EAST GRINSTEAD LET DOWN BY TERRIBLE DEFENCE

For the number of goals scored in one match, one would have thought it hard to beat the Women's Premier League match between Canterbury and Trojans in which Canterbury crushed their visitors 10-1. But TalkHockeyRadio found a 13 goal bonanza at Saint Hill, where East Grinstead were entertaining newly promoted Brooklands MU.

Brooklands won their opening match of the season last weekend when they played newly promoted Exeter University. We had not had a chance to see them contest a match against established Premiership opposition until this evening. The question was, could they compete with top opposition at this level? At first you could be forgiven for thinking they could. Early in the match their opponents, East Grinstead, were truly terrible in defence and any incursion into their 25 seemed to cause outright panic. Against this backdrop it came as no surprise when David Seddon opened the scoring for Brooklands after six minutes. East Grinstead were quick to reply via Gareth Carr and a second from Carr and one from Mark Pearn (pictured) briefly led us to believe that 'Grinstead had steadied their ship. But, in the space of four minutes, Aiden Khares and Anthony Pike found the net twice for Brooklands.

A goal from new recruit Niall Stott sent the two sides into the break with EG having a 4-3 advantage, and the late arrival of Adamson Harper seemed to bolster their defence. Gareth Carr, Mark Pearn (2) and Dave De Prez all scored for the home side, but defensive slip ups still plagued them, and two late goals from David Seddon, one of which was a penalty stroke, took some of the shine off what could have been an 8-3 win for East Grinstead. Final score 8-5.

Both teams seemed to take something away from this. East Grinstead were obviously delighted to score eight goals and Brooklands pleased to put five past the league champions. The truth is that East Grinstead will need to sort their defence out before they meet Reading next weekend and Brooklands need to reflect on how a team playing badly managed to put eight past them.

One match in the Men's Premier Division will not be played until tomorrow. That is the match between Exeter University and Reading.

TODAY'S RESULTS AND TABLES (Sat 26/9/09)

Men's Premier Division

Beeston		(1)		1	-	1		(0)		Cannock
Jamie Parker 29 - PC										Nicholas Bandurak 51 - F
East Grinstead		(4)		8	-	5		(3)		Brooklands MU
Gareth Carr 8 15 43 - PC PC PC Mark Pearn 16 44 57 - F F F Niall Stott 31 - PC Dave De Prez 50 - F										David Seddon 6 65 69 - F PC PS Aiden Khares 25 - F Anthony Pike 29 - F
Hampstead and Westminster		(0)		2	-	5		(2)		Surbiton
Andy Cornick 61 - PC David Eakins 64 - PC										James Tindall 7 57 - PC F Matt Daly 14 56 - PC PC Mike Houlihan 54 - F
Loughborough Students		(0)		2	-	4		(2)		Bowdon
Richard Smith 46 - PC David Condon 57 - F										Ali Brogdon 7 - F James Hughes 35 - PC Alex Edmonstone 44 - F Chris Borrett 55 - PC

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	East Grinstead	2	2	0	0	12	8	4	6
2	Surbiton	2	2	0	0	9	5	4	6
3	Reading	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	3
4	Bowdon	2	1	0	1	7	6	1	3
5	Loughborough Students	2	1	0	1	6	6	0	3
6	Brooklands MU	2	1	0	1	6	8	-2	3
7	Cannock	2	0	1	1	4	5	-1	1
8	Beeston	2	0	1	1	3	5	-2	1
9	University of Exeter	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0
10	Hampstead and Westminster	2	0	0	2	2	7	-5	0

Women's Premier Division

Bowdon		(1)		3	-	4		(1)		Slough
Tina Cullen 19 68 - PC F Sally Walton 60 - F										Fiona Greenham 2 43 - PC PC Ashleigh Ball 52 - PC Jane Smith 54 - PS
Brooklands Poynton		(1)		1	-	3		(1)		Leicester
Phillippa Jones 25 - F										Hannah Macleod 34 - PC Katie Long 44 - F Jennie Bimson 66 - PS
Canterbury		(3)		10	-	1		(1)		Trojans
Mel Clewlow 2 56 - PC F Susie Rowe 20 55 - F PC Natalie Seymour 25 41 63 - F F PC Jenny Hall 38 - F Cathy Gilliat-Smith 52 70 - F F										Stephanie Farmer 10 - PC
Clifton		(0)		0	-	2		(1)		Olton & West Warwicks
										Fiona Davies 32 - F Lisa Hunter 43 - F
Reading		(2)		4	-	2		(0)		University of Birmingham
Alex Danson 18 - PC Vicky Bryant 24 60 - F PC Marianne Downer 54 - PC										Tina Evans 42 - PC Sophie Bray 44 - F

