Bristol City Home, 2nds
10-3 Gareth Thomas (3), Josh Cockburn (3), James Frost (2), Amy Shillabeer (1), Pete Obee (1), Alex Thomas, Caroline Lowdon, Chrissy Rowlatt, Gwenno Jones, Julie Saunders, Magnus Dons
Despite much compaints about having to start a game at 9.30 am (just wait till the summer tournaments, guys!) Dragons managed a bumper squad of 11 players for this game. Given that they had to get up an hour earlier, Bristol City had done well to bring along a full team too.
Dragons started brightly, with James scoring a penalty and Gareth adding the second, but after the change of ends the goals dried up as chance after chance bounced off the basket. Defensively however, Dragons were very strong and only from penalties did Bristol pose a serious threat. They did get one that way, but half-time came with the score still 2-1. After the break though, Dragons began to make their shots drop. First Pete scored his first Dragons goal from close range, then after Bristol City responded with 2 excellent long shots, Amy won a penalty which Josh scored. She promptly added a long shot, before Gareth scored twice to complete his hat-trick. Josh then grabbed a brace at the other end before James finished the scoring with a trademark long shot.