Keswick Hockey Club's men’s first-team followed up an opening-day away win with a 4-1 victory in their first home game.

After winning 2-1 at Lancaster and Morecambe, they proved too strong for Lymm and won 4-1.

Lymm actually started the brighter of the two teams, pushing the Keswick defence hard and creating a couple of half chances.

Keswick are very adept at turning defence into attack with Shaun Wilson and Tom Morgan in particular, along with Josh Turner (making his home debut), strong performers.

Keswick, somewhat against the run of play, scored first with Steve Salveson getting on the scoresheet. It was Salveson again who soon extended the lead after nine minutes.

The visitors could have let their heads drop but responded well with Dempsey scoring to cut the deficit and give them hope.

However, Mark Proctor and Clive Swanston were running at the Lymm defence, and creating numerous chances for Ewan Styles, Ben Harrison, and Charlie Goodwin, and only a series of good stops from the Lymm goalkeeper thwarted them to keep it at 2-1 at half-time.

In the second half, Keswick quickly took control of the game with Chris Mattear doing good work at the back, which allowed Morgan more freedom to push forward and torment the Lymm defence.

As the visitors defence started to tire, Rob Cook’s fitness began to tell and his runs into the D caused problems time after time.

It was Cook who added the third Keswick goal, and with the hosts now dominating the game, Cook again popped up to fire in the fourth from the edge of the D.

The only negative for Keswick after a solid win was a badly broken hand for debutant Turner, which looks likely to sideline him for some time.

The men’s third team were also at home to Kirby Lonsdale, with both sides including several young players among more experienced team-mates.

Keswick’s Steve Hornsby runs a mixed summer league which a lot of junior players attend, and this has had a major effect on this young team.

They played as a very cohesive unit, no doubt due to a good training regime, but the extra games they play alongside first and second team players have helped their development greatly.

The home team had Robert Owen playing to add a bit of experience, off whose passes the youngsters could make runs. More importantly, they provided an outlet when they needed to pass to get out of trouble.

It was Owen who opened the scoring halfway through the first half, and with their pressure, the home side should have added to their tally but the Kirby Lonsdale keeper thwarted them several times.

After the break, the home team again had the majority of possession as George Borley came more into the game with his strong running style.

Unfortunately, they were unable to convert any of the chances, and on one of their rare attacks, the visitors scored an equaliser.

The game ended 1-1 but Keswick can count themselves unlucky with only a point from this encounter, and if they play like this every week, the wins will come.

In the third home game for the club, the Ladies 2nds were at home against Wigton, which on paper looked to be a really tough game.

But Keswick hadn’t read the script and, after starting the game positively, went on to win 4-2.

Hannah Rumney and Rachel Armstrong ran from deep and caused no end of problems for the Wigton defence and it was no surprise when they scored the opening goal.

Lucy Andrews found the target following a scramble in the Wigton goalmouth, and soon afterwards, Rumney added the second.

Wigton now started playing with renewed purpose, with the hard-working Jackie Davies putting the home defence on the back foot, creating chances for Rachel Wood and her fellow forwards.

The visitors got a chance to reduce the deficit when they were awarded a penalty stroke, however, home keeper Vicki Hayter pulled off a great save to keep her goal intact.

It was Keswick who responded and Rumney scored her second to extend the Keswick lead to 3-0.

Emma Waite-Symonds came on to bolster the home attack and her strong running game added to the threat coming from Keswick. It was no real surprise when Waite-Symonds added the fourth goal.

Wigton responded and the last 15 minutes saw wave after wave of pressure from the visitors.

Wood scored to bring it back to 4-1, before there was a well-deserved goal for Davies.