Reading Ladies 1a’s won the England Hockey 2XI Cup competition on Sunday, a 3-2 win over Cannock securing the title of the best 2XI in the country. The match was hosted by Chelmsford HC, and with driving rain for most of the trip round the M25 it looked as though the conditions would be less [...]
Reading 1a’s recorded their 13th league win of the season on Saturday, with an away win at Epsom. However Epsom didn’t let Reading have their own way from the start, with the visitors needing a fine double save from the stick of keeper Mel Insall to stop Epsom taking the lead in the opening minutes. [...]
Reading 1a’s took on Trojans 2’s on Sunday in the Semi-Final of the EH 2XI cup competition. Having lost out at this stage last year Reading were keen to go one better, and they did so, booking their place in the final with a 4-2 victory. With the early stages of the game proving a [...]
06/03/2010 Reading 1a’s latest South Division 1 League match was against bottom team Rover Oxford, and the 1a’s produced a commanding performance to win 5-0. Reading maintained the early possession, though took a while to completely settle into the game, taking until the 22nd minute to turn the pressure into a first goal thanks to [...]
20/02/2010 Reading 1a’s travelled away to Surbiton on Saturday, hoping to close the 6 point gap between them and league leaders Surbiton, who had an impressive record of 11 wins and 1 draw in the league so far. Before Christmas Surbiton had beaten Reading 6-5 in thrilling encounter and so the repeat fixture had the [...]
Reading 1a’s this week again faced the team immediately behind them in the league, as Havant had leapfrogged Southampton into third place, with Reading still sitting in second. Arctic conditions had to be endured a little longer than expected as confusion with the umpires saw them arriving at Sonning Lane when the game was in [...]
In a rematch of last years Quarter Final Reading 1a’s faced Chelmsford 2’s on Sunday the England Hockey 2XI Cup. Last time Reading had ran out 1-0 winners on a snowy Chelmsford pitch, this time they looked to repeat the win as they welcomed Chelmsford to Sonning Lane. With numbers depleted due to injury and [...]
Reading 1a’s returned to South league action on Saturday with a home tie against Hampstead & Westminster. An early slot at The Lane combined with some chilly overnight temperatures meant that the pitch was still frosty at the meet time. A blast of water and some quick footwork in the warmup cleared the worst of [...]
Reading 1a’s travelled away to Southampton on Saturday aiming to stay ahead of a team that were just 1 place below them in the league and who had only lost 2 games all season, one of these to Reading. With a sandy sticky pitch and Reading not really switched on the 1a’s found themselves on [...]
Reading consolidated their spot in 2nd place of South League Division 1 with a 7-0 whitewash over Woking on Saturday. A combination of the stormy weather that was sweeping the country and past experience of Woking could have led to a scrappy affair, but Reading remained on top of the game and managed a nice [...]
