The Cats completed their round robin
section of the Challenge Cup with this mauling of a seriously outclassed Heysham
side. The Atoms are firmly rooted to the bottom of Division 2 and on this
evidence it is not difficult to see why.
The Cats kicked off on a glue pot of a
pitch and the first Heysham player to touch the ball fumbled it into the hands
of Keira Burns. Keighley drove upfield and Burns herself completed the set of
six by diving over near the posts. Skipper Laura Ackroyd adding the first of her
13 conversions. Heysham restarted and the next set of six ended with Sarah
Cartwright diving over for the next score, Ackroyd again converting. Heysham
kicked off again Ackroyd herself gathered and raced upfield to score a
marvellous individual try. She must have still been catching her breath as she
then missed her only kick of the afternoon.
The pattern continued for the remainder
of the half with further tries coming from Jodee Loader, Louise Clark and
another brace for Ackroyd. The only respite for Heysham came from a cheeky drop
goal. The half ended with Keighley comfortably ahead at 40 points to 1.
Heysham began the second half in a more
determined mood and enjoyed some good periods of possession. However even though
Keighley began to treat the match as a training run out they still prevented
Heysham from breaching their line. On the one occasion they threatened Ackroyd
intercepted on her own line to race the length of the field to score a memorable
try.
This seemed to take the last bit of fight
out of Heysham and further tries followed from Shelly Whitwam, Leanne Ludlam,
Tracy Lynch and Cartwright and Burns completing a brace each. The pick of these
was Ludlam’s try as she shrugged off half the Atom’s defence in a storming
run from halfway.
Ackroyd picked up the player of the match
award, as much for her kicking as anything, with good support from Kirsty
Horsfall. Next week the Cats return to league action with a trip to Birkenshaw.
| Pos | Profile | Tries | Goals | DG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jodee Loader | Profile | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Lisa Fisher | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Saima Hussain | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Sarah Cartwright | Profile | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Rocky Farmery | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Laura Ackroyd | Profile | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| 7 | Tracy Lynch | Profile | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Keira Burns | Profile | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Louise Clarke | Profile | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Sharon Wilmot | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Shelley Whitwam | Profile | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Sarah Gatenby | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Leanne Ludlam | Profile | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Jane Lancaster | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
3 Players turned out for Heysham |
|||||
| 1 | Rachel Presley | Profile | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Kirsty Horsfall | Profile | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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