The Front Row Union Sport - 2021-12-11 Queen’s University III 1 Randalstown II 1 Junior 2

2021-12-11 Queen’s University III 1 Randalstown II 1 Junior 2

Dec 13, 2021

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I caught up with Queen’s University IIIs on Saturday afternoon in their highly competitive match against Randalstown II’s in an Ulster Hockey Women’s Junior 2 league match.

I had expected to pick up Queen’s first XV in a Premier League clash against Ballymoney but that game was a Covid cancellation; as I found myself at the Dub with an hour and a bit before my next game it would have been rude not to cover this one, and I’m glad I did.

I’d been trying to work, our Number 1 Insta followers, Randalstown into our weekend schedule for a while now as they give us a regular update on their activities on Insta so I’ve added a fair few “player pics” in this one as the opportunities arose.

By the time I made it down, from Dalriada, the game was nearly through the first quarter and Randalstown were leading 0 – 1 thanks to a strike by Lucy Ewart.

Lucy Ewart opened the scoring for Randalstown

The second quarter was dominated by driving runs from Queen’s Charlotte Houston who got on the scoreboard towards the end of a busy second quarter with a well struck backhand.