Teddington’s woes continued today on the first day of the Slazenger EHL South Division. Having been relegated in successive seasons, the world’s oldest hockey club were forced to concede their opening match to visiting University of Exeter through a shortage of registered players. Elsewhere in the Division there were two high scoring draws. Indian Gymkhana took an early lead against Holcombe with goals from Jagdeep Gill and Tejinder Hanspal. South African international Denzil Dolley scored a hat-trick for Holcombe and the match ended on level terms at 4-4. Whitchurch and Bromley & Beckenham went one better with a 5-5 draw. There were also wins for Sevenoaks, Firebrands and Ipswich.
In the North Division Harrogate also had to concede their match against Sikh Union. Doncaster drew against Stourport and there were wins for City of Peterborough, Leek, Telford & Wrekin, and University of Birmingham.
Today also saw the First Round of the Men’s Cup, with some high scoring matches in evidence. Chichester put sixteen passed Camberley and Farnborough for no reply, as did Staines against Bournemouth. Cheshunt managed to find the net once against St Albans but their visitors’ reply was fifteen. Dereham, Broxbourne, Cheltenham, Oxton, Gloucester City, Harborne, Isca, Jersey, Khalsa, Preston, West Bridgford Monarchs, Long Sutton, Spencer, Mansfield, Oxford Hawks, Timperley, Urmston, Harleston Magpies, Winchester, and Woking, also won today and progress through to the next round.
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