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Holcombe Park for the quarter final cup match between Holcombe from the EHL National South Division and Beeston from the Premiership.
It was a much depleted Beeston side that took the pitch and it showed.
A goalless first half was followed by a second half where it took Holcombe’s Liam Foster less than six minutes to find the net.
There had been occasions when Beeston looked in total disarray against a side two divisions below them but the goal almost seem to shock them into action.
After trailing for ten minutes Beeston’s Jamie Parker equalised in open play and ten minutes later he put his side ahead from a penalty corner.
It was David Griffiths who put the matter beyond doubt when he scored Beeston’s third in the dying minutes of the game.
(Our picture shows David Griffiths putting the ball passed ‘keeper Darren Marchant to score).
Beeston might consider themselves lucky to have progressed through to the next round on that performance but East Grinstead, last year’s finalists, were not so lucky. They went to Havant, where first half goal from Danny Hall was wiped out by goals from Ben Allberry and Tim Davenport. Final score 2-1 to Havant. Goals from Stephen Brogdon, Ibrar Latif, and Alex Edmonstone saw Bowdon through to the final, beating Old Georgians 3-0. Doncaster from the National North Division put up a brave fight against Premiership leaders, Reading, but the Premiership side prevailed. Simon Lanyon scored a hat-trick for Reading in their 5-2 win.
Staines, from the Women’s National South, will find themselves in exalted company after beating Barnes Ealing Hounslow 4-3 on penalty strokes in their quarter final cup match. The match between Old Loughtonians and Leicester went to extra time after 70 minutes without a goal, the game being settled by an extra time golden goal by Leicester’s Kate Sharland. A second half goal by Tina Cullen sees Bowdon Hightown through to the next round after Denise Marston-Smith had equalised for Olton at 3-3 on the stroke of half-time. Slough are already through to the semi-finals having played their quarter final match last weekend.
SLOUGH completed their EUROHOCKEY INDOOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS campaign with a 4-4 draw against Slavia Praha. Jane Smith, who was the tournament’s second highest scorer, scored twice, with the other goals coming from Fiona Greenham. The final was won by German outfit, Havestehuder, with Club de Campo taking the silver and Ritm Grodno the bronze. Slough finished fifth. Meanwhile in Wels, Austria, Glasgow Western won the bronze in the Trophy competition.
GREAT BRITAIN’S WOMEN lost the last test against Australia 1-0 earlier today.
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