Maungakaramea's Jane Thompson on the charge against WGHS during Saturday's 2-2 draw. Photo / Michael Cunningham
The "defence wins games" attitude has proven true for the Bream Bay United premier men's hockey team as they took down top-of-the-table Mangapai 3-1 by focusing on their own defence.
Bream Bay coach Vicki Gribble said "it was a nice first win of the season" for her side and admits
they are playing the long game to develop throughout the season.
Bream Bay had been letting in an average of seven goals a game up until the match on Friday night but Gribble said her team had done a lot of work to cut down the number of times the opposition get into their defensive circle.
"We had been leaking goals so we've addressed all those weaknesses, and now it is just a matter of putting it into place consistently," Gribble said.
"We've had to go into the season looking at a long game, looking at the whole season, so it's about developing our young players," he added.
