There were two relegation play-off matches played today in
the England Hockey League.
In the NOW:Pensions Men’s League a recently resurgent
Brighton & Hove played Isca in an attempt to stay in the East Division for
longer than one season. Their improved form was very apparent as their Sam
Rose, Mike Burney and Sam Chivers notched three up before Isca’s Jon Wright
could reply in the 61st minute. Rose,
Burney and Chivers had provided the cake which Luc Hinton put the icing on with
a 63rd minute goal to give Brighton a 4-1 win.
The next relegation play-off match is between Isca and North
Conference Khalsa on 5 April.
In the Investec Women’s League, Boots travelled down to
London to play Barnes at Dukes Meadow, and TalkHockeyRadio was there to see the
match. It was apparent from the start
that Boots were going to struggle in this company. Despite this it took 68
minutes before Triona Doyle found the net for Barnes in what was the only goal
of the match. Barnes had scored about 15 minutes earlier, only to see the goal
disallowed.
Barnes travel to Chelmsford next weekend for the next
play-off match.
PICTURES FROM THIS MATCH ARE ON OUR SISTER WEB SITE AT www.HockeyImages.co.uk.
