Flu delays naming of Dalefield line-up

Dalefield will be naming their team to play Indians in their Wellington premier division women's hockey match at Clareville tomorrow at the eleventh hour.
Five of their squad were suffering the effects of 'flu mid-week and coach Nigel Goodin says their availability, or otherwise, probably won't be clear until match morning.
"Right now we are hoping everybody will be on deck but there are no guarantees," Goodin said yesterday.
"I don't doubt we will be able to field a team but who is in it ... well, we'll be leaving that to the last minute."
Dalefield are already comfortably placed to make the semi-finals but that doesn't stop them wanting to tip over an Indians side which has beaten them twice already this season, 6-2 and 2-0.
Goodin said the last clash between the two sides, in particular, was evenly enough contested to suggest Dalefield could claim their scalp.
They had competed well all over the field on that occasion and Indians were flattered by their winning margin.
"We got in their faces and they got rattled, and that's what we have to do again, Goodin said.
"They are a very dangerous side when they create space but if
you close them down quickly they can get as frustrated as anyone else.
"You have to keep the pressure on them all the time, you can't afford to relax at any stage."
A key figure in the Indians lineup will be Black Caps forward Anita Punt and the onus will be on a Dalefield defence led by the in-form Amanda Pottinger to keep her in check.
The women's game will follow the opening of the $1m water turf at Clareville at 12.30pm and is sure to attract a big crowd.
It will be the first time the Dalefield side has played on the new facility which is bouncier and slower than the sand turf but they have had the benefit of four practise sessions on it.
"Obviously we are still coming to terms with the way it plays but then again it's going to be completely new to Indians so perhaps we'll actually have an advantage there," coach Goodin said.
The Dalefield men also meet Indians in a Wellington premier division match at Clareville tomorrow immediately following the women's encounter.
Indians have scored 16 goals without reply in the two outings they have had against Dalefield this season and they will start hot favourites again but Dalefield have shown enough improvement lately to at least make a competitive game of it.
Dalefield coach Mark Fenwick believes the first quarter of the match could well dictate how close the final result is as Indians are a side who can be virtually unstoppable once they get on a roll.
"The longer we can hold them out the more the chance of us creating at least some frustration in their ranks," he said.