Wednesday 21 October 2015

Moralee Conference Round Up - Weekend of 17th & 18th October 2015

Goal celebration for Blackburn Hawks in their win away at Solway Sharks
(Photo by Steve Pollitt)
Blackburn Hawks continued their 100% start to the season with a 2-7 win away at Solway Sharks on Saturday night. They now have 8 wins from their 8 games to date and lead unbeaten Whitley Warriors by three points having played one game more.

The Warriors picked up a 2-3 win away at Sutton Sting and are the only other unbeaten team in the Moralee Conference.  The top two have yet to play each other this season and their first meeting will be at Hillheads on 6th December.

Sheffield Spartans good start to the season continued with a 6-2 win over Telford Tigers on Sunday night which puts them back up into 3rd place. The Tigers beat Billingham Stars 3-1 on Saturday to keep them in 4th.

The Stars also lost on Sunday night – 3-5 at home to Solihull Barons and their indifferent start of the season sees them currently in 6th place with just 6 points from their first 8 games. 

Sheffield Senators remain rooted to the bottom of the table after two more defats – 3-7 to Solihull Barons on Saturday and then 1-9 at home to Solway Sharks on Sunday.  They are now 4 points adrift second bottom Sutton Sting who have played one game fewer.