It was never going to be easy against the division 1 league winners, but Hemsworth made an impressionable start with a quick goal from George's long throw to Amy, who rounded the defender and beat the advancing keeper for an opening goal.Not long after Batley equalised with a fabulous long shot which dropped into the net over Nicheala's head.
Hemsworth kept up the pace of the game and in an effort to keep up the momemtum the 2 wingers of Chels and Katie were replaced with Chloe and Ebony. Everyone was working really hard on the pitch, but Batley went into a 2-1 lead with a fumbled goal, where everyman and his dog tried kicking the ball every direction in the goal mouth.
Ebony made her presence felt and was awarded with a free kick just outside the box, Chazzie made a brilliant effort to try and equalise but the ball just curled the wrong side of the post.In the second half Batley had the upperhand and went on to score a further 5 goals (1 an home goal off an Hemsworth player from a corner kick that went skywards and dropped inside the net).
Chloe had a brave shot which went over the cross bar and Hemsworth had another free kick, but its fair to say a relatively quiet second half for the away team in the terms of shots at the goal. Nicheala had a good attitude and made some confident saves. Despite the widening gap in the score the Hemsworth girls remained in good spirit.
Tonights game against some stiff opposition will not have done any harm, in fact it will have been a good warm up session for the Hemsworth team competing in the Shield Final on Saturday!!
Managers Players of the Match... Amy Fretwell and Georgina Akeroyd
