News for 10 May 2016
All the news for Tuesday 10 May 2016
Indian eves lose 0-7 against Great Britain, surrender series 0-5
Indian women hockey team during a practice session. (TOI File Photo)
MARLOW (England): Indian women hockey team's disappointing show continued against Great Britain as the visitors on Monday suffered another humiliating loss, going down 0-7 in the final game of the five-match series here.
The Indian women surrendered the five-match Test series 0-5 against England.
Great Britain opened the scoring in the 12th minute when Shona McCallin broke into the Indian defence and netted the ball.
Continuing their dominating show, the hosts earned two penalty corners in the first quarter, but were denied from adding to their tally, courtesy of some brilliant defence from the Indian eves.
A similar flurry of attacks in the second quarter again won the home team two back-to-back penalty corners, but India's defence held strong to deny them another goal.
Meanwhile, Indian girls, too, had their chance to equalise via a penalty corner but they failed to convert.
Just when it looked like the Indian women were getting back into the game, Great Britain added to their tally by converting a penalty corner. The second goal was scored by Susannah Townsend in 28th minute via a rebound.
At half time Great Britain were leading 2-0.
They kept pressing and won yet another penalty corner just after the half time, which they managed to convert through Crista Cullen in the 38th minute.
Thereafter, Great Britain completely unleashed their attacking prowess and scored two more goals in quick succession. One of them came via a penalty corner by Kate Walsh in the 42nd minute and the other was scored by Helen Walsh in the 44th minute.
At the end of the third quarter, Great Britain were leading 5-0.
But that was not the end to India's misery as Susannah Townsend netted the ball twice in the final minutes of the match to finish with as many as seven goals.
The Times of India
Fulton Names Squad For German Series
Ireland’s mens hockey team will travel to Hamburg to play 3 matches against world number 3 Germany this week as their Olympic preparation against top class opposition continues.
The last time the sides faced each other was in Olympic Park, London at the Eurohockey Championships in August 2015. Germany sealed the victory that day thanks to 2 late goals in the 4th quarter and ended the tournament with silver medals. But the Green Machine can take plenty of positives from that last encounter and the match series in Hamburg marks the beginning of an intense period with fixtures against Korea, Canada, the Netherlands, as well as a 6 nations tournament in Valencia before the squad depart for the Rio Olympics.
The squad will be without their Banbridge contingent who will be representing Ireland in the Eurohockey Club Champions Trophy in Glasgow (May 13th- 16th), while David Harte is also unavailable as his club Kampong prepare for the EHL Final Four.
Speaking about the upcoming series, coach Craig Fulton said “We are playing Germany in 3 tests this week. They are in preparation for their Champions Trophy tournament which starts in early June. This is exactly the challenge our Irish Olympic Senior Mens Squad need as we start our summer training and International match schedule”.
All matches will take place in Uhlenhorster Hockey Club
Match 1:
Germany vs Ireland May 12th 19:30hrs
Match 2:
Germany vs Ireland May 13th 19:30hrs
Match 3:
Germany vs Ireland May 15th 12:00hrs
Please note all times listed are local.
Squad:
1. Jonny Bell -Lisnagarvey -Defender
2. Chris Cargo- Racing- Midfield
3. Tim Cockram -Lisnagarvey -Forward
4. Lee Cole –Monkstown- Defender
5. Stephen Cole –Monkstown- Midfield
6. Mitch Darling- Rotterdam- Forward
7. David Fitzgerald- Monkstown- GK
8. Paul Gleghorne- Lisnagarvey- Defender
9. Kyle Good –Monkstown- Forward
10. Ronan Gormley- Krefeld- Defender
11. Mark Ingram- Pembroke- GK
12. Conor Harte -Racing -Defender
13. John Jackson- Reading- Defender
14. John Jermyn- Cork C of I -Midfield
15. Shane O’Donoghue- Dragons- Midfield
16. Alan Sothern- Pembroke -Forward
17. Michael Robson- Annadale- Midfield
18. Kirk Shimmins- Pembroke- Midfield
19. Michael Watt- Lisnagarvey- Forward
20. Gareth Watkins- Monkstown- Forward
Non travelling reserves:
Neal Glassey
Stuart Loughrey
Peter Caruth
Not available:
Matthew Bell
Drew Carlisle
Eugene Magee
David Harte
Irish Hockey Association media release
Junior men more prepared for Pan Ams after Vancouver-area All-Star series
Shaheed Devji
The Canadian Under-21 Men’s National Team wrapped up its Vancouver-area All-Star series with a 6-3 win against the Surrey All-Stars Sunday evening. The won gave the junior men a record of two wins and one loss in the three-game competition in preparation for the 2016 Junior Men’s Pan American Championships.
