The was action in both the men's and women's England Hockey League this afternoon.
Two games into the season and only two sides from the men's Premiership are on maximum points. Beeston pushed Cannock to the bottom on the table with a 3-0 win at home, and themselves take pole position. East Grinstead also took the points when they played host to Brooklands, winning 3-0.
New boys Canterbury were deprived of their second win by a late equaliser by Hampstead's Andrew Smith, the match ending at 2-2. Reading are in the unusual position of having not yet recorded a win, going down 2-3 to visitors Loughborough Students – an overtime penalty corner by Simon Faulkner doing the damage there.
It is a similar story in the Women's Premier Division, with University of Birmingham and Leicester both on six points. Leicester saw off Bowdon Hightown 2-1, whilst the students crushed Olton & West Warwicks 6-1. Sophie Bray accounted for four of the university's goals. New girls Cannock should be pleased with their 5-3 win over Reading, which puts them in fourth place.
Belper in the Men's Conference North put seven past Barford Tigers for a reply of only one, but Doncaster are top of this table by virtue of being the only side on maximum points.
New girls in the Women's East Conference are enjoying mixed fortunes, with Surbiton recording their second win by beating Harleston Magpies 2-0 away. Dereham remain fixed at the bottom of the table after losing 0-6 to Horsham.
RESULTS AND TABLES FOR SATURDAY 25th SEPTEMBER 2010
Beeston | | (2) | | 3 | - | 0 | | (0) | | Cannock |
Samuel Ward 1 - F Andrew Monte 31 41 - PC PC | | | | | | | | | | |
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Bowdon | | (0) | | 1 | - | 2 | | (0) | | Surbiton |
Steve Smith 44 - PC | | | | | | | | | | Tim Pinnock 57 - PC Nick Cooper 68 - F |
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East Grinstead | | (2) | | 3 | - | 0 | | (0) | | Brooklands MU |
Gareth Carr 8 - PC Mark Pearn 16 - F Danny Hall 41 - F | | | | | | | | | | |
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Hampstead and Westminster | | (0) | | 2 | - | 2 | | (0) | | Canterbury |
Ian Roberts 48 - PC Andrew Smith 61 - F | | | | | | | | | | Michael Farrer 52 - PC Tom Butt 60 - F |
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Reading | | (1) | | 2 | - | 3 | | (1) | | Loughborough Students |
David Tyler 7 - F Matt Armitage 44 - F | | | | | | | | | | Chris Griffiths 28 - F Simon Faulkner 61 70 - PC PC |
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| | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
1 | Beeston | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
2 | East Grinstead | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
3 | Hampstead and Westminster | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
4 | Canterbury | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
5 | Loughborough Students | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 3 |
6 | Surbiton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 3 |
7 | Reading | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
8 | Bowdon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
9 | Brooklands MU | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 0 |
10 | Cannock | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 0 |
Brooklands Poynton | | (0) | | 1 | - | 1 | | (0) | | Clifton |
Katie Maltman 65 - F | | | | | | | | | | Fleur Horner 51 - PC |
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Cannock | | (3) | | 5 | - | 3 | | (1) | | Reading |
Linda Royston 20 - F Jess Wood 24 69 - F F Becky Machin 35 - F Joanna Leigh 55 - F | | | | | | | | | | Chantal De Bruijn 23 - F Emma Thomas 42 - F Emma Lee-Smith 64 - PC |
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Canterbury | | (0) | | 0 | - | 2 | | (1) | | Slough |
| | | | | | | | | | Lauren Penny 15 - F Chloe Strong 60 - PC |
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Leicester | | (1) | | 2 | - | 1 | | (1) | | Bowdon Hightown |
Rebecca Herbert 22 - F Jess Hickman 55 - F | | | | | | | | | | Tina Cullen 20 - F |
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Olton & West Warwicks | | (0) | | 1 | - | 6 | | (4) | | University of Birmingham |
Naomi James 58 - F | | | | | | | | | | Sophie Bray 13 19 54 60 - F F F PC Holly Payne 24 - F Vicki Gill 35 - F |
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| | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
1 | University of Birmingham | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
2 | Leicester | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
3 | Clifton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
4 | Cannock | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Bowdon Hightown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Canterbury | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
7 | Slough | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
8 | Brooklands Poynton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 1 |
9 | Reading | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 0 |
10 | Olton & West Warwicks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 0 |
Holcombe | | (1) | | 1 | - | 0 | | (0) | | Harleston Magpies |
David Mathews 8 - PC | | | | | | | | | | |
