Within the first five minutes, a quick transfer of play allowed Jack McKenzie to find space in the ?D? and the Scotland under 21 international calmly found the foot of a Western defender.

Former Stepps frontman, Douglas Simpson, then slotted home the resulting corner with a pin-point dragflick, giving the away side the lead.

Kelburne pushed to maintain their intensity, in and out of possession, but were undone by a long, high ariel ball that resulted in an untidy equalizer for Western. With the last touch ricocheting off the stick of a Kelburne defender, the away team were frustrated to lose their lead. The intensity dropped slightly after the sides drew level and with Western pressing high up the pitch, they were looking to take the lead for the first time. Eventually Kelburne regained their composure and after a succession of passes they found themselves with another penalty corner.

This time Scott Sutherland stepped up, throwing a dummy to the first runner before shifting the ball on to his reverse stick and smashing it home into the bottom right hand corner. 

Western had a series of corners at the end of the first half but they were dealt with by the post man, Craig Morton. Morton kept his composer and deflected Scott McArtney?s drag flick away from goal as the whole of the Western team surrounded the circle for the last play of the half. Having battled hard after the equalizer it was a real boost for the buddies to go in at half time with the lead. 

As the game progressed in the second half, the determined Paisley side showed their quality. They began to control the tempo of the game and produced several chances as a result of this. The next goal would be crucial and after another phase of possession Kelburne were awarded a penalty corner for a foul in the circle. This time Leah Morton fired the ball at goal. His shot was saved by the keeper and the rebound bounced towards Michael Bremner who controlled and finished high in to the net the give Kelburne a 2 goal cushion.

Kelburne?s dominance continued and the 4th goal came from Leah Morton with around 10 minutes to play. Adam Bain, known for his cross field passing from left back, smashed a ball to top circle from just inside Western?s half. With the ball traveling at shin height past several defenders, Morton collected the ball brilliantly with his first touch, went past a defender with his second and slotted the ball under Gavin Sommerville with his third. 

With the result now beyond Wildcat?s, Kelburne looked to be seeing the game out but a lack of concentration resulted in a turnover in their defensive 25. Scott McArtney intercepted the ball and drove in to the circle, firing past derby debutant Ben Rennie, via a deflection from a brave last ditch tackle by Adam Bain. Western struggled to create any more chances and Kelburne successfully overturned the 4-2 loss that they suffered at the same ground last season. 

Men's 5's in tough encounters

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Pro-Life Fitness Kelburne 5's 0
Western Wildcats                     6

The young Development team took on a very well organised Western U16 team in this division two match. The match was started with Western taking the pushback. The Western youngsters were quickly out of the blocks and had Kelburne pegged back in their own D and won the first short corner of the match from a reverse stick shot which struck a foot after just five minutes. They failed to score but it was clear why this team are doing well in the league this season as they won a further three short corners and each was a different avenue to goal. They score from two of these corners. Kelburne were not letting Western have it all their own way and pushed further up the pitch and on the fifteen minute mark Macpherson hit the post from a top of the D strike.  Western scored a good goal from open play and had two more short corners the first was save well at the back post by Gilmour the other was cleared by Ewan. With halftime fast approaching Western were able to score two more goals.
Halftime Kelburne Pro-Life Fitness 5?s 0 v Western 4?s 4
 Kelburne took the pushback to start the second half. They had the ball up at Western?s 25m line before they lost the ball and Western quickly broke up field where a wreckless reverse swing topped the ball and it sprang up striking Macpherson in the face who had to go to have the blood cleaned before continuing to play. Western added to their tally with another goal from yet a different short corner routine. The youngsters were not lying down and continued to play good passing hockey which resulted in winning a short corner.  Kelburne began to impose themselves in this match and had a few chances but were unable to find the back of the net. Neil McIntyre just back from injury came close on a few occasions and should have been awarded a penalty flick when he was clearly taken out in the D but a short corner was given.
Full time Kelburne Pro-Life Fitness 5?s 0 v Western 4?s 6
Praise must go to young keeper Matthew Retson playing his first senior game and also to ten year old Jay Berry who played his first senior game and almost scored.
The Development team are progressing and since most are playing their first season they should be proud with how they are playing. With luck those adults who are injured will be back soon and will help develop the boys further with their continued encouragement during the game.

Pro-Life Fitness Kelburne 5's      1
East Kilbride.                                 8

Push back was at 1.30 at Duncanrig High School. It was literally men versus boys with about half of Kelburne?s team not even teenagers yet and most of the EK team drawing their pension. EK started well scoring in the first minute of the game, they went on to have most of the play and score another three goals in the first half. This did not faze the Kelburne youngsters as they dug in and put plenty of effort into the game. In the 35th minute Kelburne received a penalty corner but were unable to convert this.

HT East Kilbride 2s  4 -0  Prolife Fitness Kelburne 5s

The Kelburne youngsters managed a few flurries into the EK half taking advantage of their frequent substitutions while EK only had one sub to use. EK scored a further three goals before Alex Bogan managed a shot just inside the dee and it ended up in the net at the near post. EK went on to score one more goal despite the excellent performance of David Ogilvie between the posts pulling off many great saves.

FT East Kilbride 2s  8 -1  Prolife Fitness Kelburne 5s

The team came off the pitch disappointed but not despondent as they live to fight another day. The promising thing is that many of this young team will play together for many years to come and will grow in confidence and strength. This bodes well for the future.