“I’d say we’re cohesive as a team,” says forward Fin Boothroyd. “These games helped us bond. We’re definitely a tighter group than we were before selections, and that’s always good going into a big tournament.”
Boothroyd will be playing in his first tournament for Canada at the Junior Pan Ams in Toronto. And like many of his teammates – who will also be competing in their first major international tournament – the All-Star series was a perfect way for him to get competition ready.
“We got our feet under us,” he adds. “We had a humbling loss I’d say to West Vancouver (8-4 loss in Game 2 on Saturday). And that will keep our egos in check going into Pan Ams when we’ll be facing some better teams like Argentina.”
The Canadian juniors won the first game of the series 3-2 against the Vancouver Hawks All-Stars, a team which had two current members of the Canadian Senior Men’s National Team (David Jameson and Richard Hildreth). Canada’s goals in the win came from Rohan Chopra, Shahbaaz Dhaliwal, and Kabir Aujla.
The juniors followed up the win with an 8-4 loss to the West Vancouver All-Stars on Saturday. The West Van team featured four current members of the senior team (Scott Tupper, Mark Pearson, James Kirkpatrick, and Floris van Son) as well as several former members including Rob Short, who is second in all-time international games played for Canada’s men with 346.
Balraj Panesar, Amrit Sidhu, Bradon Pereira, and Chopra scored in the losing effort against West Vancouver, while Thomson Harris, Panesar, Aujla, Johnny Gill, and Boothroyd scored in Sunday’s win against Surrey, which featured senior team atheltes Sukhi Panesar, Jagdish Gill, and Devohn Noronha-Teixeira.
“I think we’re pretty prepared now after these games,” says Aujla, who scored in two of the three All-Star games.
Based on their performance in the series and the feedback from the coaches throughout, Aujla and his teammates have a better understanding of what will make them successful in Toronto.
“The basic stuff” he adds. “Just knowing your role and everyone doing the little things right.”
Canada opens the Junior Men’s Pan American Championships on May 20 against Mexico at 2:30pm PT/5:30pm ET. The game will be live streamed on the International Hockey Federation YouTube Channel.
The top two finishers at the Junior Pan Ams earn a spot at the 2016 Junior World Cup in India later this year.
Field Hockey Canada media release
Racing confirm French final berth
Racing Club de France, with a win and a draw over weekend, became the first French club to qualify for their championship final with all of Saint Germain, Lyon and Lille battling for the second spot.
Crucially, Racing beat St Ger 3-1 on Saturday with goals from David Bernstein, Simon Martin-Brisac and Nicolas Martin-Brisac to build a four-point gap at the top of the table.
They followed up with their first dropped points of the campaign on Sunday with Lyon’s Stéphane Panigoni and Gaspard Baumgarten cancelling out goals from Célestin Duchesne and Simon Martin-Brisac in a 2-2 draw.
Saint Germain lost 3-2 to Lille on Sunday with Maxence Lecointe, Igor Lockwood and Eric Ponthieu on the mark to make it a three horse race for second place. It was a quite a turnaround for Lille who lost 8-1 to the same opposition a week earlier.
Saint Ger, on six points, play Racing and Lyon away from home on the final weekend to get the points they need to end second but any slip up could open the door for Lyon, on four points, or Lille on three.
Euro Hockey League media release
Tuks go to the top in Joburg
By Ken Borland
The University of Pretoria Tuks went to the top of the standings at the start of the final day of the Joburg leg of Varsity Hockey on Monday as they beat the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University 3-1.
It was an evenly-contested game, but Tuks got the job done in the opposition circle, being more clinical with their finishing, which made all the difference in the end.
Richard Pautz was once again their leading goal-scorer, slotting two goals of his own and also setting up the penalty stroke that provided Tuks with their third goal.
The chances they wasted will irk Madibaz and they were inches away from scoring a second goal and putting Tuks under pressure in the final 10 minutes when Michael Abrahams slapped the ball over the goalkeeper but hit the corner of the post, following some superb skill by Ignatius Malgraff.
