Clapp leads a Ladies fight back as Horsham have to dig deep

A six-goal thriller ended all square as Horsham Ladies Hockey Firsts earned a point at home to Chelmsford on Saturday in what was their last match before the winter break.

By The Newsroom

Published 5th Dec 2013, 14:57 BST

JPCT 301113 HOCKEY: Horsham Ladies v Chelmsford. Photo by Derek Martin

Any thoughts that it would be an easy ride against the Conference East’s bottom side were soon expelled when Chelmsford went 2-0 up in 26 minutes.

Horsham’s top scorer Steph Dent scored a vital goal from open play just before half-time to make it 2-1.

Suzy Clapp levelled the scores not long after the restart from a penalty stroke, but the visitors came again and again went ahead, scoring their second penalty corner of the match.

Midfielder Clapp though grabbed her second as she converted a Horsham penalty corner just after the hour, and it stayed 3-3 as both sides settled for a point.

Following last week’s 4-0 win over Ipswich, Horsham are now two unbeaten.

They go into the winter break in eighth position in the Conference East table but on equal points with second-bottom Ipswich.

They now turn their attentions to playing indoor hockey.

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