In Focus: Ollie Hodgson
‘We just need to focus on ourselves and take each game as it comes’ says the Darlington Mowden Park skipper.
‘We just need to focus on ourselves and take each game as it comes’ says the Darlington Mowden Park skipper.
Blackheath brought Coventry’s unbeaten National One run to an end with a well-deserved victory at Well Hall in Round 18.
Defeats for Hull Ionians and Old Albanian to begin the New Year leaves both sides still fighting for survival in National One and this weekend, the teams meet in Hertfordshire in what could prove to be a vital fixture.
With Darlington Mowden Park’s trip to Cambridge and Plymouth Albion against Bishop’s Stortford both postponed, there wasn’t a full round of fixtures to begin January, but that did not hinder the entertainment on show.
National One league leaders Coventry are firmly in control of the promotion race at the halfway point of the season and the Midlands club will be keen to continue their sensational form in 2018.
As the National Leagues now take a break for the New Year celebrations, we take a look back at the final round of fixtures in 2017.
At this time of year, the usual protocol is for people to be generous but when sport is played just days before Christmas, that festive spirit takes a back seat.
Rosslyn Park recorded their first win in two months thanks to a narrow victory over Birmingham Moseley in Round 15 of National One.
Darlington Mowden Park’s fixture with league leaders Coventry this weekend has been postponed due to a frozen pitch, but National One still has plenty to offer as we reach the midway point of the season.
Louis McGowan on being back in National One, his journey with Caldy and why he still loves playing the game