OLD LOUGHTS SLIP BEHIND IN EAST CONFERENCE RACE

The neck and neck race at the top of the Men's East Conference took an interesting turn this afternoon when leaders Old Loughtonians met Bromley & Beckenham who are languishing in eighth place.

Canterbury, who until yesterday morning shared 25 points with Old Loughtonians, won their match against Chelmsford 5-1. The match was played yesterday afternoon but the result came in too late to be included in yesterday's blog.

Old Loughtonians looked a cert to take the three points but Bromley & Beckenham put up an impressive display for a team so near the bottom of the table. Matthew Baggs opened the scoring for them after only six minutes but the sides went into the break honours even after Old Loughts' Adam Wheater evened the score. Old Loughts went briefly in front shortly after the game resumed, thanks to a James Stedman goal but it was a short lived lead. A Dalan Phillips hat trick, all scored in the space of six minutes, rocked the old boys and Bromley & Beckenham increased their lead to 5-2 ten minutes later.

The rain, which had nearly caused the match to be postponed, resumed in the second half, and it was clear that frustration was causing some increasingly X-rated tackling. Alex Jennings, James Kingstone and Adam Miller for Old Loughtonians were sent to the cooler, and a tackle on Old Loughts' Liam Doidge by Matthew Baggs saw Doidge leave the pitch with a ligament injury and Baggs consigned to the sin-bin. Indeed, the sin bin became so crowded on occasions that match official Ros Marsh was forced out of her shelter and had to stand in the rain.

A late fightback by Old Loughts saw Alex Jennings score twice, but the clock ran out on the home side and they finally lost the game 5-4. Canterbury now move ahead of them by three points.

IN THE MEN'S PREMIER DIVISION both Surbiton and Reading won their matches, despite international abstractions, but East Grinstead gave Brooklands MU only their second win of the season. Both East Grinstead's Danny Hall and Brookland's Aiden Khares received red cards in that match.

The match at Cannock between the home side and Beeston ended 4-3 in Beeston's favour but the score could have been different if it had not been for a Gareth Andrews' penalty stroke hitting the Beeston upright, whilst at the other end Chris Seddon had his stroke saved by David Kettle in the Cannock goal.

Results and tables for 29/11/09:

(Updated results and tables for 28/11/09, including late results, are shown beneath)

Men's Premier Division

Bowdon		(1)		3	-	0		(0)		Loughborough Students
Michael Hoare 24 - PC Alex Edmonstone 40 - F Ian Wilson 43 - F
Cannock		(2)		3	-	4		(1)		Beeston
Gareth Andrew 17 20 - F F Richard Lane 69 - F										Andrew Monte 19 - PC Samuel Ward 41 - F Wayne Rowland 55 - F Ben Arnold 69 - F
Brooklands MU		(0)		2	-	1		(0)		East Grinstead
David Seddon 37 - F Dave Flanagan 54 - F										Niall Stott 63 - F
Reading		(0)		4	-	3		(1)		University of Exeter
Christopher Cargo 40 52 - F F Andy Watts 41 - F Tom Bertram 68 - PC										Tom Carson 26 - PC James Grannell 39 - F Tom Woods 60 - PC
Surbiton		(2)		2	-	1		(1)		Hampstead and Westminster
Sam Middleton 21 - F Matt Daly 33 - F										Will Naylor 22 - F

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Surbiton	10	8	2	0	41	22	19	26
2	Reading	10	7	3	0	34	14	20	24
3	East Grinstead	10	4	4	2	39	31	8	16
4	Beeston	10	4	4	2	28	24	4	16
5	Bowdon	10	3	5	2	25	19	6	14
6	Cannock	10	4	2	4	27	25	2	14
7	Loughborough Students	10	3	2	5	17	24	-7	11
8	Brooklands MU	10	2	2	6	18	32	-14	8
9	Hampstead and Westminster	10	2	1	7	14	25	-11	7
10	University of Exeter	10	0	1	9	11	38	-27	1

Women's Premier Division

Clifton		(1)		2	-	1		(0)		Brooklands Poynton
Abi Welsford 29 - F Carys Hopkins 58 - F										Helen Armishaw 40 - F