The SA international from East London grabbed the one goal for Madibaz as he found space in the circle and rammed the ball home with typical efficiency.
Pautz opened the scoring for Tuks in the 19th minute when he swept the ball into goal from the middle of the circle, but Malgraff’s equaliser came just a minute later.
But Pautz popped up again in the right place at the right time for Tuks 10 minutes into the second half as he hammered the ball into the goal from the back of the circle.
The 2014 African Hockey Championships player then showed some fantastic dribbling skills in the circle and, with his stick being interfered with from behind, umpire Gershwin Reid awarded the penalty stroke.
There was some delay as Madibaz asked for the review, but the decision was confirmed and Grant Glutz stepped up and beat the goalkeeper to give Tuks some breathing space.
Madibaz forced three short-corners thereafter, but time ran out for them in their search for their second win of the tournament.
Result:
Tuks 3 (Richard Pautz 2, Grant Glutz)
Madibaz 1 (Ignatius Malgraff)
FNB Player of the Match: Richard Pautz (Tuks)
Mugg & Bean Star Saver: Chad Durrheim (Madibaz)
Samsung Super Striker: Ignatius Malgraff (Madibaz)
Varsity Sports media release
UCT beat log-leading Wits in surprise of the tournament
By Ken Borland
The University of the Witwatersrand were top of the standings at the start of the fourth day of Varsity Hockey, but that all changed at the University of Johannesburg on Monday as the University of Cape Town provided the surprise of the tournament thus far, beating them 3-1.
The result was a fair reward for the hard-running UCT side, who supported the ball-carrier well and made good use of the penalty corners they were awarded.
The Capetonians were first on the scoreboard in the 10th minute as Oliver Pretorius squeezed his low short-corner flick inside the right post.
Kevin Venter preserved the lead for UCT two minutes later with a glance off the line that would have had any cricketer purring as he denied Dylan Murray.
It was a speck of hope though for Wits, who needed something to get them going, and they did equalise in spectacular fashion in the 22nd minute. Jaryd Thomas pulled off a great tackle in midfield and then launched an attack, his long ball finding Brandon James, who drew the goalkeeper and then flipped the ball to the back of the circle, where Lukhanyo Salavu bunted the ball into goal with aplomb.
The score remained tied at 1-1 all the way through to the final chukka, until James Watters scored a fine goal for UCT in the 48th minute.
Although the powerplay they had just taken did not work out for them, Watters embarked on a run and fed Mike Gildenhuys, who fared well as he surged into the circle and then returned a cross to Watters, who steered the ball into the Wits goal.
UCT dominated the final quarter and completed the shock of the tournament thus far when the skills of Ross Schreuder earned them a short-corner and the drag-flicking talent of Pretorius did the rest as he fired in a super effort.
Even the use of the powerplay by Wits in the closing minutes could not save them from defeat, leaving Tuks top of the log.
With the experience of Gregg Clark, who served as the coach of the national team for six years, on their bench, it was obvious that UCT are coming right as the tournament heads to the Western Cape for the second and final leg.
Result:
UCT 3 (Oliver Pretorius 2, James Watters)
Wits 1 (Lukhanyo Salavu)
FNB Player of the Match: Oliver Pretorius (UCT)
Mugg & Bean Star Saver: Kevin Venter (UCT)
Samsung Super Striker: Lukhanyo Salavu (Wits)
Varsity Sports media release
Maties the big winners again
By Ken Borland
The University of Stellenbosch improved on the record for the biggest win of the competition for the second day running as they hammered North-West University Pukke 9-1 in their Varsity Hockey match at the University of Johannesburg on Monday.
The Pukke defence, which had been steadfast on the first three days, finally cracked as the rigours of the tournament caught up with them, with Maties stars Keenan Horne and Reece Arendse running freely and skilfully with the ball.
It was Horne who set the tone for the rout in just the second minute as he scored from close range, but Maties would only go 2-0 up in the second quarter through Matt de Sousa.
An entertaining first half ended with two goals in quick succession, Charles Bowren hitting home to make it 3-0 for Maties after Arendse had produced a burst of pace to get around the defence and then lay the ball back, and Sinoxolo Mbekeni then producing a superb run and a crisp finish for Pukke’s only goal.
James Drummond scored two goals in a minute after the break, the first a tap-in and the second via a short-corner flick, to kill any hopes Pukke had of not finishing second in the match.
