The Edinburgh Reporter December 18

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Dabrowski joins Civil
Jock’s Out
Broughton
Women’s RFC
Hibs goalkeeper Kevin Dabrowski
has joined Lowland League team
Civil Service Strollers on loan
until 2019. | Photo Thomas Brown
by Thomas Brown
HIBS goalkeeper, Kevin
Dabrowski, has joined north
Edinburgh side Civil Service
Strollers on loan until 2019.
The big stopper teams up with
centre half, Kevin Waugh, who is
also on loan from the Easter Road
side.
Dabrowski went straight into
Gary Jardine’s squad for the
visit to Ferguson Park to face
Whitehall Welfare.
The 20-year-old proved his
worth by pulling off several top
class saves in his first game.
by Thomas Brown
LOWLAND League outfit Whitehill
Welfare parted company with
their second manager of the
season when Jock Landells left
leaving the club rooted at the
bottom of the GeoSonic Lowland
League.
Landells was only appointed to
Lowland League Roundup
Jordan Hopkinson holds up the ball before firing the ball beyond the
Whitehill keeper during Civil’s 2-1 win against Whitehill Welfare.
| Photo Thomas Brown
by Thomas Brown
WHITEHILL Welfare looked to
secure vital points when they
welcomed Civil Service Strollers
to Ferguson Park last month.
The Roswell side find
themselves rooted at the bottom
of the Lowland League as they
approach the halfway stage.
Jock Landells, who parted
company with the club after
the game, was under immense
pressure to ensure the club avoid
relegation.
They got off to the perfect start
when Strollers failed to clear their
lines and Kyle Mitchell slotted
the ball low into the net.
Whitehill had most of the better
Caption Jock Landells (centre) and Jimmy Rae (left) parted company
with Whitehill Welfare last month. | Photo Thomas Brown
chances in the first half but could
find another goal.
Whatever Gary Jardine said to
his players at the interval worked
and Civil came out of the second
half firing on all cylinders and
levelled the game on the hour
mark.
Jordan Hopkinson went on a
trick run before cutting inside
and his effort from twenty yards
out found the back of the net.
Just as it looked the spoils
would be shared David Churchill
popped up in the 93rd minute
with a header to win the game for
Civil.
An injury Civil’s Jordan Boyle
marred the game, the 22-year-old
made his first appearance since
the pos along with his backroom
staff of Steven Thomson and
Jimmy Rae at the start of
September.
The management team was
appointed following the sacking
of Gary Small after just two games
into the season. Whitehill find
themselves at the bottom of the
league having on secured 5 points
from 14 games.
snapping his Lateral ligament
last year.
He came on with just ten
minutes to go and went down
injured minutes later with what
appears to be a repeat of the
injury that has sidelined him for
twelve months.
Strollers boss, Gary Jardine, said
“I’m delighted to pick up all three
points against Whitehill.
“They are a good side and
always pose a threat to any club
in the league."
Elsewhere Spartans dropped to
sixth in the Lowland Leagues last
month after a defeat away to BSC
Glasgow.
Dougie Samuel's men made the
trip to the Indodrill Stadium to
face the Glasgow side and lost out
in a five-goal thriller.
The Ainslie park side went
behind after a quarter of an hour
when the ball was fired home
from over the line from close
range.
Stephen McDonald equalised for
Spartans on the half-hour mark
before an OG gave Spartans the
lead at the interval.
BSC then levels the game on
the hour mark when a cross was
whipped into the box and Ross
McMillan nodded home.
Just before the final whistle
when Declan Hughes rifled home
a twenty-yard strike.
Gutted Spartans gaffer, Samuel,
said “We shot ourselves in the
foot.
“We have been making too
many individual errors and that
has to stop.”
The curtain came down for the Broughton Women’s Rugby team last
month when they welcomed Howe Of Fife to Wardie Playing Fields.
Both teams served up a cracking match with the visitors winning 15-7
on the day.