Boys’ Hockey Season

Nathan Strover, U6E

Although this was a season of ups and downs for our first XI, Bancroft’s senior hockey 2022/23 season could certainly be described as successful. A positive, tight-knit group of players made for an enjoyable season, climaxing in a narrow second place finish in the Regional Finals, despite the huge effort put in by both the whole squad, and the coach, Mr Webster.

Our season culminated in a spirted 3-2 loss away to Haberdashers’. Finding ourselves 3-0 down at half time, we picked ourselves up and knowing that, for some of us, this would be our final match for Bancroft’s, we came out for the second half fired up. Ultimately, it wouldn’t be enough. Even though we fully deserved to win, we fell short, despite a dominant performance. However, we could definitely be proud for our last match of the season, and for some of us, our last ever for Bancroft’s. During the season the Firsts played ten games: winning four, drawing two and with four losses. Max P was our top scorer with six goals and the team scored 17 goals, whilst conceding 14.

Some highs to cherish for the season include Rohan’s last-minute equaliser against Mill Hill to make it 3-3, so winning the regional qualifier tournaments and, for certain, Dylan K’s shocking cameo appearances outfield.

With the hockey tour to Argentina coming up this summer, we hope that the squad going can build on this season and have a successful tour.