The 1st team arrived at Ben Rhydding looking to bounce back from last week's result against Leeds. The lads made a promising start and consistently applied pressure to the Ben Rhydding D, but couldn't find the final finish on a few occasions. The second quarter provided further action, with Rhydding taking the lead. A quick response was provided by Matt Priday, his first national league goal, to level the score going into half time. The third and fourth quarter were more frantic for both teams, with the Rhydding keeping providing a lifeline with an excellent double save from Stoves. A further tip over the bar from a Gibson rebound kept them in the game, and with minutes to go, Rhydding found the back of the net from a corner. The whistle sounded at 2-1 Rhydding.
The 1st team play again on Friday night against Sheffield at 8pm, looking to make amends for the previous two results. With a strong, noisy crowd on the sideline it'll be a great evening for the Club.

Stokesley vs DHC Men's 2s
4 - 0

The 2s travelled north (again) for a midday start against newly promoted Stokesley. The game started with the 2s winning an early corner but did not capitalise on it. Shortly followed was an opening goal for the home side via a penalty corner driven into the bottom corner. A second, very questionable, penalty corner was awarded and Stokesley doubled their lead.
HT: 2-0
The lads had not given up and were driven to get back into the game. Another early penalty corner for the 2s saw the Stokesley defender pick one off the line keeping their 2 goal cushion. It seemed it was not the 2s day as another corner was won and the keeper pulled off a fantastic save. Stokesley soon put away a third corner and a fourth not long after.
FT: 4-0
Despite the loss, other results in the league keep Donny in a solid position in the charge for promotion as they finally have a home game next week against Leeds Adel.

DHC M3 vs Aire Valley
2 - 1

DHC M4 vs Brigg
2 -5

Kingston upon Hull vs DHC M5
5 - 1

Ladies Results:

Newcastle vs DHC Ladies 1s
2 - 2

The ladies 1’s travelled away to Newcastle University for a closely contested match. Doncaster started strong opening the scoring just before the end of the first quarter, with E O'Neill converting a crucial short corner. The team’s excellent pressing and cohesive passing allowed them to control the game well, gaining another short corner opportunity in the first half which was nicely converted by N Cleland.

The second half saw Newcastle respond with a high press, and they managed to pull one back in the 39th minute. Despite the pressure, Doncaster maintained composure but couldn’t extend their lead. Entering the final quarter 2-1 up, Doncaster faced relentless attacks from Newcastle, who won a short corner with less than five minutes to go. After four short corner attempts, Newcastle scored an impressive deflection, levelling the score at 2-2 and leaving Doncaster with a hard-earned draw.

Chesterfield vs DHC Ladies 2s
4 - 2

This weekend DHC Ladies 2s travelled to Chesterfield for an 11:30 pushback.
Ladies 2s started strong putting a lot of pressure on Chesterfield’s defence. Unfortunately chesterfield broke early and scored their first goal within the first 10minutes to put them 1-0 up. This rocked Doncaster’s defence and with the added pressure of some poor umpiring decisions Doncaster conceded their 2nd goal around 20 minutes in.
Thankfully Doncaster kept their heads in the game and went on to get a goal back with Thorpy scoring their 1st goal from a strike at the top of the Chesterfield D.
Doncaster pushed on looking to get another but couldn’t convert before the half time whistle.
Doncaster came back strong in the 2nd half and won another short corner in 43rd minute. A strong injection went to the top of the D and Thorpy scored her 2nd goal with a straight strike into the bottom left. Evening out the score line to 2-2 .
Unfortunately another counter attack saw Doncaster go 3-2 down in the 50th minute.
Doncaster worked hard following this but the turnover was high and Doncaster struggled to keep the ball in chesterfield’s defensive half, a final goal from Chesterfield in the 66th minute confirmed Doncaster’s defeat making the final score a 4-2 loss.

DHC Ladies 3s vs Louth
0 - 0

On saturday, the threes played Louth in an incredibly close match. Both teams started with intensity and the first half ended 0-0. Both teams recollected and Doncaster had some attacking runs down the middle, with some narrowly missed goals. The score ended 0-0 overall, with both teams putting up a strong performance.

DHC Ladies 4s vs Sheffield
0 - 4

It was late Saturday afternoon when the Ladies 4 played against top of the table Sheffield 5.
It became a game of 2 halves.
15 minutes in Sheffield scored. They scored 3 further times in the next 20 minutes.
Half time it was 4/0 to Sheffield.
After a good team talk, this is how it stayed. DHC came out with a lot more determination. A couple of great saves from keeper
J Eggitt in one on one confrontations ensured no more goals were conceded. DHC were unlucky to score with a goal attempt that was saved on the line by Sheffield.
Final score 4/0 loss but the second half showed the character and potential of the team.

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