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Old Loughtonians | | (1) | | 1 | - | 0 | | (0) | | St. Albans |
Oliver Didham 9 - PC | | | | | | | | | | |
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Oxted | | (0) | | 2 | - | 4 | | (3) | | Southgate |
Justin King 50 - PC Andrew Baggs 64 - PS | | | | | | | | | | Johannes Kloess 4 - F Dan Shingles 21 - F Adam Wilson 22 - F Nick Gerrard 54 - F |
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Sevenoaks | | (1) | | 2 | - | 3 | | (2) | | Indian Gymkhana |
Sam Rose 7 - F Richard Blakesley 40 - PC | | | | | | | | | | Rafael Lopez Jimenez 22 - PC Paramdeep Eari 31 - F Adam Lewis 50 - F |
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Wimbledon | | (1) | | 2 | - | 3 | | (0) | | Bromley and Beckenham |
Tom Kavanagh 4 - F Matt Fitter 49 - F | | | | | | | | | | Michael Blair 37 43 - F F Dan Fox 65 - F |
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| | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
1 | Indian Gymkhana | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
2 | Holcombe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Harleston Magpies | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
4 | Oxted | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Southgate | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Wimbledon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
7 | Bromley and Beckenham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 3 |
8 | Old Loughtonians | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
9 | St. Albans | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
10 | Sevenoaks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 0 |
Belper | | (2) | | 7 | - | 1 | | (1) | | Barford Tigers |
Tom Sherratt 6 60 67 - F PC F Ben Inshaw 33 - F Tom Leatherland 50 - F Richard Kitchen 54 - F James Blackwell 56 - PC | | | | | | | | | | Navraj Degun 19 - F |
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Ben Rhydding | | (1) | | 4 | - | 4 | | (2) | | Deeside Ramblers |
Samuel French 9 48 - PC F Luke Lambert 56 - PC Alex White 63 - F | | | | | | | | | | Ali Ghazanfar 12 16 - PC PC Russ Hornby 49 50 - F F |
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Doncaster | | (1) | | 2 | - | 1 | | (0) | | University of Durham |
Richard Thomas 33 - PC Owen Leask 41 - F | | | | | | | | | | Daniel Coultas 49 - PC |
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Olton & West Warwicks | | (1) | | 1 | - | 1 | | (0) | | Sheffield Hallam Civica |
Angus Grieve 33 - F | | | | | | | | | | Oliver Lobo 45 - F |
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| | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
1 | Doncaster | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
2 | Sheffield Hallam Civica | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
3 | Belper | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
4 | University of Durham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Barford Tigers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
6 | Deeside Ramblers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Leek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Ben Rhydding | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 1 |
9 | Olton & West Warwicks | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
10 | Harborne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
Cheltenham | | (1) | | 3 | - | 1 | | (1) | | Bournville |
James Astley 7 - F Liam Brignull 45 - F Alex Hay 70 - PC | | | | | | | | | | Oliver Westbrook 18 - PC |
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Havant | | (2) | | 3 | - | 3 | | (2) | | Stourport |
Ben Mackey 19 66 - F F Andrew Pett 25 - F | | | | | | | | | | Simon Miles 6 10 - F F James Styles 62 - F |
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Team Bath Buccaneers | | (3) | | 3 | - | 2 | | (1) | | Fareham |
Richard Bendry 14 - F Phillip Ball 22 - F Bradley Milburn-Anderson 70 - F | | | | | | | | | | James Seagar 29 - PC Kent Langridge 40 - F |
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University of Birmingham | | (0) | | 1 | - | 4 | | (2) | | University of Exeter |
Peter Jackson 63 - PC | | | | | | | | | | Brendon Noble 3 - F James Royce 10 - F Tom Carson 45 48 - F PC |
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Whitchurch | | (1) | | 1 | - | 1 | | (0) | | Guildford |
Rhys Thomas 30 - F | | | | | | | | | | William Blockley 55 - PS |
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| | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
1 | University of Exeter | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 6 |
2 | Team Bath Buccaneers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
3 | Cheltenham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Bournville | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
5 | Guildford | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Whitchurch | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Havant | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 1 |
8 | Fareham | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
9 | University of Birmingham | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 1 |
10 | Stourport | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 1 |
