SLOUGH moved up to third place in the Investec Women’s League Division One South following their 3-2 win at St Albans on Saturday, writes Dave Wright.
It was their sixth game without defeat and their third in a row away from home.
Immie Brown, who had netted the winning goals at Sevenoaks and Trojans, was again on target, taking her tally to four goals in six games.
Laura Bailey opened the scoring in the 17th minute, but the hosts levelled through Sam Archer-Overall two minutes before half-time.
Bailey restored the lead for the Pink and Blacks from a 49th-minute penalty corner, with Brown making it 3-1 in the 62nd minute.
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Archer-Overall pulled a goal back two minutes later, but the visitors held on to complete the double over bottom-of-the-table St Albans with what was a composed team performance without quite being at their best.
Briony Anyon was voted player-of-the-match for Slough, who complete their home programme this Saturday when second-bottom Isca are the visitors to Upton Court Park (12.15pm pushback).
Slough 2s have clinched the Trysports Three Counties League Premier Division One title without losing a game.
The team won 3-2 at Maidenhead 2s last weekend to go 16 points clear of second-placed Banbury with four games remaining.
Able to field only 10 players, they looked to be heading for their first defeat when trailing 2-0 with 20 minutes remaining.
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Slough turned the game around however with goals from captain Avneet Dhandwar, Georgina Wilson and Lesley Hobley - much to the delight of their coach, Harijit Sandhu.
This Saturday they are home to relegation-threatened Henley 2s.
Slough men crashed to a 6-2 defeat at Southgate 2s, their consolation goals both coming from Harsahib Singh.
They remain in relegation trouble, being two points ahead of second-bottom Woking ahead of Saturday’s home fixture with already-relegated Richmond 2s.
Slough Boys Under 18s defeated Westbury and United Banks 3-2 to reach the semi final of England Hockey’s U18s Tier Three Championship.
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