With the exception of East Grinstead and Hampstead, all the Premier Division clubs still in the England Hockey Cup progress through to Round 4. East Grinstead will take some comfort from the fact that their forced withdrawal from the competition was caused by a very successful weekend in the EuroHockey League in Lille.
In the men’s cup, Bromley & Beckenham were able to put up a fight against Cannock, who have recorded some high scoring result in the league and cup this season. Gareth Andrew’s 16th minute goal started the scoring for Cannock but shortly afterwards Daniel Holmes hit the first of what was to be a hat-trick. Ultimately, Cannock were too strong for the Kent side, with three more goals from Andrew, and one each from Stewart Pilgrim, Peter Flanaghan, Rohit Kapoor and Richard Lane. Final score 8-4 to Cannock, with Bromley & Beckenham’s other scorer being Donwood Abbot. Hampstead & Westminster went down 3-1 to last year’s finalists, Bowdon. Bowdon’s scorers were Saxon Hill, Tom Gilbert and Ian Wilson. Beeston allowed their opponents to have a brief spell of success in the second half of their match against Harborne. James Wright and James Bassett scored twice in five minutes, but Beeston were already 5-0 up and went to win the match 8-3. Brad Apted’s 67th minute penalty stroke was all Wisbech Town had to show for their visit to Southgate, losing 5-1. Probably one of the more remarkable performances of the day was the David Seddon Show at Brooklands, where he scored five of the Manchester side’s six against University of Cambridge in their 6-5 win over the students.
Round 3 results:
Barford Tigers 3 Plymouth Marjon 1
Belper 1 Sheffield UB 2
Bromley & Beckenham 4 Cannock 8
Deeside Ramblers 3 Fareham 4
Edgbaston 2 Canterbury 5
Firebrands 5 Spencer 1
Hampstead & Westminster 1 Bowdon 3
Harborne 3 Beeston 8
Indian Gymkhana 3 Brighton & Hove 2
Old Georgians 7 Chichester 5
Sheffield Hallam 6 Maidstone 4
Southgate 5 Wisbech Town 1
Team Bath Buccaneers 2 Leek 3
University of Cambridge 5 Brooklands MU 6
Reading progress through to Round 4 having played the previous weekend.
FOURTH ROUND DRAW (MEN)
Bowdon v Old Georgians
Brooklands MU v Leek
Cannock v Southgate
Canterbury v Indian Gymkhana
Old Loughtonians v Barford Tigers
Reading v Firebrands
Sheffield Hallam Civica v Beeston
Sheffield University Bankers v Fareham
In the women’s cup, Buckingham’s Andrea Freshwater put a small dent in Bowdon Hightown’s result, scoring two second half goals. Final score there, 6-2 to Bowdon. Last year’s losing finalists, Slough, saw a 4th Round place slip through their fingers in an all-Premiership match against Clifton, having led 3-1 well into the second half. Clifton’s Cerys Hopkins 54th minute goal drew the match in ordinary time and an extra time penalty stroke, converted by Isabel Palmer, gave Clifton the 4-3 victory. Current holders, Leicester were able to despatch Poynton 4-1, whilst Trojans are through to the next round after a 3-1 win against Loughborough Students. There were two walkovers in this round. One could perhaps understand Havant’s prospects against Premier Division Olton & West Warwickshire were a bit daunting, but Surbiton’s withdrawal gives St Neots a 4th Round tie without having touched a ball so far in the competition.
Women’s Round 3 Results
Barnes Hounslow Ealing 2 Hampstead & Westminster 0
Bowdon Hightown 6 Buckingham 2
Clifton 4 Slough 3
Deeside Ramblers 1 Cambridge City 5
Dereham 5 Liverpool Sefton 1
Epsom 3 Oxford Hawkes 2
Holcombe 1 Team Bath Buccaneers 0
Horsham 1 Sevenoaks 0
Old Loughtonians 3 Beeston 2
Olton & West Warwicks w/o. Havant withdrawn
Poynton 1 Leicester 4
Reading 7 Taunton Vale 0
St Neots w/o. Surbiton withdrawn.
Sutton Coldfield 4 Sheffield Hallam 3
Trojans 3 Loughborough Students 1
University of Birmingham 5 Firebrands 1
FOURTH ROUND DRAW (WOMEN)
Cambridge City v Old Loughtonians
Clifton v St. Neots
Dereham v Barnes Hounslow Ealing
Holcombe v Epsom
Leicester v University of Birmingham
Olton & West Warwicks v Bowdon Hightown
Reading v Trojans
Sutton Coldfield v Horsham
EUROHOCKEY LEAGUE
Reading and East Grinstead both qualified for Round Two of the EuroHockey League as a result of a very successful weekend in Lille. The following clubs progress through from Round 1b:
Pool E: Rotterdam, Reading. [Western Wildcats are eliminated]
Pool F: East Grinstead, Waterloo Ducks. [Kelburne are eliminated]
Pool G: Real Club de Polo de Barcelona, Hamburg. [Lille are eliminated]
Pool H: Leuven, Three Rock Rovers. [Atletic Terrassa are eliminated]
Later today (Monday), there will be photographs from Lille on our main web site www.talkhockeyradio.co.uk and the competition will feature in our podcast, which is available to download from our main site from Thursday.