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Leicester	10	10	0	0	31	4	27	30
2	Reading	10	8	1	1	35	17	18	25
3	Slough	10	7	1	2	23	14	9	22
4	Olton & West Warwicks	10	5	3	2	15	10	5	18
5	University of Birmingham	10	4	2	4	22	19	3	14
6	Canterbury	10	3	3	4	25	19	6	12
7	Brooklands Poynton	10	2	1	7	12	26	-14	7
8	Clifton	10	2	1	7	11	28	-17	7
9	Bowdon	10	1	3	6	19	26	-7	6
10	Trojans	10	0	1	9	5	35	-30	1

Men's Conference East

Harleston Magpies		(1)		2	-	5		(3)		Southgate
Pete Bale 33 - F Mark Wheelhouse 58 - PC										Matthew Wells 14 - F Kevin Haigh 24 - F Nick Gerrard 26 - PC Johannes Kloess 62 70 - PC F
Old Loughtonians		(1)		4	-	5		(1)		Bromley and Beckenham
Adam Wheater 34 - F James Stedman 40 - F Alex Jennings 63 67 - F F										Matthew Baggs 6 - F Dalan Phillips 41 44 47 - F PC F Simon Evans 56 - PC
Indian Gymkhana		(1)		1	-	1		(1)		Holcombe
Rajinder Bansal 10 - F										David Mathews 21 - PC
Oxted		(0)		2	-	0		(0)		Sevenoaks
Andrew Baggs 51 - F Justin King 62 - PC

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Canterbury	10	9	1	0	34	16	18	28
2	Old Loughtonians	10	8	1	1	40	19	21	25
3	Southgate	10	7	0	3	29	19	10	21
4	Holcombe	10	4	4	2	27	19	8	16
5	Oxted	10	5	1	4	23	25	-2	16
6	Harleston Magpies	10	2	4	4	19	19	0	10
7	Sevenoaks	10	3	1	6	21	25	-4	10
8	Bromley and Beckenham	10	2	3	5	22	26	-4	9
9	Indian Gymkhana	10	1	2	7	18	34	-16	5
10	Chelmsford	10	0	1	9	18	49	-31	1

Men's Conference North

Deeside Ramblers		(4)		6	-	1		(0)		Belper
Ali Ghazanfar 12 15 44 - PC PC PC James Warburton 18 30 63 - F F F										Tom Leatherland 47 - F
Doncaster		(0)		3	-	3		(1)		Barford Tigers
Tim Shelley 41 61 - PC PC Jonathan Redfern 43 - F										Anmolak Singh 14 - F Sukhdeep Johal 40 - F Satinderpal Mann 68 - PC
Formby		(0)		2	-	3		(1)		Leek
David Greenough 36 - F Thomas Galloway 69 - PC										Ben White 9 - F Scott Cordon 43 - PC Paul Dawson 67 - PC
Harborne		(0)		2	-	0		(0)		Sheffield University Bankers
Alex Kotlarzewski 45 63 - F PC
Sheffield Hallam		()			-			()		University of Durham
		P						P

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Deeside Ramblers	10	8	1	1	44	20	24	25
2	Leek	10	7	0	3	31	23	8	21
3	Harborne	10	5	2	3	25	17	8	17
4	Doncaster	10	5	2	3	19	19	0	17
5	University of Durham	9	5	1	3	22	20	2	16
6	Sheffield Hallam	9	5	0	4	30	19	11	15
7	Sheffield University Bankers	10	3	1	6	17	29	-12	10
8	Belper	10	3	0	7	24	30	-6	9
9	Barford Tigers	10	1	3	6	20	34	-14	6
10	Formby	10	1	2	7	13	34	-21	5

Men's Conference West

Fareham		(2)		6	-	2		(0)		Bournville
Geoff Abbott 7 - F Ben Hibberd 13 67 - F PC Simon Tremlett 58 - F Rob O'Brien 65 - F Greg Cox 70 - F										Tom Rowland 49 68 - F F
Old Georgians		(1)		3	-	2		(2)		Whitchurch
John Ryan Van Der Riet 24 60 - PC PC Tom Doran 62 - F										Laith El Khatib 22 - F Mark Whatling 34 - F
Havant		(0)		2	-	5		(3)		Guildford
Ahmed Ezz Mohamed 42 68 - F F										Tom Batchelor 26 31 - F F William Blockley 34 61 - F PC Andrew Pett 69 - F
Plymouth Marjon		(4)		5	-	3		(2)		University of Birmingham
Calum Giles 14 19 - PC PC Damien Burley 18 - F Richard Headlam 26 - F Ed Long 66 - PC										Ben Stoney 1 - F Scott Evans 17 - F Nick Rees 68 - PC
Stourport		(0)		3	-	2		(2)		Team Bath Buccaneers
Mark Moss 47 - F Phil Lashford 50 - F Matthew Fairburn 61 - F										Tim Davenport 7 - F Johnny Kinder 33 - PC

