Archive for October, 2008

Reading v HC Rotterdam
Euro Hockey League
Round 1b: Lille HC
Sunday 2 November 2008 13:30 GMT (14:30 local time)

So the morning started well: Ladies 3s 1-0 winners, Ladies 3As a whopping 5-0 winners over West Witney to take them to 2nd in Trysports Division 3 and then….a rarity.  The Rebels conceded their first goal of the season.  They banged in 4 themselves against Abingdon however so remain 5 wins out of 5 on [...]

Sunday saw us take on a re-arranged cup match away at Havering. With the England boys all too tired to play, it was a chance for the other members of the squad to step up to the plate, and make the journey to Essex ready to face a motivated team and a very enthusiastic [...]

As the dark descended on Saturday night, Breast Cancer Awareness had to brighten up Surbiton Hockey Club with an array of pink tints to attract the masses first to the hockey, and then to stay for a little drinkie and music, all in aid of a good cause. With such a big crowd expected for [...]

Saturday started with a rather hideous meet time of 8:45am for a push back of half 10.
We managed to make it to Amersham and Chalfont with out getting lost - Wahey!! And I didn’t have to navigate bonus!!
When we arrived we were ushered into a grotty changing room with Suzi stealing the only warm radiator [...]

Slazenger EHL Women’s Conference East
Saturday 25 October 2008
Reading 5 (Emily Malden, Alex Smith, Vicky Bryant x 2, Becky Odlin) Barnes Hounslow and Ealing 1
One of the things Reading have not had to do so far this season is come from a goal down, partly because they have gained the useful habit of scoring within the [...]

Teams: Reading 3’s Vs London Wayfarers Heavies
Match Date: Saturday 25th October 2008
Location: Bradfield College
Team Writer: Tim Lavers
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As the Reading 3s looked for their first victory on home turf we went over to Bradfield College to face the London Wayfarers Heavies who as it sat before Saturday, were up the top of [...]

Reading Ladies 1a’s travelled away to Wimbledon on Saturday to face a Wimbledon team that had so far struggled to pick up points in the league.
The game began at high tempo, and though Reading didn’t play their best hockey of the season they did enough to keep hold of the ball and to keep the [...]

In front of their largest home crowd of the season, Readings Rascals were unlucky to go down by a single goal in this keenly fought contest at Sonning Lane.
Fielding a team packed with young talent, and some wisened heads at the back, Ronan Daffey’s side attacked for long periods of the first half but failed [...]

Reading are back in Euro League action this coming weekend as they travel to Lille to take on Western Wildcats, from Scotland, and HC Rotterdam, from the Netherlands, in Round 1b of Europe’s premier hockey competition.  You can follow the progress of the Blues on the Euro Hockey League website.  Theoretically the matches aren’t featured [...]