Dramatic victory for Louth HC Ladies' Seconds

Louth Hockey Club's Ladies' Second team snatched a dramatic victory in the final seconds of their game against Leadenham.

Drawing 1-1, Louth were awarded a short corner as the final whistle was blown. They were allowed to take the corner and grabbed the winner.

Playing their second East Hockey game of the season, Louth hosted Leadenham at the London Road pitch. The first half saw both goals being challenged, but the score at half time remained 0-0.

Leadenham started the second half very strongly and scored shortly afterwards.

After a continued onslaught by Leadenham Louth managed to break free and were awarded a penalty goal as Leadenham didn't have a goalkeeper.

With Louth's confidence boosted they continued to attack the opposition goal and were awarded a short corner as the final whistle blew, with all the Louth players surrounding the goal they scored with the last shot of the match.

Meanwhile, it was a tough afternoon for Louth Hockey Club's Men's Firsts who ended the day with a 5-0 defeat to local rivals Horncastle Firsts.

Despite starting brightly with several shots on goal, Louth were hit with a sucker punch when the away side took the lead from a short corner.

It was still an even game, with Louth having a few chances cleared, before Horncastle added a second in quick succession to make life tough for Louth going into the second half.

The second half continued in the same pattern as the first with Louth finding it difficult to break down the Horncastle defence, whilst the away side had no such trouble and secured a result for them with three more goals putting the game well out of reach of Louth.