Archive for May, 2007

Reading finishedi n 4th place in the Eurohockey European Club Championship after being defeated 2-6 by home side Bloemendaal on the final day of the tournament.  The title was taken by German side Crefelder after they edged out Atletic Terrassa 1-0. Hopefully the boys can now enjoy their well earned rest although those involved in [...]

This was an important match for both sides.  The result could mean the difference between playing for 3rd or playing for the wooden spoon.  Lying bottom of pool A a win was a must for Reading.  Two first half strikes from Richard Mantell gave the Blues the advantage but a Kelburne goal in the second [...]

Reading were able to draw with Crefelder in Bloemendaal today but because of yesterday’s loss a draw is unlikely to be enough to take the boys into the final.  Reading led at half time thanks to a Richard Mantell penalty corner but the Germans accelerated in the second half and Reading suffered with Simon Lanyon [...]

Not a great start for the boys in Bloemendaal as the suffered a first day defeat to Polish side KS Pocztowiec Poznan.   Simon Mantell opened the scoring for Reading but it was Poznan who went into half time leading  2-1 thanks to two strikes late in the half.   Poznan extended their lead shortly after half [...]

Reading Mens 1XI finally come to the end of their long and successful this weekend with the EuroHockey European Club Champions Cup 2007, the last year the tournament will be held in this format.  The tournament is being hosted by Bloemendaal who came to Sonning Lane last Easter for the EuroHockey European Cup Winners Cup [...]

It was another successful weekend for Reading HC this weekend as the finals of the National Cup competitions, sponsored by the Man Group, reached their conclusions. Reading were represented by their U18 and U15 boys teams and both returned home with more silverware for Reading’s overflowing trophy cabinet. The fantastic talents of the Boys U18 [...]

Mercian League Play Offs 6th May 2007. Canterbury HC Last weekend the boys juniors represented Reading in the Mercian finals play off day. Uniquely Reading HC had sides in all 3 age groups, U14, U16 and U18. The format for each age is to play a semi final and then a final on the same [...]

The Mercian boys’ league finals took place yesterday at Canterbury HC. We were the only club to have teams in all three age groups – U14, U16 and U18. The U18 boys won (no real surprise there!) beating Canterbury 1-0 in the final The U16 boys lost in the final 1-0 (golden goal in extra [...]

Statistics In honour of Mani’s favourite Friday night pastime… Slazenger EHL Division 2 South CHAMPIONS P 22 W 19 D 3 L 0 F 75 A 17 Diff 58 Pts 60 Cup Round 3 P 3 W 2 L 1 F 17 A 7 Diff 10 Top Scorer: Claire ‘Smurfy’ Kerr Players of the Season [...]

Men’s Club Captain Round up London League Season 2006/07 Men’s Rustlers – Champions (and cup winners?) Men’s Rovers – Champions and Cup Winners Men’s 2As – Champions Men’s 2s – Champions and Cup Winners Men’s 1s – Champions London League Club of the Year (second year running) Boys U15 and U18 at National Cup Finals [...]