Bracknell

Telford Tigers earned the maximum four points in their first double winning weekend since early September — and Slovakian forward Karol Jets picked up man of the match awards in both games.

Tigers beat league big boys Bracknell Bees 7-5 and then took a 19-2 English Premier League Cup victory against Oxford City Stars.

Claude Dumas was delighted with the result on Saturday, saying: ”They are one of the top three teams in the league and I guess we were very opportunistic tonight and deserved to win.

”We want to play well at home, and put the record straight that when teams come here they can expect a hard game. We are maybe not the best team, we know, but we are working hard to be as competitive as we can be and I think we are getting noticed now.”

He also had praise for man of the match Jets: ”Karol scored a big goal on the powerplay. We were all over them but not hitting the net and I was getting worried. Then all of a sudden he came back and roofed it over the goalie’s shoulder and it was a sweet goal to get a win out of Bracknell.”

Joe Miller was also very pleased with his hat trick, as it ended a dry run for the young forward.

Sunday saw the side away to Oxford in their penultimate group game for the EPL cup.

Tigers’ goalie Barry Hollyhead took a night off to allow team mate Daniel Heslop some time between the pipes and the team ran out 19-2 winners against the lower league side.

After the game Hollyhead said: ”We started slowly and found ourselves 2-1 down, but then came back to 7-2 by the end of the period.

”The second period we won 1-0, but we really came alive in the third and scored 11 more goals. Oxford are a weak team and everybody chipped in with goals.

”We did what was needed to get the job done.”

The mammoth scoreline ensures Tigers can reach the next stage with either a win or a draw against Milton Keynes in the last group match on November 19 , as they have stacked up the goal difference.

Shropshire Star ~ Nov 01, 2005