Rounders news: Horsforth Hawks Reds dig deep to win in grim conditions

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Written By Simon J Wilkes

Sports News Blitz sponsor the Horsforth Hawks Reds rounders team, who are flying high in first place in division four of the West Yorkshire league.

They have won five of their six games so far - but had to dig deep on Tuesday night, when they played in appalling conditions but managed to secure a hard-fought victory.

🔥 MATCH REPORT 🔴🦅

Horsforth Hawks Reds beat Halifax Bees 7.5 – 6.5 in truly grim conditions 🌧️

The Hawks showed real grit playing in torrential rain, dealing with a slippy ball and slippy grass throughout - and still coming out on top. 

The fielding was the real story of the match, with some superb triangle work keeping the Bees' scoring well under control. 

Liv's throws from backstop to Beth S on first base led to stumping after stumping, with Beth and Liz both showing lightning fast reactions to make the most of every chance. 

Steph R grabbed two lovely catches out deep, and her throws in were phenomenal - cutting off what could have been plenty of half and full rounders. 

Wasan, Claire, Han, Sam and Beth K all fielded in lovely balls to stop the Bees' score. 

Unconventional catch

Special mention also to Liz, who took a catch in a very unconventional place 👀😂 and big shout out to Laura for being our super sub and keeping all our bats dry! ☔️ 

With the bat, Beth S top scored with two, and Claire marked the occasion with her first half rounder! 🌟 

The whole team battled hard with the bat in difficult conditions to grind out the win.

🏅 Players' POM - Beth S, for her excellent work on first base and top scoring on the day.

A tough, WET win - but a win's a win… to keep Reds at the top of the table! ❤️🖤

#HawksReds #Rounders #TeamWin

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Simon J Wilkes

Simon is the Managing Editor for Sip Media Solutions and Co-Founder for Sports News Blitz.

Simon did a BA HONS journalism degree at the University of Central Lancashire between 1994-97, then joined Press Association Sport as a reporter, covering Wimbledon, football, boxing and snooker among other sports.

He joined TEAMtalk in 2001 and remained as Editor until taking a role as Production Editor for Sky Sports Digital Media in 2012.

Simon left Sky Sports in 2014 and set up SJWilkes Media Ltd, which was purchased by Ole! Media Limited in January 2015.

He was appointed Head of Publishing for the Planet Sport network in January 2016 and grew the sites from an audience of 4million readers to 15million in six years.

Simon supports West Brom, the Cincinnati Bengals and Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

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