Last updated at 16:52, Wednesday, 12 December 2012

WINDERMERE made it a perfect 10 for their season with a hard-fought victory at Urmston.

Their unblemished league record came under greater-than-expected pressure in West Manchester, where Urmston belied their position in the lower echelons of the table with a strong performance.

The home side scored the only goal of the first half and Mere’s woes were compounded by the loss of skipper Scott Santamera with a serious finger injury.

However, a change of formation to fully exploit the flanks was quickly rewarded in a second half which saw eight goals fly in at either end of the field.

The set-up to the first saw Harry Jackson find Matt Hartnett, whose shot rebounded off the keeper for Liam Derome to score.

Mere then took the lead through a well-taken Steve Johns strike, but Urmston drew level with a lucky deflection from a penalty corner to make it 2-2.

Keenan Quill put the visitors ahead once again from a penalty corner before Derome beat two players on the left and fed goal hungry Will Dolman, whose finish made it 4-2 and opened up some daylight between the sides.

However, Urmston bounced back again with a penalty stroke goal to make for some nervous moments.

Even a fifth Mere goal, scored by Derome, did not crush their spirit and they scored a fourth just before the final whistle, but by then Windermere had been assured of the points.

LEAGUE STANDINGS

PWDLFAPts

Windermere

10 10 0 0 41 11 30

Lancaster University

11 9 0 2 50 21 27

Blackpool

11 6 1 4 48 31 19

Didsbury Northern 3rds

11 6 1 4 34 19 19

Keswick West Cumbria

8 6 0 2 33 15 18

Carlisle

9 5 0 4 21 16 15

Preston 3rds

10 4 1 5 17 24 13

South Lakes

10 4 0 6 24 28 12

Mossley Hill

9 3 0 6 17 34 9

Urmston 2nds

11 2 1 8 21 57 7

Southport 2nds

10 1 1 8 17 42 4

Lytham St Annes 2nds

10 1 1 8 8 33 4

Results: Didsbury Northern 2 Blackpool 2, Lytham St Annes 0 Lancaster University 5, Urmston 4 Windermere 5.

Saturday’s Fixtures: Lytham St Annes v Keswick West Cumbria, Windermere v Carlisle, Preston v Blackpool, Southport v South Lakes, Urmston v Mossley Hill.

First published at 16:47, Wednesday, 12 December 2012
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