ECO Energy and Solar Solutions are the early pacesetters in the new Tamworth men’s A grade season after completing an undefeated first round with a nine-goal win over the U16s on Sunday.
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It followed a hard-fought 8-7 win over Southgate on Friday night in the first game of their weekend double header.
Southgate opened the scoring through Tom Colby but Eco returned fire to lead 2-1 at the first break.
Ethan George and Laarn White then combined to tie things up at 3-all at half-time.
But Southgate’s scoring stalled in the third quarter, just as Eco found their groove, a three-goal quarter lifting them to a 6-3 lead at the break.
Southgate had the better of the final quarter but, after scoring twice within a minute to close the gap to one with half a minute to go, couldn’t find an equaliser.
Ryan Martin was Eco’s dominant scorer, finishing with four.
Jordan Sharpe also found the back of the net twice, as did Grant Hopson for Southgate.
Eco found the going a bit easier on Sunday, converting a 4-3 quarter-time lead into a 15-6 win.
Martin was even more prominent than he was on Friday night, bagging eight, while Sharpe chimed in with five.
In the other Friday night game, the Tigers romped to an 18-8 win over the 16s on the back of the multiple hauls from Max Colby and Mitch Salter.
They scored 11 goals between them, with Salter netting seven and Colby five.
Both had a double hand as the Tigers took an 8-4 lead into half-time.
That quickly jumped to 10-4 as the Tigers slotted the first two of six goals for the quarter.
The 16s rallied in the fourth, going down by only a goal, but the damage had been done.
All the Tigers finished with multiple goals.
Craig Salter, Zac Maher and Jeremy Wilson all netted doubles.
Isaac Moxon was outstanding for the 16s and judged the player of the match for his three-goal effort.
Laarn White, filling in, also scored three.
The women’s competition also got underway on Friday night with the Mussels too strong for the Old Girls.
They got up 10-5 after fighting back from a two-goal deficit early on.
The Old Girls looked to have the better of their younger counterparts early and took a 3-1 lead into the first break.
It was quickly overhauled though, with a double from Katie Robinson underpinning a four-goal second quarter from the Mussels.
They were never headed from there, with Katie Salter and Alice Lyden both joining Robinson with three for the game.
Ellee Wallington did most of the damage for the Old Girls and also finished with three.
She backed that up on Sunday with another another three as the Old Girls drew 6-all with the U16 girls.