England Hockey Cup 4th Round
Sunday 16th November 2008
Reading 3 Trojans 1
This was a pulsating cup encounter, and the chance to test themselves against Premier opposition you sensed Reading had been waiting for. With a large and boisterous home crowd to cheer them on Reading made the good start that has been the feature of their [...]
Slazenger EHL Womens Conference East
Saturday 15th November 2008
Reading 3 St Albans 0
Reading made another storming start to a game at Sonning Lane on Saturday. Their habit of scoring early continued as they raced into the lead against bottom side St Albans in only the 4th minute, thanks to another Becky Odlin finish. This [...]
It takes a particularly perverse pleasure in your sport to come away from a bruising, physical game on exposed pitch stuck in a field beside a dual carriage and Tesco car park, on a grey miserable, wet November Saturday, where you didn’t even manage to play that well and claim to enjoy it. So I [...]
England Hockey Cub Round 3
Sunday 2 November 2008
Reading 7 (Emily Malden, Marianne Downer, Vicky Bryant x2, Liana Smith, Chiara Clarke, Emma Kavanagh - Yes Emma Kavanagh) Taunton Vale 0
Reading pitched up nice and fresh for their third round cup match, having been let off training in the week due to the extreme cold, and having [...]
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 [...]
Slazenger EHL Women’s Conference East
Sunday 19th October 2008
Reading 4 (Becky Odlin, Claire Kerr, Vicky Bryant, Chiara Clarke) Old Loughtonians 0
Back on the green green turf of Sonning Lane for their first home league match of the season, and following up the Men’s 5-2 win of Bowdon, Reading couldn’t have made a better start, scoring in [...]
Slazenger EHL Women’s Conference East
Saturday 18th October 2008
Staines 2 Reading 5 (Claire Kerr 2, Becky Odlin, Jenna Woolven, Alex Smith)
Reading had an unfamiliar feeling this week, actually playing hockey on a Saturday. Another away game took them just down the road to Staines, the scene of their cup exit last year. Keen to [...]
Reading were frustrated by the failure of the Sonning Lane watering system on Saturday to deny them a first home league match, but this meant they could dedicated all their energy to their opening cup round against Eastcote. With their junior contingent of Josie Inverdale, Becky Dru and Jenna Woolven on representative duty and Lou [...]
After their 7-0 opener last weekend, Reading found goals a little harder to come by this week against a competitive, albeit defensive Magpies side. On a grey, windy and rain lashed day Reading had an early start and a trip to Norfolk, their longest league away fixture and the conditions certainly didn’t suit Reading’s passing [...]
Reading made a sparkling start to their EHL campaign with a comprehensive win over Kent side Sevenoaks. Reading went into the league season in a confident mood, having come through their pre-season preparations undefeated, but even they couldn’t have anticipated such a a winning margin in their league opener.
Reading had to wait 23 minutes for [...]
