Following Beeston’s opening success against Club de Campo, the second match was between UHC Hamburg and RC Polo de Barcelona (and watched keenly by Beeston to see who they would play against in the first quarter final on Sunday). Hamburg triumphed 3-0, thanks to two field goals from Marco Miltkau and one from Moritz Falcke.
The third match between Amsterdam and Dinamo Kazan ended 6-0. With Taeke Taekema unable to convert his many penalty corner opportunities and Floris Evers failing to score from a penalty stroke, it was left to their teammates to land six field goals to seal the comfortable victory. Credit must go to Dinamo Kazan who played with great skill and particularly to their goalkeeper (Marat Gafarov) who made some spectacular saves. Indeed, the spectators were quick to applaud the efforts of the Russian team who were able to penetrate to launch a few attacks on the Amsterdam goal.
The final game of the day saw HC Bloemendaal take on Atletic Terrassa for a place in the second quarter final with Amsterdam. After a nervous start by both sides, Bloemendaal were first on the scoreboard with a penalty corner conversion by Olmer Meijer. The match provided an exciting and action-packed finish to the day with the score standing at 4-3 to Bloemenaal with six minutes left to play, Terrassa having nibbled away at their lead. Bloemendaal clung on and 4-3 was the final score, which puts them into the second of the quarter finals against Amsterdam on Sunday.
Match Schedule for Saturday 7 April 2012:
0930 CET East Grinstead v CA Montrouge
1200 CET KHC Dragons v Dinamo Elektrostal
1430 CET Rotterdam v Uhlenhorst Mulheim
1700 CET Der Club an der Alster v Reading
0930 CET East Grinstead v CA Montrouge
1200 CET KHC Dragons v Dinamo Elektrostal
1430 CET Rotterdam v Uhlenhorst Mulheim
1700 CET Der Club an der Alster v Reading
