It was a bad day for Canterbury, with both their men’s and women’s teams losing. Their opponents in the Women’s Premiership were Bowdon Hightown who, fresh from their 8-1 victory at Chelmsford yesterday, could only achieve a comparatively modest 4-2 win, with goals from Lindsay French, Lis Chaffey (2) and Annalisa Bishop. Their men’s prospects looked much better against Beeston, with a penalty corner conversion by Chris Bassano-Harper and a field goal by Matt Harper putting them two up by the eleventh minute. Canterbury were 3-1 up shortly after the re-start but Beeston fought their way back into the match to finish 5-4.
The three front-runners in the men’s Premiership, Reading, Cannock and Beeston, all won today. Unlike their women’s team, Bowdon are still struggling and look set for an early return to Division One unless their luck changes. They hosted Loughborough Students lost 2-1. Loughborough’s goals came from Adam Wilson and Paul Cleghorne.
In the Slazenger Women’s Premier Division, Slough maintain their second place, beating Clifton 3-2, with Jane Smith (2) and Purdy Miller being the scorers for Slough. The bottom of the table clash between Poynton and Old Loughtonians resulted in Poynton recording their first win of the season. Both clubs are starting to drift away at the bottom of the table.
Slazenger EHL Premiership Results:
Men:
Beeston 5 – 4 Canterbury
Bowdon 1 – 2 Loughborough Students
Hampstead & Westminster 0 – 2 Reading
Havant 4 – 5 Cannock
Surbiton 4 – 6 East Grinstead
Women:
Canterbury 2 – 4 Bowdon Hightown
Ipswich 1 – 2 Chelmsford
Old Loughtonians 1 – 2 Poynton
Olton & West Warwicks 0 – 3 Leicester
Slough 3 – 2 Clifton
There was no play in Men’s Division One today. In the National South Division Sevenoaks were the only team amongst the front runners to win, with a 2-1 victory over Whitchurch, and they go two point ahead at the top of the table. University of Exeter could only manage a 3-3 draw against Indian Gymkhana, and Oxted drew 2-2 at Holcombe. In the North University of Birmingham retain their lead after a 3-2 win at Sheffield Hallam. At the basement end of the table neither Formby or Kingston-upon-Hull had recorded a win this season until this afternoon. All that was to change when the two sides met, with Formby taking the laurels with a 5-1 victory.
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