By David Nagel
History was created at Beaconhills College in Pakenham on Saturday with Cardinia Storm Hockey Club winning its first-ever competition match with a 1-0 victory over Hawthorn.
Full-back Randeep Kaur had the honour and privilege of scoring the Storm’s first goal in its inaugural season in Hockey Victoria’s Women’s Pennant D Grade.
The match was a very competitive contest with a lot of short corners being taken by both sides.
Strom was able to maximise these opportunities and scored its first goal after an intense short corner took place.
Kaur came up for the corner and netted the Storm its very first official goal as a club.
The Storm’s hard work it has put in during pre-season was finally showing off, making sure it used the advantage of the speed of the ball.
Both teams were very fortunate to have the rain hold off until after the game.
Storm player Teejay Peterson was thrilled with the first up victory.
“We are very grateful for all the supporters that came down to our game and helped us make history today for our club,” Peterson said.
“We were even lucky enough to welcome some of our new Cardinia Storm juniors and the local Mayor came down to watch the women’s match as well.
“It was great we were able to come away from our inaugural match with a 1-0 win.
“We look forward to a competitive season of hockey and to see what Cardinia Storm can do in 2023.”
The 13 players that represented the Storm in its inaugural match were Bridie Dillon, Matilda Dillon, Vanessa Dillon, Jane Gipp, Rebecca Gregory, Alysha Hall, Debbie Jacobs, Hayley Jacobs, Randeep Kaur, Jordan McDonald, Teagan Peterson, Lauren Walsh and Ruby Wilson.
Cardinia Storm will look to continue its great start to the season when the team travels to the Dandenong Hockey Centre on Sunday for a big game against Knox, starting at 12.30pm.
The Storm’s next home game, at Beaconhills College in Pakenham, will be against Mentone on Sunday 30 April, beginning at 2pm.
The club would love locals to come along and show their support.
Results R1: MCC 1 v Knox 5, Cardinia Storm 1 v Hawthorn 0, St Bede’s 1 v Monash University 0, Waverley 1 v Mentone 1.
Ladder: Knox, St Bede’s, Cardinia Storm 3, Waverley, Mentone 1, Monash University, Hawthorn, MCC 0.
Fixture R2: Hawthorn v St Bede’s, Mentone v MCC, Knox v Cardinia Storm, Monash University v Waverley.
