Match Report: Deeside Dragons Women 14 - Kingston Diamonds 1 (WNIHL Div2 North)

Rachael Feather was the Dragons Women's MVP against Kingston (Photo by Paul Breeze)

Saturday 17th October 2026 – WNIHL Div2 North: Deeside Dragons Women 14 - Kingston Diamonds 1

The Deeside Dragons women’s team returned to winning ways with a comprehensive 14-1 victory at home to Kingston Diamonds at Deeside Leisure Centre on Saturday.

The game was actually quite close in its early stages and it took until 12 minutes for the opening goal to be scored by Dragons top scorer Niamh Walsh.   Two more goals followed  from Evie Davies and Teagan Walsh – Niamh’s sister – and Deeside led 3-0 at the first period break.

The second period was all Deeside and Lana Botes added a 4^th goal just 15 seconds in. Grace Taylor made the score 5-0 15 seconds after that and the Walsh “Sister Act” saw Teagan score two more goals both assisted by Niamh. Ella Mitchell found the back of the net, as did Botes again, to give the Dragons a 9-0 lead at the second break.

Deeside outshot Kingston by a whopping 71 to 12 over the course of the game and the Diamonds netminder did a good job in keeping 57 shots out.  Chloe Smith had a relatively quiet game in the Dragons goal but was eventually beaten with a goal fired in from a crowded goal area 32 seconds into the third period which denied what would otherwise have been her second shut-out of the season. 

Five more Deeside goals followed in the third period - from Niamh Walsh (2), Teagan Walsh – her fourth of the game - Ella Mitchell and Charlotte McAdam – to round off an impressive win.

The game saw a Dragons debut for former Coventry Phoenix league player Rachael Feather, who has most recently been playing for the Chester Road Reapers and was named as Deeside MVP. 

The win sees the Dragons Women move back to the top of the Division 2 North table with 8 points from their 5 games to date.  They are 1 point ahead of Leeds Thorns, who have played a game more.

The Dragons Women are back in action again on Saturday 31^st October when they take on Whitley Bay Beacons for the first time at Deeside Leisure Centre, 6pm face off.