LACROSSE: WILMSLOW toasted success at the weekend with their second successive victory in the Men’s North of England League Premier Division.
The unbeaten Styal Road outfit fought back from 3-2 behind to thump promoted Poynton 18-10 on Saturday.
And, having edged last season’s Senior Flags winners, Manchester Waconians, 11-10 on opening day last weekend, it’s been an excellent start for Mark Reynolds’ ambitious charges.
Skipper Reynolds netted a hat-trick and provided three assists, although John Mountney was the team’s leading scorer with four.
John’s twin brother, Chris, scored twice, as did England international Dan Green, Tommy Foster and Jon Kenney.
Ashley Tarran-Jones, Michael Jordan and Matt Cotterill were also on the scoresheet as the visitors led 6-4 at half-time and ran away with the third quarter 8-1.
Wilmslow lost the final quarter 5-4, but by then the damage had been done and they collected maximum points once again.
Poynton coach John Adshead was disappointed with defeat, but is adamant his battling side have the potential to cause problems in the top flight in their return season.
"It’s a big learning curve for us," he said. "They ripped us to pieces in the third quarter, but there were also plenty of positives to take from our performance.
"We know we can’t afford to make mistakes in this division, we’ll get punished. But we’ll get better, we’ve got a lot of good players."
Four goals from Simon McGuigan gave last year’s Division Two champions hope, but even goals from Johnny Nicholls (2), Sam Davidson, Doug Martin, Sam Russell and Rob Holmes couldn’t force a fightback.
Wilmslow A team had a 10-9 victory over Poynton A in Division Three. James Perrin led the way with six goals, while Stuart Craig, Jason Perrin, Dave Middleton-Egan and Jimmy Acton were also on target.
The experienced Mark Hodkin supplied four assists as the home side came back from 4-3 down to win.
Wilmslow B were comfortable 19-4 victors at home to Oldham B in Division Five. Mark Bowe starred with five goals, Henry Northropp netted four times, while William Barrett and John Jennings added hat-tricks.
