Leicester didn’t need to be reminded how much they will miss the services of their England defender Crista Cullen (pictured) at next week-end’s European Club Championship in Baku (Azerbaijan) but today they were. Crista, who takes university exams next week, turned out for England against her club at Nottingham in a match useful to both teams with important events ahead. She scored twice in a 5-1 England victory over the club champions. Rachel Walker (Olton) also scored a brace for England whose other goal came from Alex Danson.
Reading, who take part in the men’s European Club Championship in Holland next week, completed a double over leading French club Racing Club of Paris. They followed their 5-1 win on Friday evening with a 4-0 victory at Sonning. Ricky Mantell took his tally against Racing to three with a couple and Reading’s other marksmen were Jonty Clarke and Simon Lanyon.
TalkHockeyRadio will be following Reading’s progress in Holland next weekend, with regular reports and photographs on this blog.