Pukke were 7-1 down at the end of a woeful third quarter for them as Dylan Swanepoel scored with a great reverse-sticks shot from wide out and Arendse showed lovely ball-control as he ran the ball into goal in the 41st minute.
Maties were not done yet as Shannon Boucher and Arendse added further goals in the final chukka.
Maties, having lost to UJ on the opening day, are not going to end the Johannesburg leg of Varsity Hockey on top of the log, but they will fancy their chances of still finishing first as they will take on current leaders Tuks on their home astroturf at Stellenbosch.
Result:
Pukke 1 (Sinoxolo Mbekeni)
Maties 9 (Keenan Horne, Matt de Sousa, Charles Bowren, James Drummond 2, Dylan Swanepoel, Reece Arendse 2, Shannon Boucher).
FNB Player of the Match: Matt de Sousa (Maties)
Mugg & Bean Star Saver: Bri-An le Grange (Pukke)
Samsung Super Striker: Dylan Swanepoel (Maties)
Varsity Sports media release
UJ tie with Kovsies, escape with shootout win
By Ken Borland
Hosts the University of Johannesburg were fortunate to escape with a shootout victory over the University of Free State, after their Varsity Hockey match had ended in a 2-2 tie, to complete the first leg of the men’s tournament on Monday.
Kovsies were inspired as they matched UJ throughout the 60 minutes of regulation time and their gutsy effort only ended with the last shootout attempt as Ryan Crowe succeeded but Michael Baiden did not to break another 2-2 deadlock.
UJ had opened the scoring in the 11th minute as Kyle Lion-Cachet, aligned on the left of the short-corner castle, fired a variation into the right-hand corner of goal.
But Kovsies kept creating chances for themselves, although they were a bit gun-shy in the circle, while UJ just seemed off their game and unable to find the killer passes up front, resulting in them hanging on to just the slender 1-0 lead right through to the final quarter.
And Kovsies then equalised in the 51st minute as Ryan Scheepers, who inspired so many of their attacks, crossed for Qhiyiya Jack to shoot home.
Unbelievably, UJ still could not lift themselves and Kovsies went 2-1 in front with just three minutes left in the game as a ball snuck through the hosts’ defences and reached Winray Christoffels, who turned and fired a beautiful shot into goal.
The defending champions were in grave danger of their first defeat of the tournament but, with the final minute of play beckoning, the ball was scrambled into the Kovsies goal by Amkelwa Letuka after Kingsley Botes’s shot had been half-saved.
UJ had the better of the shootout in the early stages as Gareth Heyns and Brynn Cleak both beat Lou-Frans Esterhuizen in goal, while the Kovsies duo of Jaco van der Watt and Brad Hensberg were overcome by Matthew Martins, the Southern Gauteng B goalkeeper.
The momentum shifted, however, as Esterhuizen saved the efforts by Gerald Mpopo and Taylor Dart, while Dylan Swanepoel and Christoffels scored slickly for the Free Staters.
The skilful Crow fired home the calmest of reverse-sticks shots on UJ’s final effort and Baiden lost control of the ball to give the defending champions the narrowest of wins.
The tournament now shifts to Stellenbosch for the second and last leg before the final with UJ clinging on to second place on the log, five behind Tuks on goal-difference.
Maties, the most impressive team over the last two days at UJ, are third, while Wits, the victims of an upset loss at the hands of UCT on Monday, are fourth.
Result:
UJ 2 (Kyle Lion-Cachet, Amkelwa Letuka)
Kovsies 2 (Qhiyiya Jack, Winray Christoffels)
Shootout:
UJ 3 (Gareth Heyns, Brynn Cleak, Ryan Crowe)
Kovsies 2 (Dylan Swanepoel, Winray Christoffels).
FNB Player of the Match: Dylan Swanepoel (Kovsies)
Mugg & Bean Star Saver: Loufrans Esterhuizen (Kovsies)
Samsung Super Striker: Amkelwa Letuka (UJ)
Varsity Sports media release
Punjab girls beat Haryana 4-0 to win national title
Chandigarh: Punjab thrashed defending champions Haryana 4-0 in the final of the junior women’s hockey National Championship (Division A) in Ranchi.
Punjab, who finished third in last year’s edition, won all their matches with huge margins on their way to the crown.
Punjab beat Bhopal 4-0, Mumbai 14-0 and Chhattisgarh 12-0 in the pool games.
