A closely fought match was evenly balanced until Ipswich opened up a small lead in the third quarter, with a pinpoint pass from Ward and a superb left handed goal from Poole adding to the tally.

Solid defence from Clive and Artie saw Brad's counter attacking score a quick hat trick against a tiring Colchester back line. Gould's distribution and lightening reactions started many Ipswich attacks, Thomas Mills added movement and Ben Clarke was able to assist many goals.

Tom Ealham skilfully captained the team with a game plan of marking Colchester's main players out of the game. A time-out in the last quarter helped compose nerves to seal a well deserved victory.

Many thanks to Dave Smith for refereeing.

Squad
Brad Watts x5
Ollie Ward x3
James Poole x1
Tom Ealham x2
Artie x2
Ben C
Phil T
Clive M
Tom M
T Gould

Ipswich beat Chelmsford away by 21 goals to 13 goals with a superb performance. A number of Chelmsford players said afterwards it was the best Ipswich team they have faced in a long time. They could simply not handle our swimming ability and overall water polo play.

The whole 10 man squad were incredible and it was a pleasure to play within this team. Tom Gould is becoming the best GK in the league and again demonstrated that tonight. The leadership of Clive Mills who was again solid in defence at the back and Nick Trett's passing rate and composure were vital.

All of Bradley Watt's 6 goals and Ben Clarke's 5 goals were absolute screamers into the corners and even the home crowd were applauding their class.

Olly Ward played in practically every position on the pitch from pit attack to pit defence and was winning challenge after challenge and scoring a worldly backhand dead on the 30 second buzzer. James Poole won one of the best last ditch tackles I've seen and fitted into our slick play with ease - he is fast becoming the quickest player we have.

Tom Mills showed why he is one of the best passers at the club and continued to pick out his Beckham-esque passes. Fin Parnell showed fantastic attitude in one of his early Senior appearances and showed us why he's so deadly in the pit winning us a penalty with one of his first touches and dominated his wing position - an exciting prospect for the future.

Chelmsford's Dan Paddon pipped Tom Ealham to most goals in the match with 9 - a great player for us to compete against.

Man of the match? All 10 players. A big congratulations is deserved to all.

Goals:
Tom Ealham x8
Brad Watts x6
Ben Clarke x4
Olly Ward x3

Squad:
Tom GOULD (GK)
Clive MILLS
James POOLE
Tom EALHAM (C)
Nick TRETT
Ben CLARKE
Olly WARD
Tom MILLS
Brad WATTS
Fin PARNELL

Match Reports

Match Reports

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