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PREMIER 3: HURSLEY BID TO END THREE-MATCH LOSING START

26/5/2017

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Winless Hursley Park field a potentially stronger side, but will have to end Bashley (Rydal)’s 100 per cent Premier Division 3 start if they are to move off the basement.
Hursley have lost all three games, with Bashley’s confidence having soared after beating a strengthened Alton second team last week.
Hursley Park: P Marks, Deacon, Pile, Branford, Wheeler, Flynn, A Marks, Green, Solanki, Rahim, Ahmedzai.
Fair Oak have Bradfield College captain Charlie Gwynn back for the visit of unbeaten SPL3 leaders Basingstoke & North Hants II to Lapstone Park.
Fair Oak: Hockenhull, Hughes, Kemp, Sturman, Gwynn, Abbas, Mckenzie, Featherstone, R Stewart, Eley, Mash.
Fawley are away to newly promoted Alton II at the Jubilee Ground.
Gosport Borough have experienced pair Dale Patternotte and Charlie Pennecott back for their SPL3 trip to Purbrook.  They replace the unavailable Conor Regan and Sampath Prathapasinghe as Borough look to extend their winning momentum.
Tom Larner's side picked up their first win by beating Hursley Park and will fancy their chances against newcomers Purbrook.
"We played much better as a team and have hopefully put our early problems behind us," said vice-captain Lee Harrop. After our second game disaster we needed it. Most of our players are home grown and we have a couple of excellent youngsters coming through.
"Purbrook have not had a good start and we don’t want to be the team to help them out. We have always struggled against them in the past and that is something we need to put right. Over the years we have had a habit of losing against teams at the lower end of the league. t is up to us to be strong and if we play to our full potential should win."
The visitors include both their talented 16 year olds, off-spinner Jack Richards and all-rounder Jacob Harris.
Purbrook have endured a tough baptism to life back at the higher level after last season's promotion.
Despite opening up with three defeats captain, Martin Lee, is confident Purbrook can survive.  He believes it is mainly a question of confidence.
"At the moment all the cogs of the wheel are not spinning but I am confident things will start clicking into place soon," said Lee.   "It is frustrating because we have lost games that we would have won last season.
"It is mainly a question of regaining our confidence. "We have two big home games now that we are targeting to win.
Unbeaten Waterlooville face a tough examination at Havant II.
"We have made a brilliant start," said Ville captain Max Goddard. "Havant won"t be easy because they have a lot of good experienced players"

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