Monday, 29 January 2018

Season 2017/18 - January 27th - 28th

(action from Sunday Night's NIHL South Two (Wilkinson) matchup between Oxford City Stars and Chelmsford Chieftains, thanks to Paul Foster for the photo)

Saturday 27th January
NIHL South One (Britton)
London Raiders 1-4 Basingstoke Bison
Swindon Wildcats 10-4 Milton Keynes Thunder
Peterborough Phantoms 6-2 Cardiff Fire

NIHL South Two (Wilkinson) 
Solent Devils 9-2 Cardiff Fire 2
Guildford Phoenix 9-2 Slough Jets
Basingstoke Buffalo 4-6 Swindon Wildcats 2

Sunday 28th January
NIHL South One (Britton)
Invicta Dynamos 2-5 London Raiders
Bracknell Bees 3-5 Streatham
Cardiff Fire 2-9 Peterborough Phantoms
Milton Keynes Thunder 1-4 Swindon Wildcats

NIHL South Two (Wilkinson)
Peterborough Phantoms 10-2 Haringey Huskies
Oxford City Stars 11-4 Chelmsford Chieftains
Solent Devils 6-3 Bristol Pitbulls

NIHL South One (Britton) Standings
1. Peterborough Phantoms Played 23 Won 19 Pts 40
2. Basingstoke Bison Played 21 Won 18 Pts 36
3. Swindon Wildcats Played 21 Won 15 Pts 33
4. London Raiders Played 21 Won 13 Pts 26
5. Bracknell Bees Played 21 Won 11 Pts 23
6. Streatham Played 22 Won 10 Pts 21
7. Milton Keynes Thunder Played 25 Won 7 Pts 20
8. Invicta Dynamos Played 21 Won 6 Pts 15
9. Cardiff Fire Played 23 Won 0 Pts 0

NIHL South Two (Wilkinson) Standings
1. Oxford City Stars Played 19 Won 17 Pts 34
2. Solent Devils Played 17 Won 15 Pts 31
3. Bracknell Hornets Played 15 Won 14 Pts 28
4. Peterborough Phantoms 2 Played 18 Won 12 Pts 24
5. Guildford Phoenix Played 17 Won 11 Pts 23
6. Chelmsford Chieftains Played 14 Won 9 Pts 18
7. Slough Jets Played 20 Won 8 Pts 16
8. Haringey Huskies Played 18 Won 8 Pts 16
9. Cardiff Fire 2 Played 14 Won 6 Pts 12
10. Invicta Mustangs Played 19 Won 5 Pts 11
11. Bristol Pitbulls Played 15 Won 5 Pts 11
12. Basingstoke Buffalo Played 16 Won 4 Pts 10
13. Swindon Wildcats 2 Played 16 Won 3 Pts 7
14. Lee Valley Lions Played 16 Won 0 Pts 3

In South One (Britton) this weekend Peterborough Phantoms built up a four point lead over second placed Basingstoke Bison by defeating bottom side Cardiff Fire twice, netting 15 goals in the two games.  Bison themselves scored a 4-1 success at London Raiders to bounce back from last weekend's loss at Swindon Wildcats.  The Raiders also bounced back by winning at Invicta Dynamos, meaning they hold onto that fourth place, three points ahead of Bracknell Bees.  Third placed Wildcats recorded two wins this weekend as well, netting ten at home to Milton Keynes Thunder before going to MK and defeating them for a second time in 24 hours, meaning they remain third.  Fifth placed Bees continue to struggle after they lost at home to Streatham, who themselves are now up to sixth and just two points behind the Bracknell side, whilst finally Cardiff Fire are still pointless after that double thrashing at the hands of The Phantoms, meaning it's 23 losses out of 23 so far.

Into South Two (Wilkinson) and Oxford City Stars annihilated Chelmsford Chieftains on Sunday to really lay down a marker in the division if they already hadn't of.  That's Chieftains fifth defeat, and second against The Stars, meaning they remain in sixth spot, and six points behind the top four now.  Starts themselves have a three point lead over Solent Devils at the summit, with the Devils recording two impressive home wins over the weekend against Cardiff Fire 2 and Bristol Pitbulls, whilst fourth placed Peterborough Phantoms 2 netted ten in their home success against Haringey Huskies.  Fifth placed Guildford Phoenix netted a big home win over Slough Jets, whilst down at the bottom Swindon Wildcats 2 netted only their third win in 16 after they won at Basingstoke Buffalo, meaning they are now just two points behind them in the table, and now four ahead of bottom side Lee Valley Lions.

Here are the fixtures for this weekend
Saturday 3rd February
NIHL One South (Britton)
London Raiders vs Cardiff Fire
Bracknell Bees vs Invicta Dynamos
Swindon Wildcats vs Streatham
Basingstoke Bison vs Peterborough Phantoms

NIHL South Two (Wilkinson)
Solent Devils vs Guildford Phoenix
Bristol Pitbulls vs Lee Valley Lions
Invicta Mustangs vs Bracknell Hornets

Sunday 4th February
NIHL South One (Britton)
Invicta Dynamos vs Basingstoke Bison
Cardiff Fire vs Bracknell Bees
Streatham vs London Raiders

NIHL South Two (Wilkinson)
Cardiff Fire 2 vs Haringey Huskies
Guildford Phoenix vs Peterborough Phantoms 2
Chelmsford Chieftains vs Basingstoke Buffalo

One final thing i'd like to say is London Raiders home game with Cardiff Fire on Saturday is their first game at their new home back in Romford at Sapphire Ice and Leisure.  The Raiders, formally known as the Romford Raiders, moved out of their old Rom Valley Way home a few years ago and relocated to Lee Valley and renamed themselves London Raiders.  But now they are back in Romford so good luck to them and let's hope for their sakes they get a win in their first outing at their new home.  They are playing Fire, who have lost all 23 games this season, so you would fancy them grabbing that win as well.

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