25/10/2026
.. Swanley 1 vs Istead 2 24/10/26
With a new squad still settling into playing together, Swanley 1 started the game a little slow, losing our first centre pass, and falling behind in the first 5 minutes. We quickly adjusted though, and pulled back - the first quarter ended Swanley down by three, 5-8. The second quarter Swanley came with some more energy, and the game went goal for goal in the second quarter, to bring the half-time score to 12-15.
In the last couple of games Swanley have been seen to tire in the third quarter, but this week we really came into the game in this quarter. Some awesome play in defence and turnovers, with some great changes of direction in attack helping to cleanly bring the ball down to the shooters, meant we won the third quarter and at the end of that quarter we brought it back to an even 23-23.
In the last quarter Swanley were going goal for goal with Istead. With some unforced errors on both sides, the game got very tense in the dying minutes. We lost possession on a few turned over balls, and couldn’t quite convert them all. A really close game!
Special thanks to Carly who played up from Swanley 2 to help us out last minute!
Final score Swanley 1 30 - 31 Istead 2
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