PETERSFIELD Hockey Club’s men’s third team secured their sixth win of the season in a game of starkly contrasting halves, beating Isle of Wight’s men’s second team 4-3.

Despite being off the pace, second to every 50-50 and producing sloppy passing in the first half, Petersfield were dominant, confident and clinical in the second.

The visitors won a series of short corners early on. After 16 minutes, a short-corner strike was stopped on the line by Ali Macintyre’s foot. A penalty stroke was awarded, with Macintyre lucky to stay on the pitch. The stroke was calmly slotted past Charlie Weller.

Minutes later Petersfield sloppily conceded possession and paid the price with another goal for the visitors.

The second half started with the young home team showing the older Isle of Wight players no respect, with Max White forcing a mistake from the visitors’ captain within seconds of the restart.

After a M White shot was saved by the keeper, the Isle of Wight defence stopped as the ball dropped on to a foot. However, the umpire played the advantage and Archie Rushin slotted home the loose ball.

The home team continued to dominate and levelled the scores from a slick short-corner routine. Rich Thompson returned the ball to injector Ben White, who slapped firmly past the keeper.

Petersfield took the lead with a quick ball from the left-hand touchline played to B White, who hammered a ball into the D for M White to deflect home an excellent goal.

Against the run of play, the visitors grabbed a third to level the scores with a solid short-corner strike deflecting off Thompson on the line.

In the last minute Josh Bardoe won a short corner. Opting for route one, Thompson slammed the strike through the keeper to secure the win with the last touch of the game.