Archives for the ‘L1A’ Category

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 the [...]

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 increase [...]

Reading booked their place in the Quarter Finals of the England Hockey 2XI Cup with a 1-0 win away to Bath Buccaneers.
With a massive squad of 12 and conditions that were definitely not tropical Reading arrived at Bath and warmed up with a hike across the University campus dodging the triathletes in the process. But [...]

Reading hosted Rover Oxford at Sonning Lane on Saturday, and a 6-0 win for the home team saw them move up to second place in South League Division 1.
With Rover Oxford sitting at the bottom of the league with only a single point to their name Reading were hopeful of a good result, but knew [...]

With a break in South League fixtures this weekend Reading 1a’s hosted Maidenhead at the Reading Uni pitch in a friendly match.
Reading attacked well in the opening part of the match but Maidenhead battled well to keep in the game and try and break down the Reading attacks. However it was Reading who opened the [...]

It’s not too often that the 1a’s score 5 goals in a game, though over the last couple of seasons they have managed to do so a few times in Cup / friendly action. But the stattos amongst you would have to go right back to February 2003 to find a League match in which [...]

Eyes on the PiesReading Ladies 1a’s made it 2 wins in 2 days as they beat Old Loughtonians 2’s in the first round of the England Hockey 2XI Cup competition.
Having reached the Semi-Final of the competition last year Reading repeated the successful theme of Saturday night pie – infact some might [...]