Ross Men's 1st XI travelled away to face Gloucester City A in a second verses third encounter, where a win would see Ross extend their lead over Gloucester to seven points.

From the first whistle it was clear to see that Gloucester wanted the victory more, showing more desire and passion than Ross, who play their home games in Monmouth.

Gloucester deservedly took the lead and should have put the game beyond doubt as they spurred various glorious opportunities from open play and numerous short corners.

Credit must also be given to the Ross 'keeper George Goldsmith, who pulled off various fantastic saves to deny Gloucester.

Ross did manage to go into the half-time interval level at 1-1, after Ed Goldsmith latched on to a Tom Walton aerial ball over the top of the Gloucester defence before squaring the ball to Adrian Williams, who slotted the ball under the advancing 'keeper with a reverse stick shot.

The second half followed the pattern of the first with the difference being that Gloucester found there shooting sticks and netted three goals in the second half to take a 4-1 lead.

Ross managed to pull back a late goal through Phil Evans, who was left with an easy tap in after a mistake by the Gloucester keeper.

The South Hereford Motorcarvans man-of-the-match was awarded to George Goldsmith for keeping Ross in the game for as long as he did.

Ross go into next weekend's fixture against league leaders Cardiff & UWIC C knowing that they will need to up the performance, commitment and desire levels if they want to take anything from the game.

If you are interested in starting to play hockey or getting back into the game come down to training on either a Monday or Wednesday night.

Monday training is 8pm to 9pm at Monmouth Comprehensive's Astro-pitch or on Wednesday nights 8pm to 9pm in Ross at the John Kyrle school Astro-pitch.

The club also runs junior coaching sessions on Monday 7pm to 8pm at Monmouth Comp or Wednesday 7pm to 8pm at John Kyrle School.