Bronze Medal Match
Great Britain 4 (1)
Richard Mantell 34 (PC)
Rob Moore 53 (F)
Richard Smith 59 (PC)
Matt Daly 65 (F)
New Zealand 2 (1)
Stephen Jenness 20 (PC)
Blair Hilton 69 (F)
Yesterday's result:
Great Britain 1 (1)
Matt Daly 20 (PC)
Korea 3 (2)
Yoon Sung Hoon 10 (F)
Jeon Byung Jin 23 (F)
Hyo Sik 41 (PC)
Photo: Beeston captain Stephen Lawrence with the EHB Challenge Trophy. The presentation had to be held indoors due to torrential rain. (Image: HockeyImages.co.uk).The patient may have been exposed to the elements and had very few visitors but they are still alive – just!
Miserable weather, competition from the FA Cup and general lethargy about this once-important competition, kept the crowds away from the EHB Cup Finals at Cannock yesterday. The men's Cup Final between Beeston and Cannock could be described as a very 'Northern' affair, with some very robust play and it is probably remarkable that visitors to the naughty seat numbered only three.
Doncaster tried the opening tactic we had seen Beeston use against HGC a couple of weeks ago in the KO16 – very aggressive hockey in an attempt to get around the defence. But Beeston's classed show through and, although they had only an Andrew Monte goal to show to their credit by half time, Beeston started to notch up the goals in the second half.
What had started as a not particularly inspiring match, went up a notch in the second half, with some quality goals and some quality goalkeeping from both sides. Despite coming from division below Beeston, Doncaster showed flashes of class which belied their lower status.
In his presentation speech after the match, EHB President congratulated Beeston and Doncaster for their contribution to keeping the Cup alive. Amen to that. Beeston retain the cup they first won in 2008, to add to their League Championship Cup.
The weather was kinder for the earlier women's final between Surbiton and Bowdon Hightown. Tina Cullen may no longer be the league's top scorer, but she was in form for this match with a goal in each half, with Sally Walton providing the other two in Hightown's 4-1 win. Ironically it was Surbiton's Abi Robinson's 55th minute consolation goal that provided us with the goal of the match.
Images from both matches will appear at www.HockeyImages.co.uk soon.
Doncaster | (0) | 2 | - | 6 | (1) | Beeston |
Joe Morrison - 39 (PC) Jonathan Redfern - 59 (PC) | Andrew Monte - 8 37 (PC, PC) Chris Gregg - 46 (F) Ben Arnold - 57 (PC) Martin Jones - 64 (F) David Ames - 70 (F) |
Surbiton | (0) | 1 | - | 4 | (1) | Bowdon Hightown |
Abi Robinson - 55 (F) | Tina Cullen - 13 49 (F, PC) Sally Walton - 53 55 (F, F) |
Australia 2 (2)
Brett Dancer 8 (PC)
Christopher Ciriello 29 (PC)
Great Britain 1 (0)
Richard Mantell 57 (PC)
Great Britain 3 (1)
Richard Mantell 14 (PC)
Jonty Clarke 51 (PC)
Richard Alexander 55 (F)
New Zealand 1 (0)
Shay Neal 60 (F)
Great Britain 3 (2)
Rob Moore 8 (F)
Jonty Clarke 39 (F), 63 (F)
Pakistan 2 (1)
Sohail Abbas 31 (PC)
Haseem Khan Abdul 64 (F)
Great Britain 1 (0)
James Tindall 62 (F)
India 3 (1)
Rupinder Pal Singh 10 (P),56 (PC) ,57 (PC)
Today's result from the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia
MALAYSIA 1 (0)
Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin 41 (F)
GREAT BRITAIN 3 (2)
James Tindall 17 (PC)
Richard Smith 35 (F)
Rob Moore 51 (F)
University of Exeter and Southgate both secured a return to the Men’s Premier Division of the England Hockey League this afternoon in the final day of the Promotion Tournament.
Canterbury’s last surviving hope of staying in the Premiership crashed when they went down 2-5 to Durham University this afternoon. The game was marred by the dismissal of Canterbury’s Michael Farrar and the University’s Mark Galloway, who were both shown red cards in the final minutes of the match. This was for being shown their second yellow card of the game.
