CANTERBURY SURPRISE CRITICS WITH A SIX GOAL WIN. A round-up of today’s matches in the national league.

Funny game hockey. Men's Premier Division Canterbury, who we were writing off last weekend, won their second match out of three this afternoon, by beating Loughborough Students 6-0. The Students had given Surbiton a bit of a roasting last week, and looked too good to get beaten by that sort of margin.
Beeston continue to hold the top spot with a 5-1 win at Hampstead & Westminster, which also gives them a useful goal difference. East Grinstead, who are playing Hampstead & Westminster, have a late start. Other results in the Premier Division all ended in draws, 1-1 between Cannock and Reading, and 4-4 between Southgate and Surbiton.
In the Premier Division of the Women's Investec Hockey League, Surbiton are top after a 2-1 win over Olton & West Warwickshire. Both goals had 'Bryant' written on them, the first from Amy Bryant and the second from Vicky. Surbiton's cause was helped by Clifton only being able to achieve a 2-2 draw at Leicester, and Canterbury drawing 3-3 at Sutton Coldfield. Clifton and Canterbury are now second the third respectively separated on goal difference. Bowdon Hightown won their first match of the season by beating University of Birmingham 4-0.
Because the Women's Premier Division match between Slough and Reading has been switched to tomorrow (Sunday), TalkHockeyRadio found itself at Havant for their Men's West Conference match against Team Bath Buccaneers. Can we quickly say that we have a certain affection for the Hampshire club, as they are very hospitable and have ambitions. But, if they play like they did this afternoon, their ambitions will be limited to surviving in the England Hockey League. Sloppy passing, and more turnovers than you'll find in a cake shop, are not the sort of things you are going to get away with against a team of Buccs' quality and they were punished accordingly. To rub salt in the wound, it was a recent export from Havant to Bath, Tim Davenport, who scored a hat-trick to top off Bath's 5-0 win. An entertaining, if a little noisy, match, but we fear for Havant's future.
The result leaves Havant at the bottom of the table, on nil points. This was Bath's second win of the season so far, and they rise to a relatively modest third place. After only three matches, nobody in the West Conference has a 100% record. The table is headed by Guildford, who could only draw 1-1 at Cheltenham, with Exeter University one point behind.
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In the North Conference, both Belper and University of Durham have 100% records and lead the table in that order. Recently relegated Bowdon were knocked off the top spot by new boys Khalsa in a match that ended 2-2.
New boys to the East Conference, Richmond, were given a bit of a reality check by Wimbledon, who beat them 7-1. Wimbledon currently lead the table.
In the Women's Conferences, Sevenoaks lost their 100% record in the East, by losing 2-0 to Oxford Hawks. The table is now lead by Harleston Magpies, who beat the new girls from Bromley and Beckenham 1-3. That results leaves the Beccs at the bottom of the table on nil points.
Beeston are another side that lost their 100% record this afternoon. Their North Conference match at University of Durham ended 4-3 to the University and they are now top of the division.
In the West, Buckingham and Gloucester City head the table. Buckingham beat Staines 5-0, whilst Gloucester beat Barnes Hounslow Ealing by a single goal.
FULL RESULTS AND TABLES FROM THE INVESTEC WOMEN'S HOCKEY LEAGUE CAN BE FOUND ON OUR MAIN WEB SITE AT www.TalkHockeyRadio.co.uk. There are some late starts in the Men's England Hockey League and tables and results will be available later.