Blyth Junior Broomball Tournament another success for association
BY SHAWN LOUGHLIN
It was another successful Blyth Junior Broomball Tournament over the weekend, played in both Blyth and Brussels, though none of the Blyth teams were able to bring home the gold, though four of them did make it to the championship game.
Over three days, 54 broomball games were played at the Blyth and District and Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centres, making for another landmark weekend for local broomball.
In the U9 bracket, it was the Mildmay Farmers who claimed victory, defeating the Blyth Bullets in the finals by a score of 3-1. The Bullets also made it to the finals in the U16 Girls division, but they fell to Palmerston in the finals by a score of 2-1.
In U12 competition, Keady beat the Blyth Silver team in the finals by a score of 2-0, while the U14 Girls Blyth Bullets fell in the finals to Mildmay by a score of 1-0.
The U14 Boys from Mildmay beat the Seaforth Hurricanes in the finals by a score of 3-1, while the U20 Girls division was won by the Palmerston Terminators over the Kilsyth Young Guns by a score of 1-0, while the Kilsyth Flyers lost to the Mildmay Moose in the U20 Boys finals, also by a score of 1-0.
The tournament began in Blyth on Friday night. The U12 Blyth Silver team beat Palmerston by a score of 2-1, followed by a 5-1 win for the Mildmay Hawks over the Mildmay Falcons, a 1-0 win for Keady over the Mildmay Moose, a 3-2 victory for the U12 Blyth Bullets over the Seaforth Cyclones and a 1-0 shutout for the U14 Boys Blyth Bullets over Mildmay.
Also that night, the U20 Girls Kilsyth Young Guns beat the Palmerston Terminators by a score of 2-0, the U20 Girls Blyth Typhoon beat the Mildmay Twisted Sisters by a score of 1-0, the U20 Boys Mildmay Moose beat the Seaforth Hitmen by a score of 4-0 and the U20 Boys Blyth Renegades lost by a score of 1-0 to the Kilsyth Flyers.
Action on Saturday began with a 1-0 win for the U14 Girls Blyth Bullets over Mildmay, followed by the U14 Boys Seaforth Hurricanes beating Palmerston by a score of 5-0 and the U9 Keady Crocs beating Palmerston by a score of 2-0.
Play continued in the U12 division with the Blyth Silver team beating the Mildmay Hawks by a score of 2-1, the Mildmay Moose falling to the Blyth Bullets by a score of 2-1, Keady beating the Seaforth Cyclones by a score of 5-1 and Palmerston and the Mildmay Falcons seeing their game end in a scoreless tie.
The U9 Keady Crocs beat the Mildmay Farmers by a score of 8-0 and the U14 Girls from Mildmay beat Palmerston by a score of 1-0.
In U12 play, the Mildmay Hawks beat Palmerston by a score of 3-0 and Keady beat the Blyth Bullets by a score of 4-2 while the game between the Blyth Silver team and the Mildmay Falcons ended in a scoreless tie.
The U16 Boys Seaforth Tsunami beat the Blyth Bullets by a score of 4-0, while the U14 Girls Blyth Bullets and Palmerston ended their game in a scoreless tie.
The U16 Girls Blyth Bullets beat the Seaforth Tornadoes by a score of 2-0, the U16 Girls from Palmerston beat Kilsyth by a score of 1-0 and the U20 Girls Kilsyth Young Guns beat the Mildmay Twisted Sisters by a score of 1-0.
Still in Blyth, the U12 Mildmay Moose beat the Seaforth Cyclones by a score of 2-0, the U20 Girls Palmerston Terminators beat the Blyth Typhoon by a score of 3-0 and the U14 Girls from Mildmay beat Palmerston by a score of 1-0.
The U16 Girls Blyth Bullets beat Kilsyth by a score of 4-0, the U16 Girls from Palmerston beat the Seaforth Tornadoes by a score of 2-0 and the Palmerston Terminators beat the Mildmay Twisted Sisters by a score of 2-0 and the Kilsyth Yong Guns beat the Blyth Typhoon by a score of 1-0, both in U20 Girls action.
On Saturday night in Brussels, the U14 Boys Blyth Bullets played the first game, beating Palmerston by a score of 1-0 before Mildmay beat the Seaforth Hurricanes by a score of 3-0 in U14 Boys play.
The U9 Seaforth Blasters beat the Mildmay Roosters by a score of 3-1, followed by a 1-0 win for the U20 Boys Mildmay Moose over the Kilsyth Flyers.
The Blyth Bullets then fell to the Seaforth Hurricanes by a score of 1-0 in U14 Boys action, while Mildmay beat Palmerston by a score of 1-0, also in the U14 Boys division.
The U16 Boys Seaforth Tsunami beat the Blyth Bullets by a score of 3-2, while the Mildmay Moose beat the Blyth Renegades by a score of 1-0 and the Kilsyth Flyers beat the Seaforth Hitmen by a score of 3-1, both in the U20 Boys division.
On Sunday, ahead of the championship games, there was still some round-robin action to finish, with the U16 Boys Seaforth Tsunami beating the Blyth Bullets in Brussels by a score of 1-0, the U16 Girls from Kilsyth beating the Seaforth Tornadoes in Blyth by a score of 1-0 and the U9 Blyth Bullets beating the Seaforth Blasters in Brussels by a score of 4-2. The U9 team from Palmerston also beat the Mildmay Roosters that morning in Brussels by a score of 1-0, the U20 Boys Blyth Renegades beat the Seaforth Hitmen in Brussels by a score of 1-0 and the U9 Mildmay Farmers beat the Blyth Bullets in Blyth by a score of 3-1.