Holcombe Men beat Beeston 10-0 in the Men’s Premier Division while Holcombe Women draw 4-4 against Team Bath Buccaneers in Vitality Division One South | Kent derby against Canterbury this Saturday

Holcombe made it 22 goals scored in their last two matches as Barry Middleton’s side thrashed out-of-form Beeston 10-0 on Saturday evening.

Fresh from scoring 12 against the University of Nottingham last weekend, Holcombe got off to a flyer with three goals in the first eight minutes from Nick Bandurak, Phil Roper and Tom Russell.

By Lucas Ball

Roper, Alex Pendle and Rob Field added to the score before half-time to give the hosts a six-goal lead before Russell added two more for a hat-trick in the second half, alongside another goal from Bandurak and one from Sam Taylor.

Victory secures Holcombe’s top-six spot for Phase Two.

Beeston have now conceded 35 goals in their last four matches and Holcombe were the clear favourites heading into the game. A blistering start soon removed any jeopardy from the match, the away side stunned and unable to get back into the game, rarely threatening following that early Holcombe flurry, despite forcing Ollie Payne into action inside the first minute.

Bandurak fired over just a minute later before scoring superbly. He brilliantly controlled a Taylor aerial into the circle, before lifting over the onrushing Taylor Craigie.

Roper saw a goal disallowed controversially soon after, the umpire ruling that he was outside the circle but there was no doubting his strike two minutes later. Middleton brilliantly tackled high up the pitch before finding Bandurak who played in Roper, the Great Britain forward hitting powerfully across goal into the far corner.

Hayden Phillips forced a good save from the ‘keeper in the build-up to the third goal for Holcombe, Rhodri Furlong eventually picking the ball up on the edge of the circle, pushing into a dangerous area for Russell to deflect home.

A slick