Erskine-Stewarts-Melville IX v US Universities IX 3 June 2012
Erskine-Stewarts-Melville Ladies HC played a friendly match against a select team of students from a variety of United States Universities. The team is run by a group of friends, families and coaches and is purely a social set-up and gives the girls – and their ‘coaching staff’ a chance – or excuse, perhaps.. – to travel around the World.
The US players were of a variety of skill levels, but were all to a fairly decent standard. However, the ESM team play together on a regular basis and were able to convert the many chances at goal they had to end up 8-1 winners on the day. The event wasn’t really about the win/lose/draw scenario, but was really a vehicle to get young people together from different countries and cultures and to give the US girls a chance to expand their horizons somewhat. From this match they were then going on to play Edinburgh University, before travelling through to Glasgow and Stirling for further matches.
Report and Photo – John Preece
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