U18 Girls National Club final – Grange 7-2 Fjordhus Reivers
Grange won the U18 Girls’ National Club final with 7-2 victory over Fjordhus Reivers at Peffermill.
The game had only just begun when Jen Cain found the bottom left corner from a tight angle to give Grange an early lead. 1-0.
Grange almost went 2-0 ahead shortly later when Marianna Maclean went on a weaving solo run from the left, but her final effort thundered past right post.
Reivers began to play themselves back into the game and soon equalised through Gina Mackenzie from a corner routine to make it 1-1.
Minutes later Reivers took the lead just before the first break through a well taken goal by Aela Thomson after fantastic build up down the right.
Just as the whistle blew for the end of the quarter, the game welcomed an equaliser for Grange from a penalty corner strike by Kirstie Buchan. 2-2.
Grange enjoyed good pressure in the second quarter and looked dangerous from corners.
It was from a corner routine that Grange went 3-2 ahead through an Emily McLean deflection into the roof of the net.
Grange went 4-2 ahead through Iona Syme as the Edinburgh side put some daylight between the teams.
In the final quarter it went to 5-2 when Tallulah McMorris smashed an unstoppable low drive into the bottom right corner.
Marianna Maclean made it 6-2 when she rolled the ball into an empty goal after Reivers took their keeper off.
McMorris struck again to make it 7-2, taking advantage of the keeper being off the pitch, to complete the scoring in the cup victory for Grange.
U18 Boys’ National Club final – Grove Menzieshill 2-2 (3-1) Uddingston
Grove Menzieshill won the U18 Boys’ National Club final in Peffermill with a 3-1 victory in the shootout after a 2-2 draw at full time.
The contest was a slow burner with both sides cancelling each other out. Grove Menzieshill created the first opportunity of the match but the danger was well snuffed out.
Then Theo Wood had a good chance to strike for Grove Menzieshill when the tore through on goal, but his effort went wide of the right post.
Up the other end of the pitch and an outstanding save denied Uddingston the lead right before the end of the quarter.
In the second quarter Uddingston thought they’d taken the lead when a penalty corner smashed against the post.
Early in the second half it was Grove Menzieshill’s turn to strike the post as they looked to open the scoring.
The Dundee side continued to press and had a succession of penalty corners blocked or saved.
Then Uddingston’s Max Strachan had a golden opportunity with a far post effort, but it went just wide of the left post.
The final quarter opened with a flurry of goals. First Uddingston took the lead with a rocket shot into the roof of the net by Ruari McFarlane.
Then there was a quick equaliser for Grove Menzieshill when Josh Love found the net to make it 1-1.
Within the blink of an eye Uddingston went back in front from the penalty spot with a ferocious finish into the top left corner by Ben Young. 2-1.
Then there was another equaliser for Grove Menzieshill when John Donald converted a penalty corner to make it 2-2.
The final stages raced from end-to-end but there would be further goals and the match would be settled by a shootout, which went the way of Grove Menzieshill with a 3-1 win to lift the cup.