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Reading	2	2	0	0	7	3	4	6
2	Leicester	2	2	0	0	5	1	4	6
3	Olton & West Warwicks	2	2	0	0	4	0	4	6
4	Canterbury	2	1	0	1	10	3	7	3
5	Bowdon	2	1	0	1	6	4	2	3
6	Slough	2	1	0	1	5	6	-1	3
7	University of Birmingham	2	1	0	1	5	6	-1	3
8	Brooklands Poynton	2	0	0	2	3	6	-3	0
9	Clifton	2	0	0	2	0	5	-5	0
10	Trojans	2	0	0	2	1	12	-11	0

Men's Conference East

Chelmsford		(1)		2	-	3		(1)		Canterbury
Edward Stanhope 32 - F Adrian Palmer 63 - PC										Kwan Browne 14 - PC Andrew Sutherland 45 - PC Jess Dowsing 67 - F
Holcombe		(3)		6	-	2		(2)		Indian Gymkhana
David Mathews 5 11 35 40 - PS PC F PS Aathavan Lingeswaran 53 57 - F F										Jagdeep Gill 20 - PC Matthew Aaron Burton-Bowen 31 - F
Sevenoaks		(1)		2	-	3		(2)		Oxted
Tim Warrington 23 - F Craig Acquaye 55 - F										Andrew Baggs 28 32 - PC PC Ian Anderson 44 - F
Southgate		(0)		1	-	0		(0)		Harleston Magpies
Drew Burkin 50 - F

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Canterbury	2	2	0	0	7	2	5	6
2	Southgate	2	2	0	0	5	1	4	6
3	Old Loughtonians	1	1	0	0	4	1	3	3
4	Holcombe	2	1	0	1	6	6	0	3
5	Harleston Magpies	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
6	Oxted	2	1	0	1	4	6	-2	3
7	Bromley and Beckenham	1	0	1	0	4	4	0	1
8	Chelmsford	2	0	1	1	6	7	-1	1
9	Sevenoaks	2	0	0	2	3	5	-2	0
10	Indian Gymkhana	2	0	0	2	3	10	-7	0

Women's Conference East

Harleston Magpies		(1)		3	-	1		(1)		Southgate
Artemis Clark 9 70 - PC PC Angie Wheelhouse 36 - F										Clarissa Goodwin 25 - F
Horsham		(2)		2	-	1		(0)		Northampton Saints
Lauren Keefe 16 - F Siobhan Aherne 34 - PC										Claire Buxton 60 - F
Ipswich		(1)		4	-	2		(1)		Chelmsford
Chloe Hunnable 21 - F Lizzy Aldous 53 63 - PC PC Vanessa Roberts 68 - PC										Libby Knifton 9 - PC Sarah Bolton 65 - PS
Old Loughtonians		(0)		1	-	3		(1)		Sevenoaks
Ele Powell 70 - F										Jacqui Ward 9 62 - PS F Fiona Harland 41 - PC
St. Albans		(0)		4	-	1		(1)		Cambridge City
Katie Hockley 45 - PC Lottie Simpson 50 56 - F PC Marjolein Out 69 - F										Rachel Rank 3 - PC

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Horsham	2	2	0	0	8	3	5	6
2	Sevenoaks	2	2	0	0	4	1	3	6
3	St. Albans	2	1	1	0	5	2	3	4
4	Ipswich	2	1	1	0	5	3	2	4
5	Harleston Magpies	2	1	0	1	3	2	1	3
6	Chelmsford	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	3
7	Old Loughtonians	2	0	1	1	2	4	-2	1
8	Southgate	2	0	1	1	2	4	-2	1
9	Northampton Saints	2	0	0	2	2	5	-3	0
10	Cambridge City	2	0	0	2	3	10	-7	0

Men's Conference North

Barford Tigers		(0)		0	-	3		(2)		Doncaster
										Tim Shelley 15 24 - PC PC Colin Edwards 39 - F
Belper		(1)		2	-	3		(0)		Deeside Ramblers
Craig Keegan 34 - F Joe Sharp 40 - F										Ibrar Latif 50 - F Ali Ghazanfar 61 67 - PC PC
University of Durham		(2)		2	-	5		(3)		Sheffield Hallam
Paddy Harman 6 - F William Murray 14 - F										Steve Andrews 8 - F Will Musgrave 31 61 - PC PC Dan Berry 34 70 - F F
Leek		(2)		3	-	0		(0)		Formby
Paul Nixon 9 64 - PC PC Ben White 24 - PC
Sheffield University Bankers		(1)		2	-	1		(0)		Harborne
Richard Jenkin 12 - F David Smith 65 - F										Mike Griffiths 40 - F

