Amsterdam’s 10-1 demolition of Irish club Cookstown means that both they and Reading have qualified for the last sixteen of the Euro Hockey League. Mirco Pruyser with five goals and Floris Evers with three led the way. Gareth Cuddy, with a superb deflection of Matthew Rollins’ pass, scored Cookstown’s only goal of the weekend.
Irish hopes rest with Banbridge who simply need to beat Hamburg to qualify. Hamburg beat Montrouge from France 2-0. After an even first half, Hamburg completely dominated the second session, although they had to wait until the 51st minute to open the scoring.
There was jubilation for Dragons, the host club, who qualified by winning their first match 7-0 against Rotweiss Wettingen from Switzerland. This result also ensures Rotterdam’s qualification.
Club an der Alster ensured their qualification when Julian Hofmann-Jeckel scored a dramatic winner with just over two minutes left, giving his team a 2-1 victory over Campo de Madrid who now need to beat Bruxelles to qualify. Earlier at 0-0 Tim Jessulat saved a penalty stroke from Madrid’s Eduard Tubau.