Ladies 2's Continue to Progress

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Pro-Life Fitness Kelburne 3
Heriot Watt University       2

Kelburne Ladies 2's hosted Heriot Watt University at Glasgow Green on Saturday, in the Championship league.  

The young squad maintained possession and controlled the game extremely well in the opening stages.   The first goal coming early in the 5th minute when Ellise Berry remainder composed on front of goal and slipped the ball passed the Heriots keeper from a pass from Anna McIntosh.  The visiting students were stung stung again 10 minutes later when Catherine McLaughlin found the bottom right corner with her corner strike.  

Olivia Cain, and Marlieke Rademakers looked lively upfront and their perseverance paid off when as they claimed another corner in the 21st minute.  Once again McLaughlin slotted this home taking the score to 3-0.
 
However the Heriot students replied very promptly claiming a field goal from a fast break within minutes.  At half time Kelburne 2's led 3-1.

The second half begun as the 1st ended, with the Heriots team enthused by their late goal.  The young Kelburne team seemed to lose a bit of urgency and for a long spell had to defend attack and corner after corner.  The visitors capitalised on this spell and after 50 minutes had scored once again from open play to make it 3-2.

Kelburne failed to recompose themselves and the defence had to absorb a great deal of pressure before the final whistle blew.  Nevertheless the young squad were delighted to make their first half performance count and to claim all three points.  

Attention All Members - Match Fees

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The deadline for payment of match fees for this season is now upon us and at present a significant proportion of the membership of the hockey section have so far yet to make any payment towards this. 

The club simply cannot function without this income. The match fee is used to cover the following fixed costs which make up the bulk of the clubs expenditure 

1. Competition entries.
2. Player Registration
3. Pitch lets for training and games

The management committee would like to take this opportunity to urge every member to make arrangements for payment of their match fees as a matter of urgency. Payment forms can be found in the useful documents section of the website. 

Should you have any questions or problems regarding your match fees please contact Billy Anderson (kelburnesecretary@gmail.com) or speak to any member of the management committee.

4's beaten in tough encounter

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Pro-Life Fitness Kelburne 4's.       1
Western Wildcats                            3

Pro-Life Fitness Kelburne faced a tough game on Saturday v Western 3's at Glasgow Green With a number of call offs the team took to the field with only 11 players available and managed to keep a very strong Western 3's to a 0-1 scoreline at half time. The defence cleared several Western penalty corner set plays and could have scored twice in the final minutes of the first half.

The second half started with Western pressing down the right wing and with one such attack resulting in goal number two. Kelburne dug in pushed higher with a couple of good attacking  shots on goal putting the Western keeper under pressure. Young striker Finn Haliday skinned the western defender twice to cross the ball for Jack O,Connell to score at the back post.
1-2 and Kelburne pushed on to score the equaliser but with no substitutes the team began to tire. A breakaway from a Kelburne attack saw a well worked 4v3 move resulting in a shot over the Kelburne keeper from 10m. Final score 1-3, A fine effort from the 11 Kelburne players



Men's 1's continue unbeaten run

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Bromac Kelburne       5

Inverleith                     2

This week the Bromac Kelburne?s men?s 1st XI travelled through to Peffermill sports pitches to play the Edinburgh side Inverleith, hoping to extend their unbeaten streak in the league this season. With windy conditions both teams took to the field, with Kelburne starting well passing the ball round the back and creating several early chances, however unable to convert them to score that important first goal. 

Inverleith started to retain possession of the ball and a well worked play down the left hand side of the pitch was rewarded with a Penalty short corner. Ben Rennie the Kelburne goal keeper managed to get a foot to the ball but deflected the ball into the body of the post man, therefore a penalty flick was awarded to the home team, which they put in the back of the net to score the first goal of the game. 

Inverleith?s lead was short lived as almost instantly after several short, sharp passes between the Kelburne midfield and forwards tore apart the defence, leaving Christopher Nelson the Ex Scotland captain at the top of the D unmarked with the ball, who calmly slotted it into the bottom corner of the goal, bringing the team?s level. 

Kelburne continued pressuring the home team and their efforts were rewarded with two goals in quick succession. The first goal was from a penalty short corner, with Douglas Simpson scoring a drag flick from the top of the area, placing Kelburne in front for the first time in the game. The latter goal came from Ross McIntyre, while on the turn let loose an unstoppable shot into the top corner of the goal, extending Kelburne?s lead to 3-1. The rest of the first half was pretty even with both sides had chances but the score remained 3-1 until the last minute when a mishap from the Kelburne defence provided Inverleith with a cheap goal.

 The second half started with Kelburne putting pressure on the Inverleith defence however unable to increase their lead any further. Throughout the second half Inverleith had their chances and with good build up play managed to gain several short corners but were unable to convert them. 

As the game developed Kelburne started to create several chances and finally scored their 4th of the match to secure the three points. The Inverleith keeper came off his line to meet Douglas Simpson who calmly slotted the ball past the keeper where Jack McKenzie was waiting to put the ball in the goal for the visitors. With the last play before the whistle below for full time Kelburne were awarded a short corner. Kelburne were keen to secure another goal, which lead to a number of consecutive of short corners on the full time whistle. On the third short corner lee Morton managed to sweep the ball past the diving keeper to conclude the game at 5-2.

This win puts Kelbunre  in good stead for their next game against arch rivals Western Wildcats at Auchenhowie next Saturday.