Cannock and Reading are still neck and neck at the head of the table after this afternoon’s matches in the Men’s Premier Division of the Slazenger EHL. The two clubs have drawn five points clear of third place East Grinstead, whose match against Bowdon started at 17:00. Cannock travelled down to London to play Hampstead and Westminster and the Londoners managed to keep their visitors at bay until the last 15 minutes, when goals by David Harris, Hardeep Jawanda and Gareth Andrews gave the visitors a 3-0 win. Reading’s scoreline was the same when they entertained Southgate, with the goals coming from Warren D’Souza, Simon Pinks and Huw Jones in their 3-0 win. Havant must have thought themselves on course for their first win of the season, leading 3-1 at the break against Loughborough Students, with goals from Calum Giles (2) and Ahmed Ezz Mohamed. An early second half goal from Simon Faulkner and a late goal from James Osborn, dashed Havant’s hopes. The Student’s other goal came from Jerome Goudie. Surbiton, who have had a slow start to the season, pulled off a surprise 4-0 win over visiting Beeston, goals coming from Andy Cornick, Rob Moore, Matt Daly and James Tindall.
In the Conferences, Old Georgians go top in the West after an emphatic win 6-1 win over Cardiff, with goals from Nicky Thompson, John Ryan Van Der Reit, Gareth Carr (2), James Kingstone and David Tyler. OG’s benefited from a slip-up by this morning’s leaders, University of Exeter, who went down to a single goal from Guildford’s Daniel Emery. Exeter are now in second place, followed by Bournville, who won their match against Birmingham University, 3-2. In the East, Canterbury saw a 3-1 lead evaporate in seven minutes when they played Bromley and Beckenham. Despite a 3-3 draw, they stay top of the table but they are closely pressed by Indian Gymkhana and Sevenoaks, both of whom won today. In the North, Barford Tiger’s Harjinder Sandhu nearly caused an upset when he scored within two minutes of their match against leaders, Belper. They held onto their lead for just under twenty minutes before first James Hewitt, and then Tom Sherratt, found the net. Further goals by Richard Kitchen, Chris Hall and Sam McCambridge gave Belper a 5-2 win. They hold the top spot, separated from University of Durham in second place by goal difference. Durham won this afternoons encounter against Leek 3-1. Brooklands MU are one point behind the leaders and improved their goal difference with a 9-1 win over Formby. David Seddon went for a complete set of goals - one corner, two field goals, and a penalty stroke – with additional goals coming from Russell Anderson, John Bell, Ollie Cooper (2) and Aiden Khares.
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