They thrashed Jharkhand 7-1 in the semifinals to avenge their 5-2 defeat to the same opposition in the semis of the last year’s edition.
Jharkhand beat Odisha 3-1 to finish third.
Punjab boys start with win
The Punjab boys started their bid to reclaim the title with a rusty win over Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy (MPHA) in the junior men’s hockey National Championship (Division A) in Raipur on Monday.
An “under-par” Punjab came from a goal down to beat MPHA 3-1.
Punjab, who lost last year’s final 4-3 to Odisha after winning the title for three years in row, missed many chances.
They fell behind after a sluggish start. Ajmer Singh equalised and Dilpreet Singh gave Punjab the lead before the half-time.
The Punjab boys were wasteful in the second half. Ajmer completed his brace to seal the match for his team.
“It was an under-par performance. They missed too many chances; could have scored five-six more goals,” said Punjab coach Avtar Singh. “But what’s important is that we got the win despite not playing to our potential. We are still recovering from the two days of travelling and it is very hot here. So, it was an important win. We should improve in our next match,” he added.
Only the winner of the pool will make it to the semifinals. Punjab take on Uttar Pradesh, who lost 4-2 to Gangpur-Odisha, in their next match tomorrow.
Chandigarh boys enter semis
Chandigarh entered the semifinals of the junior men’s hockey National Championship (Division B) in Raipur. The Chandigarh boys beat Dadra and Nagar Haveli 3-0 in the quarterfinals to set up a semis clash with Maharashtra tomorrow. Maharashtra thrashed Mizoram 10-1. Delhi edged out Puducherry 3-2 to set up a clash with Mumbai, who eased past Bengaluru 4-0.
The Tribune
MHL: Magnificent Seven barred
BY Jugjet Singh
MALAYSIAN Hockey Confederation (MHC) coaching committee chairman Datuk Ow Soon Kooi said Sunday none of the coaches dubbed as the 'Magnificent Seven' will be allowed to coach or play for teams in this years Malaysia Hockey League (MHL).
The seven are National seniors coach Stephen van Huizen, his assistant Lim Chiow Chuan; women's chief coach K. Dharmaraj, his assistant Lailin Abu Hassan; National Development team head coach Wallace Tan, Women's Development squad head coach K. Gobinathan and 1Mas Director Tai Beng Hai.
In reiterating this stand, Soon Kooi said that this condition was already made known to the coaches in January.
"They know MHC's stand and I believe all will adhere to the decision," said Soon Kooi.
The seven have a role to play during the MHL as they will have to monitor the performances of their respective players as well as scout for talent.
"I hope the coaches will understand the situation and I hope their clubs too realise that as full time coaches with MHC they have to adhere to the regulations."
Teams that will be affected by this rule are KL Hockey Club (Dharmaraj and Chiow Chuan), Sapura (van Huizen and Beng Hai) as well as Uitm (Gobinathan).
While these seven cannot coach or play, some others will be allowed to coach or play in the MHL.
Amongst those who are still expected to play are Roslan Jamaluddin (KLHC) and Amin Rahim (TNB).
Roslan is the goalkeeper coach for the National Development Squad while Amin is the assistant coach of the team.
It will be interesting to see who will now handle high profile teams such as KLHC and Sapura, as this season, clubs not only have to scout for foreign players during the Olympic period, but also for calibre coaches to handle high profile clubs.
Jugjet's World of Field Hockey
Div One teams can field foreign players for MHL
By S. Ramaguru
KUALA LUMPUR: There will be extra spice in Division One of this season’s Malaysia Hockey League (MHL).
After years of resisting the move, the Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) have finally decided to open the door to foreign players.
Each team will now be allowed to have three foreigners in their ranks.
The move is a big departure from the past with the MHC refusing to allow foreigners in Division One since the MHL’s inception in 1987.
Only teams in the Premier Division enjoyed the luxury of hiring foreigners. A total of 29 foreigners, mainly from Pakistan, featured last season.
Competitions committee chairman George Koshy said the presence of foreign players would make the matches more interesting and exciting in Division One.
“In the past, Division One sides also lost out on the hiring of local national players. Almost all our national players played for Premier Division teams last year,” said George.
But he added that the MHC may restrict the number of foreign players for each team in the top flight.
Last season each team were allowed to sign up to six foreigners.