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Team Bath Buccaneers	10	9	0	1	43	24	19	27
2	Fareham	10	5	1	4	28	21	7	16
3	Whitchurch	10	5	0	5	29	28	1	15
4	Guildford	10	4	2	4	23	20	3	14
5	Bournville	10	3	4	3	27	32	-5	13
6	Stourport	10	3	3	4	21	25	-4	12
7	Havant	10	3	3	4	25	30	-5	12
8	Old Georgians	10	3	2	5	26	33	-7	11
9	University of Birmingham	10	3	1	6	25	27	-2	10
10	Plymouth Marjon	10	2	4	4	23	30	-7	10

Women's Conference West

Bournemouth		(2)		3	-	1		(0)		Swansea
Amy Cowd 7 - PC Hannah Nicholls 22 - F Lara Kent 42 - PC										Bridget Radice 59 - F

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Barnes	10	8	2	0	21	8	13	26
2	Cannock	10	7	2	1	35	19	16	23
3	Exe	10	6	1	3	26	14	12	19
4	Buckingham	10	6	0	4	20	21	-1	18
5	Firebrands	10	4	1	5	17	20	-3	13
6	Staines	9	3	3	3	19	18	1	12
7	Team Bath Buccaneers	10	3	2	5	20	20	0	11
8	Aldridge	10	2	3	5	14	27	-13	9
9	Swansea	9	1	1	7	9	18	-9	4
10	Bournemouth	10	1	1	8	11	27	-16	4

Results and tables from yesterday (28/11/09):

Women's Premier Division

University of Birmingham		(1)		2	-	2		(1)		Reading
Jo Turnbull 21 - PS Sophie Bray 43 - F										Helen Richardson 14 - PC Emma Lee-Smith 67 - PC
Leicester		(2)		4	-	0		(0)		Brooklands Poynton
Crista Cullen 5 8 - PS PC Hannah Macleod 55 - F Lauren Turner 63 - F
Olton & West Warwicks		(2)		2	-	0		(0)		Clifton
Holly Chipman 26 28 - F F
Slough		(2)		2	-	1		(0)		Bowdon
Lauren Penny 12 - F Ashleigh Ball 19 - F										Tina Cullen 56 - F
Trojans		(0)		0	-	1		(1)		Canterbury
										Mel Clewlow 14 - PC

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Leicester	10	10	0	0	31	4	27	30
2	Reading	10	8	1	1	35	17	18	25
3	Slough	10	7	1	2	23	14	9	22
4	Olton & West Warwicks	10	5	3	2	15	10	5	18
5	University of Birmingham	10	4	2	4	22	19	3	14
6	Canterbury	10	3	3	4	25	19	6	12
7	Brooklands Poynton	9	2	1	6	11	24	-13	7
8	Bowdon	10	1	3	6	19	26	-7	6
9	Clifton	9	1	1	7	9	27	-18	4
10	Trojans	10	0	1	9	5	35	-30	1

Men's Conference East

Canterbury		(2)		5	-	1		(0)		Chelmsford
Ben Hare 25 - F Matthew Tang Nian 33 - F Andrew Sutherland 46 - PC Leigh Barratt 50 69 - F PC										Adrian Palmer 45 - PC

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Canterbury	10	9	1	0	34	16	18	28
2	Old Loughtonians	9	8	1	0	36	14	22	25
3	Southgate	9	6	0	3	24	17	7	18
4	Holcombe	9	4	3	2	26	18	8	15
5	Oxted	9	4	1	4	21	25	-4	13
6	Harleston Magpies	9	2	4	3	17	14	3	10
7	Sevenoaks	9	3	1	5	21	23	-2	10
8	Bromley and Beckenham	9	1	3	5	17	22	-5	6
9	Indian Gymkhana	9	1	1	7	17	33	-16	4
10	Chelmsford	10	0	1	9	18	49	-31	1

