This season's Indoor England Hockey League started today, with both the men's and women's Premier Divisions being located at the same centre at Flemming Park, Eastleigh.
In the men's Premiership the usual suspects were heading the table, with Surbiton in fourth place just to add a new face to the mix. Reading currently lead the pack on goal difference, a situation much aided by a 20-4 win over Havant. Havant had a bad day, falling to Surbiton 15-3 earlier in the day.
Last year's champions, East Grinstead notched up two wins out of two, first overcoming Beeston 11-2 and then Harleston Magpies 8-2. It was Loughborough Students' 8-5 win over Surbiton that kept the Surrey side out of the top three. Earlier in the day the Students had beaten St Albans 8-4.
IN THE WOMEN'S PREMIER only two teams remain unbeaten at the end of the first day. Old hands Slough had two convincing wins, 10-2 over Trojans and 11-3 over Olton and West Warwicks, with their Jane Smith scoring no less than 13 goals over the day's games. They are ahead of Leicester on goal difference, who beat Canterbury 9-4 and Clifton 4-0. They are followed by five sides on three points. Clifton and Olton failed to record a win today.
Men's Premier Division Havant 3 (2-8) 15 Surbiton Andy Richards 7 – F Will Cairns 15 – F Ezz Mohammed 40 - PC Matt Daly 3 9 29 – F F F Tim Pinnock 6 – PC Richard Alexander 7 33 – F F Dan Fox 8 16 30 – F F F Andrew Sheridan 12 19 – F F Ben Hawes 25 37 – F F Hugh Wilson 28 32 – F F Loughborough Students 8 (4-4) 4 St Albans James Osborn 4 – F Richard Smith 16 – PC John Jackson 17 25 40 – F F F Simon Faulkner 20 – PC David Beckett 23 – F David Appleton 37 – F Andrew Downing 7 – F Paul Cooper 14 – F Edward Potter 17 – F David Williams 19 - F Beeston 2 (1-4) 11 East Grinstead Gareth Andrew 5 – F James McBlane 22 - PC Dom Male 10 31 32 – F F F David De Prez 13 – F Ashley Jackson 14 27 28 – F PC PC Mats Gransbusch 15 35 – F PC Scott Ashdown 27 – F Niall Stott 34 – F Harleston Magpies 5 (3-2) 2 Old Loughtonians Tristan Baynes 8 17 26 – PS F F Andy Hipwell 18 39 – F F Oliver Didham 10 – F James Stedman 12 – F Reading 20 (9-0) 4 Havant Shillen Tanna 1 11 19 – PC F PC Richard Mantell 6 30 40 – PC PC PC Harry Slater 8 10 28 – F F F Ian Mackay 12 32 36 – F F F Harry Jawanda 16 20 34 38 – F PC F F Rhys Joyce 26 26 – F F Paul Turk 31 – F Ben Barnes 39 – F James Lawson 22 25 – PC F Nathan Palmer 30 – F Ezz Mohammed 40 – F Surbiton 5 (2-3) 8 Loughborough Students Tim Pinnock 11 28 37 – PS PS PC Matt Daly 13 – F Richard Alexander 30 - F James Osborn 7 – F John Jackson 11 – F David Beckett 13 30 38 – F PC F Peter Dobson 33 – F Richard Smith 33 – PS David Appleton 36 – PC St Albans 3 (1-2) 8 Beeston David Williams 19 23 – F F Paul Cooper 35 - F David Griffiths 8 – F James McBlane 20 25 – PC PS Gareth Andrew 28 28 – F F Adam Dixon 31 34 38 – PC PC PC East Grinstead 8 (5-2) 2 Harleston Magpies David De Prez 1 2 3 – F F F Ashley Jackson 5 29 – PS F Scott Ashdown 8 – F Niall Stott 23 29 – PC F Matt Riches 8 – F Tristan Baynes 10 – PC Old Loughtonians 4 (1-3) 6 Reading James Stedman 18 37 40 – F PC F Ali Bray 38 - PC Harry Jawanda 4 – F Richard Mantell 9 – F Ian Mackay 19 35 – F F Harry Slater 29 – F Rhys Joyce 40 – PS Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Reading 2 2 0 0 26 8 18 6 East Grinstead 2 2 0 0 19 4 15 6 Loughborough Students 2 2 0 0 16 9 7 6 Surbiton 2 1 0 1 20 11 9 3 Harleston Magpies 2 1 0 1 7 10 -3 3 Beeston 2 1 0 1 10 14 -4 3 Old Loughtonians 2 0 0 2 6 11 -5 0 St Albans 2 0 0 2 7 16 -9 0 Havant 2 0 0 2 7 35 -28 0 Women's Premier Division Trojans 7 (5-1) 3 Clifton Nyssa McNeill 2 8 – F F Joanna Davis 6 19 27 – F F F Jenny Pebbles 20 – F Sarah Embry 26 – F Georgie Twigg 8 37 39 – F F F Leicester 9 (5-2) 4 Canterbury Vanessa Hawkins 6 10 – F F Lauren Turner 12 18 29 31 40 – F F PC PC PC Kerry Williams 15 – F Hannah Smith 23 – F Natasha Brennan 3 – F Susie Rowe 7 – F Laura Dowling 33 – F Sarah Kerly 36 - F Ipswich 6 (3-2) 2 Chelmsford Lizzy Aldous 5 34 – PC PC Emma Millar 13 – F Issy Sheldrake 20 – PC Jess Bloom 37 – F Vanessa Roberts 40 – F Sarah Bolton 2 13 – F F Bowdon Hightown 4 (2-2) 3 Olton and West Warwicks Sam Quek 18 34 36 – PC PC PC Tina Cullen 19 – F Rachel Walker 6 9 – PC PC Jenny Pritchard 33 – F Slough 10 (3-2) 2 Trojans Jane Smith 1 2 10 21 24 30 30 30 – PC F F F PS F PS F Ashleigh Ball 23 – F Jo Cox 32 – PC Nyssa McNeill 2 – F Sarah Embry 19 - F Clifton 0 (0-2) 4 Leicester Kerry Williams 9 – F Lauren Turner 19 22 – F PC Lucy Brown 31 – F Canterbury 3 (2-2) 2 Ipswich Susie Rowe 2 22 – F PC Nikki Triggs 4 – PC Vanessa Roberts 6 – F Jess Bloom 12 – F Chelmsford 4 (1-1) 3 Bowdon Hightown Sarah Bolton 12 31 – PC PS Hayley Heggie 24 – PC Beccy Budd 32 – F Tina Cullen 7 – F Sam Quek 35 39 – PC PC Olton and West Warwicks 3 (1-7) 11 Slough Laura Price 2 – F Emma McCabe 27 – PC Rachel Walker 34 – C Nat Bell 3 24 – F PC Jane Smith 9 11 12 14 31 – PC PC PC F F Ashleigh Ball 14 – F Alex Scott 15 26 – F F Chloe Strong 30 – PC Team P W D L F A Diff Pts Slough 2 2 0 0 21 5 16 6 Leicester 2 2 0 0 13 4 9 6 Ipswich 2 1 0 1 8 5 3 3 Bowdon Hightown 2 1 0 1 7 7 0 3 Chelmsford 2 1 0 1 6 9 -3 3 Trojans 2 1 0 1 9 13 -4 3 Canterbury 2 1 0 1 7 11 -4 3 Clifton 2 0 0 2 3 11 -8 0 Olton & West Warwicks 2 0 0 2 6 15 -9 0
