Canterbury’s campaign in the EuroHockey Indoor Club Championships went from bad to worse when they met Danish champions Orient Lyngby in Perth this afternoon. Canterbury got off to a reasonable start with an early goal by Matt Harper and a penalty stroke conversion from David Matthews. But Canterbury are playing in the company of some very experienced indoor exponents and it shows. Denmark may not be regarded as a top hockey nation, they were already resident in the ‘A’ division when the English arrived. Canterbury were 4-2 down at half time and although the position seemed recoverable, the game just slipped away in the second half. Goals from Edward Welch and David Matthews (2) were simply not enough and with the Canterbury defence often in complete disarray, the goal difference started to widen. Hat-tricks from Casper Guidbrandsen and Christopher Hellstrand added to the English woes and the match finished 9-5 in Orient Lyngby’s favour.
Canterbury now go into the relegation pool with zero points. Crefelder, who met Pocztowiec Poznan this morning, beating the Poles 7-3, lead the Pool, with the Poles finishing second. Crefelder will play Menzieshill in the crossovers later today. The Scots pulled off a creditable 5-2 win against Luzerner this morning and finish second in Pool B behind Club de Campo. Canterbury’s first relegation pool match will be against Luzerner at 18:15 today.
For those not familiar with the relegation pool system, the bottom two teams in each pool play the bottom two teams from the other pool. They take with them the points already earned in the original pool against the other third or fourth placed team.
Canterbury now go into the relegation pool with zero points. Crefelder, who met Pocztowiec Poznan this morning, beating the Poles 7-3, lead the Pool, with the Poles finishing second. Crefelder will play Menzieshill in the crossovers later today. The Scots pulled off a creditable 5-2 win against Luzerner this morning and finish second in Pool B behind Club de Campo. Canterbury’s first relegation pool match will be against Luzerner at 18:15 today.
For those not familiar with the relegation pool system, the bottom two teams in each pool play the bottom two teams from the other pool. They take with them the points already earned in the original pool against the other third or fourth placed team.
