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Up and down weekend for Chieftains
Photograph of Chelsmford player-coach Gary Clarke in action against the Cardiff ENL Devils copyright of Ian Snoding.
Head Coach Gary Clarke will be disappointed not to have picked up maximum points this past weekend as the Chieftains beat the Cardiff ENL Devils, but went down 5-4 to rivals Romford Raiders in a tense game. Cardiff gave the Chieftains a tough start and were happy to go into the first break 1 a piece with the goal coming from Danny Hammond while Chris Jones tied it up for the Devils. The second was a difficult period and neither side really got going and Ross Brears as the only one to score to go into the final session 2-1 ahead. A Tim Burrows goal from the Devils tied it up before a brace from Clarke and a lone marker from Alan Green put the Chieftains 5-2 up, but a late goal from Jason Stone made the score respectable for the Welsh side.
Meanwhile in Bristol the Chelmsford second side went down narrowly 5-4 to the Pitbulls, but Warriors coach Paul Wilcock can take heart from the performance. Ricky Mills took home the man of the match award for his hat-trick performance.
Onto Sunday and it was derby day for the Chieftains and the short trip down the A12 proved to be a fruitless one, despite the best efforts of hat-trick man and man of the match Tom Long. Long got 3 goals while Clarke also netted again for his 3rd of the weekend, but it wasn't to be as 2 former Chieftains came back to haunt the current side as JJ McGrath netted 2 and Anthony Leone got another with Danny Marshall and Andy Smith netting the others for the Romford Raiders.
The Warriors took on one of the prospective title contenders in Solent & Gosport Devils and although held on for long periods of the game, they eventually went down 6-3 losers at home.
These results leaves the Chieftains in third place in the league, 3 points off top spot, with only Invicta and Romford filling the top spots respectively.
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5-3 |
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4-5 |
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1-4 |
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4-4 |
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2-4 |
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5-1 |
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4-1 |
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5-2 |
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3-7 |
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1-1 |
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- Clarke back at Chieftains helm
- Chieftains end their season with playoff title
- Double delight on Saturday
- Chieftains advance to playoff semi-finals
- Chieftains miss out on title but set sights on playoffs
