This coming weekend will be a feast of national and international hockey. The weekend starts tomorrow (Thursday 1/6/06) when Premier Division champions Cannock host the European Club Championships. Their first pool match is at 16:00 against the Polish side, KS Pocztewiec. Cannock's sternest test is likely to be on Saturday when they play their third and final pool game against Atletic Terrassa from Spain. The final is due to be played at 16:30 on Sunday. Further details can be found at www.cannockhockey.org.The women's version of the European Club Championships starts on Friday and sees Canterbury pitted against the Scots of Bonagrass Grove in their opening pool match. The final will be played on Monday, which is a public holiday in much of Europe. TalkHockeyRadio will be in Berlin following Canterbury's fortunes and a report will appear in our monthly programme, available to download from 8 June. Meanwhile, we will be posting regular bulletins, with photographs, to this blog over the weekend.
Elsewhere, Old Loughtonians will be in action at Wakefield this weekend in an effort to retain their Premier Division status. The club has found itself in the unusual position of having both its men's and women's teams playing in the play-offs. Hopefuls from Division One are University of Birmingham for the women and Beeston for the men. The teams play each other twice over the weekend and the winner is decided on the aggregate scores.
