Bonagrass v Lorenzoni 5 - 3 (Half Time 3 - 0)
Bonagrass Grove started their European Campaign against Lorenzoni from Italy. In the 4th minute Linsey Glass and Jaime Lyon combined to set up Nikki Kidd for a well executed goal. In the 8th minute Grove defended well at 2 penalty corners for Lorenzoni - Anna Schwartz making an excellent save off the first one. In the 12th minute Grove won a corner and Louise Carroll shot was saved on the line. In the 14th minute good passing resulted in a penalty corner. Evie Durham put the ball out for Ali Ramsay to stop and Nicky Kleppang fired it home to make it 2 - 0. In the 16th minute another corner resulted in Nicky Kleppang's shot hitting the post. In the 18th minute Nicky Kleppang produced a great tackle on the left board and found Susan Hamilton in space who then delivered to Ali Bell who scored her first European Indoor goal. This was followed by some solid defending by Kat Cameron and Anna Schwartz made a great save from a corner right on half time.
In the second half - Grove found themselves under pressure but Anna was there again with 2 fine saves. In the 24th minute Lorenzoni scored from a corner. Two minutes later a well played advantage by the umpire resulted in Nikki Kidd scoring from close range. In the 28th minute the Italians scored an open play goal on the break and then another corner goal in the 35th minute. Two minutes later Jaime Lyon produced some fine skills to drive through the middle and win Bonagrass a corner that Louise Caroll finished off to make the final score 5 - 3. A great start to the European Campaign.