Archive for October, 2007

This was a crucial game for Reading with the opportunity for them to retake the top spot from their visitors, Sunderland, if they could win. They were without coach Rhys Joyce, who was with the Mens 1XI in The Hague, but the squad was back to full strength after the regional tournaments. Reading started well [...]

Congratulations and well done to all the Reading Next Generation stars who took part in the junior regional tournaments over the half term week. In the boys the South West Division (the one Berkshire players normally qualify for) won both the U17 and U15 events in the boys, in style by all accounts. In the [...]

Oxford University Boys 3s 1 – 6 Reading Mens 3s A grey autumnal Saturday afternoon in the heart of one of the great academic bastions of the world was the backdrop for a nail-biting early season six-pointer. In dazzling white shirts starting from the Jackdaw Lane end the big, hairy men that comprise the Reading [...]

11 go mad in Dorset! The Retros had the first of their monthly trips to Dorset and did very well to come away with a narrow 3-1 defeat against the league leaders Swanage & Wareham. The half term traffic on the M3, M27 and A31 gave additional delight on the journey and caused half the [...]

Ladies and Gentlemen, As you may have been working out, the Men’s section of Reading Hockey Club is struggling. It is struggling because of a shortage of players at all levels, particularly from the 3s and down. I have a list of 88 players who have, for all sorts of very genuine reasons, left the [...]

Whilst Reading would normally expect to easily beat a side ranked three divisions lower than them, this was always going to be a tough tie because the clash with the regional junior tournaments, England performance camps and half term meant Reading traveled into London with a depleted squad, but confident that those promoted from with [...]

There is no U6-U12 or U14 Girls Colts coaching at Reading on Sunday 21st October due to the half-term holiday. U14 Boys and U16s will be training/playing.

Last Saturday saw the Men’s 3s travel to Altwood school to take on Maidenhead Mystics, their 2nd XI. After starting 20 minutes late due to Air Ambulance being called for an Astro burn to a knee the game kicked off. With Maidenhead getting the push back Reading did not see the ball for the first [...]

The 2’s travelled to South Reading Leisure Centre for their ‘home’ match against Amersham & Chalfont without Captain Craven’s on pitch leadership due to a crook back (50p), although her support from the sideline was invaluable. Despite a solid warm up Reading started slowly and struggled to get the ball out of defence early on, [...]

It was an action packed super Saturday at Sonning Lane this weekend with both Mens and Ladies 1XIs in EHL action. The men were up first against Loughborough Students and were rocked to find themselves behind after only 5 minutes thanks to a Richard Smith penalty corner. This wasn’t the most fluid blues performances, and [...]