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Deeside Ramblers	2	2	0	0	10	2	8	6
2	Doncaster	2	2	0	0	5	1	4	6
3	Leek	2	2	0	0	5	1	4	6
4	Sheffield Hallam	2	1	0	1	6	4	2	3
5	Sheffield University Bankers	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
6	Barford Tigers	2	1	0	1	4	6	-2	3
7	Harborne	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
8	University of Durham	2	0	1	1	3	6	-3	1
9	Belper	2	0	0	2	5	7	-2	0
10	Formby	2	0	0	2	0	10	-10	0

Women's Conference North

Doncaster		(0)		0	-	2		(1)		Belper
										Anna Toman 16 - PC Alicia Robinson 43 - PC
Loughborough Students		(4)		5	-	2		(1)		Beeston
Nikki Ward 17 - PC Laura Evans 28 - F Emma Batten 31 52 - F F Sarah Jones 35 - F										Sophie Robinson 2 - F Natalie Hardwicke 42 - PC
Sheffield Hallam		(0)		0	-	7		(5)		University of Durham
										Libby Sherriff 12 33 44 - F F F Harriet Moore 24 26 - F F Louisa Boddy 30 - PC Gabrielle Foster 63 - F
Sunderland Ladies		(1)		3	-	4		(3)		Liverpool Sefton
Janette Hope 24 55 - F F Ali Gordon 59 - PC										Clare Panter 6 - F Zoe Bayne 11 - F Amy Kokkinos 17 - PC Sarah Ingham 44 - F
Sutton Coldfield		(1)		1	-	1		(1)		Bradford
Vicky Woolford 16 - PS										June Fenton 15 - F

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Belper	2	2	0	0	7	0	7	6
2	Liverpool Sefton	2	2	0	0	5	3	2	6
3	Sutton Coldfield	2	1	1	0	6	1	5	4
4	University of Durham	2	1	0	1	7	2	5	3
5	Sunderland Ladies	2	1	0	1	5	4	1	3
6	Loughborough Students	2	1	0	1	5	7	-2	3
7	Bradford	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
8	Sheffield Hallam	2	0	1	1	1	8	-7	1
9	Doncaster	2	0	0	2	0	3	-3	0
10	Beeston	2	0	0	2	2	10	-8	0

Men's Conference West

University of Birmingham		(0)		4	-	1		(0)		Plymouth Marjon
Nick Latham 44 45 - F F Ben Stoney 56 - F Dave Harding 68 - PC										Calum Giles 40 - PC
Bournville		(0)		2	-	3		(2)		Fareham
Tom Rowland 54 - F Harry Rowland 58 - PC										Ben Hibberd 11 - F James Seagar 14 67 - PS PS
Guildford		(1)		1	-	1		(0)		Havant
William Blockley 27 - PC										James Lester 58 - F
Team Bath Buccaneers		(1)		2	-	1		(0)		Stourport
Richard Bendry 13 - F James Kellock 62 - PC										Phil Lashford 36 - F
Whitchurch		(2)		4	-	2		(0)		Old Georgians
Ben Croxall 10 - F Adam Barker 13 - F Martin White 52 - F Rhys Gowman 68 - F										Stephen Micklewright 47 - PC Mike Trim 69 - F

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	University of Birmingham	2	2	0	0	10	2	8	6
2	Team Bath Buccaneers	2	2	0	0	7	2	5	6
3	Fareham	2	2	0	0	8	4	4	6
4	Whitchurch	2	1	0	1	6	7	-1	3
5	Guildford	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
6	Havant	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
7	Stourport	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
8	Plymouth Marjon	2	0	1	1	2	5	-3	1
9	Bournville	2	0	0	2	3	8	-5	0
10	Old Georgians	2	0	0	2	3	10	-7	0

Women's Conference West

Barnes		(1)		1	-	0		(0)		Firebrands
Elizabeth Fox 31 - F
Bournemouth		(0)		0	-	2		(0)		Buckingham
										Sam Humphreys 58 - F Sophie Reynolds 64 - F
Cannock		(2)		3	-	1		(0)		Team Bath Buccaneers
Linda Royston 14 66 - F F Jane Reid 29 - PC										Jessica Cremin 46 - F
Exe		(1)		2	-	1		(1)		Aldridge
Kirsty Cruden 10 - F Linda Webb 63 - PC										Lisa Prince 30 - PC
Swansea		(0)		0	-	1		(0)		Staines
										Kate White 42 - PC

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Cannock	2	2	0	0	8	2	6	6
2	Exe	2	2	0	0	7	2	5	6
3	Buckingham	2	2	0	0	4	0	4	6
4	Barnes	2	2	0	0	3	1	2	6
5	Staines	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
6	Aldridge	2	0	1	1	2	3	-1	1
7	Team Bath Buccaneers	2	0	1	1	2	4	-2	1
8	Swansea	2	0	0	2	0	3	-3	0
9	Firebrands	2	0	0	2	1	6	-5	0
10	Bournemouth	2	0	0	2	1	7	-6	0