Chelmsford | | (1) | | 5 | - | 0 | | (0) | | Old Loughtonians |
Loren Sherer 21 - F Kat Hales 53 - PC Louisa Taylor 57 - F Libby Knifton 62 - F Julia Butterworth 64 - F | | | | | | | | | | |
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Dereham | | (0) | | 0 | - | 6 | | (3) | | Horsham |
| | | | | | | | | | Fran Crossley 10 22 44 51 - PC F PC F Zeph Fisher 34 - PC Stephanie Dent 67 - F |
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Harleston Magpies | | (0) | | 0 | - | 2 | | (1) | | Surbiton |
| | | | | | | | | | Helen Grant 31 - F Vicky Bryant 59 - F |
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Ipswich | | (0) | | 2 | - | 2 | | (0) | | Cambridge City |
Annika Broster 45 58 - F PC | | | | | | | | | | Kellie-Lee James 36 - F Faye Andreou 70 - PC |
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St. Albans | | (1) | | 1 | - | 1 | | (1) | | Sevenoaks |
Sarah Cullum 28 - F | | | | | | | | | | Cathy Gilliat-Smith 34 - PC |
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| | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
1 | Chelmsford | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
2 | Surbiton | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
3 | Horsham | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
4 | Sevenoaks | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
5 | Ipswich | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
6 | St. Albans | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Cambridge City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 1 |
8 | Old Loughtonians | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 0 |
9 | Harleston Magpies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 0 |
10 | Dereham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | -10 | 0 |
Aldridge & Walsall | | (0) | | 1 | - | 3 | | (2) | | Sunderland Ladies |
Helen Parr 63 - F | | | | | | | | | | Joss Plummer 6 - PC Julie Hope 30 40 - PC PC |
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Wakefield Bradford | | (2) | | 5 | - | 2 | | (1) | | Belper |
Louise Raper 10 - PC June Fenton 33 - F Heather Stafford 53 57 - PC PC Gwen Smith 66 - F | | | | | | | | | | Charlotte Hobbs 11 - F Jess Horn 70 - F |
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University of Durham | | (1) | | 1 | - | 0 | | (0) | | Beeston |
Emma Onien 2 - F | | | | | | | | | | |
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Loughborough Students LHC | | (2) | | 3 | - | 0 | | (0) | | Springfields UCLAN |
Giselle Ansley 6 - PC Josie Inverdale 33 - PC Suzy Petty 37 - PC | | | | | | | | | | |
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Sutton Coldfield | | (2) | | 4 | - | 0 | | (0) | | Doncaster |
Sarah Mills 13 20 67 - F PC F Jane Sixsmith 37 - F | | | | | | | | | | |
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| | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
1 | Wakefield Bradford | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
2 | Sutton Coldfield | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
3 | Sunderland Ladies | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
4 | Loughborough Students LHC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
5 | University of Durham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Aldridge & Walsall | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
7 | Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 1 |
8 | Beeston | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
9 | Belper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 0 |
10 | Springfields UCLAN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 0 |
Barnes Hounslow Ealing | | (0) | | 0 | - | 2 | | (2) | | Exe |
| | | | | | | | | | Sarah Payne 17 - PC Claire Thomas 28 - F |
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Isca University | | (0) | | 0 | - | 0 | | (0) | | Buckingham |
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Staines | | (0) | | 0 | - | 2 | | (1) | | Firebrands |
| | | | | | | | | | Sophie Ainge 21 50 - F F |
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Swansea | | (0) | | 0 | - | 0 | | (0) | | Team Bath Buccaneers |
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Trojans | | (4) | | 9 | - | 1 | | (0) | | Worcester |
Stephanie Farmer 5 14 - PC PS Laura Nicholls 22 34 - F F Emma Teague 50 55 - PC PC Nyssa Cole 57 63 65 - F F PC | | | | | | | | | | Charlotte Roberts 47 - F |
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| | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
1 | Firebrands | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
2 | Trojans | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
3 | Swansea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
4 | Exe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
5 | Isca University | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Buckingham | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Team Bath Buccaneers | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
8 | Staines | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
9 | Barnes Hounslow Ealing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 0 |
10 | Worcester | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | -11 | 0 |