by Kevin Redsull

Invicta Dynamos coach Kevin Parrish has challenged his team to achieve a third-place finish in ENIHL South Division 1 despite their "up and down season."

Dynamos consolidated fifth place in style on Saturday with a 12-1 hammering of the Slough ENL Jets but Parrish is setting his sights higher as they prepare for a home game with Streatham Redskins on Sunday (5.15pm).

Parrish said: "If we can finish third behind Romford and Chelmsford then it won’t be a bad season when you consider the squads they’ve got and all the ups and downs we’ve had with injuries and players leaving.

"It’s been hard fielding a team at times with half the players down the A&E but we’ve stayed the course and want that third spot now."

To achieve that goal, Dynamos, on 28 points from 23 games, will have to win all their games in hand to overhaul third-placed Wightlink Raiders (36 from 27) and fourth-placed Cardiff ENL Devils (33 from 26) but Parrish believes the big win over Slough – their third league victory in a row – showed they are in the right sort of form to do it.

Four-goal Callum Best led the way and Canadian Justin Noble chipped in with a hat-trick.

Parrish said: "We played some entertaining hockey, made a couple of big hits and scored some good goals.

"And it was nice for me as well because when you are six or seven goals up you can relax a bit and have a bit of a laugh and a joke with the players and that hasn’t been the case many times this season because of all the problems we’ve had."

Dynamos lost 5-0 at Chelmsford Chieftains in an ENIHL Southern Cup on Sunday. Romford having already secured the trophy.