Romsey Hockey Club’s men’s first team have some Hampshire/Surrey Regional Division 2 points on the board – at the third attempt.

They burgled the Bank of England 3-0 in the plush Roehampton surroundings, though the rich pickings weren’t as straight-forward as the scoreline might suggest.

Romsey had to soak up sustained first half pressure, with goalkeeper Lozz Scott having to produce a string of fine saves.

Despite losing their discipline – they were twice reduced to ten men through yellow cards – Romsey snatched the lead with a counter-attack – Tom McCarthy’s aerial pass allowing Martin Simpson-Scott to set up Lewis Birch, pictured, to score off the post.

The goal clearly settled Romsey, who doubled their lead through Jack Forrest-Charde and clinched the victory with a third goal from Birch. Romsey face a tough fixture tomorrow when league leaders Wimborne visit on Saturday.

The club’s men’s seconds made it three wins out of three with another one sided victory over US Portsmouth in Hampshire Division 5.

Romsey missed a couple of good chances early on but a great move involving James Croft-Baker, Colin Harwood and Tim Bailey was finished off by 15-year-old Charlie Harrigan to open the scoring.

Romsey doubled their lead when a passing move was finished off with a rasping shot by James Fraser and James Boggis coolly slotted in the third with the keeper out of his goal.

It was 4-0 when man-of-the-match Harrigan applied a killer touch to a long defence splitting pass from skipper Stuart Robertson.