Menzieshill six points clear
20 January 2012
Little has changed at the top of the Subway indoor national league, Grove Menzieshill are still in pole position but their lead has increased to six points as a result of three back to back victories over Tayside rivals VWS Dundee Wanderers, Glynhill Kelburne and finally Grange.
In the opening match Menzieshill saw off Tayside rivals VWS Dundee Wanderers 12-1, Chris Wilson notched a nap hand while Ross McPherson scored a double. Wilson was again the catalyst in the 12-7 victory over Glynhill Kelburne in the second match, this time with a double hat-trick while Josh Cairns, who plays outdoors for the Paisley side, scored four. For Kelburne, Willie Marshall scored five and Iain Scholefield got a further two.
In the game of the day, leaders Menzieshill defeated third placed Grange 8-5 to keep their perfect record. Cammie Fraser gave Grange an early lead in two minutes, but then the Taysiders raced into a 4-1 lead through two goals from Gavin Byers and others from Josh Cairns and Gavin Tomlinson. Just before the interval Fraser Sands pulled one back for Grange, but on the stroke of half-time Cairns scored again to put the Dundonians 5-2 ahead at the break.
It was honours even in the second half, for Grange Sands got his hat-trick and Gary Cameron got the other while Cairns scored another two and Andrew Thornton were on target for the league leaders.
In their first game Inverleith found themselves tied at 3-3 with Western Wildcats, but took the second half fairly easily to finish 8-4 winners at the end. Adam MacKenzie`s early penalty corner strike was quickly cancelled out by Scott McCartney. The Edinburgh side marched into a 3-1 lead through Derek Salmond and Stephen Dick but again back came the Wildcats with a double from Dougie Simpson. The second half belonged to Inverleith with a succession of goals from Dick, Phil Hall, John Harris and another two for MacKenzie for his hat-trick of set pieces. Simpson also notched a hat-trick with a goal in the final minute.
Next up were CALA Edinburgh who fell 12-5 to the champions. Although Mike Rae got a couple for CALA, four goals each for Graham Moodie and MacKenzie along with a hat-trick by Stephen Dick was too much for the bottom side in the table.
Grange defeated CALA in their opening fixture 15-0, a result partly caused by CALA`s squad of only six players. Fraser Sands topped the scoring with four and there were three each for Duncan Batchelor and George Lambert. The Edinburgh side also saw off Western Wildcats 8-5, Sands again was on target with three, Phil Sully got two and the others came from Cammie Fraser, Gary Cameron, and Lampard. The Wildcats` scorers were Steven Percy (2), Scott McCartney (2) and Simpson.
Glynhill Kelburne progressed up the table with a 7-5 victory over Greaves Clydesdale, courtesy mainly of a nap hand from Willie Marshall, Alan Forsyth getting the other two. For Clydesdale there was a hat-trick for Ciaran Crawford.
Despite earlier defeats at the hands of Grange and Inverleith, the Wildcats finished the day with a 6-5 win over Kelburne, the mainstay was four goals from Steven Percy while Marshall notched the same total for the Paisley outfit.
Wanderers moved away from the lower reaches with a narrow 5-4 win over Clydesdale, veteran Paul Dailly was on target with three, the others came from James Weyers and Euan Borland, while Ben Peterson scored twice for the Titwood side.
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