England Hockey League Round-up for 5 March 2011:

Leicester knocked Canterbury off the top place in the Women's Premiership when the two sides met this afternoon. A single penalty corner conversion by Crista Cullen just before half time was enough to tie up the match and give Leicester a 1-0 win. Slough are still keeping within striking distance of the leaders with a 3-2 win over Birmingham University, which sees the students slip down to sixth place. Moving in the other direction are Reading, who move from sixth to fourth after their 3-2 win away at Clifton.

The women's Premier Division table has now split into two, with 11 points separating the sixth and seventh places. Brooklands Poynton on five points look the most likely relegation candidates, after losing 4-2 to Cannock this afternoon. Cannock have climbed out of the play-off spot, but are only separated on goal difference from Olton & West Warwicks in ninth place. Olton drew 1-1 away to Bowdon Hightown.

The top of the Women's East Conference remains competitive with six points separating the top five sides. The strongest challenger to the leaders, Sevenoaks, comes from Ipswich who slipped up this afternoon by losing 3-1 away at Chelmsford. Ironically, Chelmsford slip back one place after Surbiton beat Cambridge City 6-1.

The North Conference is looking increasingly like a two horse race, with Sutton Coldfield leading the pack and being chased by Loughborough Students. In the West, Buckingham's lead opened to four points after a 1-0 win over Firebrands, whilst Isca lost 3-1 to Swansea. With only three matches left to play, Worcester are as good as relegated. Their 8-1 defeat at the hands of Exe means that they are 14 points adrift at the bottom of the West table.

There was one match in the Men's Premier Division today, which is the late starting game between East Grinstead and Beeston. With leader's East Grinstead only winning two points from their last two games, a win by Beeston would close the gap to two points. We will bring you the result later this evening.

England Hockey League results for Saturday 5 March 2011:

 

Women's Premier Division

 

Bowdon Hightown		(1)		1	-	1		(1)		Olton & West Warwicks
Sally Walton 2 - PC										Naomi James 22 - PC
Brooklands Poynton		(2)		2	-	4		(1)		Cannock
Lindsay Rachubka 29 - F Helen Armishaw 34 - F										Eleanor Watton 17 - PC Hollie Webb 48 - PC Linda Royston 59 - F Joanna Leigh 68 - PC   47min, Holly Webb had pen stroke saved by Michelle Thomas
Canterbury		(0)		0	-	1		(1)		Leicester
										Crista Cullen 33 - PC
Clifton		(0)		0	-	3		(2)		Reading
										Kate Walsh 6 7 - PC PC Rebecca Halle 58 - F
University of Birmingham		(0)		2	-	3		(2)		Slough
Liz George 42 - F Sarah Page 65 - F										Nicola White 3 - F Samantha Archer 17 61 - F F

 

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Leicester	14	10	2	2	37	12	25	32
2	Canterbury	15	10	1	4	36	18	18	31
3	Slough	15	9	2	4	27	23	4	29
4	Reading	15	9	0	6	40	23	17	27
5	Bowdon Hightown	15	8	2	5	29	26	3	26
6	University of Birmingham	15	8	1	6	32	25	7	25
7	Clifton	15	4	2	9	23	29	-6	14
8	Cannock	15	3	3	9	34	51	-17	12
9	Olton & West Warwicks	15	3	3	9	30	53	-23	12
10	Brooklands Poynton	14	1	2	11	19	47	-28	5

 

Men's Conference West

 

Whitchurch		(1)		2	-	2		(1)		Havant
Joe Naughalty 22 59 - F F										James Lawson 14 - F Rajdeep Laly 56 - F

 

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	University of Exeter	14	12	1	1	54	16	38	37
2	Team Bath Buccaneers	14	11	2	1	46	27	19	35
3	Guildford	14	5	6	3	24	17	7	21
4	University of Birmingham	14	6	1	7	33	32	1	19
5	Cheltenham	14	6	1	7	36	42	-6	19
6	Whitchurch	14	4	4	6	28	32	-4	16
7	Havant	14	3	7	4	30	36	-6	16
8	Bournville	14	4	2	8	33	43	-10	14
9	Stourport	14	2	4	8	23	48	-25	10
10	Fareham	14	2	2	10	27	41	-14	8

 

Women's Conference East

 