Only Tenaga Nasional fielded an all-local side. The other teams who took part in the six-team Premier Division were Terengganu, Kuala Lumpur Hockey Club (KLHC), Sapura, Maybank and Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL).
Terengganu, powered by eight national players and five foreigners, were crowned double champions – league and TNB Cup – for the second straight year.
The Star of Malaysia
Arjun Halappa: “Hockey hasn’t changed, but we have”
Contrary to well-entrenched belief that field hockey sport has changed, veteran midfielder Arjun Halappa feels that hockey has not changed but only the way the Indians approach it and play.
“We Indians changed our perception of the hockey and changed our game components and are thus not successful” Arjun Halappa, key member of 2001 gold winning junior World Cup team, asserts.
“Hockey as a sport hasn’t changed ever since it was played on turf”.
“Small changes in the rules and regulations have been taking place; those are part and parcel of any game. Over all, everything remains same, but we lose the woods for tree”, he asserts.
He adds that the wrong belief that hockey has changed led to a situation that we too perforce had to change the way we traditionally play. As a result, he adds, we go for straight hits, long passes even if there is no necessary and lose building moves and attacks.
“Return pass is not there nowadays. Youngsters no longer believe in return passes without which, I strongly fee, we cannot play fruitful hockey”.
Arjun Halappa, who represented India at every forum for almost one and half decade, who even represent famous Air India hockey team, is here in Imphal as Hockey India selector.
Though not in the Indian team, he is fit and even feels a player can easily play hockey upto the age of 40.
With age one matures, and the game improves. Having been in the hockey circuit for long, I feel a player, if he keeps his fitness, can last upto the age of 40. Hockey player’s playing age is not short, as it is widely believed to be so”.
Arjun, 35, is still active in the domestic circuit, and is getting ready to play in the Obaidullah Heritage Cup to start in a week’s time.
“Yes. I will be joining Air India team for the Obaidullah Heritage Cup. Lot of our main players are in the national camp. We have taken some new faces. We will give a good fight there in Bhopal,” says Arjun, retaining his zeal for hockey till now, while almost all his contemporaries faded into oblivion in hockey sense.
Arjun himself stands testimony to what he articulates.
When a leading player was injured, the Kalinga of Hockey India League franchise invited him in February as replacement, the sudden call proved worth too.
Arjun with his clever game sense and his uncanny knack of generating penalty corners helped his team progress to final.
During his times, he was an all rounder, involving in all aspects of game, taking PCs, pusher in PC drills, stroke taker, field goal maker and PC generator etc.
It’s however unfortunate that most players in the ongoing Sub-Junior Men’s Championship (B Division) doesn’t know his august presence.
Stick2Hockey.com
U14 Boys Inter Districts
The stage was set for the U14 Boys Inter District event at Glasgow National Hockey Centre yesterday.
West and East dominated their pool matches by winning both games and claiming their place in the semi-finals.
Midland and South finished runners up in their pools therefore also advanced to the semi-finals.
West overcame South by 3 goals to 0 to reach the final in the U14 event for the third year in a row. Elsewhere East won 2-0 against a strong Midland side.
The competition proved to have the same fate as the previous year with both West and East competing for the title. Once again there was nothing between the two teams and the match was decided on running penalties.
Credit must be given to both goalkeepers, West’s Logan McClure and East’s Cameron Bosi as they performed excellently in the penalty shoot-out saving all of the first 5 penalties for each side which took the teams to sudden death.
It was West who were triumphant and were able to regain their title when Ben Carol rounded the goalkeeper and finished emphatically to secure the victory.
Elsewhere Midland ran out 5-0 winners over a hard working South team which allowed them to claim 3rd place, with South finishing 4th.
It was the battle of the Northerners to decide on 5th and 6th. Both teams played tremendously but it was the Highlanders who claimed 5th place after winning 4-0.
Congratulations to all teams for what was once again a great day of competitive hockey
Results of the day:
Pool A
West 2 Midland 0
Highland 0 West 1
Highland 0 Midland 4
Pool B
East 3 South 0
North 0 South 2
North 0 East 3
Semi Finals
West 3 South 0
East 2 Midland 0
5th v 6th
Highland 4 North 0
3rd v 4th
Midland 5 South 0
Final
West 1 East 1 (West win 1-0 on penalties)
The Girls U14 Inter Districts will take place on Sunday 15th May at Peffermill Playing Fields, Edinburgh!
Scottish Hockey Union media release