'GRINSTEAD CLINCH IT AGAIN by Peter Colwill at the Super Sixes Finals

East Grinstead are the English indoor champions after beating Beeston 8-5 in the Super Sixes at Wembley Arena,

Beeston were behind from an opening minute strike by David De Prez, and although they equalized twice, East Grinstead’s superior reserve strength saw them through to a confortable victory.

De Prez added a couple more goals and there were braces for Barry Middleton and Niall Stott. Adam Dixon, who was devastating, scored a couple for Beeston who had reached the final beating Reading on penalties.

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STROKES DECIDE WOMEN'S WEMBLEY FINAL by Peter Colwill at the Super Sixes finals.

Bowdon Hightown became the Women’s Indoor champions by beating Reading 9-8 on penalty strokes following a 5-5 draw in the final. Amy Tennant dived low to her left to deny Emma Thomas at the 22^nd stroke of the shoot-out.

Alex Danson was the outstanding player with 4 goals, including 3 from open play. Sam Quek scored Reading’s other goal against her former club.

Sally Walton (the official player of the match) converted both Hightown’s corners with the other goals coming from Nicky O’Donnell, Fay Nash and the evergreen Tina Cullen.

Images from the match will be available to view at our sister web site www.hockeyimages.co.uk.

WINTER HITS SHEFFIELD FOR A SECOND TIME – Todays re-arranged Conference games.

The England Hockey League does not officially re-start after its winter break until next week but there were seven matches postponed from the weekend of 27/28 November which were played today. There should have been an eighth but wintry conditions struck the North Conference match between Sheffield Hallam and Olton & West Warwicks for the second time and it has had to be postponed again. Elsewhere in the North, Leek put three past Harborne to win 3-1 and increase their lead at the top of the table to five points. In the East Conference, Holcombe's hopes of promotion took a dent when they went down 3-0 away to Harleston Magpies. The gap between them and leaders Southgate has opened to five points. The West conference saw three matches played, two of which involved promotion contenders. University of Exeter, looking for an early return to the Premiership earned maximum points at home against University of Birmingham. A second half rally by Fareham failed to stop Bath Buccs charge at the top of the table, but Exeter Uni still hold the lead on goal difference. At the other end of the table, Bournville increased their chances of survival with a 5-4 win over Bournville. Tomorrow (Sunday) sees the Super Sixes Indoor Finals at Wembley. TalkHockeyRadio will be there with reports on this blog, plus images next day on our sister site at www.hockeyimages.co.uk. Postponed matches played today:

 

Men's Conference East

 

Harleston Magpies		(1)		3	-	0		(0)		Holcombe
Andy Hipwell 26 - F James Fanger 48 - F William Martin 55 - F

 

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Southgate	10	7	2	1	42	13	29	23
2	Holcombe	10	5	3	2	19	13	6	18
3	Old Loughtonians	9	5	2	2	23	18	5	17
4	Indian Gymkhana	9	5	1	3	21	20	1	16
5	Harleston Magpies	10	5	0	5	32	24	8	15
6	Bromley and Beckenham	9	5	0	4	34	30	4	15
7	Wimbledon	9	4	2	3	24	20	4	14
8	Oxted	10	3	0	7	24	40	-16	9
9	St. Albans	9	1	2	6	16	25	-9	5
10	Sevenoaks	9	1	0	8	13	45	-32	3

 

Men's Conference North

 

Harborne		(0)		1	-	3		(0)		Leek
James Bassett 51 - F										Paul Dawson 42 - F Paul Nixon 58 - F Stuart Waby 64 - PC
Sheffield Hallam Civica		()			-			()		Olton & West Warwicks
Postponed - frozen pitch

 

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Leek	10	7	2	1	26	14	12	23
2	Doncaster	9	6	0	3	33	17	16	18
3	Olton & West Warwicks	9	5	3	1	24	18	6	18
4	Sheffield Hallam Civica	9	5	1	3	35	19	16	16
5	University of Durham	9	5	1	3	24	13	11	16
6	Deeside Ramblers	9	4	3	2	25	24	1	15
7	Belper	9	3	0	6	21	24	-3	9
8	Harborne	10	3	0	7	18	32	-14	9
9	Barford Tigers	9	1	1	7	15	35	-20	4
10	Ben Rhydding	9	1	1	7	13	38	-25	4

 

Men's Conference West

 

Bournville		(1)		5	-	4		(3)		Cheltenham
Adam Sudale 2 - F Edward Stanhope 40 67 - F F Tom Rowland 43 46 - F F										James Astley 1 - F Simon Padley 29 31 - F F Alex Hay 51 - F
University of Exeter		(2)		3	-	2		(2)		University of Birmingham
James Royce 6 39 - F F Tom Carson 11 - F										Tom Merchant 14 - F Richard Marshall 27 - F
Fareham		(0)		4	-	5		(3)		Team Bath Buccaneers
Craig Peel 38 50 - PC PC David Howes 39 - F James Seagar 57 - PC										Tim Atkins 21 - F Matt Ruxton 23 - F Phillip Ball 33 43 - PC PC Tim Davenport 41 - F

 

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	University of Exeter	10	8	1	1	37	14	23	25
2	Team Bath Buccaneers	10	8	1	1	39	24	15	25
3	Guildford	9	3	6	0	12	9	3	15
4	Havant	9	3	4	2	24	20	4	13
5	Cheltenham	10	4	1	5	25	29	-4	13
6	Whitchurch	9	3	3	3	19	15	4	12
7	University of Birmingham	10	3	1	6	20	29	-9	10
8	Fareham	10	2	2	6	25	28	-3	8
9	Bournville	10	2	2	6	22	33	-11	8
10	Stourport	9	0	3	6	13	35	-22	3

 

Women's Conference North

 

Belper		(0)		0	-	1		(1)		Wakefield Bradford
										Cat Horn 24 - PC
Sunderland Ladies		(2)		5	-	0		(0)		Aldridge & Walsall
Joss Plummer 6 - F Kimberley Naylor 32 - PC Claire M Dobison 48 - PS Ali Gordon 66 - F Emma Onien 68 - F

 

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sunderland Ladies	10	8	0	2	29	15	14	24
2	Loughborough Students LHC	9	7	1	1	24	7	17	22
3	Wakefield Bradford	10	7	1	2	27	18	9	22
4	Sutton Coldfield	9	7	0	2	39	10	29	21
5	University of Durham	9	5	2	2	22	10	12	17
6	Doncaster	9	2	4	3	16	20	-4	10
7	Springfields UCLAN	9	2	1	6	11	32	-21	7
8	Aldridge & Walsall	10	1	2	7	5	36	-31	5
9	Belper	10	1	1	8	11	29	-18	4
10	Beeston	9	1	0	8	13	20	-7	3