A SPIRITED performance by Kidderminster Boundary earned them a share of the points with top-of-the-table Sikh Union in a 2-2 DTZ League Midlands Division Two draw.
The visitors went ahead with a superb goal and Kidderminster had to defend stoutly to stay in contention.
But Mark Wheeler equalised following a well-rehearsed penalty corner routine.
Union went ahead again after the interval from a deflected shot but Kidderminster hit back through Owen Upshott who fired home Michael Brazier's cross.
Neil Jackson was man of the match.
Bloxwich 1 Kidderminster 2nds 3
The seconds recorded a good DTZ League result despite fielding just 10 men and no recognised goalkeeper.
Dave Mills scored two goals in the first half following good inter-passing with Tom Jarvie.
Bloxwich applied more pressure in the second half but were caught on the break by Jarvie, who caused their defence lots of problems.
The home side eventually managed to reduce the arrears but Dave Brazier, as a kicking back, managed to prevent any further score.
Kidderminster 3rds 9 Redditch 0
Saturday's DTZ League fixture saw Kidderminster thirds in fine form.
Paul Rhodes and Neil Jarvie scored first half goals and in the second, with their opponents down to 10 men, the goals came easily.
Keith Sorrell, Phil Baldwin and Rob Sorrell scored two each and there was a second for Jarvie.
Kidderminster 4ths 5
Solihull/Blossomfield 2
Kidderminster continued their unbeaten DTZ League run, though their visitors opened the scoring.
Dave Hayward soon levelled before Eddie Pietkowicz and Darren Jackson added goals to give their team a useful interval lead.
After the re-start, Solihull scored their second but Jackson was on target again to ensure a comfortable victory.
Bournville 1 Kidderminster 5ths 2
Kidderminster fought back after falling behind to a well-taken goal two minutes from the start in the DTZ League.
The home side retained the advantage when the teams changed ends, despite constant pressure from Kidderminster.
Tim Feline finally managed to find the backboard when Keith Burgess slipped the ball to him from a penalty corner.
Paul Grummitt capped a good performance by scoring the winner.
Kidderminster, down to 10 men when Seb Knights was forced to leave the field, had to withstand a lot of pressure during the last 20 minutes.
Worcester Veterans 1
Kidderminster Veterans 3
The veterans went behind against the run of play after Worcester pounced on a bad pass out of defence.
But Mark Mansell equalised from a penalty corner to level before half-time.
Constant Kidderminster pressure resulted in Nigel Farmer scoring a goal after good work by Neil Jarvie.
And Mansell made the game safe when he slotted home his second from another penalty corner.
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