Sport Football fanatic Lauren Casey is a regular at the FA Skills Centres at Mile End and Thamesmead and played for Victoria Park last season. She was also the only girl to compete in last year’s Mayor’s Cup. see below Tell the East End Do you have a sports club you would like to be included in our listings? If so email the details to... eastendlife.news@towerhamlets.gov.uk Hockey ladies a force to be reckoned with BY PETER FAULKNER THE ladies dominated the latest hockey action with both Wapping and East London hitting four goals. Wapping ladies 1st team edged a seven-goal thriller with Saffron Walden at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre. They took control early on and Louise Song opened the scoring after a great run down the left by Kate Silberman. Saffron Walden responded instantly, then went ahead after a messy goalmouth scramble before Wapping equalised through Jo Ward to end a breathless first half. Saffron Walden regained the lead soon after the interval but Natasha Close brought the scores level again. Wapping fought off wave after wave of Walden attacks and managed to win one final short corner with five minutes of the game remaining. With a strong sweep from the left-hand side, Charlotte Keizer made the final score 4-3. Wapping men’s 1sts travelled to St Albans for their third top of the table clash in a row and went down 2-1. They took the lead through Ollie Salvesen after brilliant work from Rob Pryce, but St Albans turned the fixture around with two quick-fire short corner goals in two minutes Table tennis MORPETH School had to be content with silver when they lost out in the boys’ under-16 category at the Jack Petchey Foundation London Schools’ Table Tennis Team finals. Some 230 players making up 43 teams of boys and girls from 28 London schools battled it out to become Team Champions. The Morpeth boys lost out to London Academy who defended the title they won last year with a 6-2 win in the final. Coach Simon Hoang, who has been with the school for ten years, said: “It was a tough competition and London Academy are a very strong team.” Karate 22-medal haul VERAS Karate Club competed in the English National Karate Championships at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield – and came home with 21 medals. Between them, 16 of the Poplar club’s 22 entrants won a total of two gold, eight silver, and 11 bronze medals, to finish ninth out of the 44 associations taking part. The two gold medal winners were Daniel Chamoun, 12-13 years up to 4th kyu, and Andras Tamas, 18 years and above 75kg. For further information go to www.verasacademy.co.uk Boxing Smith goes for title REPTON’S Jimmy Smith will face Zak Chelli (Times) in the finals of the London Championships. Smith booked his place after mid-way through the second half. Wapping remain top. East London ladies 1st 4 Thurrock 1st 0 EAST London’s ladies put in a stellar performance at Lee Valley. They ended the first half in control thanks to goals from Grace Lant and Christina Malcolm – both from penalty corners. After the break the defensive unit of Susanne Lindner, Caroline Dover, Rachel James and Karen Allan combined to allow Amy Rogers and captain Stacey Nicholl to push up. Nicholl added a third and Lucy Canham’s final goal came from a good move. winning the North East Division title with a points win over former national finalist Terry Conroy (Lansbury). Smith’s club-mate Jake Fallon, who beat Paul Claydon (Romford) on points, then dropped a decision to Neil Brown in the London semi-final stage. Repton duo Mickey Oats and George Mitchell are two of the first young boxers to benefit from the Powerday Boxers bursary scheme. Last week they were given East London men’s 1st 1 Witham 1st 2 EAST London travelled to Essex to try to hold on to fourth place two points ahead of Witham. This was a tight game played in heavy snow and the defences held until ten minutes into the second half. East London’s Arnold Jullen was sent off for a stick tackle and Witham scored from the resulting penalty corner and added a second while still a man up. Once East London were restored to 11 men Joe Green pulled a goal back from a penalty corner. But despite Witham picking up a yellow card, East London couldn’t find the equaliser. £500 cheques at the recycling company’s north west London headquarters. Tennis League full up ENTRIES for the next round of the Lee Valley Tennis League, which runs from February 5 to April 1, have now closed. If you would like more information on future dates email leevalleytennisleague@ gmail.com Soccer round-up Lauren Casey Lauren’s the pride of the Lionesses LAUREN Casey scored twice for Millwall FC’s Centre of Excellence under-11s against Birmingham and in the same week scored again to help Millwall Lionesses beat Chelsea. In the clash with the West Midlanders, Millwall found themselves 2-1 down, but Lauren levelled the scores with a strike from the edge of the box. And when the young Lions again found themselves trailing against the run of play, Lauren staged a late rescue act to earn Millwall a 3-3 draw. Last time Millwall faced Chelsea the game finished 4-2. This time Lionesses were even more convincing, winning 5-2 away. Lauren countinued her scoring streak by making it 3-1 when she followed up after the keeper deflected a save. Lauren showed there is more to her game than scoring goals, providing two assists as Millwall won in style and gained revenge for that previous defeat. Lauren is a regular at the FA Skills Centres at Mile End and Thamesmead and played for Victoria Park last season, who finished runners-up in the Echo League. She was also the only girl to compete in last year’s Mayor’s Cup where she received a runners-up medal in the under-10 group. Hamlets beaten TOWER Hamlets, in their second match since returning from suspension, held out until the 71st minute in their Essex Senior League match against Enfield 1893, before Alan James broke the deadlock. The north London side managed to hold out till the final whistle as Hamlets vainly fought for a point. Tigers hit three against West End ONLY one game survived the weather in the Premier Division of the Sunday Inner London Football League’s winter programme and this saw London Tigers defeat West End 3-0. Tigers broke the deadlock shortly after half-time and then capitalised on two defensive errors to put the game beyond doubt. Two games took place in the First Divison where Bow kept up the pressure on the top two with a 2-1 win over bottom placed Burdett. In a relegation six pointer St Katharine’s picked up a muchneeded three points with a 4-1 win over Weavers, giving them a six-point cushion from the relegation places. The top three in the Second Divison all recorded wins. Beaumont Youth temporarily took top spot as they won their early game 3-1 against Riverside. Redcoat kept up the pressure on the top two with a 6-2 win against Al Mizan, but Robin Hood Tigers clearly had no intentions of letting Beaumont Youth remain top as they recorded a convincing 9-1 victory over Tower Hamlets B. In the Premier Division of the Thursday Veterans League, London Tigers were humbled 2-1 by defending champions Tower Hamlets and Abohani and Bromley both got back to winning ways with 1-0 wins over St Katharine’s and SYA Vets respectively. League leaders Beaumont did not play. With First Division tabletoppers Stepney not playing, Bhondu hammered Redbridge Vets 9-0 and Weavers won 3-0 against Riverside to close the gap at the top. Tower Hamlets B leapfrogged Mostyn into fourth with a comfortable 4-1 victory. 9 – 15 FEBRUARY 2015 N E W S F R O M TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL AND YOUR COMMUNITY 35
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