Today we made the long awaited trip to Hemsworth Miners Welfare FC for the WRGFL Shield Final. The weather was dry if not a bit blowy and cold but the atmosphere was positive and the girls, parents and coaches were all buzzing!  The game got underway as Oakworth kicked off playing with the wind in their favour. They immediately showed that they were really up for it by pressing City back into their own half. With the wind against them and looking like we were having one of our notorious slow starts, City struggled to get the ball out of their half. After 5 minutes a free kick was awarded to Oakworth for what looked like a relatively minor offence but in a final rules are rules. The free kick was taken well and on target and Amee chose to catch the ball rather than push it over but unfortunately it went through her hands and into the net. City nil Oakworth 1. A minute later saw Jess through on the left but her first shot was blocked by the keeper and the follow up went just wide. Oakworth continued to press City back and were first to the ball on a lot of occasions and were always prepared to get a head on the ball. A second free kick to Oakworth saw another well struck shot at goal but this time Amee saved well by pushing the ball over. On 13 minutes Jess played a nice ball out to the left to Annie but her shot went just wide. On 21 minutes a City corner from the right saw the ball fall to Sophie who controlled well but her shot was blocked. The ball rolled out to Annie who, from a tight angle on the left fired home to level the score. 3 minutes later saw Ree play a neat ball to Jess who quickly controlled the ball and shot but the keeper saved well. At this point City were getting back into the game with Oakworth probably having more of the possession but not posing a major threat upfront. On the stroke of half time a ball to Jess saw her control and fire home in the right hand corner to put City ahead. Half time City 2 Oakworth 1.