University of Exeter beat Southgate 5-2. Southgate crept back into the Premiership by virtue of a superior goal difference over Durham.
In the women’s Promotion Tournament, Sutton Coldfield finished the weekend unbeaten with a 2-1 win over Buckingham and return to the Premier Division after an absence of a few seasons. Olton & West Warwicks retain their Premiership status by beating Sevenoaks 2-0.
Full details of the scorers will appear on this blog later.
GB Super League results and tables from yesterday:
Great Britain Super League
Sunday, May 1 2011
Men's Competition
Lilleshall NSC, England
Caledonian Cougars | (0) | 0 | - | 3 | (1) | Celtic Panthers |
Lewis Prosser - 34 (F) | ||||||
Joe Naughalty - 38 (F) | ||||||
Rufus McNaught-Barrington - 42 (F) | ||||||
Saxon Tigers | (0) | 1 | - | 3 | (1) | Pennine Pumas |
Stephane Vehrle-Smith - 68 (F) | Richard Lane - 14 (F) | |||||
Peter Jackson - 55 (PC) | ||||||
David Beckett - 57 (F) |
Women's Competition
Lilleshall NSC, England
Third/Fourth play-off
Celtic Panthers | (0) | 2 | - | 3 | (0) | Pennine Pumas |
Lia Wilkinson - 40 (PC) | Lauren Turner - 50 (PS) | |||||
Beth Fisher - 56 (F) | Sarah Haycroft - 59 (PC) | |||||
Giselle Ansley - 64 (PC) |
Final
Saxon Tigers | (4) | 6 | - | 0 | (0) | Caledonian Cougars |
Ashleigh Ball - 5 (PC) | ||||||
Anna Bennett - 12 22 (F, F) | ||||||
Alex Danson - 16 54 (F, F) | ||||||
Crista Cullen - 67 (PC) |
Men's League
Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
Pennine Pumas | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 12 |
Saxon Tigers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
Highland Jaguars | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 7 |
Celtic Panthers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 3 |
Caledonian Cougars | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 | -12 | 0 |
Women's League
Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
Saxon Tigers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 9 |
Caledonian Cougars | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
Celtic Panthers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 3 |
Pennine Pumas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 1 |
Full Promotion Tournament Results and Tables from yesterday (1/5/11)
Men's Promotion Tournament |
Southgate |
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Andrew Westbrook 10 - F |
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1 | Southgate | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
2 | University of Exeter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
3 | University of Durham | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 3 |
4 | Canterbury | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 0 |
Women's Promotion Tournament |
Sutton Coldfield |
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Vicky Woolford 24 - PC |
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Samantha Sandham 69 - F |
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1 | Sutton Coldfield | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
2 | Olton & West Warwicks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
3 | Sevenoaks | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
4 | Buckingham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 0 |
The second day of the England Hockey League promotion play-offs had started with concerns that tomorrow’s matches might simply be a formality. But some amazing play in the afternoon’s men’s matches turned the whole promotion issue upside down.
Canterbury, who seemed doomed to relegation after yesterday’s 3-1 defeat at the hands of Exeter University, made an amazing comeback in today’s match against Southgate. At 4-2 down they clawed their way back with two penalty corner conversions from Michael Farrer. But the match was to end in heartbreak for Canterbury, with a late winner from Southgate’s Clive Tewin. The match broke some sort of record for the weekend, with no less than eight players sent to the naughty seat but, despite this, it was an excess of enthusiasm rather than bad tempers that caused the yellow cards.
The all-university match between Exeter and Durham bore a number of similarities to the earlier match. Durham scored two early goals, leaving Exeter chasing the score until an overtime penalty corner equaliser sent the teams into half time at 2-2. Durham retook the lead after a penalty stroke early the second half, and increased their lead soon after with a penalty corner conversion by Daniel Coultas.
Coultas became the hero of the match after Exeter had scored twice from penalty corners to equalise at 4-4. With about two minutes left on the clock his penalty corner winner gave Durham a deserved victory.
With matches to be played tomorrow, issues are still wide open.
A disappointing match between Sutton Coldfield and Sevenoaks ended 3-0 in Sutton’s favour. The other women’s match got off to a slow start, but livened up in the second half to see Olton & WW beat Buckingham 6-1.
Full details of the scorers etc will appear on this blog later.