Chelmsford		(2)		3	-	1		(0)		Ipswich
Loren Sherer 9 51 - F F Jess Ecott 12 - PC										Jessica Bloom 61 - PC
Dereham		(0)		0	-	2		(1)		Sevenoaks
										Cathy Gilliat-Smith 3 - F Jet Van Zalen 57 - F   62min, Cathy Gilliat-Smith missed pen stroke
Harleston Magpies		(3)		6	-	0		(0)		St. Albans
Emma Lee-Smith 22 25 - F F Sarah Brook 33 - F Emily Wilford 37 49 69 - F F F
Surbiton		(3)		6	-	1		(0)		Cambridge City
Vicky Bryant 19 - PC Helen Grant 23 46 - PC F Jessica Brooker 34 - F Bethan Jenkins 50 - F Emma Rowland-Jones 70 - PS										Kellie-Lee James 40 - F
Horsham		(0)		0	-	0		(0)		Old Loughtonians
										67min, Rachel Dunning had pen stroke saved by Hannah Simpson

 

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sevenoaks	15	9	5	1	34	10	24	32
2	Ipswich	15	9	2	4	34	19	15	29
3	Surbiton	15	8	4	3	34	16	18	28
4	Chelmsford	15	8	4	3	35	20	15	28
5	Harleston Magpies	15	8	2	5	26	18	8	26
6	Horsham	15	6	5	4	23	12	11	23
7	Old Loughtonians	15	5	5	5	23	21	2	20
8	St. Albans	15	3	4	8	18	34	-16	13
9	Cambridge City	15	2	1	12	14	39	-25	7
10	Dereham	15	1	0	14	10	62	-52	3

 

Women's Conference North

 

Doncaster		(2)		2	-	3		(1)		Sunderland Ladies
Abbie Brant 4 - PC Kirstie Grace 9 - F										Julie Hope 34 - F Gemma Whitworth 37 - PC Charlotte Marwood 67 - F
University of Durham		(3)		8	-	1		(0)		Aldridge & Walsall
Harriet Moore 12 21 67 68 - F F F F Caroline Crawford 16 - F Joanna Lane 60 70 - F PC Cherry Seaborn 68 - F										Omarah Taylor 39 - F
Loughborough Students LHC		(5)		5	-	0		(0)		Belper
Giselle Ansley 10 24 - PC PC Laura Bridge 13 - F Gillian Boddy 19 - PC Holly Brown 32 - F
Springfields UCLAN		(1)		3	-	2		(1)		Beeston
Hanah Minto 22 - F Karen Harvey 39 - PC Dawn Bennett 49 - PC										Ciara Bamford 30 - F Ellie Atkins 53 - F
Sutton Coldfield		(1)		3	-	2		(0)		Wakefield Bradford
Celia Butler 15 - F Vicky Woolford 37 - F Clare Florida-James 45 - PC										Hannah Norman 2 - F Cat Horn 20 - F 28min, Ellie Walmsley missed pen stroke (wide right)

 

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Sutton Coldfield	15	13	0	2	71	17	54	39
2	Loughborough Students LHC	15	12	1	2	46	10	36	37
3	Sunderland Ladies	15	10	1	4	37	26	11	31
4	University of Durham	15	8	4	3	41	18	23	28
5	Wakefield Bradford	14	9	1	4	36	24	12	28
6	Doncaster	15	4	5	6	29	37	-8	17
7	Springfields UCLAN	15	3	2	10	22	55	-33	11
8	Belper	15	2	2	11	18	45	-27	8
9	Beeston	14	2	1	11	19	34	-15	7
10	Aldridge & Walsall	15	1	3	11	10	63	-53	6

 

Women's Conference West

 

Firebrands		(0)		0	-	1		(0)		Buckingham
										Samantha Sandham 44 - F
Barnes Hounslow Ealing		(0)		0	-	1		(0)		Staines
										Lucy Todd 40 - F
Isca University		(0)		1	-	3		(1)		Swansea
Zoe Burrell 25 - PC										Natasha Marke 9 10 30 - F F F
Trojans		(0)		0	-	4		(3)		Team Bath Buccaneers
										Mary Douglas 12 47 - F F Emma Batten 14 - F Jess Rickman 23 - F
Worcester		(0)		1	-	8		(4)		Exe
Julia Paschwitz 63 - PC										Claire Thomas 7 21 28 38 47 - PC F F F PC Kirsty Cruden 32 - F Linda Webb 42 - F Clare Whitworth 60 - F

 

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Buckingham	15	11	2	2	42	10	32	35
2	Isca University	15	9	4	2	33	17	16	31
3	Trojans	15	8	3	4	43	18	25	27
4	Swansea	15	7	5	3	30	23	7	26
5	Team Bath Buccaneers	15	5	6	4	25	19	6	21
6	Barnes Hounslow Ealing	15	5	3	7	21	20	1	18
7	Exe	15	4	4	7	28	30	-2	16
8	Staines	15	4	4	7	13	29	-16	16
9	Firebrands	15	3	6	6	17	26	-9	15
10	Worcester	15	0	1	14	7	67	-60	1