West Hockey this Weekend
(26.03.08)
With the early Easter break out of the way, many Clubs face another hockey-free weekend although our
Slazenger England Hockey League Clubs have their penultimate fixtures this weekend.
If you are at a loose end this weekend, there is plenty of EHL action in the West country...
On Saturday, in the
Women’s Premier Division,
Clifton entertain League Champions
Slough at 1pm.
Slough returned with a silver medal from the
Eurohockey Cup Winners Cup in Paris over Easter.
In the
Men’s South Division, leaders
Exeter University host
Bromley & Beckenham at 1.30pm, whilst
Firebrands travel to
Ipswich and
Robinson’s travel to
Indian Gymkhana still needing points to keep them out of the automatic relegation spot.
In the
Women’s South Division,
Firebrands have a crunch clash at home to
Maidstone at 12.30pm as they fight to avoid the relegation play-offs and would receive a great boost if Westcountry rivals
Exe could return from
Horsham with a victory.
Horsham currently lie 2 points above
Firebrands.
St.Austell entertain league leaders
Staines at 1.30pm -
Staines need a point to clinch the League title.
Bournemouth travel to
Sevenoaks whilst
Taunton Vale travel to fellow relegated side
Woking.
On Sunday,
Team Bath Buccaneers are at home to
Belper at 1.30pm in
Men’s Division One.
In
National Knock-out Competitions, good luck to
Wimborne Wayfarers as they travel to
UCL Academicals for their
England Hockey Men’s Vase Semi-final clash on Sunday.
For full information on all these competitions, please log on to the
England Hockey website
www.englandhockey.co.uk