Newmarket came to Cambridge looking for revenge after the stirring 4 - 3 defeat inflicted by South at their pitch that started their slide down from league leaders to mid table. They seemed to be succeeding as they took the lead shortly before half time; Lino Di Lorenzo was unlucky to find that the point blank shot he had just saved eventually span over the line as everyone wondered where the ball had gone. South did have chances in the first half, with bright new winger Jan Brynjolffssen complementing the attack and actually managing a shot at one stage.

Soon after half time Newmarket went further ahead with a shot into the roof of the net which Lino almost got to. Fortunately the South team remembered that they were at least as good a hockey team as their opponents, and stepped up the pace well, using both flanks, particularly the right with the Bleach/Greaves combination working well. South clawed a goal back with a Rob Barton special. Man of the match Dave Monck found him with an arrow-straight hit out of defence, leaving Barton to shimmy in to the D and nutmeg the keeper.

South grabbed a deserved equaliser from the rejuvenated Andy Lewis, allegedly suffering form a cold, but showing no signs of weakness. He had previously had a certain goal saved on the line by a team mate's foot, so his goal at the third attempt following defensive blocks was some compensation, and required considerable tenacity typifying the excellent never-say-die attitude of South 2nds of late.

Other highlights of the game were the driving play of embryonic midfield general Eddy Nason and a bizzare was-it-a-goal-or-not John Greaves effort that appeared to spin over the goal line before coming back in to pitch.

A draw was probably a fair result that left South in a better-than-might-have-been, but not-as-good-as-we-think-we-deserve eighth place in the final league table.

So the 2006/07 league season ends with the CSHC 2nd team firmly established in 5NW mid table. The top four teams beat us twice, but we at least matched all the others, and only just missed out on a best ever sixth place, mainly due to a couple of silly early season reverses to lower ranked teams.