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M1 and L1 Weekend Preview against Beeston

M1 and L1 Weekend Preview against Beeston

Liz Spencer17 Oct 2014 - 20:15
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Beeston on Sat and Sun this week,,,,

Reading Men's 2-0 win at Wimbledon on Saturday will stand despite the game being abandoned.
There were less than 10 minutes remaining when floodlight failure at the Kings College School ground brought a premature end to proceedings with Blues leading 2-0 at the time.
But in making their decision, the NOW: Pensions Hockey League committee also said that Wimbledon have the right to appeal.
Simon Mantell (mild concussion), Dan Shingles (hand) and Timmy Lewis (hand), who all missed the game due to injury, are set to return for the home match with champions Beeston at Sonning Lane on Sunday (2.30pm).
They will be missing Ben Boon, who is having a very successful week in the Sultan of Johor tournament in Malaysia.
Great Britain Under-21s won their first three matches this week with the Reading forward scoring in each game.
​And Tom Carson was also in top form with a hat-trick in England's 9-1 demolition of France in a test match at Bisham Abbey on Thursday.
​On Sunday, Blues will be seeking some revenge for the 4-2 defeat Beeston inflicted on them in the play-off semi-finals at the end of last season.
Reading will have been boosted by last Saturday’s performance against Wimbledon.
“We played superbly, it was probably our strongest performance of the season so far,” said head coach Andy Watts.
“Beeston will be a very good test to see where we’re at now with a new coach, new captain and new faces.”

Reading women also meet Beeston, but their fixture takes place at Sonning Lane ​on Saturday (1.30pm).
Elie Barnes returns to the side, having missed last weekend’s 2-0 win at Bowdon Hightown.
The visitors remain pointless after five games​, but Blues will not be taking their visitors lightly. ​

Reading squads

Women: Ellis, Harper, Evans, Maguire, Barnes, Downer, Caddick, Gilbert, Jones, Daly, Halle, Danson, Saligoi, Thomas​ (captain), Martin, Cockburn.

Men: Alexander, Springham, R Mantell, Lewis, Jackson, Atkins, Carter-Keall, Newman (captain), Shingles, Clarke, Clee, Codling, S Mantell, Carson, Whelan Scott.​

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