Women's Conference East

Cambridge City		(0)		2	-	4		(2)		St. Albans
Liane Shadrack 43 - F Lisa Stango 65 - F										Claire Beattie 13 - F Tasha Dyson 20 52 - F F Eleanor Bevan 63 - PC
Northampton Saints		(0)		0	-	4		(2)		Horsham
										Louisa Denman 24 - F Fran Crossley 26 - F Erica Rogers 48 - F Siobhan Aherne 58 - F
Chelmsford		(0)		1	-	0		(0)		Ipswich
Hayley Heggie 63 - PC
Sevenoaks		(2)		2	-	2		(1)		Old Loughtonians
Cathy Gilliat-Smith 17 - F Natasha Sykes 34 - F										Anna Coppel 9 - PC Miranda Weeks 62 - F
Southgate		(1)		3	-	2		(1)		Harleston Magpies
Emma Kingstone 8 - PC Alice Madden 64 67 - PC F										Verity Blyth 27 - PS Cherry Seaborn 42 - F

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Ipswich	10	7	2	1	23	7	16	23
2	Sevenoaks	10	7	1	2	17	9	8	22
3	Chelmsford	10	7	0	3	20	15	5	21
4	Harleston Magpies	10	6	1	3	21	8	13	19
5	Horsham	10	5	2	3	22	13	9	17
6	Old Loughtonians	10	3	3	4	16	17	-1	12
7	Cambridge City	10	3	0	7	14	21	-7	9
8	St. Albans	10	2	3	5	15	24	-9	9
9	Southgate	10	2	2	6	9	19	-10	8
10	Northampton Saints	10	0	2	8	6	30	-24	2

Women's Conference North

Beeston		(0)		1	-	3		(1)		Loughborough Students
Shona Mccallin 50 - PC										Emma Batten 10 - F Sarah Mills 66 - F Anna Griffiths 70 - F
Belper		(2)		3	-	2		(2)		Doncaster
Joanna Leigh 8 - F Anna Toman 21 - PC Jess Wood 55 - PC										Abbie Brant 3 10 - F F
Bradford		(0)		1	-	5		(2)		Sutton Coldfield
Cat Horn 65 - F										Melissa Ball 21 - F Vicky Woolford 27 45 - PC F Jane Sixsmith 38 - F Charlotte Cross 70 - F
University of Durham		(2)		6	-	1		(0)		Sheffield Hallam
Harriet Moore 8 - F Gabrielle Foster 23 63 - PC F Louisa Boddy 52 59 - PC PC Danielle Bamber 53 - F										Marcie Dunbar 60 - F
Liverpool Sefton		(2)		2	-	1		(0)		Sunderland Ladies
Grace Moffitt 2 - F Debbie Mills 28 - PS										Janette Hope 43 - PC

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sutton Coldfield	10	8	2	0	38	15	23	26
2	University of Durham	10	8	1	1	27	8	19	25
3	Belper	10	5	1	4	22	15	7	16
4	Beeston	10	5	0	5	26	25	1	15
5	Bradford	10	4	2	4	18	17	1	14
6	Liverpool Sefton	10	3	2	5	20	25	-5	11
7	Loughborough Students	10	3	1	6	18	25	-7	10
8	Sheffield Hallam	10	3	1	6	13	37	-24	10
9	Sunderland Ladies	10	3	0	7	20	26	-6	9
10	Doncaster	10	3	0	7	20	29	-9	9

Women's Conference West

Aldridge		(0)		1	-	6		(3)		Exe
Joanne Walker 60 - F										Linda Webb 5 30 - F F Claire Thomas 13 51 66 - F F F Liz Perry 40 - F
Firebrands		(0)		0	-	1		(0)		Barnes
										Gemma Dunnett 50 - PC
Buckingham		(1)		2	-	1		(1)		Bournemouth
Leanne Grimsley 29 - F Katrina Nicholson 57 - F										Lara Kent 9 - PC
Staines		()			-			()		Swansea
Team Bath Buccaneers		(3)		4	-	1		(0)		Cannock
Tash Dykes 10 - F Jessica Cremin 15 - PC Zoe Shipperley 35 - PC Heidi Baber 37 - PC										Hollie Webb 47 - F

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Barnes	10	8	2	0	21	8	13	26
2	Cannock	10	7	2	1	35	19	16	23
3	Exe	10	6	1	3	26	14	12	19
4	Buckingham	10	6	0	4	20	21	-1	18
5	Firebrands	10	4	1	5	17	20	-3	13
6	Staines	9	3	3	3	19	18	1	12
7	Team Bath Buccaneers	10	3	2	5	20	20	0	11
8	Aldridge	10	2	3	5	14	27	-13	9
9	Swansea	8	1	1	6	8	15	-7	4
10	Bournemouth	9	0	1	8	8	26	-18	1